Regarding James, the Golden State Warriors got in touch with the Los Angeles Lakers.
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers was inquired about by the Golden State Warriors before the NBA trade deadline, according to a recent piece by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne. The Warriors were reportedly “eager” to offer the Lakers a potential trade package, but neither James nor the organization were receptive to the notion, according to ESPN. ESPN wrote,
“If the Lakers ever wanted a temperature check on James’ commitment, here was his chance. In the end, the answer was returned resoundingly on the eve of the trade deadline: Paul told Lacob and Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr., that James had no interest in a trade and wanted to remain a Laker, sources said. When Dunleavy reached out to Lakers GM Rob Pelinka in those pretrade deadline hours, Dunleavy had been told the same: The Lakers wanted to keep James, sources said.”
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This botched trade effort had a straightforward explanation: according to ESPN, neither James nor the Lakers were amenable to it. James has expressed his dissatisfaction with the Lakers’ performance in public, but it appears he is still dedicated to playing out his deal in Los Angeles despite their ups and downs.
Golden State should have given it a go to see how irritated James was and whether they could get him to play alongside Steph Curry. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss reportedly told James’ agency that the player preferred to remain in Los Angeles after sending Golden State to his agency, according to ESPN.
