This 2022 NBA offseason could present many trades that would change the landscape of the league. Many superstars have been linked with a move away from their current teams, including those who were considered immovable before the start of the campaign.
Well, things have changed and many teams are looking to make some changes to be competitive next season. The Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets have been dealing with issues regarding their superstars and some of them could leave the franchises soon.
For the Purple and Gold, Russell Westbrook has been linked with a move away from the Los Angeles Lakers following a tumultuous season with them. However, other players like Anthony Davis and even LeBron James have been mentioned in a potential trade for the team.
The Nets are reportedly unwilling to give Kyrie Irving a long-term extension after his controversial 2021/22 NBA season, where he refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Plus, his injury history has kept the alarms on in Brooklyn and the team wants to be very careful with this situation.
One NBA fan recently came up with a huge trade idea that would ‘free’ the Lakers of their Big 3. This is a 4-team trade that would involve the Charlotte Hornets and Utah Jazz, and the result looks very appealing.
This trade would send LeBron James to the Brooklyn Nets, Russell Westbrook to the Charlotte Hornets, and Talen Horton-Tucker to the Utah Jazz. The Lakers would get Kyrie Irving from Brooklyn, Terry Rozier and Gordon Hayward from Charlotte and Bojan Bogdanovic from Utah:
4 team trade:
Lakers
G Kyrie Irving
G Terry Rozier
F Gordon Hayward
F Bojan Bogdanovic
F Anthony Davis
Nets
G Patty Mills
G Seth Curry
F Ben Simmons
F LeBron James
F Kevin Durant
Hornets —> 2 1sts & get off Hayward contract
Jazz —> 2 1sts & THT
who wins? who loses? pic.twitter.com/p6iHn5U4FW
— Spencer K (@SpencerKeele) May 23, 2022
4 team trade:
Lakers
G Kyrie Irving
G Terry Rozier
F Gordon Hayward
F Bojan Bogdanovic
F Anthony Davis
Nets
G Patty Mills
G Seth Curry
F Ben Simmons
F LeBron James
F Kevin Durant
Hornets —> 2 1sts & get off Hayward contract
Jazz —> 2 1sts & THT
who wins? who loses?
NBA fans had something to say about this and, truth be told, they weren’t so fond of this move:
— Spencer K (@SpencerKeele) May 26, 2022
Take a pick away from the Jazz then🤷♂️ they probably getting too much anyway. (One future 1st for Bogey is a steal tho for any win-now team.)
— Spencer K (@SpencerKeele) May 25, 2022
Not immediately no. But maybe Ainge could use the two first rounders later in a good way.
— Spencer K (@SpencerKeele) May 23, 2022
Also LeBron is not getting traded 🤣
— Josh Whitaker (@JoshWhit_) May 23, 2022
Literally everyone loses. Ive never seen a trade with 4 teams where every single one of them got worse
— Glizzy Gobbler (@immrnobody_) May 26, 2022
Adam Silver is suiting up his damn self before he let KD and LeBron get on the same team
— Haterrr (@813Hater) May 26, 2022
Nets lose big time they get older and trade away the first round picks that they get left so they would have no future
— Dfaxvjn (@Dfaxvjn1) May 25, 2022
Feel like Utah loses this one easy. They lose their secondary scorer. The defense upgrade is okay, but you lose to much scoring here unless you think can make other moves
— StephenFTPF (@StephenFTPF) May 25, 2022
3 of them lose except Utah who gets 2 firsts and THT for an old role player
— Yo Lo (@YoLo72583060) May 26, 2022
Lakers would never do this
— scooby@lifeofevank (@scoobylifeofev1) May 26, 2022
How does Mr Keele not have a front office job in the league 🤓🤓😬
— 🧢 (@therepeaters__) May 26, 2022
The Laker hate is epic haha.
— Joshua Bell (@CoachCrazy) May 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/12FLOZCANS/status/1529601644954009600
Jazz lose
— Maxwell P (@GivemHekBrigham) May 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/Guayubino1/status/1529738438307635201
what…is this🤣
— Devin Latreille (@d_latreille) May 23, 2022
The Nets want to win now with Durant and they’re done with Kyrie. I think they’d attach those 3 first rounders to pair Kevin Durant with LeBron James; albeit 37 years old. https://t.co/ruoDLwIpBy
— Spencer K (@SpencerKeele) May 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/Livinflightman/status/1529609252825858049
This is an interesting idea and, according to the trade simulator, it could work. However, things are different in reality and these teams can definitely take a different route. Then again, this is not the first time we’ve heard about trading LeBron James for Kyrie Irving, so who knows, maybe we’re a couple of weeks from seeing James teaming up with Kevin Durant in Brooklyn.
We have to wait and see if these front offices get on board with this idea or if it’s just another crazy trade idea that looks too good to be true.
