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LeBron James is back with the Lakers on his player option for 2025-26.
But there's already speculation that maybe, just maybe, James will request a trade if the rest of this offseason doesn't play out positively.
And if that happens, what if the Golden State Warriors decided to get involved? Could it work?
Bleacher Report's latest predictions involving LeBron think that there's a deal that could come together with Golden State, in a couple different ways.
Here are the options presented by B/R:
"There's a few different iterations of a trade between these franchises, as a straight Jimmy Butler-James swap would work financially. Golden State could throw in one of its young centers (Trayce Jackson-Davis, Quinten Post) to help fill the void on the Lakers roster as well. The Warriors would be left with an aging yet still strong core of James, Curry, Draymond Green, Brandin Podziemski, Buddy Hield, Moses Moody and others to chase one final championship together.
"If the Warriors want to keep Butler, they would have to build a package around Green. This would require the salaries of players like Moody and Hield and some sweeteners."
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It would be historic, nostalgic and a bit magical to watch LeBron finish his NBA career with Stephen Curry as teammates.
The rest of the league might not be as big a fan of such a maneuver, but that's not Golden State's problem to care about that.
The tough part here is seeing exactly what the Lakers might get in return that would really be worth it.
If James requests a trade, it'd be hard to keep him. But Los Angeles might seek out a slightly better future grouping than this would provide.
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