LeBron James opts out of contract, will become unrestricted free agent.

He just doesn't want to be here. We were desperately searching for anything to lead us to believe he would come here, but we were never really in consideration for him.

 

It will still be Warriors-Rockets.

 

Wow. Clutchfans Lebummed out. Don't worry everyone. If he can't get more than one more star in LA with him, he won't be winning anything there.

 

If thats the case Tyreke Evans should be the backup point guard.

 

He wasn’t on a contender in Cleveland either, and he was still “relevant”. They had zero chance of winning the title against the Warriors.

 

Sucks because you're missing on the GOAT but the Rockets were right there last year if not for some untimely injuries to CP3 and Luc. If the Rockets can reload and make some moves to bolster the consistency of the bench and retain the key guys the team is going to be all right and still the biggest threat to GS in the West

 

I held on to hope that he didn't want to become irrelevant from a basketball standpoint, but clearly the only thing he cared about was living in LA full time, which is fine.

 

What did I just watch

 

dont kid yourself, Those three stars will instantly make them top 2 or 3 in the West. Lebron and Kawii taking turns on offense is probably more unstoppable than CP and Harden taking turns. And they have lockdown defenders at the wings

 

Like math from that movie event horizon.

 

He was in the finals every single year because the East was a joke, now he'll be buried in the West likely never even seeing the WCF again. There's a big difference between 1st or 2nd round exit every year and getting beat in the finals nearly every year.

 

Does anyone think maybe James Harden didn’t want LeBron here. Im typically anti-Broussard but he actually brought this point up. Yes Rockets would probably win a ship pretty easily with LeBron. That said, the power dynamic between the Harden and LeBron could cause friction. Thoughts?

 

Was @basketballholic proven correct or what?

 

I don't see the Fake News analogy. I just mistakenly thought LeBron was interested in titles. BTW, I never wanted Melo last year, so I welcomed reports that a trade seemed unlikely. Besides, it wasn't exactly a shocker that the Knicks wanted no part of Anderson's contract.

 

[Vardon] On LeBron's free agency: Sources suggested to cleveland.com that his interest in joining the iconic Los Angeles Lakers is strong.

 

I.D.I.O.T.

 

@BimaThug more of a curiosity than anything else but if LeBron was to do a sign and trade would his contract look any different from just out right signing with a team with cap space? I know that he can't get the full bird max if they do a sign and trade but is there anything else that would discourage a team from doing a sign and trade?

 

He will come to regret that choice. Zero championships with the lakers. He is ALMOST as bad a Durant

 

People said CP3 and Harden couldn't play together. How did that turn out??