LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

Oh look who’s back LOL but you won’t stay because you don’t value this great Lakers board to hang out on as much as you hate LeBron.

 

Half decade? So we should have dropped him before the bubble. Strong take. Some people need to get out of their emotions. It's possible to not like Lebron but recognize that before he signed, we were a doormat for several years with little reason for optimism.

 

This guy’s the worst with the LeBron deranged syndrome.

 

Hypothetical trade scenario:


New York Knicks get Lebron, Bronny
LA Lakers get Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart, Mitchell Robinson

Both Bridges and Robinson are expiring contracts and are expecting pay raises which the Knicks may be gunshy on giving them.

LeBron’s latest posturing and joining the Knicks would make them instant favorites in the East next season. Especially with Boston, Milwaukee, and Indiana not expected to do too much. The East would be the clear road to the finals, with maybe Cleveland being the only team that may challenge them.


The Lakers do this to start the post LeBron/Beginning of the Luka era and instantly surrounds Luka with high quality 3 and D wings, as well as solid center rotation.

The Lakers depth chart would be:
Luka/Vincent/Milton
Reaves/Lavaria
Bridges/Hart/Thiero
Rui/Vando
Ayton/Robinson/Kleber

Knicks will try to make a run with:
Brunson
Clarkson/Mcbride
Anunoby
Lebron/Yabusele
KAT

 

OMG still? He’s going absolutely nowhere. Is it really “that” much fun doing these not happening trades?

 

he's not going anywhere unless he demands a trade

and it's pretty obvious he doesn't care about winning another ring. his recent comments about people putting too much emphasis on titles won was a great indicator of that. he came to the lakers with the intention of retiring here and that's not going to change

 

I don’t buy that. He’d love to win another one I’m sure. Of course IMO.

 

He's fighting against Jordan, so he has to downgrade ring culture. If he somehow tied or passed MJ (hypothetically since he won't), he would change his tune.

Of course he wants to win more, he just knows it's not likely.

 

Still holding out hope that he demands a trade to cleveland

I would love nothing more than to get Allen/Hunter from them. 2 players that compliment Luka perfectly.

Allen/Ayton center rotation would feed families.

 

cavs are over the second apron. they couldn't trade for him even if they wanted to

only way lebron could end up with the cavs is if the lakers buy him out and he signs for the vet min. i have a better chance of signing with the lakers than that happening

 

I think he still cares about the ring

But he didn't take a pay cut to help the franchise bring in more players

That says he cares about the money more than another title

I get that all players deserve to get as much money as possible in a career

But he has a real opportunity here to win another championship and he got greedy IMO

 

But we GOT the full MLE now didn't we? Plus the BAE.

 

True

But like they say

It could be better, but it could be worse

 

Should've been in at 4 AM. Bum. Trade him.

 

he said last year he'd take a pay cut for certain players. klay and valanciunas were a couple of the ones he mentioned

this FA class was very weak and he wasn't going to take a paycut to bring in NAW

 

i'll just keep repeating: pay cut, no pay cut, just stop whining about the caliber of your teammates all the time. go out there and play or demand a trade. or don't opt-in in the first place. but don't opt in and then have your agent and friends make noise about how the organization you just chose to take 50 million from sucks and isn't ready to compete or whatever.

 

Well put

 

That's really a respectable point Sir

 

He's been spoiled since he was 13. Pretty sure he was highly recruited even before then so he's been coddled for his entire adult life.

Now Luka has the attention and is the #1 priority and LeBron see's his value diminishing.

Something's wrong with how he acts. Even putting it out there that he wants to 'compete' for a title still is ridiculous. Having Luka on your team makes you a competitor... Time for LeBron to get serious. It's one thing to disagree with the Lakers direction moving forward. It's another when you opt-in despite having the ability to leave and then send your goons to push narratives around.

 

Bron being Bron