LeBron James may just have played his most impressive season in a while, but he has nothing tangible to show for it considering that the scoring title might be out of reach and the Lakers are out of contention for the postseason. Understandably, this has raised questions about LeBron’s future, with possible moves from the King himself being floated around as ideas.
LeBron stoked the flames on that speculation recently, talking about the fact that he would love to play with Steph Curry. Curry, who has a huge contract with the Golden State Warriors made light of the statement, but people have been reading into what that might mean for LeBron.
Speaking about the situation on ESPN, NBA analyst Brian Windhorst suggested that there are players out there that LeBron might try to team up with in the future. Luka Doncic was the name that was discussed and Windhorst used LeBron picking Luka for his All-Star team three seasons in a row as an indicator of LBJ’s feelings.
.@WindhorstESPN says to keep the idea of LeBron and Luka teaming up in your back pocket 👀
"The best way you can see how LeBron feels about people is who he drafts in his All-Star draft. … He's drafted Luka Doncic all three years he's been an All-Star." pic.twitter.com/L5l9KIReSj
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) April 7, 2022
“He talked about how much he admires Luka Doncic. And that is something you should put in your back pocket. Don’t ever judge LeBron 100% on his words, judge him on his actions.
“The best way you can see how LeBron feels about people is see who he drafts in his All-Star draft. He has drafted Luka Doncic all 3 years that he’s been an All-Star. He tried to recruit Luka Doncic to his brand with Nike a few years ago… He, I think would also like to play with Luka. And in the fantasy world… that is something that I feel is more worthy of having a discussion about as opposed to Steph down the line. I don’t think LeBron is going anywhere in the short term.
Luka Doncic also signed a supermax contract with the Dallas Mavericks and there’s no way the Mavs would let him go this early in his career but stranger things have happened in the NBA. While LeBron moving to the Mavericks somehow feels even more unlikely, as far as dreaming goes, it would be amazing to see Luka and LeBron share the court even if it’s for a season.
