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“What happens to expiring contracts in the NBA? They’re viewed as trade pieces”
Smoking Gorilla
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When the idea of a trade came up, I slammed the door on it and said,
00:03
first off, LeBron wants to be a Laker. If he didn't want to be a Laker, he opted out.
00:07
He has a no-trade clause, everything that Bontemps just said.
00:11
Over the last three days, I have unlocked the door.
00:14
I wouldn't say that I'm opening the door. I would just say I've unlocked the door.
00:18
The door I slammed and locked on Sunday, I'm not 100% sure.
00:23
And that is because my conversations over the last three days have crystallized that
00:30
the Lakers are essentially viewing LeBron as an expiring contract.
00:35
And that may sound like a toss-off statement, but that's not insignificant.
00:41
LeBron has never been an expiring contract, quite literally.
00:44
Never in his 23-year career, over the nine contracts he's signed, over all the different teams he's been on.
00:50
He's never been on the last year of his contract.
00:52
He's never been 40 years old. He's never not been the franchise player on his team.
00:57
The Lakers and LeBron, whoever wants to spin their side of the story, I'm not sure what happened.
01:03
But the Lakers and LeBron did not have substantive discussions about extending his contract,
01:10
which every team LeBron's been on for 20-something years has wanted to have substantive conversations
01:15
about extending his contract.
01:17
And what happens to expiring contracts in the NBA?
01:20
They're viewed as trade pieces.
01:22
So, for all those reasons, you know, the money, the fact that LeBron and Luka are still a very formidable duo,
01:30
the fact that the Lakers are not done with their offseason,
01:32
the fact that trading him is crazy, the fact that this is being built around Luka
01:36
and they've got to maintain their cap sheet, and all of those things.
01:39
Everything of that makes sense.
01:41
But I'm just unlocking the door, because I'm not as convinced as before of its impossibility.
01:46
It's impossibility.
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