The Warriors haven’t given up hope of trading for LeBron James and teaming him with Stephen Curry, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (subscription required). Sources tell Fischer that Golden State has reached out to the Lakers on multiple occasions over the past 18 months to work out a deal, but has come up empty.
James and Curry played together at the Paris Olympics last August, combining their talents to capture a gold medal for Team USA. Coach Steve Kerr was in charge of that team, and the Warriors would like to create that same dynamic in the NBA.
Even though there are persistent rumors that James might be headed elsewhere after picking up his $52.6MM player option in June, Fischer points out that it would be tough for Golden State to put together a trade proposal that matches salaries without tearing apart the core of the roster. He adds that also holds true if Giannis Antetokounmpo were to ask out of Milwaukee.
There’s more from the Pacific Division:
- Augustas Marciulionis chose the Lakers over the Bucks for his first NBA opportunity, according to BasketNews. The son of former NBA player Sarunas Marciulionis signed an Exhibit 10 contract in July and will be in L.A.’s training camp next month. “The attention was similar from both teams,” he said. “But in Los Angeles, there were more people my agent and I knew and trusted. We understood the situation better there. For some reason, L.A. just felt like the right choice. Still, it wasn’t easy because I don’t know that much about the NBA environment yet. But we thought this was the best place for me.” The 23-year-old point guard, who played at St. Mary’s, was dealing with a broken foot during the pre-draft process.
- Devin Booker is expected to carry more of the Suns‘ offensive load with Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal gone, so Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic examines whether he can average 30 points per game. Booker scored 25.6 PPG last season with uncharacteristically low shooting numbers, so Rankin believes 30 PPG is well within reach if he takes at least 20 shots per night, goes to the free throw line more often, improves his three-point efficiency and gets more easy baskets in new head coach Jordan Ott‘s offense.
- In a separate story, Rankin states that trust was behind Ott’s decision to hire Sean Dwyer as an assistant coach after they worked together at Michigan State.
It would NOT be tough for the Warriors to put together a trade proposal for LeBron without tearing out the core roster of the roster.
The trade is obvious, and it was part of why they acquired Butler:
Lakers trade LeBron and Bronny to the Warriors for Butler and 1-2 Warriors’ first rounders.
Lakers punt their ‘26 cap space to ‘27, when they plan to sign either Jokic or Giannis.
Not saying this will happen, just saying that the path to do it mid-season is very obvious – it’s just a matter of all parties agreeing.
LeBron and Butler play the same position and occupy the same salary slot.
They didn’t trade for Butler to trade for LeBron. That is completely silly. Makes no sense at all. Why would they trade their 1st rounders that they are going to need.
Yeah why on earth would a team of old guys in win-now mode wanna acquire the greatest player of all time.
Why would you trade a bunch of 1sts for a May 2026 retirement announcement? He already has one-foot out the door. Doesn’t sound very “win-now” to me.
Lol, you’re talking about Lebron, not Jordan. At 40, these days he’s coasting.
It becomes an even easier decision with Giannis since he is so much younger. Like of course switching out Butler and lots of picks for Giannis makes the team way better, and you do it in a heart beat.
Agree, it’s an easy decision to trade away three firsts for Giannis because he’s only 30 years old.
The great thing about Butler is that he is making the same as most max stars so he can be matching without losing half the roster. He also probably has positive value after how it went in GSW until he broke his butt. So you can get some additional draft assets sending him to a 3rd team that needs him and just have Butler and a boatload of picks going out for Giannis.
Oh and its the 4 1sts 3 swaps plus any additional picks you get for Butler in the offer for Giannis. You arent getting out the door with 3 picks. The ask is every pick you have and can get.
No offer GS can make for Giannis is worth it for Milwaukee. They don’t own their own FRPs, and picks from GS with Giannis on the team are not valuable.
Milwaukee might trade Giannis for their own picks + good young players. Not 36 y.o. Butler, who caused trouble at every place he’s been + picks that project to be outside of the lottery. That would basically sentence Milwaukee to being a much worse version of Miami, lol.
GS can get Giannis if he requests a trade and only accepts GS as a destination. But that’s just wishful thinking by GS folks. For some reason, they think that somehow they are closer to being a destination for Giannis than any other team. Why? Because their FO wanks at Giannis? Every FO wanks at the thought of having him join them. Teams around the league drafted and signed his brothers and such.
It could theoretically make sense for Milwaukee to do a trade with Portland if they get back what they gave up in the Lillard trade + frps (how many?) + Avdija + Camara + salaries. But that wouldn’t make sense for Giannis.
The returns for OKC and Brooklyn for Paul George and KD were huge. Giannis is worth more.
The question is Giannis’ contractual value. This summer, it’s 2+1 player option; next summer, it will be only 1+1. But Giannis doesn’t strike me as somebody who would threaten to run his contract down and leave to facilitate a move. He’s not Butler, he’s not Paul George, he’s not AD. He’s exactly the type of person you want as your best player making max money. He has Americanized to an extent, but not so much as to become a sponsorship-driven diva wanting to play in LA or whatever. If anything, he will re-sign next summer with Milwaukee to ensure his trade value is high for them.
I think it’s funny how many people discuss a GS trade for Giannis, when there’s no indication that he will ask to be traded.
@NBAisOK, True enough, we know nothing about what Giannis wants. We can only fantasize.
Bucks already told Rockets NO when they asked about Giannis this off season and the Rockets could easily out bid the warriors for him. I wish warrior fans stop pretending they have all these assets to trade when 10 teams could easily out bid the warriors. Besides 1st round picks the assets are very shallow.
@arc
The Rockets could put a better package together, but they are going to need to start pulling guys from the roster to do it. Like if they will put Amen on the table, sure its better. Future GSW picks are more valuable than teams picks full of young talent. Like OKC picks going forward are bottom of the first round. Are any Rocket picks going to be better than 20th? So all the Rockets really have is the few picks from other teams they have, and the young players they want to keep on the roster.
The Bucks said no because Giannis hasnt asked out yet. They may privately want him to ask out, but they just know they cant trade him till he makes the move. It cant be MIL it has to be Giannis to make this happen.
You are talking Giannis and no way the warriors can compete in a trade with so little assets. I just get tired of peopel claiming teh warriors could do a trade for him. Giannis doesn’t want to come to the warriors. So you are going to have a team with only giannis and Curry and think they can win? SMH Giannis knows Curry is at his last years so there is 0 reason for him to request a trade to warriors.
You understand 1st round picks come in different values based on the teams future outlook right? So GSW have the full 7 picks, plus whatever additional ones they could get moving Kuminga and Butler.
There arent many teams in the NBA with picks more valuable than future GSW picks. The only way GSW dont bottom out at some point, is if they get super lucky rebuilding on the fly once Steph retires. The only way to really rebuild would be trade Steph.
Sure UTH picks the next couple years should be good. Your not trading Giannis to UTH. What contenders can put a better package together than GSW? HOU maybe, but they start losing a lot of key roster pieces fast to build that package. Out of teams in contention, which is where Giannis wants to go, GSW are easily one of the 3 best packages. Whether that gets it done? I dont know.
I would rate the Spurs as the #1 team to go after Giannis. look how much young talent they have to offer. Put Giannis alongside Wemby and Fox that is a championship team. They have much better assets to offer than any other team. #2 would be the Rockets with all their assets. #3 would be the Cavs. #4 OKC and #5 would be about 10 teams all going in on him. GSW would not be one of the 3 best packages.
The Spurs dont have many draft picks besides their own. I dont think Spurs draft picks will be very good the next 7 years do you? So sure they could trade all the non Wemby young talent in a package, but I doubt thats the best play for a team not 100% ready for Giannis and the go all in move.
Rockets need to add some of the best young players to beat a GSW package.
Cavs have literally nothing to offer outside the starting lineup of value. They have no draft picks left.
OKC is out of good draft picks, its all their own, or lottery protected ones. They also seem like they want to keep the draft picks as a way of cycling cheap role players once the money kicks in on the starters. Like put J Will in and were talking, but I doubt they do that.
Teams in contention with more than 1-2 draft picks are GSW/OKC/HOU/PHI/ORL. Thats it. Everybody else has already made the big trade, sent out all the picks, and are virtually out of the race for Giannis.
You also have to consider that teams that cant do the trade with mostly draft picks will be weakening the current roster to the point it may be no better than MIL currently.
I could see Giannis trying to stay in the east since the conference is so much weaker, but east contenders are very light on assets. Or are we really entertaining the dillusion that MIL would ever take Kats overpay contract 1 for 1 for Giannis.
It has to be a contender for Giannis to want to go there. Most contenders are out of assets. Its not hard to see why this would happen. Especially since you assume he would at least be able to influence his final destination.
So you assume that Bucks only want draft picks and nothing else. spurs have Harper, Vassell, Harper, Johnson, and Bryant to name a few. Those are much better than 3 unknown 1st round picks in the future. Try all you want but i see a lot of teams that can out bid the warriors.
Spurs already said no to trading Harper around the draft. He will either be good and they wont want to trade him, or he will struggle and be worth way less. Drafted players are almost always worth less than the picks, its like buying a new car and driving it off the lot. Vassell is decent, but already being paid and not a build around me type player for a rebuilding team. Keldon isnt worth much on the current trade market since we know they were shopping him. Bryant also isnt worth that much until he proves it in the NBA. Sure some of those are good pieces, but the ones that are are the ones SAS want to keep more. You also have the problem of leaving a roster with Giannis/Wemby/Fox and not much else.
If the Bucks are trading Giannis they will be bad for a bit in almost every scenario, so yeah a team looking at that wants high value draft picks to start rebuilding a young core, since they have none of their own. Its the only way for them to get premium talent.
LAL, LAC, BOS, MIN, NYK, PHX, CLE, DAL, DEN, and ORL are all teams that have spent most future assets and cant put a reasonable package together. Thats 1/3 of the league.
1/3 of the league is rebuilding, and your not sending Giannis without his consent to a CHO, CHI, NOP, UTH, SAC, WAS, POR, or BRK. The timelines dont make sense for teams that still need to develop the young players for a few more years as Giannis gets into his 30s.
So that leaves us with like 10 teams that are viable. Out of those 1o ATL, MEM, DET, IND, OKC, MIA, PHI, and TOR cant or wont offer a package as good or better than GSW picks after Steph retires.
You have to think that MIL will try to get Giannis where he wants to go ish. And if GSW traded Butler/Kuminga for 2-3 more picks very few teams can beat that offer. Its probably a better package if you can work in some picks from other teams. You also could add guys like Podz/Moody/Post as sweeteners.
Like are they the favorite? No. Are they one of the best offers out the gate? Yeah top 3-5 for sure. So will it happen? Likely not, but it is a real possibility.
1. If Bucks was trading Giannis why would they want Butler? they wouldn’t.
2. They already turned down a Kuminga for Portis trade offer so Kuminga isn’t high on their trade asset list.
3. So how many picks would they trade? 2 1st rounders would be easy to over take so 3 are you saying?
4. SAS, OKC, Cavs, Hou, and many more can out beat Butler and Kuminga offer easily.
5. We didn’t even mention other teams that have better assets.
You dont trade Butler or Kuminga to MIL. You deal Butler to a contender for picks in a 3 team and those picks plus your own go to MIL.
I dont recall ever seeing a Kuminga/Portis trade.
Kuminga would be dealt to another team for a pick. Thats the current ask, and it becomes easier to do once BYC goes away. If he raises his value MIL may want him, because with Giannis leaving they are rebuilding. He would then be a young player with a high potential ceiling, and may raise his value to start the year.
They would trade 26/28/30 for 1-20/32, and swaps in 27/29/31.
The offer was never Butler and Kuminga. Its all the future GSW picks when the teams engine is 40+. Cavs have no picks and nothing of real value outside the top 4 players on the roster. Are we doing Mobley? I mean if hes on the table then sure. SAS/OKC/HOU have become too good for most of the picks to have high value. Teams dont want 1sts from teams with young cores that shouldnt be bad anytime soon.
What other contenders have better assets? The trade has to end with a real team around Giannis, so you cant just gut rosters for packages. You cant trade Giannis at his age to UTH, because it makes no sense for Giannis/UTH. After all he has done for MIL they wont ship him to a terrible destination, but they have to get a real deal super star package. Most teams either arent good, or have a laughable package to offer.
Its not easy trading somebody that makes $56 million a year. You seem to think somebody is going to trade draft picks for him? Unless a team is desperate. Kuminga gets you nothing right now GSW can’t get a good trade for him now. Giannis is not coming to the warriors.
Im pretty sure none of this is happening till mid season with Giannis. I think the way Butler was performing with GSW when healthy last season would be worth a couple picks. GSW gave up reasonable contracts and a pick to get him, and I think he restored value with them. Kuminga seems to be worth something around a pick, and depending on the contract he signs and how he plays could get you anywhere from some seconds to several 1sts.
Giannis is going to have a big say in where he goes since he has the team option and needs to be extended. Thats outside of all the other parts of this, including that the execs may secretly know its done and want a good PR way of moving on. Its much better for them if he gets traded now for a lot, than if they try to make it work, and he just signs elsewhere for nothing after it fails.
The east is terrible is why Giannis is not getting traded. Bucks will do whatever they can to keep him like signing Turner.
If he stays healthy they may stay out of the play in. I think the odds of them beating ORL/NYC/CLE to go to the finals is very very low.
He says he wants to compete. I dont think MIL will be able to with its roster, especially if he gets hurt at all. They have mortgaged every asset imaginable, so I think theyre out of moves. I think its best for both parties for him to ask out, and I get the feeling it will eventually happen. He may not ask out until next summer, so theres that.
As long as he isnt firmly committing to MIL, which he hasnt publicly yet, were all assuming that he probably will ask out at some point.
He loves Milwaukee and appreciates how they took a chance on him and have supported him.
Since he has a ring, that’s not the same driving force that there is for other superstars without one. I don’t think he’s going to ask to be traded.
He says he wants more rings. He doesnt think MIL is able to get him there. He is more likely to ask out the worse the team is. Do you really think whats left on the roster around him is getting him another ring in MIL?
He is obviously torn where he would prefer to stay in MIL. We just really dont know what his breaking point is for asking out. I think every team and media person recognizes that this is where its heading, and it just comes down to what level of contention meets Giannis bare minimum.
His actual quote has a lot more context:
“As long as we play and we approach the game every single day the right way and we all sacrifice for a common goal, I can see myself being with the Milwaukee Bucks for the rest of my career. But the moment I feel like people are not as committed as I am to get that golden thing in the back, I am not. It’s more than the money, it’s more than the fame, it’s more than the lobsters, it’s more than the charter flights, private flights. For me, it’s all about that [trophy]. And I want that.
“So as I said, if the Milwaukee Bucks are on the same page for the rest of my career, great. If not, I have to win. I have to win. And I think the city and people will understand it. Because I’m one of the most competitive guys, and I’ve given everything that I can for the city of Milwaukee. I bleed green. I’m actually wearing the Milwaukee Bucks [shirt] on this interview. I’m actually wearing that and the shorts, and I’m actually about to go to bed. So I’m a Milwaukee Buck. But most importantly, I’m a winner. I want to win. And I have to do whatever it takes for me to win. And if there’s a better situation for me to win the Larry O’Brien, I have to take that better situation.”
Yeah I dont see a path to that team competing for the LOB. They are not one of the 2 best teams in the east this season, and have very little path to improving the team moving forward. Next year BOS will be back up to speed, and some of the east bottom dwellers could be starting to make noise.
Like I dont know how long it takes, but if what he cares about is another ring and nothing else he will eventually ask out. That quote reads as him preparing the city to lose him so they wont be as hurt when it happens.
Warrior’s GM already said that he is not trading 1st round picks and saving them for the future. It would be a one for one but this is another one of those nothing else the wrioter can talk about.
This is what they are saving those picks for. They dont want to move one or two in a smaller deal, and take themselves completely out of the bidding for the true difference makers.
Trade for Cam Johnson, lose the ability to trade for any major star. Not saying its the right move, but this is why they are behaving this way.
I been hearing for the last 5 years warrior fans claiming Giannis is coming to teh warriors. Its a pipe dream and no more. Might as well say Wemby will be on the warriors soon. they are not saving their picks for Giannis.
They have been holding those picks for a Giannis type. AKA a top 10 player in the league. I think its more likely now than it ever has been in the past. MIL is out of resources now. GSW have a better package compared to most contenders than they did before. And it does seem that if he was leaving teaming with Steph is fairly high on Giannis’s list.
@arc89 said:
> Warrior’s GM already said that he is not trading
> 1st round picks and saving them
@chapmansVaccum said:
> This is what they are saving those picks for.
IMO, a Giannis trade is the ONLY one that justifies trading multiple unprotected 1st round picks for (along the obviously unavailable Jokic and SGA). Giannis is the only potentially available player that is both:
1) good enough to combine with Steph to make the Warriors true challengers to OKC for the next 2 seaons
And
2) young enough to be a franchise cornerstone for a few more years after Steph retires.
LeBron and KD are neither of those 2 at this stage of their careers.
I would trade multiple unprotected 1sts for Murphy III. Im pretty sure MDJ would do it as well.
Seriously? IMO, no team in the league would trade multiple Unprotected first rounders for Trey Murphy III. The Warriors are talking to the Pels about Murphy because he matches Kuminga’s salary profile, not because they think he’s an emerging superstar.
The sudden elevation of Murphy feels reminiscent of what we saw with this past year with Cam Johnson on the Nets. 3&D wings are always in demand, but nobody will overpay, so the big offers never came.
Murphy is a nice player, but certainly not a future All-Star. At 25 years old, after 4 years in the league, he’s a known quantity:
– Career 38% 3pt shooter. His greatest strength.
– Offensively, he’s not a ball-handler or shot-creator. (Think Moses Moody.).
– He’s not a #2 scorer on a good team, and probably not a #3.
– Defensively, he’s long, with good, but not great athleticism. Good perimeter defender, average on-ball defender. Fairly switchable. He’s not physically strong. He can guard 2-3 well, 1 and 4 not so well.
Keep this in mind about Murphy’s 21 ppg last season, 6 more points than he’d ever scored before: Murphy was the only scorer healthy on a horrendous team, so he got 16 attempts per game, about 5 more than in previous years. Don’t expect that this season.
Murphy is in lots of trade discussions because many assume that a returning Herb Jones will take back the SF position
– Dejonte Murray PG $34M
– Jordan Poole SG $32M. (Jordan Hawkins bkup)
– Zion Williamson PF
– Herb Jones SF (1st team All-Defense)
– Yves Missi, Derick Queen C
He probably isnt a super star. He is a really useful player on a really good contract that fits on almost every team.
He is 6’9″ shoots the 3 at 38%+ and is defensively versatile and a positive. He is also young enough to have additional upside. I like him better than a healthy MPJ.
He is so much better than Moody on both sides of the ball.
Hes in trade discussions because he is the most valuable/tradable contract on a team run by Dumars/Weaver the dumbest executives in the NBA.
Murray is out for almost the whole year. He tore his achilles it could be 18 months if the rehab doesnt go smoothly. Poole is probably better as a 6th man. Zion has his own health/legal availability concerns. Missi probably isnt a starter unless you have to, and Queen is now out to start the season.
Chap, first, I absolutely agree Murphy III is much better than Moody on both sides of the ball. I used the comparison to Moody to highlight the incompleteness of Murphy’s game: much like Moody, Murphy isn’t a ball-handler.
Second, Poole (with his $32M salary) was acquired to start, including alongside Murray. Dumars was emphatic about that when Poole was acquired.
Third, regardless if the current injury situation, New Orleans is building for the future, and there isn’t any doubt that Murphy and Herb Jones are both SF’s. That’s why the ongoing trade rumors about Jones and Murphy are plausible. (And Dumars has built Championship teams as a GM, I wouldn’t diss him off-handedly.)
IMO, Murphys’s contract is exactly what it should be at $24M/yr. (He signed a deal last summet that was calibrated by Jalen Johnson’s $30M and Jaylen Green’s $34M.). The Warriors would love to own that contract, but multiple unprotected FRP’s is too rich for a player without great upside. On a team where he can’t just chuck (like in NOLA last season), he projects as an Andrew Wiggins, Cam Johnson level talent.
Everyone is writing off the Bucks but I look it as they have the same chance as the warriors even better since they are in the easy east bracket. They brought in Turner and resigned Portis. Now name all the teams that would offer a huge trade package for Giannis if he hit the market. There are too many to name.
Name the teams that actually have a huge trade package to offer. One that doesnt leave the team with Giannis and nothing else…
So in MIL who is going to score besides Giannis? Hows that defense going to work when it was bad last year and the defensive personnel just got worse.
Like most good basketball writers are correctly saying that if Giannis is hurt at all this team is a dumpster fire thats one of the worst in the east. Like you counting on Kuzma and Porter jr to save you?
I already named them. So instead you tell me the offer the Bucks would take from the warriors that is so awesome that nobody could beat out that package.
He has to be going to a contender. The contender has to still be a contender after the trade. Name me another contender besides OKC/HOU that can offer more than 3 1sts and 2 swaps. And there you have it.
GSW are in the lucky position, I guess, of not building the trade around the avg role players on the roster, and instead using all picks. If MIL gets picks and salary relief, they can accelerate the rebuild by signing guys to trade, or using the cap space to acquire assets.
GSW offers the max of 1sts and swaps allowed of their own, and can maybe get a couple more in the larger trade to make it even better. GSW future 1sts are on the higher value end of the spectrum because everyone in the league thinks theyre cooked once the current core retire.
arc89, the key to the value of the Warriors’ package is the projected quality of their future draft picks.
Milwaukee would be betting that the Warriors wouldn’t be very good in 2028-33, so the picks would be much better than what other teams (like San Antonio or Houston) would offer.
Yeah its like people keep forgetting that 1st round draft picks have very divergent perceived value in the NBA.
26 1sts probably go:
UTH
WAS
BRK
PHX
NOP
SAC
CHI
But UTH picks after 28 are probably not worth much.
Wouldnt be shocked if a number of teams bet against GSW health and have 26 in the top 10.
@jacobjackson,. A Lebron for Butler deal isn’t “obvious” to the extent the teams can’t agree to what exactly are “1-2 Warriors draft picks” that you mention.
How do you value 1, maybe 2, more seasons from 41 year-old LeBron James? How about:
– One 2026 unprotected GSW 1st round pick? GSW says “yes”, Lakers say “not enough”.
– Two unprotected 1st round picks? GSW says “no way”, Lakers say “yes”.
IMO, it’s somewhere in between, but the gap is wide.
Really…..I’d laugh so hard. Whens the season start, lols.
The clown show ………. Yeah every team wants a 41 yr old Bron one day. Not even Cleveland would trade for Bron lmao. Bron will get bought out by TD. You can just wait for it. I can’t believe they can write this.
Knicker, sit this one out. a clown show is when a team from New York can’t win a title in 50 years.
LeBron for Jimmy plus 1 first round pick makes total sense for Warriors. Both Jimmy and LeBron have 2 years left.
Favorite post of the week, KnickerbockerAl. Something tells me the Warriors are not THIS desperate. Nice behind-the-scenes work (AGAIN), Draymond, Rich Small, and, of course, Brawny Sensation.
the guy who claims it claims a lot of trade propsals. He said the warriors asked about Lebron but it goes back to last year. There is nothing else to talk about so they are revisiting rumors.
Can you IMAGINE, arc89, the mental anguish this is causing the baby GOAT, along with his lost followers, to know NOBODY in the NBA – not even the team he’s signed to PLAY FOR in 2025-26! – wants him anymore??!!
LeBron is not leaving LA unless its after the season as a free agent. LA wants their money player that put fans in the seat. Next year they let him go and use the money to resign their free agents Reeves and Rui. They will then have money to spend on a bench. Buiolding around Luka is the smart thing to do.
You’re both wrong about LeBron coming to the Warriors. It could easily happen.
It’s not a secret around the NBA: LEBRON WANTS TO COME TO THE WARRIORS. The Warriors would not keep on trying if they didn’t know that. Think about it. Steph and Draymond talk to LeBron all the time.
LeBron wants to play with Steph to try to win 1 more title. He’s talked a lot about it.
We get LeBron for Jimmy and a pick. LeBron and Jimmy have same salary. Both guys are done in 2 years. But LeBron is much better than Jimmy.
As a Laker fan Sniper if we start 20-25 send it !
25-20 it prolly doesn’t happen , nice ( back door insurance ) for lakers if it is so – I think the haggling would be which year
Gsw would wanna give 2026, lLakers would want 2027 or ideally 2028
@Cap N Crunch Booya!!! That’s showbiz baby.
I’ll hold you to it if we are 20-25
You can have jr mints too
LeBron wants to have the “never traded” label. No trade is ever happening. Also, these days, butler is better next to curry than LeBron is.
@humps Being traded doesn’t mean the same thing as the olden days. Superstars call the shots now. If LeBron gets traded everyone knows he wanted it.
LeBron wants to be the center of attention. Steph and LeBron together on tour is showbiz. Greatest show in sports. Ka-ching $$$
So basically if Devin booker becomes a better basketball player he can play better basketball. Got it.