It's tough to ignore the upside of landing LeBron James for Dallas.
The Dallas Mavericks showed everybody last year that it's impossible to never say never in the NBA. While trading Luka Doncic was arguably the most shocking decision in NBA history, it also highlighted that NBA executives sometimes make questionable decisions.
Perhaps Nico Harrison’s was plenty worse than anything that any other team has ever done in the NBA, but who knows what else could happen in the future?
In a recent trade idea from The Athletic’s Fred Katz, there would be plenty of intrigue between the Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers once again.
His trade idea would involve moving LeBron James to the Mavericks in exchange for Klay Thompson, Daniel Gafford, and P.J. Washington.
“Future Hall of Famer Klay Thompson along with versatile contributors Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington would get the deal done financially. Dallas could trade a future first-round pick, as well, though draft picks would become complicated in a trade for James. Teams wouldn’t be excited about giving up chunks of their future to acquire a 40-year-old, even if there has never before been a 40-year-old as good at basketball as James is now,” he wrote.
Landing James would be a great move, but it should only be done if the Mavericks believe they have a chance to win a championship next season.
James is only getting older, and with Kyrie Irving's injury and his recent comments possibly suggesting that he won't return next year, it might be tough to justify adding James to the roster.
At that point, it'd be him and Anthony Davis as the two stars, with a young Cooper Flagg. Of course, Flagg is better than what the Lakers had in terms of their young talent, but Los Angeles also showed that it can't necessarily win in the Western Conference with Davis and James at the stage of their careers.
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