‘Full circle’ LeBron moment set to fuel ‘serious’ Kyrie-Lakers talks… but troubled past could spoil it all
With Thursday’s NBA Trade Deadline quick approaching, Kyrie Irving lobbed a grenade on Friday by requesting a commerce from the Brooklyn Nets.
Even for a participant of Irving’s apparent expertise and skill, it’ll be onerous to discover a suitor earlier than the commerce deadline keen to make a transfer for him given the sequence of off-the-court dramas he has been concerned in.
A real title contender might not presently have or need to commerce the belongings wanted to safe Irving and would danger disrupting workforce concord by making such a big transfer.
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Meanwhile, a struggling workforce who might have the fitting bundle to commerce for Irving is unlikely to be the perfect match for the Nets celebrity both given the danger concerned.
Plus – it’s onerous seeing Irving sticking round very lengthy at a workforce that’s not a severe probability of contending for the title within the subsequent few years.
There is one workforce that stands out although, the Los Angeles Lakers.
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With the West wide-open and Anthony Davis lastly match and wholesome, the Lakers have a real probability to make a severe playoff push and including Irving might instantly vault them into contending for the championship.
NBA insider Shams Charania mentioned on Saturday morning that the Lakers might be within the combine, though a lot of it is going to come down as to whether a commerce bundle centred round Russell Westbrook and the workforce’s two first-round picks shall be sufficient.
“The Lakers are being very active for a trade overall in the market,” Charania mentioned on ‘The Pat McAfee Show’.
“When you look at Russell Westbrook, you look at their two first-round picks, is that enough for Kyrie Irving? Do the Lakers make that offer? That’s something we’re going to have to track.”
He later reported that the Los Angeles Lakers might but find yourself with some competitors in spite of everything, with the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks rising as “potential suitors” for Irving.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowksi additionally reported that Irving maintains an curiosity within the Lakers, though he hasn’t shared an inventory of most popular groups.
It shouldn’t be the primary time LeBron James and the Lakers have been linked to Irving, with the Lakers celebrity reportedly pushing for the pair to hyperlink up in July final yr.
NBA insider Marc Stein wrote on the time {that a} deal might be achieved as James appeared to revive the duo’s collaboration that took the Cavaliers to an NBA title.
Stein mentioned his confidence in a deal being reached final yr “stems from repeated rumbles in circulation that LeBron James is rooting hard for Irving’s addition to the roster. James, I’m told, wants to see Irving in Lakerland more than anyone.”
