 What's the word y'all if you trade that line is always so fun. So far this year We don't have a ton of big big names potentially getting traded like we've already seen Pascal Siakham Oh, John and Obi and then the next biggest names is like Dejante Murray was completely different the last year Where we saw Carrie Irving and Kevin Arrant before about 12 hours yesterday. There were some bugs that the Lakers might be traded LeBron James now a Big majority of us never believed it and rich Paul has come out today and say a day bugging We're not asking to be traded. We're not being traded whatever whatever But for about 12 hours people was speculating a little bit and and again, I don't think he's got to get traded But I think it's a cool thought experiment. So this is where started off with David Pingalore He said he's hearing from NBA peeps the King jays at the top of the Lakers list to be traded 39 years old Polinka is looking for the right team to dance with and it's close to a suitor and then LeBron James and Anthony Davis were out in their game against balsa and they pulled out a Pretty big win against the best team of basketball without LeBron James and Anthony Davis It's how you know NBA fans are bored not specifically this with David is saying But because the Lakers went in and won that game against the Boston Celtics I saw a Lakers fans. Of course, don't represent the whole fan basically like see Everybody on the roster is just being used wrong players 3 through t I think this was my boy low tweet playing 3 through 15 are a lot better than y'all think They just being used wrong because of Ron and ad or whatever Now we're talking about a one game sample size here. So maybe take it with a grain of salt But in this game versus the the Boston Celtics obviously shot 51% from 3 which is crazy for the LA Lakers But I want to think about this this shot frequency Where in this game last night 35% of their shots came from the three-point line and then traditionally it's about 32% Now obviously we're talking about a one game sample size versus 40 plus games or the other But I think it's kind of interesting to kind of look at these factors So starting off with the frequency of the three-point shot now Normally the Lakers again are just really really bad when it comes to getting their three-point temps up 32% which is 28th and basketball last night again one game sample size versus the Boston Celtics up to 35% That is the 45% I would see oh not great But it's higher than what they're used to by 3% But they also shot it at a 51% clip. So part of them winning this game It's like, oh my god, we shot 51% from 3 But their shot diet completely flipped on his head because with ad and LeBron this season They're the number two team when it comes to shots at the rim I mean we're talking about a team that's going to pound to pound to pound it Get to the free throw line and so on and so forth when this game They did not get to the rim at all and there was a lot of mid-range jump shots a three-point shot So again, take that with a grain of salt because we're talking about a one game sample size And of course your shot diet is going to change where you're missing your top two players But we did see people like Austin Reeves v8 before he went down his injury and just other people play differently there is a pace to this game But anyway, let's get back to the LeBron James potential trade stuff Now that tweet from David Pingalore is coming off the backs of LeBron James tweeting an hourglass emoji the night before And I'd be like, oh, what does that mean because they had just lost the game in Atlanta where things look really really bad Um, so is this saying that there's a matter of time before somebody's getting traded? This is a matter of time before what it's darvin ham back on the hot seat We later found out that that was probably because he was doing a deal with draft kings At least that's what we think. I don't know now. We would normally take a report like this with a grain of salt Um, but David Pingalore has been writing on a couple things basically telling the world that LeBron James was about to go to la When nobody else really had the scoop he said that kawaii Leonard was gonna go to the go to the clippers And then he also had some speculation that LeBron James is headed back to the caps um So We like hold on Dude bro really got sources now I don't know all of the misses that he might have had in his career because Nobody did the research on missus, but he's got a couple makes is like, oh my god Maybe LeBron is potentially getting traded again We know now that he's not but that made me think about if LeBron was to be traded Who would the people that we think would be interested in what does that trade look like? What is the value of a 39 year old player who was still really really good? But also a guy that told the world that he's gonna try to team up with his son when that time comes at the end of the season We had to go to the basement set up. There are things going on upstairs regardless The video must go on. There are a couple different factors You got to think about when building a hypothetical fictional LeBron James trade again just as a thought experiment The first one is he's gonna want to go to a contender You're not LeBron James leave an la to go to another team that's not Gonna be in the playoffs or not gonna be competing for championship ring So it has to be a team that fits that and also with that being said has to be a team That doesn't have to gut their roster in order to bring LeBron James in because what's the point of being a contender right now If I got to trade my third fourth the fifth best player to get the LeBron James on a roster It doesn't really make sense But again, this goes back to the conversation of what is the value of a 39 year old LeBron James coming into the organization? Objectively, he's still one of the best players in basketball But does that mean that we want to give up four first round picks to get him on the last year of his deal? It's not going to be the same value that we would have got if in 2020 or 2016 or in 2005 like the man's been around for a very long time So this is probably the lowest trade value he's ever had but that doesn't mean it's no trade value You know I'm saying a player like LeBron James is caliber does not get traded very often I know we saw kevin aran get traded last year But that is an anomaly like at the deadline these caliber players top 10 players currently in basketball Do not get moved off. So I went to fanspo and I was like, you know, let me try to veer the couple trades a couple teams I think could maybe put it back together and LeBron James right now is trending the number one on fanspots Means that people have come to fanspots website said I'm building a LeBron James trade more than Dejante Murray D'Angelo Russell Evan 48. Dang Zach Levine and them didn't fail down because the bulls might not trade anybody Um, but now before I even build my trades I'm curious to what the community is saying the people that all the people that's putting together they LeBron James trades What does those look like? See somebody is just out here having fun Fantasy trading at least you'll be an honest LeBron James to Atlanta cut it out. Give me the ones from today The most upvoted one now is only three upvotes now. It's not like he's been up. This has been upvoted like crazy LeBron James Christian Wood in the least favorable of a 2026 for Chris Paul Wiggins in the most favorable of 2026 That's going to look fun. Now the Warriors were a team. I was like undoubtedly if this thing was happening There'll be a team that LeBron is going to think about and that the Warriors are going to think about too We're talking about two of the top. I don't know how many players in NBA history. It depends on where you have stuff Um Teaming up together on the second half of their careers It could be kind of legendary But I could see a lot of purists a lot of tradition is hating the idea because y'all competed so well for the last decade And now you're trying to team up It's kind of it's kind of weird, but this trait that this person puts together is awful Again, I don't think LeBron James got the value of 2016, but this This cut it out 100% was built by a Warriors fan just saying like here we get LeBron James in for nothing Let me see if I can do something Something so Chris Paul has to be in the deal right just to make the money match You if you if I am the Lakers right and I'm like, okay, we're going to trade LeBron James There's a couple of different ways we could go we could say hey We still want to build around anthony at 30 years old So we kind of want players and future assets because we could turn those future assets to real players, right? So chris paul's contract has to come in. I'm looking at the warriors draft capital and they got it They got a lot of their own first round picks. I'm gonna need a few of those. I want 2025 I won't uh, I want like a 27 Uh, let's just say that that's to start off with and the person that built that trade was like I will not trade jonathan kaminga. I will not trade brandon projimski. You trade jacks of davis I need a combination of some of these younger dudes I have I need them. I need them. I'm not paying. I don't want to pay wiggins I don't I don't want to break up sefkirk claytops of draemon draemon and lebron a homies now You know, so we don't want any of those pieces But you got to fill out the roster with some of the younger dudes And if i'm the Lakers i'm asking for for kaminga and maybe the warriors say no because kaminga has been that good That i'm not trading jonathan kaminga for lebron james that that might be something they would say But even with that we need a little bit more money and that's where it gets tough So maybe you do throw in wiggins, but if i'm the lakers I need an extra first round pick to take on that wiggins contract. I'm being honest with you I don't love this but financially this does not work. All right It still does not work. Oh because of the contracts are way too big. Hold on. Hold on. Here take our injure gape Vincent This is not a good trade package either But this this is probably the start of it. This is probably the start of it. Ah The next team I thought about was The nicks 100 fits every piece of criteria that I mentioned earlier The nicks have been one of the two hottest teams in all the basketball since the og on a nobi trade They're even winning a bunch of games now the jeweler's rando is out It doesn't even really make sense too much But they have the potential assets to make this happen now in this hypothetical trade It is gonna have to get rid of julius rando in this one But if you're getting back lebron james who's like a a super super hero version of jeweler's rando You're probably okay with how many q grinds back. He's already disgruntled anyway I mean you the nicks are trying to get rid of him in real life So that's not that big of a deal and just to make the money match We need one of josh heart or dancy divincenzo nicks fans. Y'all can argue amongst yourselves or which one would you rather give up Oh, no Every four years money makes it makes it work. This trade works right here. Okay money wise it works So now it's like hey nicks. We know you got a wizards pick We know you got a pistons pick now again. These are protected very heavily So they may not even convey you got dialysis pick this year You got milwaukis next year like you have so look at all the picks that the nicks have ropa lakers like i'ma need Six of them because because julius rando's all mba caliber player But him playing alongside anthony davis is not something we really interested in we might want to flip him to a third team anyway So give me some picks. I don't know how many you tell me what about these guys now You can argue whether or not this will be an upgrade for brawn, right? um Because this is a team that also does not shoot many threes and now in this hypothetical trade tyler hero is going out Now some of the three-point shot making you have it's just gone in order to bring brawn here So maybe that's not the smartest thing, but we know air exposure and brawn have won a few championships together Turn them back to the land already conversations about the combination of jared allen and eva mobily But if we send one of them to la the one I saw a lot was this one I don't think the thunder on the position where they're like let's add 39 year old lebron james, you know But they could make it happen so easy because look at this Look at this Look how many strolls I have to do to get down there. Look at all of this. Look at all of that So they could make it happen with draft capital by itself And like the mavericks just don't have enough to make it happen. Uh, look their draft Board is uh, not a lot So they're not a ton of ton of teams that would be able to put together the fictional trade to get lebron james But there are some like with the the lakers don't just want a few of these first round picks in a bunch of Seconds do they like the 76 obviously we don't know who's going on with joel and beads knee So maybe that's just a non-starter for a lot of people But they're gonna they have the money to match this 47 million Do they have the the draft picks now some of these draft picks are just not good like Okay, see houston la the worst of that's not a very good first round pick, but it is a first round pick It's just fun How often do you get a rumor that one of the best ever is about to be traded? Whether the rumor was true or not it gots to make you think and I hope it made you think and you Had some fun too. Leave a like subscribe and I'll see y'all