From a failed coaching search and uncertain power structure, things are getting ugly for the Lakers as they go deeper into a crucial offseason.
on Wednesday that there are members of the Lakers organization telling Buss to trade James.
There could be some logic to it, however. Their pursuit of Lue was clearly because he won a championship with James. The continued search for a veteran head coach and the pressure to land a second star is to help James.But the Lakers were not in a position to immediately leap into championship contention when they landed James in 2018.
It's unclear what a trade for James would even look like because there's no player like him in the NBA. He is still an elite talent, but he's on the back-end of his career. He doesn't own a no-trade clause as he did in Cleveland, but teams would be wary of trading for him if there were a belief he didn't want to be there. James' presence can completely reshape a franchise.
No one is sure how the Lakers' free agency will go. They're not said to be front-runners for the top players, but the team's outlook could change drastically if players like Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, or Kemba Walker decide they do want to play with James in L.A.
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