{"id":1876,"date":"2024-09-19T02:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T02:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2024-09-19T02:58:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T02:58:50","slug":"proposed-lakers-trade-gets-sizable-haul-for-lebron-james-at-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=1876","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Lakers Trade Gets Sizable Haul for LeBron James at 40.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2150575629_82aeff.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2150575629_82aeff.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2150575629_82aeff.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2150575629_82aeff.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"lebron james\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"329\" data-dom-ready-time=\"489\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0re-committed to\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0with a two-year, $104 million extension and by drafting his eldest son,\u00a0Bronny James.<\/p>\n<p>But before they got here, things nearly unraveled at the February trade deadline when Lakers owner Jeanie Buss did not quickly turn down\u00a0Golden State Warriors\u00a0owner Joe Lacob\u2019s call for James and instead deferred the decision to the superstar\u2019s camp,\u00a0according to ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>If things go awry again this season for the Lakers, the Warriors are expected to make the calls again.\u00a0Bleacher Report\u2019s Grant Hughes imagined what a Warriors package for James could look like.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden State Warriors receive<\/strong>: LeBron James<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Lakers receive<\/strong>: Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody, Kevon Looney, 2026 first-round pick, 2028 first-round pick, 2030 first-round pick (1-20)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost here is exorbitant, especially considering James is entering his age-40 season. Golden State is giving up all of the first-round equity it has left (swaps excluded) along with a potential star in Kuminga. And yet it still seems as if the Lakers would only consider taking back a package like this if James expressly demanded to be traded,\u201d Hughes wrote.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lakers\u2019 Outlook if They Trade LeBron James<\/h2>\n<p>Hughes said, \u201cThe odds of a trade like this actually happening might seem like they\u2019re somewhere in the million-to-one neighborhood,\u201d but if for some reason it would go down, the Lakers would bet set up for a post-LeBron era.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes\u2019 proposed Warriors package is as complete as it gets with a former All-Star wing that could help them in the interim and young players plus distant draft picks that could set them up for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Wiggins and Kuminga could make the D\u2019Angelo Russell-Austin Reaves backcourt more playable with their athleticism to cover up defensive ground in the perimeter, while\u00a0Anthony Davis\u00a0becomes the focal point on both offense and defense.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Rich Paul Prevented LeBron James-to-Warriors Trade<\/h2>\n<p>According to Substack\u2019s NBA insider Marc Stein, it was James\u2019 powerful agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, who nixed the talks before they even got past the exploratory stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is believed that the Lakers would have reluctantly entertained trade conversations with the Warriors before last February\u2019s trade deadline if James wanted them to seriously engage Golden State on a potential deal. Yet league sources say that the reported talks between the teams at the time never got that far in large part because James\u2019 agent, Rich Paul, was adamantly opposed to the idea of James swapping Southern California for Northern California,\u201d Stein wrote on August 18.<\/p>\n<p>Paul was protective of James\u2019 image, according to Stein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSources say Paul implored both teams to scrap the concept \u2014 despite some owner-to-owner dialogue between the Warriors\u2019 Joe Lacob and the Lakers\u2019 Jeanie Buss and Green\u2019s determination to lobby James to push for relocation to the Bay Area \u2014 largely because he wanted to insulate James from potential backlash over switching teams for the fourth time in his career,\u201d Stein wrote.<\/p>\n<p>James went on record, revealing the trade talks did not reach him until it was reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt [the trade talks] didn\u2019t go far at all,\u201d James said on\u00a0TNT\u2019s \u201cInside the NBA\u201d broadcast on February 18.\u00a0\u201cI actually heard about it when everybody else heard about it. Obviously, you know, Charles [Barkley] has been in the league, Kenny [Smith] has been in the league, Shaq has been in the league\u2026 and sometimes, there\u2019s conversations that happen behind closed doors that you don\u2019t even know about.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyLos Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0re-committed to\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0with a two-year, $104 million extension and by drafting his eldest son,\u00a0Bronny James. 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