Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[soog]

I don't think anyone will trade for LeBron. It just doesn't make sense for any team, really.

I suppose it's possible he asks LA for a buyout and they grant the request, but even that is a stretch.

I don't understand why LA would entertain such a request. He had all the possibility in the world to reject his option and go to a team of his choosing, if that was his wish. 

In any case, I think everything is far overblown.

Agree with both of you. He has to know that at $52.6M if he got traded it would gut whatever team he was going to. I think he opted in to get one last giant check before sailing into the sunset.

Or maybe… if he feels good at the end of the year and after getting this check, he signs a 1-year deal somewhere for else for whatever room they have so he joins a stacked team in the hopes of one last championship run.

Either way, I don’t see anything happening this year.