07-03-2025, 02:23 PM
(07-03-2025, 02:12 PM)omahen Wrote: And gift LeBron to one of their competitors? I don't see it happening.
Yeah, there is that.
But, just playing devil's advocate, he has the power to make life for the Lakers completely untenable for the next year. Whether or not they (the Lakers) care what he thinks about anything, people in, around and following the league still do care a lot. They (the Lakers) will absolutely not want him releasing statements like last week's through Rich Paul every couple of weeks this season or giving passive aggressive interviews (which he is quite comfortable doing on a regular basis). At some point, should he choose to, he can make it almost impossible for them to accomplish anything this season without giving him what he wants.
But, that's assuming we know what he wants, or even that he does, clearly. And, his rep in LA would be bloodied by such a tactic, to be sure. Even if he wants out...he'd have to really, really want out to go down that road.
It's fun to think about all this, but all roads lead back to him finishing out this year in LA and then retiring, I believe.