The Los Angeles Lakers have prevailed in seven of their last 10 contests, but anything can happen before the Feb. 6 trade deadline and during the offseason.
The Lakers’ future Hall of Fame forward may get traded to the Golden State Warriors in 2025.
“I think this summer, they’re going to be trading for LeBron James (Warriors),” Yahoo Sports’ Kevin O’Connor said last Friday.
“If Mike Dunleavy Jr. doesn’t figure out how they’re going to package (Jonathan) Kuminga and picks, and Moses Moody in some sort of variation of that, maybe you go to Steph (Curry) and say, look, we weren’t able to build you a title contender at this point, but we’re going to go after LeBron, and we understand that you want to play together one last time.”
“It’s going to be Draymond (Green), LeBron, Steph, and it’ll be really good entertainment; it’s just whether that’s going to be enough to give Steph what he wants, which is competing at the highest level and winning a championship.”
When James signed with the Lakers in 2018, he likely planned to spend the final years of his career in Los Angeles.
The 20-time All-Star helped the Lakers secure the Larry O’Brien trophy in 2020 and has made many awe-inspiring plays with the Lake Show.
However, with the Lakers experiencing an up-and-down season despite receiving high-level contributions from their Top two assets, James and Anthony Davis, it isn’t too far-fetched to suggest Los Angeles will look toward the future and waive the white flag on their title hopes.
The Lakers could retain James until the end of the year and make a final decision on his future with the franchise during free agency.
As O’Connor mentioned, a trio composed of James, Curry, and Green would be exhilarating to watch nightly, but the Lakers and Warriors would have to strike a deal that would benefit both parties.
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