LeBron James was traded by the Lakers’ head coach
Prior to the deadline, the Golden State Warriors reportedly reached out to the Los Angeles Lakers over a possible trade, including LeBron James. However, neither James nor the Lakers expressed interest in the arrangement, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne.
“In the end, sources told ESPN that Paul informed Lacob and Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. that James had no interest in a trade and wanted to be a Laker,” The response was emphatic on the eve of the trade deadline. “Sources indicated that Dunleavy was informed the same thing when he contacted Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka during the pretrade deadline: the Lakers wanted to keep James.”
In response to this news, former NBA player and Memphis Grizzlies guard Gilbert Arenas said, “I’m pretty sure they’re not going to say who they were going to trade because it didn’t happen and you don’t want to let all those players over there know that we almost got ya’ll the f-k up out of here,” during a recent episode of Gil’s Arena.
Despite having James and Steph Curry, Arenas said he doesn’t think Golden State would have been regarded as a great team because of the package they would have had to send out.
“What the f-k do I really have if I’m getting moved to the Golden State Warriors and Kuminga, Klay, and Wiggins are gone? Me, Steph Curry, and Draymond Green alone? “We’re not taking home a championship,” declared Arenas.
Although this was an outrageous story, it appears that James joining the Warriors was never a real possibility.
