LeBron James Demands Magic Johnson And Rob Pelinka Make Lakers Trade

There is a rumor linking Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James, and the king of basketball has already expressed his opinion on the matter. Will Rob Pelinka and Magic Johnson listen to him?

Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes believes that Rob Pelinka and Magic Johnson have several reasons to be interested in Carmelo. LeBron has always had a huge role in recruiting players to his team, but we cannot really tell if he will do the same thing in LA.

LeBron recruited several players during his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat. It seems like he will finish the job in LA.

LeBron talked to Rob Pelinka

“LeBron James is over there and he has made it quite clear that he would like to play with Carmelo,” Haynes said on the Dunc’d On Basketball podcast. “If we’re going off of the past, LeBron typically has a strong voice and teams usually operate in the manner of what is going to appease him.

“He definitely has interest [but] I don’t know necessarily if the Lakers brass is all that interested in bringing Carmelo Anthony on board. I just don’t see from a fit standpoint, I just don’t see how that works. If he has the right frame of mind, I think he serves a great value for a team, because he is still a great offensive player. He’s not that offensive player that he was in his prime. He can be a great catch-and-shoot player, he can provide you great, efficient scoring off the bench.

“We just don’t know what his mindset is. If his mindset is that he needs to go out there and fill up the statsheet that’s not going be him and I think that’s part of the reason that got him axed in Houston so early. With the Lakers, aside from LeBron James and Tyson Chandler, that’s a young group. Is Carmelo at the stage where he’s willing to mentor and does it really value the Lakers for him to be taking minutes away from the [Kyle] Kuzma’s and Brandon Ingram’s. I don’t even necessarily know if it does make them a better team overall. It might get done but I just don’t see why it would be a good fit.”