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527 sats \ 22 comments \ @Undisciplined 30 Jun Stacker_Sports

Supposedly LeBron is on the trade block. He would only plausibly go to a contender. I’ve identified four trade candidates, based on fit and trade pieces.

Where will LeBron be playing next season?

Lakers15.4%

Cavs30.8%

T-Wolves 15.4%

Nuggets 7.7%

Mavs23.1%

Other 7.7%

13 votes \ poll ended

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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 30 Jun

How does this tie back in to him accepting the player option?

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Jun

He couldn’t be traded before opting in.

42 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 30 Jun

Raptors

50 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Jun

He’s probably going to a team with a GM.

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jer 1 Jul

Zing. MLSE cleaning house.

42 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 30 Jun

We have a GM. We just don’t have a President that tells the GM what to do.

50 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Jun

Why would you need one when your owner does that? Seems redundant.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 30 Jun

Trading for old Lebron seems like something a meddlesome owner might like to do.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Jun

I GOT THE GOAT!!!

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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 30 Jun

Mavs would be interesting

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Jun

The two teams will have swapped most of the key pieces of their rosters.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @HardMoney 30 Jun

I think it’ll be Mavs for an AD and Kyrie reunion

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 30 Jun

They can get him for Klay, Gafford, and Washington, at least from a salary standpoint.

It makes a ton of sense.

AD LeBron Flagg Someone Kyrie

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @gnilma 1 Jul

LeBron will be playing in LA. If he wanted to move, he could have not taken the money and renegotiate the contract or go test the market. The fact that he took he money shows he wants the money more than an extra ring.

Lakers could try to trade him, but no sane team is going to take a $52.6M 1 year contract with a 40 year old guy that could announce his retirement any moment. Think of the amount of assets the team needs to give up in order to take this 1 year contract. Also, LeBron has a no trade clause, which means he also gets to dictate which players the destination team he wants remaining for him to play with. I think a trade like that would be just too difficult to conduct.

LeBron will play out his contract, and maybe he will sign a short term deal with the Cavs as a free agent so he can retire as a Cav. The salary that got freed from his departure will be used to build an awesome team around Luka, with whom Luka will finally win his first championship and bring yet another chip to the Lakers.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 1 Jul

Perhaps no sane team would do, but the Mavs are on the list and they already have two of LeBron’s Robins.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 1 Jul

True, and I would definitely categorize the Mavs as an insane team, because no sane team would trade away Luka.