He will. All the way until the season ends.

No.

I don’t know how you can compare LeBron’s situation with Kawhi’s. Kawhi was 27 and entering his prime. LeBron is going to be 41. No one is going to gut their team for him. The most realistic trade would be the Warriors sending Butler. Jimmy has another year left on his contract so perhaps the Lakers could get a first out of the deal. But it’s hardly a big win for the Lakers. They have a better chance of winning with LeBron this year and they would still be hand tied next season with a 37 year old Butler on the books.

I would be willing to bet an uncomfortable amount of money that LeBron ain’t going anywhere….

It’s funny how click baiters work. Part of the same interview Paul also mentioned that LeBron hadn’t even expressed in any interest in a trade. But the click baiters are going to milk this until the trade deadline.

Here’s some words! They are words! Probably written using AI because who journalism’s anymore? Nobody!

Darius Bazley coast-to-coast for the flush!@Lakers | #NBASummerLeague pic.twitter.com/5cpB9iVa5a— NBA Summer League (@NBASummerLeague) July 13, 2025

I kind of hope so, dude has some serious potential to be a solid 7-8-9 guy.

Trading the best player by far. I’d rather see us shoring up the guard spots.

Dude. When all you got is $2.78 you’re not buying Wagu steak man. Lakers saving canon balls for 2027, sign and trade greaser.

FIVE REASONS TO TRADE LEBRON JAMES NOW!1. Avoid losing LeBron to free agency with no return.2. Acquire additional roster depth and diversity.3. Accelerate transition from LeBron to Luka.4. Improve chances of winning 2026 championship.5. Position team to replace LeBron next… pic.twitter.com/3DdQifRIbc— LakerTom (@LakerTom) July 12, 2025

I think there’s an aspect to all this BS that folks are ignoring. The Lakers will, under no circumstances, trade LeBron unless he requests it. This is due both to their obvious desire to have him retire a Laker and his no trade clause. He’s not going to go a gutted Mavs team to play with AD and half a roster. He’s not going knows how that’s going to end. No Kyrie for most/all of the year doesn’t add to allure, either.

It doesn’t really. I guess it depends on how pissed off he is. He does have an affinity for high profile vets. He would have taken less for Klay last year. He’s good friends with Steph and Draymond. That could be appealing I guess. Still if he were honest he would see it as more of a lateral move.

FROM THE ABOVE ARTICLE:

The Los Angeles Lakers have had an underwhelming offseason so far. The Lakers have made very little effort to show they are willing to contend for a title this upcoming season.

More news: LeBron James Hasn’t Reached Out to Deandre Ayton, But Luka Doncic Has

Many expected the Lakers to be big players in free agency and the trade market, but that has not been the case. Instead, the conversation this offseason has been centered around their superstar forward, LeBron James, and not for the reason many think.

The conversation surrounding James is not about his potential retirement but whether he will remain with the Lakers for the foreseeable future. That is the question on everyone’s mind.

James has a no-trade clause in his contract, so it’s really in his hands if he wants to remain in LA or not, despite the Lakers reported desire to move on from him.

Nonetheless, those wheels may be in motion, at least according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Brian Windhorst. In their latest column, they reported how all signs point to the Lakers wanting to move on from James by the spring of 2026.

“The Lakers had already made their statement in not offering James a contract beyond this season. It was abundantly clear that the 21-time All-Star’s time as the face of the Lakers had, for the first time, a planned end date, even if James’ record-setting NBA career did not yet. Whether the 2025-26 season is to be James’ final season in the NBA is up to him. But if he wanted the kind of Hollywood ending that only the Lakers can give legends of the game, the release date was set. Spring, 2026. Luka Doncic in, LeBron James out.”

James recently exercised his $52.6 million option prior to the start of the free agency period. All signs point to James playing in the 23rd season of his NBA career; however, whether it will be with the Lakers is unclear.

There’s been plenty of speculation about where James could end up next, but if a trade were to go down, it’s unlikely to happen during the upcoming season. If anything does materialize, a move this summer feels like the more realistic window.

It is clear the Lakers are looking forward, and why shouldn’t they? James is about to be 41 in December, and they have a 26-year-old superstar in Luka Doncic who could carry them to multiple championships for at least the next decade.

They’ll wait as long as it takes for him to formally request a trade. End of story, end of discussion.

FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:

This was even made clear to Luka himself earlier this offseason as the Lakers superstar guard met with Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick at a Hollywood restaurant where the team’s plans were laid out to him, via Ramona Shelburne and Brian Windhorst of ESPN:

The purpose of the meeting was as clear as their choice of door: Doncic is the face of the franchise now and the Lakers wanted him — and everyone else — to know it.

Over a bottle of Opus One, Pelinka and Redick explained not only their strategy in building the team around Doncic’s skill set, sources told ESPN, but also the complexities of the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement and how they planned to navigate it.

And Doncic and his representatives were apparently receptive to what the Lakers brass laid out with his manager Lara Beth Seager noting the strong working relationship that has been formed over the past few months:

That message has been received warmly. “The Lakers leadership team has been incredibly welcoming and supportive of Luka since we arrived in L.A.,” Seager told ESPN. “We’ve spent a lot of time talking and getting to know each other over the last few months, and we’ve formed a strong working relationship. Championships are won when you work together. We all share that same goal.”

For the past few years, it has been the Lakers working with LeBron James closely to do whatever was needed for this franchise to win at a high level. But the acquisition of Luka has caused the Lakers to switch gears, and rightfully so. The team still wants to compete right now, but they also have a map for how they want to build in the future and that involves Doncic at the forefront as the face of this franchise, something he is clearly embracing as well.

Luka Doncic excited about teaming with Deandre Ayton on Lakers

The Lakers’ biggest offseason acquisition was center Deandre Ayton, who projects as an ideal pick-and-roll partner with Luka Doncic. And Ayton’s skillset, along with his previous success in Phoenix, are the main reasons why Doncic is excited about teaming with him on the Lakers.