On March 1, Beijing time, the well-known media personality Colin Cowherd traded the Lakers should trade James to the Heat, in exchange for Hiro, Lowry, Duncan Robinson and three first-round draft picks; should the Lakers trade James? Lakers star O'Neal has a negative attitude and bluntly said: If you trade LeBron, you will never win a championship again.
Talking about the future of the Lakers, O'Neal said: If you trade LeBron, you will never win a championship in the future; O'Neal also said that if you can match the right players around James, they can definitely win the championship, and I think whoever has formed the team, he needs to stand up and try to solve this problem.
In the first season when James and Thick Brow joined forces, the Lakers won the 17th championship in team history; but after winning the championship in 2020, the Lakers suffered an injury curse, james and Thick Brow suffered from injuries last season, last year's playoff Thick Brow injury changed the trend of the series, the first round of 2-4 defeat to the Suns was eliminated; this season Zhan Mei missed many games due to injury, Nunn is still recuperating, Thick Brow may be reimbursed for the regular season due to a mid-foot sprain.
Why did O'Neal stand up for James? It may be that the 37-year-old James still plays MVP-level performance, this season James has played 43 games for the Lakers, averaging 29 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, 25 single-game 30+; but the Lakers' record has not been ideal, 27 wins and 33 losses ranked ninth in the West, 3.5 wins behind the West, 2.5 wins ahead of the Blazers, and the qualification for the playoffs is already in jeopardy.