By: Umberto Diona
There has been recent talk of King James going to the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent after the 2009-2010 season. As much as people would like to see the two best basketball players in the world play together on the same team, and even though this move would benefit both LeBron and the Lakers, I still foresee LeBron being in New York at the start of the 2010-2011 season. Kobe Bryant has another three or four very productive years in him before a transition in his playing ability, and by acquiring 24 year old LeBron they would be set with another franchise player after Kobe has moved on. the problem would be what the Lakers would need to give up to get LeBron, they would probably lose Odom, Bynum, Artest, and maybe more just to get James. Lakers do not have the cap room to sign LeBron as a free agent they are already in super-luxury tax through resigning Lamar Odom, they would need to do a sign/trade to get James. Another issue would be Kobe and LeBron sharing lead roles for a period of time, sharing the spot light, and the Lakers have already experienced this with Kobe and Shaq. As much as LeBron might want to go to the Lakers and not have to start over in New York, that is were he will end up, he has been getting lured there by Jay-Z, by the fans, and at the end of the season he will be lured by a heafty contract with the Knicks.
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