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He wants to play for them. And James is not all that concerned whether Kobe Bryant is part of the equation. Bryant, of course, has yet to sign a contract extension with L.A. and could wind up a free-agent himself, albeit one with high mileage.

But the overtures have been made. LeBron wants to wear the purple and gold. Mainly, he wants to wear a championship ring, which means he wants to play for Lakers coach Phil Jackson.

“LeBron wants to win. He’s a smart guy,” explainsone of my best inside sources, a close Jackson associate. “And Phil loves LeBron, absolutely LOVES him.”

Source

For one, its an article by Roland Lazenby, one of the solid Lakers reporters around. Two, if its a source close to Phil and from Roland, the source is most likely Tex Winter. Three, Tex Winter must be senile after reading this article and Roland is a fool for reporting such a story.

We can only dream, but what's he gonna do take the mid level excpetion?

lool wtf... I actually never even thought about the possibility.... I wont get my hopes up

not the mle, sign and trade. bynum and artest for lbj, but its a pipe dream...but how amazing would it be

Laker_Love wrote:not the mle, sign and trade. Fisher and Sasha for lbj, but its a pipe dream...but how amazing would it be

*Fixed

Lazenby is a reporter who is in the inner circle with the Lakers so this cannot be tabloid sensationalism.

haha sofa king. ur right

Not a pipe dream at all. Lebron going to NY is a bigger pipedream.
There is really only a few places Lebron could end up.
Back in Cleveland........If they win Championship
Chicago.........Sign and trade with another star signing
Lakers...... Bynum is a huge asset
NY will be used as a threat but he will never go there.

If not Lebon Wade?

I could see the Lakers dangle Bynum out there to see if there are any takers.
In the end it would really be the players decision whether they want to play in L.A. or not

How cool would it be if the Lakers are the biggest players in the historic 2010 market?

After winning the Championship

That'd be even bigger getting Worthy with the 1st pick after winning the ring.

Magicontinues wrote:We can only dream, but what's he gonna do take the mid level excpetion?

he can take the MLE for 3 years then we can offer him a big deal and make up for the money he missed out on...lol

I don't want him here. Let him join the Knicks and fight to make the playoffs.

TylersLakers wrote:I don't want him here. Let him join the Knicks and fight to make the playoffs.

Tyler I love you to death man, your a great poster, but I would want James here than on any other team.


SF:Artest
PF:Gasol
C:Bynum
SG:Artest
PG:Bryant

joe.linnen wrote:

TylersLakers wrote:I don't want him here. Let him join the Knicks and fight to make the playoffs.

Tyler I love you to death man, your a great poster, but I would want James here than on any other team.


SF:Artest
PF:Gasol
C:Bynum
SG:Artest
PG:Bryant

Playing with 4 guys is illegal bro.

Can you imagine if this happens. There is thread already on the Cavs board about Phils remark about Z and all they can talk about is Lakers getting Pau for free and Jerry West orchestrated it all before he left Memphis and made sure Pau ended up in LA.

Only god knows what happens if the Crab comes to LA. They'll probably start crying and claim Jerry West had a secret affair with Lebrons mom to get him to come to LA..............

joe.linnen wrote:

TylersLakers wrote:I don't want him here. Let him join the Knicks and fight to make the playoffs.

Tyler I love you to death man, your a great poster, but I would want James here than on any other team.


SF:Artest
PF:Gasol
C:Bynum
SG:Artest
PG:Bryant

Cool, we can clone our own players. I prefer starting with Kobe first before Artest though.

i'll pass. if kobe did leave i would rather have wade. if no wade or kobe then i guess either he or roy would have to do.

I'd take Lebron in a heartbeat. I'd be fascinated by the on-court dynamic between Kobe and Lebron. It would still be Kobe's team, but he'd have to inevitably give up the reigns to Lebron. I'm not sure if Kobe's ready for that. Kobe would take on a Chauncey Billups role in the Melo/Billups dynamic.

Sofa King wrote:

joe.linnen wrote:

TylersLakers wrote:I don't want him here. Let him join the Knicks and fight to make the playoffs.

Tyler I love you to death man, your a great poster, but I would want James here than on any other team.


SF:James
PF:Gasol
C:Bynum
SG:Artest
PG:Bryant

Cool, we can clone our own players. I prefer starting with Kobe first before Artest though.

my bad you guys

WTF? Are there guys in this thread who seriously wouldn't want LeBron? Now I know this is pure pipe...but saying you wouldn't want LB is insane.

Plain and simple.

Bynum + Vujacic (and picks) would probably work better since Vujacic is an expiring and a rebuilding team like Cleveland would have no use for a player like Artest.