(01-08-2023, 03:17 PM)omahen Wrote: I think you are greatly undervaluing the market price of LeBron. 1 year rental of Kawhi cost DeRozan, Poeltl and FRP. With all the respect to Kawhi, I think LeBrons value is in another league. It makes zero sense for Lakers to trade him for a bunch of trash. LeBron brings more income to the team if he is just sitting on the bench for whole season.
Whatever it may be, my question was, if you would break a bank for LeBron? It seems your answer is no and I am fine with that.
Kawhi was 27 and impacted both sides of the floor and if healthy was considered one of the best players on the planet. What LeBron doing at his age is ridiculously impressive but he's not in the best player in the world conversation anymore. And yes he walked, but there was potential for a long term fit for Kawhi in Toronto. There is no long term to acquiring LeBron. That's not to say a team will not try to acquire him to push himself over the top, but that's going to limit the possibilities which are already limited due to draft assets and salary matching.
I'm pretty apathetic to the idea. The names I though out were less a trade idea and more of a questioning if we can make the assets fit. I don't see it. And throwing multiple future picks at the Lakers would be insanity unless you are OKC and drowning in them.