2018 NBA Playoffs

[spreedom]

Originally Posted by BPo001

I can see this. Melo would probably be right behind him.

I would be shocked if he doesn't opt in to his contract for next season... I think he's owed about $28M. Only way I see him playing somewhere else next year is if he does a Wade and opts in and immediately demands a buyout.

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by spreedom

I would be shocked if he doesn't opt in to his contract for next season... I think he's owed about $28M. Only way I see him playing somewhere else next year is if he does a Wade and opts in and immediately demands a buyout.

I know it's a lot of money to leave on the table, but I really think he wants to win. And play with the banana boat buds.

[Bryan_Wilson]

I'd be borderline shocked if he went to Houston. They would have to gut their team and lose some key role players who are spot up shooters and defenders for yet another ball handler. And I'm still not convinced he leaves the East, he's had a red carpet to the finals for a decade in the East, why in the world would he want to go to the brutal gauntlet that is the West? The only west team I can see him entertaining is LA, simply because if he succeeds at bringing LA back from the dead he's immortalized even further.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson

I'd be borderline shocked if he went to Houston. They would have to gut their team and lose some key role players who are spot up shooters and defenders for yet another ball handler. And I'm still not convinced he leaves the East, he's had a red carpet to the finals for a decade in the East, why in the world would he want to go to the brutal gauntlet that is the West? The only west team I can see him entertaining is LA, simply because if he succeeds at bringing LA back from the dead he's immortalized even further.

Yeah, I don't think a mid-30s LeBron is even gonna make a dent in the all-time list of players who donned a Lakers uniform (Kareem, Magic, Kobe, Shaq, West, all in their primes), especially if he's battling GSW and HOU to even make a Finals appearance... Or he can join Houston, but given the MVP votes over the past couple years you could make a pretty strong argument that he'd be 1B to Harden's 1A... Dude needs to stay in the East or else his legacy is pretty much wrapped up.