Lakers reportedly want LeBron back ‘on any term that he wants.’ Including possibly drafting Bronny.

[doogie_hauser]

Unless Lakers manage to get Mitchell, theyre fcked. Nowhere to go. West will swallow them

Mitchell 100 locked in going to Miami or The Knicks.

Cleveland aren't mugs, they are not going to lay over and accept the poo poo platter of scrubs and poor quality picks The Lakers can offer them

[basketballRob]

I think the Lakers will try to package picks and a signed DLo for Trae.

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[sjballer03]

Unless Lakers manage to get Mitchell, theyre fcked. Nowhere to go. West will swallow them

Mitchell 100 locked in going to Miami or The Knicks.

Cleveland aren't mugs, they are not going to lay over and accept the poo poo platter of scrubs and poor quality picks The Lakers can offer them

I don't know about the cavs but some team will always end up doing the Lakers a favor when it comes to trades.

[doogie_hauser]

Unless Lakers manage to get Mitchell, theyre fcked. Nowhere to go. West will swallow them

Mitchell 100 locked in going to Miami or The Knicks.

Cleveland aren't mugs, they are not going to lay over and accept the poo poo platter of scrubs and poor quality picks The Lakers can offer them

I don't know about the cavs but some team will always end up doing the Lakers a favor when it comes to trades.

Unless it's a team that wants to cut/shread cap space like the Wizards did with Rui, the days of the Lakers getting discount trades from gullible other teams is over.

Dan Gilbert isn't going to try help cement Lebron's LA legacy by sending Spida over there, that's for sure.
Anyhow most media reports and rumours suggest Mitchell wants to stay on the East Coast if he leaves The Cavs, most likely to one of Miami, Knicks and Nets. (If I was a betting man, I would say he ends up at South Beach over summer)

[levon]

Unless Lakers manage to get Mitchell, theyre fcked. Nowhere to go. West will swallow them

Mitchell 100 locked in going to Miami or The Knicks.

Cleveland aren't mugs, they are not going to lay over and accept the poo poo platter of scrubs and poor quality picks The Lakers can offer them

Miami has worse players and arguably worse picks.

National discourse around Miami trying to poach your star vs the Lakers

[doogie_hauser]

Unless Lakers manage to get Mitchell, theyre fcked. Nowhere to go. West will swallow them

Mitchell 100 locked in going to Miami or The Knicks.

Cleveland aren't mugs, they are not going to lay over and accept the poo poo platter of scrubs and poor quality picks The Lakers can offer them

Miami has worse players and arguably worse picks.

I think Miami would be prepared to put Jaquez Junior on the table in any potential trade discussion for Spida (along with Herro, Robinson) plus maybe a couple of other expiring contracts and their first rounder this year.

That would definitely be better than any potentkal Lakers package.

But as I say, Spida apparently wants to stay in the East Coast.

Butler is an interesting case. Very easy to imagine him departing Miami, don't think The Cavs would want him though (wants too much money)

[Kilroy]

When Karens run basketball franchises...

[KodiakBear]

Makes sense. LeBron is still a great player and we all saw how bad the Lakers were before him and ad showed up. They don't want to rebuild again until they have to

[JujitsuFlip]

Yet dude is sitting court side at a Cavs playoff game lol

[JustBuzzin]

Yet dude is sitting court side at a Cavs playoff game lol

Pics?

[doogie_hauser]

Yet dude is sitting court side at a Cavs playoff game lol

Pics?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5491213/2024/05/13/lebron-james-cavs-celtics-game/

[JustBuzzin]

Yet dude is sitting court side at a Cavs playoff game lol

Pics?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5491213/2024/05/13/lebron-james-cavs-celtics-game/

Oh yeah he's coming back home for sure. He brought the wife with him so you know it's serious.

[BayAreaDub]

Someone should blow a 1st rd pick on Bronny before the Lakers can

[JujitsuFlip]

Someone should blow a 1st rd pick on Bronny before the Lakers can

Cavs are gonna have to trade up in front of the Lakers.

[tonyreyes123]

Lakers going out sad

[jokeboy86]

I don't think it's that big of a deal....it's not much different than the Bucks keeping Thanasis on the roster to keep Giannis happy.

The difference is the Bucks are a small market franchise who were mediocre/awful for decades before Giannis and isn’t and never will be a premier FA destination. The Lakers are the biggest brand in the NBA and one of the 3 most important franchises in NA(Yankees,Cowboys) they really don’t have to do all this for Lebron. Once again it tells me that Jeannie has no confidence in her own leadership and is deathly afraid of life w/o Lebron. Those post-Kobe/pre-Lebron years spooked her so her mantra basically is if you’re a big star come to LAL and they will treat you like royalty even when you get old

[KillMonger]

every now and again i wonder how the lakers would look with the players they tossed away.....Julius Randle....Brandon Ingram....Jordan Clarkson.....Kyle Kuzma....KCP...Josh hart....Alex caruso.....all that talent.....maybe they weren't ready when they were with the lakers but man, every single one of these guys got better after leaving the lakers

[LaLover11]

every now and again i wonder how the lakers would look with the players they tossed away.....Julius Randle....Brandon Ingram....Jordan Clarkson.....Kyle Kuzma....KCP...Josh hart....Alex caruso.....all that talent.....maybe they weren't ready when they were with the lakers but man, every single one of these guys got better after leaving the lakers

They wouldn't make the playoffs lol