On March 1, Beijing time, four-time NBA champion Shaq O'Neal issued a warning to the Lakers, he believes that although it is a disastrous season for the Lakers, it will be a huge mistake if they choose to trade superstar LeBron James.
"If you send LeBron away, you'll never want to win a championship again," O'Neal said in an interview with CNBC. At present, the NBA trading deadline has passed, and some people have previously believed that the Lakers should send James away, and even think that James and Thick Brow should be sent away.
O'Neal himself played eight seasons with the Lakers, leading the team with Kobe Bryant to win 3 championships. In 2004, the Lakers traded O'Neal to the Heat, and today, colin Cowherd talked about the possibility of trading James on the show, and listed his proposed Heat 6-for-1 plan: the Heat sent Hiro, Lowry, Duncan Robinson and 3 first-round picks, from the Lakers to James.
O'Neal believes that if the Lakers can find the right role player to partner james, there is still hope for success. "If you put LeBron around the right people, they're definitely going to win," O'Neal said, "and I think whoever puts this team together needs to come forward and try to fix it." ”
The Lakers currently rank 9th in the West with a record of 27 wins and 33 losses. According to FiveThirtyEight's predictive model, teams have only a 9 percent chance of making the playoffs. After yesterday's 95-123 home loss to the Pelicans, Lakers fans booed their home team and James. "I've been booed before and it doesn't feel great," O'Neill said of the incident.