Lakers looking to trade Lebron

SOURCE -- There are so many rumors circling around the Knicks right now, it's enough to make super-fan Michael Rappaport blush.

With all the turmoil and dysfunction currently surrounding the Lakers, the LeBron James trade rumors have started to swirl. Bovada just released a prop bet on where The King will play next season and while the favorites are still the Lakers, it's interesting to note the Knicks and Clippers are only +700 and the Cavaliers and Heat are not far off. To be clear, James signed a 4-year, $153-million contract with the Lakers, who would have to agree to trade him.

This is the second Lakers blog post I’ve made in as many days which alone makes me sick to my stomach. But I already explained what I’d rather do than support Lebron on the Lakers, which is why I had to race to my computer when I heard that the Lakers could possibly trade the second best player of all time and that the New York Knicks could be a potential landing spot.

With all that’s happened surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers, it’d be insane to not entertain the idea of trading ‘the King.’ Since Lebron joined LA, he’s gone onto to try and take over the organization, masterminded a scheme with Rich Paul to land Anthony Davis in Southern California, tried to trade half the team, got his coach fired and questioned his teammates’ dedication to the team and the sport, all while filming a television show and beginning production on a movie. All in a season’s work for Lebron.

Things got so bad in LA that even Laker legend Magic Johnson decided to abruptly step down from the team before the season was even over. There’s a joke to be made about the two things that would cause Magic to leave the Lakers but credit to me for not making it.

So after everything that’s happened with Lebron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, nothing would make me happier than the Lakers leaving Lebron’s luggage by the door next to a one-way plane ticket to New Orleans, finally landing Anthony Davis in a Lakers uniform. Want us to trade all our young players for your oft-injured BFF? Have fun in Orlando. Oh, what’s that, you want to spend all your downtime filming TV shows? I hear Detroit has a bustling film industry. Honestly, New York is too good of a potential landing spot for Lebron.

Either way, New York is set up nice entering this summer with a very real shot at signing both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, while also coming away with Zion Williamson in the NBA Draft. Why ruin that by giving up assets for a guy who would come to town, get David Fizdale fired, blame everything on either Durant or Irving (assuming one of them would want to team up with Lebron) and then try and trade Zion to China for Carmelo Anthony? They w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶, I mean shouldn't. You can never be too safe with the Knicks.

In all seriousness, I would put the chances of the Lakers trading Lebron at 0.001%. But that doesn’t mean it’s not hilarious to picture LA shipping Lebron off to Sacramento in return for De’Aaron Fox and a couple of tickets to the California State Railroad Museum.