OT LaVar Ball Says LeBron James 'Is Coming to LA,' Would Fit with Lonzo on Lakers

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...s-coming-to-la-would-fit-with-lonzo-on-lakers


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LaVar Ball has a knack for speaking things into existence, so perhaps we should hear him out when he says LeBron James is going to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers next summer.

"Let me tell you this, it would be a great fit, and LeBron is coming to L.A," Ball told ClutchPoints' Ryan Ward. "What's in Cleveland? You want to be a superstar, man. Superstar franchise.

"It's going to be like this, and I'm talking about reality. He's going to say, 'You know what? I went to Miami. Won a championship. Brought one back to my hometown. I'm the only one to go to three different places and bring a championship."

The Ball family patriarch was also adamant that James linking up with his son, Lonzo, would give the Lakers a title-caliber tandem.

"You do not give Lonzo Ball the best player in the game and don’t think they going to win! He is going to fall in love with Lonzo so much on the way that he play. They both understand the game. Best player in the game and you don’t think he coming? Stop it!"

Buzz regarding James' potential departure from the Cleveland Cavaliers cropped up in June, when Adrian Wojnarowski, then with The Vertical, (h/t NBC Sports' Dan Feldman) said he had heard it was a real possibility the three-time champion could bolt in summer 2018.

"Not only is there no guarantee he's coming back, I'm not sure there's an expectation he's re-signing there," Wojnarowski said. "I think they feel, I think within Cleveland and around the league, they feel that he’s very much in play to leave again and likely head out West to one of the two L.A. teams. The Lakers could very well be a target."

Bleacher Report's Ric Bucher followed up Aug. 25 and reported the "prevailing sentiment among the league executives" was that James would opt out of his $35.6 million 2018-19 player option and test free agency.

"I don't see him staying in Cleveland," one executive told Bucher.

Kevin Durant, it should be noted, believes James isn't going anywhere and has told him as much.

"I personally always said he was staying," Durant said on The Bill Simmons Podcast. "I told him this. That's me. I feel like he's going to end it in Cleveland. That's his crib now. He run it, and he gonna turn it into something mega when he's done. He's going to do something."

Conversations like the ones Ball and Durant had are sure to envelop the 2017-18 NBA season ad nauseam—especially in the aftermath of the Kyrie Irving blockbuster.

But considering James has left the Cavaliers once before, it's fair to wonder if he'll try to conquer the Association from a new kingdom come 2018.

 

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Drrrrrrr

 

I'm really sick of people giving this guy a platform at this point. His antics worked at first but he's just continuing it and people keep giving it attention. Smart at first but now it's just old. I personally don't care where Lebron goes or if he stays but this ball family is turning to the kardshians of the league real quick and it's not a good look

 

Why would Lebron leave a better team in a better situation?

Can we please stop posting Ball crap?

 

I would so fucking ban you if I could

 

Only wankers wear snap backs backwards

 

lol

 

Didn't read the article, but I said in a past thread, I truly believe Paul George and Bron end up with the Lakers next season. Just a weird hunch.

 

Who's the better team in the better situation? Surely you don't mean the cavs.

Plus he hates Gilbert

Lebron and George are going to LA. I hate it but it's going to happen. Has Westbrook signed his extension yet? Imagine those three teaming up. It'd be hilarious to see the lakers trade Ball to make room for Russ though.

 

Aren't you a Lakers fan though?

 

George and mediocre young players

Or IT, Love, Crowder (Who would all be better than anyone on the Lakers this year), and whoever they get for the BKN pick (Draft or trade).

 

Blazer fans in our forum beating the LBJ to Lakers drm smh.

 

Drum

 

Well hopefully lavar keeps flapping his mouth and scares LeBron away haha

 

I said LA. Didn't specify which team.

And Lebron and George > Lebron, IT and Love. Crowder as part of a core? Julius Randle is better than him. Ingram will probably breakout this season and be better. Not like any of that matters anyway. Lebron makes any team he's on a contender, and playing in LA feeds a superstars ego like few other places can.

 

What does the team we root for have to do with who we believe LeBron James will play for next? I think he'll want to end his career in a major market with the spotlight on him. Why can't I have that view as a Blazer fan?

 

Because the hatred runs so deep we didn't even be talking about such a bullshit travesty of a possibility.

 

Hey look, a thread without dramz.

Yet...

FAMS.