February 24, Beijing time, was really unfriendly for LeBron James. ESPN reporter Brian Venhorst revealed that the Lakers may have to trade James in the offseason, because the Lakers management has angered him more than once in the past two years. There is no operation before the trade deadline, refusing to send off the 2027 first round pick, James does not see any hope of a championship, and his rift with the Lakers has caused the Lakers management to have to send him away this summer.
Jaylen Rose then suggested on the show that James was close to returning to the Cavaliers on a basic salary, and he believed that only then could James hope to win a fifth championship and more championships, because the basic salary addition could maintain the current Cavaliers' talent lineup. [Soon Charania rebunked the rumors, James and the Lakers management have no rift, Pelinka also admitted in the interview that there was no contradiction with James, James still plans to be a Lakers]
Of course, there are also rational American journalists, Kristen Rivers reported, I think the Lakers this summer is better than sending LeBron and AD for other assets, even if LeBron leaves the Lakers in 2024, at least then you still have an AD, another star, maybe a championship and a high salary space. (He thinks the Lakers are unwise to trade James.)
In fact, on February 23, the Lakers' famous shark O'Neal's remarks proved that it would be unwise to trade James. O'Neill said: "I'm a little jealous of LeBron, he got into the GOAT discussion, I never got into that discussion, I kept asking people, once James surpassed Abdul-Jabbar's all-time total score, how do you evaluate LeBron? Is he the best player of all time? I'm glad he was able to reach that height.
O'Neal even posted two stats on his own IG with James on the Lakers, O'Neal's two-point shooting percentage at the Lakers was 57.6 percent and the Sharks' shooting percentage from the basket when the Lakers were 74.7 percent;
James shot 58.6 percent from the Lakers' two-point range and 75.9 percent from the basket. LeBron's two-point shooting rate and basket finishing ability even surpassed Shaq of that year, so if LeBron was traded by the Lakers, what was the failure?
Text/Yan Xiaobai