Stephen A. to LeBron James: The ONLY thing LA has over New York is the WEATHER! | NBA Countdown

Stephen A. to LeBron James: The ONLY thing LA has over New York is the WEATHER! | NBA Countdown

Been tasked with guarding opponent’s best players so I know this is when Nick’s fans are smiling saying hey uh we’re short-handed too that’s no excuse where would without o and O be for the fourth straight game we’re without Quinton Grimes we’re without Julius Randall we’re without Mitchell Robinson

Yes that is true the win streak is still strong but the Lakers they just haven’t proven Bob to have that kind of plug in place when we hear that from wo how do you maximize the rest of the season for them it’s hard Malika I mean Gabe Vincent Vanderbilt these guys were

Signed this is arguably their seventh eighth maybe sixth seventh man on the team and they’re going to miss and and the fact that haven’t had Vincent the whole year those are big blows they may not seem for the people watching to be a big deal they’re not

The stars but to do anything and to move forward and get through a season a rigorous season in the west you need those guys so now they don’t have them and you say you compare them to the Knicks the Knicks are a deeper team than the Lakers they have a deeper team

They’ve got more depth and they’re showing it obviously with this n90 game winning streak the Lakers this is concerning right because like w said it’s they have more picks in the offseason only have one now to use not a lot of trade assets it’s going to be

Hard for them to thread this needle like Rob pinka did last last year I want to bring Stephen A back into this conversation yeah well listen here’s the deal y’all we got to call it like we see it which we always do Mike wilon has been telling us for a while the Lakers

Just ain’t that damn good the Clippers are better the Denver Nuggets the randing defended Champions are better Minnesota’s better Oklahoma City’s better Phoenix looks better Sacramento looks better that’s six 17s right there so if you’re the Los Angeles Lakers they say we have to consider what I brought

Up the other day on first take when you talk about trading LeBron James let me not steal credit away from my colleague Alan Han who was the first to mention it on get up I understand that it’s a likelihood it’s p in the sky that that

Can’t happen but it can all change if LeBron James ask for it to happen Okay that’s the condition under which this could transpire so what do you have you have a Lakers Squad that has basically one dra draft available to them until the year 2030 the New York Knicks have

Four first round picks this upcoming draft two first round picks next year and 11 picks over the next seven years you call a Los Angeles Lakers you make sure you get somebody in front of LeBron James you say yo with Jaylen Brunson and the rest of the crew even if we probably

Have to trade Julius Randle we got a chance to win a chip here in New York City what’s up okay and you look at the Los Angeles Lakers and you say we’ll give you four first round picks we’ll give you a junior Rand if I’m the Lakers I’m saying

And super agent Rich Paul the cut Sports has also said at least for now that they’re not requesting but more importantly Malika there’s no one Stephen A it’s a great scenario it’s a great scenario but the Lakers you don’t you don’t build in Los Angeles you don’t build in Southern California what

Franchise does that you got the Clippers moving into a new dome in town with four hall of famers playing together and a threat to win this year so you’re going to let the Clippers California the next few but if you’re the Lakers and if you’re the Lakers you say

No we’re not taking draft picks we don’t build we reload we this is not the process this ain’t Philly work we’re not doing that b well have you been on the other side of these types of calls well Stephen a um I know you’re Nicks fan and

I know you’re tired of being the most famous guy in New York and LeBron would clearly be more famous than you let’s just be honest about that there’s no argument abely and I understand why you want LeBron James I understand the only one but that’s well yeah exactly the one

Guy now you’re there tonight we’ll see if you can actually have some time to recruit him because that’s how it would have to happen the beauty of LeBron james’ situation is he can go wherever he wants right LeBron James has earned that he can say I want to stay in La I

Want to go play for the Knicks I’d like him to play for the Warriors that would be a nice thing you know hey I want to go play for the Warriors he has that player option no team’s trading for him unless he says I want to go there and

The Lakers certainly aren’t trading LeBron James unless he says I don’t want to be there I don’t see any any indication if Stephen A has three hours tonight to convince him to go to the Knicks otherwise I think he’s stay one point may I say may I say this one point

Right now I never dreamed in my wildest dreams that I would be in a position to say this especially standing on the court of Madison Square Garden the New York Knicks if you’re LeBron James for the Los Angeles Lakers the only reason to look at them as a better scenario

Than the New York Knicks right now is the weather that’s it they have nothing else on the New York right now ring right now I never thought I’d say that Stephen I never thought I’d say that you can look at next year you can look at the

Summer you he’s got to opt out but again one more time the compensation what can you see the Los Angeles Lakers saying let’s take picks and build over a 5e period That’s not Southern C it only happens but you know what y’all didn’t say yes what you know what you didn’t

Say nobody said this I said if LeBron asked if LeBron said to the Lakers wilb Bob I won out yes you trying to tell me they say no yeah no look I sure yes in that scenario if he asked that I want to go play for the Knicks the crazy thing

Is is these little Emojis with the hourglass did you see what it’s almost like did you see what Darin ham said before the game did he say he said that if it were him he would have put two or three hourglass emoj at this point okay

Well and then also LeBron saying he also said this is a place I considered in 2010 so he is he is sprinkling some dust on this Nick thing which is Interesting

Stephen A. Smith attempts to make a case as to why LeBron James should request a trade from the Los Angeles Lakers to the New York Knicks.

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