Recently, James's depiction of the future has caused many interpretations, simply summarized, James's attitude is very clear, with the eldest son Brownie became a teammate, will not accept any contract other than the maximum salary, at the same time, do not rule out being able to return to the Cavaliers. On the contrary, more and more media continue to spread the news that the Lakers want to trade James, and even say that the specific time of occurrence is this summer's offseason. The author can only sneer, how can these media grasp the real ideas of the Lakers management? At best, it is a random guess at some of the Lakers' trading practices, and trading James is not something that can be achieved with words.
Therefore, the author does not believe any news about James' transaction, unless James himself said that he was leaving. But there's no denying that the Lakers aren't competitive to win the title, and James certainly knows that. According to the author's analysis, since James is not willing to give up the maximum salary, it means that no team can afford to raise him, and the contract of more than 50 million US dollars is difficult to digest. Then, the Lakers can't even send away the big trouble of Westbrook before the All-Star Game, and basically have no ability to sweep James out of the house. If James really doesn't go, the Lakers have only one way to go, which is to seek other trade options to strengthen the team in this summer's offseason.
The author saw a trading plan about the Lakers and bulls on the Internet, the content is like this, the Lakers took out Westbrook and the first round of picks and two second round picks in 2027 and 2029, a total of five trading chips, and the Bulls sent Out Lavine, who focused on cultivation. The author is a little confused, is Lavin really worthy of the Lakers to take out five chips in exchange? There is another question, the combination of DeRozan and LaVine is so strong that it even attracted the champion interior Tristan Thompson, and the team's record is also ranked first in the East, why break up the golden combination? Lavin, in particular, is seen as the Bulls' future number one.
Therefore, I am not convinced that this transaction is feasible. However, you can't say too much, if the Lakers are really willing to continue to overdraft the future for James, the Bulls with so many draft picks is still quite delicious. Another key is that Westbrook's contract has one year left, which is too easy to handle, which is equivalent to allowing Red Bull to get more ample salary space in the future to introduce stronger supergiants. To be pointed out, LaVine's playoff performance basically determines his future, and I think the Bulls may not be very optimistic that LaVine can maintain the high light of the regular season in the playoffs, after all, LaVine has not reached the top level of DeRozan.
One piece of news worth referencing is that the Bulls are reluctant to provide LaVine with a 5-year, $207 million contract, that is, Lavin is not a super giant, don't think about getting a super giant salary. As can be seen here, the bulls still have reservations about Lavin. I remember that LaVine should have the option of being a player, that is, he could become a free agent and pursue a more ideal big contract. The Bulls' management should be smarter than the Lakers' management, and may take the first sign and then change way to send Lavin away. This makes it possible to implement the trading scheme mentioned above, and the bull avoids losing Lavin in vain. The author will choose to continue to wait and see, but if Westbrook can go to the Bulls is not a bad thing, more look forward to lavin to assist James and thick eyebrows of the scene, if it comes true, the Lakers next season is still a bit of hope.