ESPN’s Chris Haynes was a guest on the TK Show on CLNS Media and he too says, don’t sleep on the Celtics. “Let’s not overlook the Boston Celtics,” Haynes told host Tim Kawakami. “If Boston reached out and said we’re serious, LeBron would listen.” 23 mins ago – via CLNSMedia.com
Forget that... if anything Lebron has to beg the Celtics to let him join
Completely disagree.
Celtics should reach out if Lebron is interested in joining the Celtics. They should have a dialog.
At the same time, they should not be willing to rip apart this team for him.
Whenever a top player shows interest in the team, it is a good thing that can translate to the MLE and less payed vets being more willing/interested to come to the team.
And alienate Irving in the process?
Beat Lebron, not join forces....
You really think any of this would happen without talking first to Irving (as well as Horford)
If you intended to trade Irving as the major salary piece of a sign-and-trade to get LeBron, you could exclude Kyrie from the conversation.
One thing I realized though is that I don't think a S&T is even an option. That would mean Lebron has to opt-in like CP3 did last year with his contract, but that also means Lebron won't be able to have a "Free Agent Tour" with the other rumored 4-5 teams I believe. Is that correct?
Or is possible for Lebron to opt-out, him to "re-sign" with Cleveland at a price (like say, a small discount so it's 20-25M/Year), and THEN do a sign and trade, or that isn't possible?
(My head hurts)