Recently, James has been constantly taking a stand, constantly explaining his future and choices, because his remarks have been over-interpreted by many media and fans. To sum up briefly, one is that James is still willing to stay in the Lakers and trusts the team, the second is to return to the Cavaliers by signing a one-day contract and then officially retiring as a Cavaliers player, and the third is waiting for his eldest son Brownie to join the NBA and is willing to play for the same team in any form. This is what James really thinks, and there is no case where James wants to leave the team and continue to ask for a maximum salary contract.
However, there are still media that cling to it, and even list the Lakers' potential three trading plans, all of which are about sending James away. I thought for a moment that the Last Time the Lakers traded Superstar dates back to the time when O'Neill was sent to the Heat, when it also fulfilled james' good brother Wade's dream of winning the championship. Older fans should be well aware that the Lakers' trade with O'Neal that year was not due to performance, but the irreconcilable contradiction with Kobe Bryant. In contrast, the current Lakers, the locker room atmosphere is no problem, James is the top card who can't move, but the team's performance has plummeted, and it has reached the point where it has to send away the super giant.
If the Lakers really consider sending James away, the author will definitely understand such a practice, after all, James is 37 years old, can not support the team alone, plus Westbrook and thick eyebrows are also difficult to have a home to take over, the only way is to send James away. Looking back at the three trade options listed by the media, the first is that the Wizards sent All-Star guard Beal and the 2022 and 25 first-round picks, the second is the Celtics sending core Jaylen Brown and Smart, 2023, 25 and 27 first-round picks, and the third is the Nuggets sending Murray and Gordon, 2022, 24 and 26 first-round picks.
The author's first feeling is that the Lakers have regained control of the future, James in addition to releasing a huge salary space, but also let the Lakers in the future rookie selection has a lot of achievements, the difficulty of reconstruction will not be too large, more can build a team around the thick eyebrows. In fact, there is no need to analyze the feasibility of the above three trading plans for the time being, because how can the media grasp what the Lakers management thinks and thinks, let's take it as a transaction proposal, let the Lakers see the outside world's ideas. From the analysis of paper strength, the Wizards' trade plan can be ruled out first, after all, Beal does not have the recognized ability to lead the team, and Embiid focuses on recruiting him to join the 76ers to form the Big Three.
The Nuggets' trade plan is not reliable, because Murray and Gordon are very suitable for the team's tactical system, in exchange for a James and Jokic pairing, far less efficient and competitive than the original lineup. To put it bluntly, how could the Nuggets do such a stupid thing? Is it for James' commercial value? Therefore, the author feels that this trading scheme can be ignored. In the end, the Celtics' plan is left, also 5 for 1, but more realistic than the Nuggets' plan, after all, Brown and Tatum can not coexist, and it is not surprising to send one of them away. The two major backcourts can just fill james's gap in the Lakers, but James's love-hate relationship with the Celtics, whose championship background is comparable to the Lakers, cannot be ignored, and it is also the key to whether the Lakers and Celtics can trade.
Overall, the trade rumors about James are basically not true, just a possible hope, but it can be expected that James will become the first superstar to lead the Lakers and Celtics to win the championship, although the possibility is still unlikely. It is worth mentioning that the first person to win the championship in both the Lakers and Celtics is James' former teammate Rondo, so James will only copy Rondo's successful trajectory at most. For now, the possibility of the Lakers continuing to have James is very large, as to how to have the strength to win the championship, this is the work of the Lakers management.