OT 2025 LeBron trade scenarios

What teams can even legit make an offer for LeBron?

I hear Cleveland a lot but they effectively can't since they're in the 2nd apron. They can't aggregate salaries to match LeBron, so it would have to be 3 starters going out or such and that doesn't make them better.

Boston doesn't make sense

Knicks for KAT - now this might make sense

I'm sure there's a number of others.

 

So in the East I only came up with two possible teams;

NYK - KAT
MIA (Wiggins & Rozier)

Doesn't make sense
CLE (2nd apron)
BOS (retooling - no salary to match)
IND (retooling)
MIL (can't match salary)
DET (can't match salary)
ORL (can't match salary)
ATL (Trae only match - doesn't make sense for LAL or ATL)
CHI (not winning)
TOR (not winning)
BRK (not winning)
PHI (Embiid or PG too big of injury risk - no other matching salaries)
CHA (not winning)
WAS (not winning)

 

West;
MIN - Gobert and someone such as Donte D? Probably doesn't make sense for MIN
PDX - Grant/Timelord/Thybulle/etc
SAS - can match with Barnes/Vassell but that probably doesn't make sense for LAL

Doesn't make sense
OKC (don't need him)
HOU (can't match salary except Durant which won't happen)
DEN (would need to send out Murray which doesn't make sense for either team)
LAC (can't match salary)
GSW (can't match)
MEM (can't match)
SAC (not winning)
DAL (can't match)
PHX (not winning)
NOP (not winning)
UTH (not winning)

 

So basically NY, MIA, MIN, SAS and us seem to be only teams with a realistic chance (yes being generous with us)

My guess is he stays with the Lakers or ends up in NY.

I suppose the Spurs are an intriguing idea. They might have the picks to do it.

 

Too bad we don't have Ayton anymore. We could have sent out a shit ton of expiring money.

 

why would the lakers choose grant's contract over a 50 mil expiring?

 

I said it in another thread... It's rumored he only wants to go to two teams... Dallas or Cleveland. How he/they make that happen seems impossible given that he signed that crazy new contract.

 

Would think we have to give them at least a FRP.... also LBJ probably isn't agreeing to the deal so Portland isn't realistic.

 

I know it wont happen so I can rest easy, but I absolutely DO NOT want to see Lebron in a Trail Blazers uniform. Sure the hype & media attention to our little small market team would be nice, but seeing him flop and cry as a Blazer would infuriate me.

 

Dallas can't trade Kyrie since he extended, nobody else makes over 16 million to match. Well that is unless he wants to be traded for AD.

Cleveland is paying Mitchell/Mobley over 90 million with the highest payroll in the league and all sorts of 2nd apron resitrctions. They can't do a deal unless LeBron gets a buyout and signs as a free agent - in which case he could go to any of the 29 teams in the league.

 

Would the Lakers be willing to eat these contracts? I guess in theory the Mavs could combine 4+ players to be able to match. Not sure this would even make Dallas better.

 

Because the Lakers aren't trying to tank. They're trying to build around Luka. They got Ayton because A) they had shitty centers but also B) they needed a good lob threat go pair with Luka.

Also pairing a really good three point shooting wing who can defend is a good addition as well.

They don't want Luka even thinking about leaving LA when his contract expires.

 

Hes going to new York. No matter what. This is written in the script.

Thread over. Waste of time otherwise.

 

I'm not saying I want LBJ. I'm just saying that we could, in theory, make it work.

 

grant and williams aren't good enough

 

LeBron's going to want at least one star to join. If Dame was here he'd consider us. He's not going to want to join up with Deni, Camara, Scoot, Sharpe - or a rookie Yang.

 

They're not getting anything dude. He's 40 years old. He has a MASSIVE contract. Nobody is going to send them anything valuable for James. Especially since he has a no trade clause (I think)

 

I don't think he can wait on Dame.

 

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