Beijing time on March 1 news, due to the recent continuous losses, the Los Angeles Lakers have suffered a lot of doubts, some people pointed out that they should trade LeBron James for reconstruction, which shark O'Neal has a different view.
In O'Neal's view, although the Lakers have performed very badly this season, if they do trade James, it can almost be considered a fatal mistake.
"If you trade James away, you're definitely not going to win a championship in the future." O'Neill said in an interview.
At present, although the NBA's trading deadline has passed, for the current Lakers, their season is still continuing, even if this season can choose to give up appropriately, they have to consider what to do in the future, exactly how to regroup next season. In the eyes of some media, James's contract will expire in 2023, and trading it while it still has a certain market value is the simplest and most effective way to extract the team from the predicament.
For the above line of thinking, O'Neal also gave his personal perspective, that is, the Lakers should focus on finding suitable players for James to play by his side.
"If you match james with the right players, they're definitely going to win the championship," O'Neal said, "and I think whoever led the formation of the existing Lakers needs to stand up right now and try to solve this problem." “
The Lakers currently rank ninth in the West with a record of 27 wins and 33 losses. According to FiveThirtyEight's predictive model, this team has a 9 percent chance of making it to the playoffs. The arena booed after the Lakers lost 95-123 to the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night.