{"id":7749,"date":"2024-10-05T02:58:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T02:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=7749"},"modified":"2024-10-05T02:58:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T02:58:38","slug":"warriors-almost-made-draft-pick-that-could-have-landed-lebron-james-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=7749","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Almost Made Draft Pick That Could Have Landed LeBron James: Report.."},"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\/08\/GettyImages-2165401391-e1724941761870.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165401391-e1724941761870.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165401391-e1724941761870.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165401391-e1724941761870.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"LeBron Steph\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"127\" data-dom-ready-time=\"195\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>LeBron James celebrates with Stephen Curry at the end of the men&#8217;s semifinal basketball match between USA and Serbia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Golden State Warriors\u00a0had designs on a deal for\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0star\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0ahead of last season\u2019s trade deadline \u2014 a sentiment they carried all the way into the second night of the\u00a0NBA\u00a0draft.<\/p>\n<p>Ramona Shelbourne of ESPN reported on Friday, October 4, that the Dubs seriously considered drafting\u00a0Bronny James\u00a0\u2014 LeBron James\u2019 eldest son \u2014 in the second round with the 52nd overall pick. The motivation was two fold, as Golden State harbored some general admiration for Bronny James\u2019 game but also saw the move as a potential route to LeBron James ending up in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The Warriors], who had tried to trade for James last season, weighed whether to take Bronny at No. 52,\u201d\u00a0Shelbourne wrote. \u201cThe Warriors liked Bronny\u2019s skill set and had him on their draft board, sources said. Selecting him ahead of the Lakers, who held the 55th pick, would\u2019ve been a shrewd move \u2014 perhaps even to entice James to sign there as a free agent. But ultimately, sources said, the Warriors opted to respect the wishes James had made clear and the Lakers signaled they would grant.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steph Curry, LeBron James Made for Exceptional Teammates During Summer Olympics<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4916873\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-4916873 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1975898068-e1710862171712.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Steph Curry and LeBron James\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4916873\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1975898068-e1710862171712.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4916873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>LeBron James (left) of the Los Angeles Lakers and Stephen Curry (right) of the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whether Golden State drafting Bronny James would have ultimately secured a contract with his father is something no one outside of the James family will ever know with certainty. Also lacking certainty is the notion that securing James would have vaulted the Dubs back into legitimate title contention, as\u00a0Stephen Curry writes the final chapters of his NBA legacy.<\/p>\n<p>James and Curry were quite the pair during the medal rounds of this year\u2019s Summer Olympics in Paris, as James drove the high-octane sports car that was Team USA\u2019s offense and Curry served as his stealthy sidekick \u2014 often assuming the hero role with dagger 3-pointers down the stretch to stave off Serbia in the semifinals and best host country France in the title game. Curry shot\u00a017-of-26 from deep\u00a0in the two contests combined.<\/p>\n<p>The pick-and-roll between James and Curry was a revelation, and the general chemistry between the two bitter rivals turned respected adversaries turned genuine friends across years of battles (several of them in the the NBA Finals) was obvious to the eye of even the most casual observer.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t change the fact, however, that the two men will be a combined 78 years old by the time this regular season ends and the 2024-25 playoffs begin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Warriors\u2019 Trade for LeBron James Neither Impossible, Likely<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5133197\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5133197 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1786987974-e1725380950463.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Jordan Goodwin against LeBron James\" width=\"782\" height=\"441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5133197\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1786987974-e1725380950463.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5133197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>James\u2019 agent, close friend and Klutch Sports Group CEO\u00a0Rich Paul did his part to shut down trade talks between the Lakers and Warriors involving James last winter with one specific goal in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSources say Rich Paul implored both teams to scrap the concept,\u201d\u00a0NBA insider Marc Stein reported in August, \u201clargely because he wanted to insulate James from potential backlash over switching teams for the fourth time in his career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James subsequently declined the player option on his previous deal with the Lakers and signed a new one-and-one agreement with Los Angeles that pays him\u00a0north of $101 million over the next two seasons. The contract includes a player option on the second year as well as a no-trade clause and a 15% trade kicker should the Lakers decide to deal James and he decides to sign off on the move.<\/p>\n<p>As such, it isn\u2019t impossible that James could end up in Golden State at some point before he retires. However, it is now highly unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Though that could have changed on that fateful night of June 27, when the Warriors had the future of Bronny James in their hands but decided against using him as a bargaining chip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyLeBron James celebrates with Stephen Curry at the end of the men&#8217;s semifinal basketball match between USA and Serbia. 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