LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

James shoulders so much of the teams he's been on. Facilitate, rebound, defend and score when needed. At his advanced age, James has held up well but you never know when that one injury will hit. I still would not trust him for that needed key score (PG13) but everything else I'm fine with...

 

This seems like something @abeer3 would like to read.

Long story short: Pincus says "oh I can figure out a way for them to keep Ariza, Capela, CP3, Harden, and still get George!"

And then he doesn't really give any good options. His best guess is a sign and trade situation with Cleveland taking on just awful contracts as well as late 1sts in exchange for LeBron, trading away everyone not named Harden, Capela, and Paul. Ariza re-signs for the minimum apparently.

His other option is everyone take a massive pay cut (10+ million each between Paul and James) in order to make it work.

So nothing we haven't thought of already on this site, but Pincus provides a loose framework to get Harden, Paul, LeBron, and Capela. Ariza doesn't actually factor into it.

 

Apparently LLLLLeBron really "geared" up for the playoff run.

 

@sirronstuff what planet am I on? And why do I love it so much?

I feel like for the Spurs to attract LeBron long-term, they need to keep Kawhi. We're seeing them miss the playoffs because they don't have Kawhi who is nearly as good as LeBron because of his defensive ability. LeBron would be going there to be a late seed in the West. I don't think he'd want to sign a long-term deal without Kawhi.

 

I think if Leonard is on his way out, the Spurs move him for a high draft pick, a future middle draft pick, and maybe a prospect now. That's more their MO I think. If they know they're not going to be good, they'll go full rebuild.

I don't see them trading for LeBron, because he'll just leave them the same way Leonard would. LeBron isn't going to stay in a small market by himself even with Pop on board.

And I've always said I don't like him man. LeBron is a narcissist, he complains too much, and he's never been the guy I count on to win games he's just the engine to get me there. I honestly have only ever viewed him as a tool to jump the line. He guarantees us George. He and George guarantee us competitiveness. If we can embrace Malone and Payton (even if they don't feel like Lakers), we can embrace LeBron for a while if it means getting back to the Finals. It'll feel weird at first, but I'll get over it when we hit 50 wins.

 

I'll eat a shoe if LeBron and Chris Paul take a giant pay cut in favor of keeping Ryan Anderson around.

 

Is that the new LeBron 15 Yosemite Edition?