Proposed Blockbuster Trade Sends Lakers a Star LeBron ‘Misses’, Per NBA Exec

NBA experts thought that the Los Angeles Lakers are in a desperate need of a new player. Well, general manager Rob Pelinka didn’t make a move at the trade deadline. He didn’t even trade Russell Westbrook. There have been several suggestions for the Lakers, and one particular plan caught our attention. A blockbuster trade would give the Lakers a chance to get a star.

Kyrie Irving, ladies and gentlemen!

So, what’s the plan?

Trade Anthony Davis for Irving. According to an NBA executive, LeBron James “misses” playing with his former teammate.

“Look, LeBron would never admit this, but he misses Kyrie,” the exec told Heavy. “Kyrie has admitted he misses LeBron, but it counts just as much going the other way. LeBron misses Kyrie. That is why he got Westbrook, he wanted that point guard who could take over games and take pressure off of him. That is what he had in Kyrie. He does not have that anymore.

“So yeah, if you are LeBron and you can talk AD into going to play with Durant in Brooklyn, you can do a clean swap, Kyrie for AD. If I am the Lakers though, I am pushing for a shooter, I want to get Joe Harris, take a chance he can get healthy. They can do THT [Talen Horton-Tucker] and AD for Harris and Kyrie, it is good for all sides.”

Blockbuster trade gives the Lakers a chance to land the Nets star

Davis helped the Lakers win a title in Orlando. He was really aggressive in his debut with the team. However, the big man has missed too much time in the last couple of years. That’s right. Davis missed a big chunk of this season and he is out again.

Will Irving ever agree to play with LeBron again? He is incredibly competitive, but we know what happened in Cleveland. Irving left the team to sign with the Boston Celtics. He wanted to lead his own team. Here’s a fun fact. In 2020, Irving said Kevin Durant was the first teammate he could work with in clutch moments. What did LeBron say?

“So, when I heard the comment that Kyrie made, I wanted to one, not only find the whole transcript but also call my people, ‘Send me the whole transcript,’” he said in a December 8, 2020 interview on the Road Trippin’ podcast. “And I heard that he had did it on K.D.’s podcast. I was a little like, damn. Once I got the whole transcript, I was like damn. I wasn’t like, ‘Ah, you tripping, I’m hitting winning shots my whole life.’ I was not like that. Was like, damn, because you [Richard Jefferson] were there for a couple seasons. I mean, I played with Kyrie for three seasons.

“The whole time while I was there, I only wanted to see him be a MVP of our league. I only cared about his success, and it just didn’t align. It just didn’t align, and we was able to win a championship. That’s the craziest thing, we were still able to win a championship, and we could never align. But I only cared about his well-being both on and off the floor, and it kind of like, it kind of hurt me a little bit.”

Can you imagine these two playing together again?