The Dallas Mavericks are the new favorites to land LeBron James, per @BovadaOfficial Dallas Mavericks (+125)Miami Heat (+500)Cleveland Cavaliers (+550)Golden State Warriors (+600)New York Knicks (+800) pic.twitter.com/mWDSlpVsgV— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) July 15, 2025
And in other ”news” the Celtics are Peter Pan’s best potential landing spot and Voltron is favored to land in Miami.
Talk about beating a dead horse. There hasn’t been anything new coming out of LeBrons camp since Paul clarified that LeBron hasn’t expressed interest in a trade a couple of weeks ago. Yet article and after article continues to be posted. Unfortunately this will probably be with us until the trade deadline.
Nasty, but funny!
If. He. Wanted. To. Leave. He. Would. Have. Waived. His. Option. And. Became. A. Free. Agent.
Cept. He. Wanted. The. Money. More. And. Still. Thinks. He. Can. Have. Both.
When they design and plan Lebron’s statue outside of Crypto.com (“Staple Center!!!!!!!!)…they need to leave room on each side for Bronny’s statue and Bryce’s statue…
It’s almost like nobody has followed his career and how he’s operated off the court over the last 20 years. The sample size isn’t small. His Ego will not allow him to let it appear like he got run off by Luka or that the Lakers sent him away. So there’s very little chance that he asks to be traded.By opting in he’s put the ball into Pelinka’s court forcing him to either:
1. Really go “ALL IN” and include Rui, Reeves, & Knecht in trades, plus Draft Capital, & taking back an unfavorable contract (or two) to throw a Hail Mary to win this season.
Or.
2. Do nothing or make minor moves that don’t get them any closer to a ring and risk losing both him AND Luka next summer.
That’s how big his Ego is…He’d rather let Pelinka take the fall for failure this upcoming season and probably never get that 5th ring.
Also, going to GSW or the Knicks still wouldn’t make him a favorite to win a ring next season anyway. OKC will be the runaway favorite and frankly, they really didn’t play that well offensively the entire postseason. If they get that end of the floor crackalackin by next spring they might pull off a Moses Malone “Fo, Fo, Fo” (+Fo).