Could the King reunite with two of his favorite former Championship teammates?
Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis are both on the Dallas Mavericks, and as LeBron James trade speculation continues to swarm, a reunion in the Lone Star State could be plausible.
Fred Katz of the Athletic took a look at how this could happen, starting with the aforementioned relationships.
“There’s injured All-Star Kyrie Irving, who James teamed up with for a title in Cleveland and who he has tried to play with again since,” Katz wrote. “There’s 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis, who the Lakers flipped for [Luka] Dončić only five months ago — and who James never hoped to see leave. Mavericks GM Nico Harrison is a former executive at Nike, where James has a lucrative shoe contract. As became front-page news after the Lakers acquired Dončić, the two guys who would negotiate this deal, Harrison and Pelinka, go back a long way.”
MORE: Three potential trade packages to send LeBron James (and Bronny) to the Knicks
Katz went on to explain how the deal could get done.
“Future Hall of Famer Klay Thompson along with versatile contributors Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington would get the deal done financially,” Katz continued. “Dallas could trade a future first-round pick, as well, though draft picks would become complicated in a trade for James. Teams wouldn’t be excited about giving up chunks of their future to acquire a 40-year-old, even if there has never before been a 40-year-old as good at basketball as James is now.”
With the addition of no. 1 overall draft pick Cooper Flagg, the Mavericks would have no shortage of star power, even with Irving’s injuries. Plus, James could mentor one of the future stars of the league who wasn’t even born when James entered the league.
MORE MAVERICKS NEWS:
