Lakers Rumors: LeBron James Trade Talks Amid New Ownership?

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00:00You're telling me that after getting Luka, all of a sudden, the Lakers are going to turn around and trade LeBron?

00:06I'm reading stuff that says it's tied into maybe this new ownership group or something like that.

00:10I read a story that, I mean, help me make sense of this, that Luka was told, but LeBron was not?

00:15I mean, come on, this doesn't make sense.

00:17And then they wanted to talk to LeBron about it the other day at the Summer League, and he doesn't want to talk, of course.

00:22I mean, man, it seems very far-fetched to me to think that he could be traded, but I guess I can't rule out anything in sports these days.

00:28Yeah, especially after they made that move to get Luka Doncic, we never say never.

00:32But I think that, I won't say it's much ado about nothing.

00:35I think that it's very calculated from LeBron James.

00:37He's been that way throughout his career, but specifically the last decade of his career.

00:41He feels like he's had three careers and one, he's going into year 23.

00:44But the fact that certain things get leaked to the media, it's unclear who actually has an in, who doesn't,

00:50or what's going on with LeBron James and Clutch.

00:52I understand that they're probably trying to put some pressure on the Lakers franchise.

00:55It does kind of feel similarly, if anybody remembers the last dance documentary,

00:59all that unrest with the Bulls organization going into Michael Jordan's last season in Chicago.

01:05It feels similar to that.

01:06It feels like LeBron James is going to end up being in purple and gold this season.

01:09There's going to be a lot of talk and a lot of commotion.

01:12But eventually, when training camp starts, when opening night starts, he will be with the Lakers

01:15because ultimately, there are not that many teams out there that can make a deal and a trade for LeBron James

01:20and keep their team intact, especially given the new salary cap stuff.

01:23So I feel like once everything kind of settles down, he'll be back.

01:26Luke will be back, and they'll try to go win a championship in L.A.