ESPN: Lebron Would Listen to Golden State in 2018

[overseascardfan]

The other rumored destination for him is Houston. He is reportedly very close to Chris Paul.

I do not know how they make it work but Morey seems to be a magician at times.

I hope he goes to HOU because then they couldn’t keep Capela.

 

[JCSunsfan]

I think this was intended to try to disrupt Golden State. LeBron has enough ego to believe that if he says he will talk to them, they will jump all over themselves to try to work that out. In so doing, players in the locker room begin wondering who has to go in order to make room for LeBron. Meanwhile, it puts a bit of pressure on Gilbert to make a move now to make the Cavs competitive this year--sign Monroe maybe?

I don't think its going to work. The Warriors are scoffing at the idea and Warriors mgmt just needs to come out and say "we like our team how it is, thank you."

Besides all of this, LeBron is a drama queen. He loves to be the center of attention.

 

[Russ Smith]

This is just a shock value story. Nothing more.

Agreed and I agree with the other post saying it's meant to disrupt the Warriors.

The talk yesterday was that the Warriors would have to move Klay and probably Draymond to afford LeBron's contract. I've also heard that the Warriors were very quickly assuring the guys this wasn't something they were even considering.

I think this was a calculated move by LeBron to try and create news and create unhappy players on the Warriors.

I still think the biggest concern they have this year is Houston not Cleveland, if I were a Rockets player this story would thrill me.

 

[Russ Smith]

It's LBJ attempting to cause tension within the GS organization. It's not going to work but I get it since Klay and Draymond's deals are coming up and they can't pay both.

Apparently they can but with of course luxury tax complications.

Totally agree though LeBron is trying to piss off Warriors players.

Remember the year it became apparent the Warriors were going to go after Durant, it was widely believed the reason Harrison Barnes went into the tank late that year was he was so unhappy with the idea the Warriors were going to get Durant and replace him.

I think LeBron realized how important that was to Cleveland winning that year, and is trying to cause the same issue now with Klay and or Draymond.

 

[Hoop Head]

Somebody on Reddit compiled all of the articles that ESPN managed to throw together because of the Lebron to Golden State narrative that they helped create. They put out 11 articles and videos within 24 hours of this idea being floated out there.

Here's a link to see all of the screenshots...

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