LeBron James’ Former Teammate Advises Lakers To Trade For $68 Million Star

The Los Angeles Lakers could make a few more moves to boost the roster. Of course, they will have to give up on some players. One of the trade scenarios include getting a former teammate of LeBron James.

Kendrick Perkins discussed the potential trade and he was motivated by the big win over the Phoenix Suns. Yes, the Lakers won this one, but the Suns played without Bradley Beal and Devin Booker. Kendrick believes that trading for James Harden makes perfect sense for the team.

“If I’m the Los Angeles Lakers, I might be looking to trade for James Harden,” the former NBA big man said on “NBA Today” on October 27. “James Harden wants to go to the Clippers. But, to be honest with you, James Harden to the Lakers makes the most sense for Anthony Davis.”

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Harden is a Los Angeles native and he could come back home anytime. There were some talks about him going to the Los Angeles Clippers, but it didn’t happen. Harden has yet to see action in the regular season and also missed the preseason. His situation in Philadelphia is not that great and he is almost out of the team.

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“If you want to get [Davis] good, easy looks – like James Harden did for Joel Embiid last season – how about trading for him?”

Perkins is a big fan of this trade and advised the Lakers to trade away some of their assets.

“I think you can start trading around, what, December 15? If you’re trying to throw in D’Angelo Russell,” Perkins said. “If I’m James Harden, I think I reconsider just picking the Clippers and actually want to get to L.A. to be with the Los Angeles Lakers.”

Zach Lowe from ESPN had a realistic reaction to Perkins’ comments. He said that, “the deal is either DLo plus Rui Hachimura or DLo plus Gabe Vincent plus some other stuff after December 15.”

“I don’t think that’s crazy,” Lowe said. “The Lakers, last season, their halfcourt offense was bad. … the Lakers are really good. I have them as one of the six or seven teams that can win a title. They cannot win a title with a bad halfcourt offense. They have to figure it out one way or another.”