[Wojnarowski] ESPN Story with @RamonaShelburne: Over a 24-hour window prior to trade deadline that included owner to owner conversations, the Warriors made an unsuccessful bid to convince the Lakers and LeBron James to consider a trade to pair him with Stephen Curry.
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The Warriors were eager to present a deal package to LA, but neither the Lakers nor James were ultimately willing to explore a potential blockbuster. Even at 39 years old, James is still playing at an All-NBA level that stirred the Warriors imagination about his ability to extend the window of the franchise’s fading dynasty.
the Lakers ever wanted a temperature check on James’ commitment, here was his chance to tell them. In the end, that answer for the Warriors and Lakers returned resoundingly on the eve of the trade deadline: Rich 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 Jr., reached out to Lakers GM Rob Pelinka in those pre-trade deadline hours, Dunleavy Jr., had been told the same: the Lakers wanted to keep James, sources said.
The fucking Warriors really tried to do it again lmaooo
If Steph was the best player on the team to win a championship with both KD and LeBron…
AGENDAS WOULD BE PUSHED
This is one of the most “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” things ever in the NBA
Also sixers called
Dunleavy Jr. was the second team executive call to Pelinka on a possible James trade, sources said. After seeing James’ murky social media post of an hour-glass a week before the trade deadline, Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey called Pelinka to probe on a James trade and was immediately told that James wasn’t available. In fact, Pelinka responded by asking Morey if Joel Embiid was available, sources said
as a laker fan i cannot laugh hard enough at this
draymond green might actually love this man
Gotta shoot your shot 🤷🏻
That “LeBron trade request” and Rich Paul clarification didn’t come out of nowhere lol
What did GSW offer though?
Draymond when he’s teamed up with both is gonna be beyond insufferable lol
look i hate this as much as everyone but i would also have loved this so much.
I wish it would have happened
Draymond is beside himself. Driving around downtown San Francisco begging (thru text)
All time great front runners
Extremely unsurprising that they called, that the talks were not *just* (although mostly) perfunctory, and that they got rebuffed.
LeBron at his age and stature might be the hardest player to value in the league: no one playing is more proven in the playoffs and he might win you the title year one. He also might pull a hammy and retire over the summer!
Feel like at this point unless you’re a legit cusp team any young players with true star upside aren’t worth moving for him, which seems insane.
This is like me shooting my shot with Sydney Sweeney for a Valentines date tonight
This sub would have gone into defcon 1
So now we know where both LeBron (Warriors) and Klay (China) will play next season
This is wild
Had to check if this was real lol
Numbers not enough, they should’ve tried to include FO members + janitorial staff to raise their chances.
Born going to the warriors this offseason. We can’t stop it
so the warriors leaked the “lebron considering a trade” story to try and push it to happen.
The funniest timeline is these two becoming teammates
Lebron in a warriors jersey would break my feeble bronsexual mind
Lakers reply with.
Yes we agree we should pair curry with Lebron… On the Lakers
Why is this story coming out after the trade deadline? You’d think Lebron would’ve wanted this to leak earlier when he was pressuring the Lakers to make changes to the roster.
nah lmao geriatric steph and lebron would cook like fuck if the warriors somehow pulled it off
LeWarrior denied.
The meltdown that would have ensued on here if this happened..
This is why Rich Paul released that statement then.