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“I’m sure now LeBron will go in a completely different direction” - Skip Bayless suggests that 3-time NBA champion should be LeBron James’ Hall of Fame presenter
“It felt like he was going to single-handedly win that chip for them… Kill mode from start to finish” - Ekam Nagra on LeBron James’ performances in the 2015 finals, says the Warriors caught a lucky break
“That sure smells like the hope of a Russ revival to me” - Sam Amick questions if the LA Lakers want to keep Russell Westbrook after Frank Vogel’s firing, says former COTY has always been a Russ fan
“LeBron’s a solo act, Dwyane was a team act” - Skip Bayless says LeBron James ‘wouldn’t have been LeBron James’ without Dwyane Wade showing him the ropes
“Who’s the one piece that you have that everybody in the league will call and say ‘What do you want?’” - Stephen A. Smith reiterates that the LA Lakers should consider trading LeBron James
"I think it makes sense if he could get his son to play there" - Dan Patrick speculates on the team best placed to sign LeBron James if he refuses an extension with LA Lakers
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"They have the scoops of ice-cream in the sundae, you know, LeBron, AD" - Max Kellerman shuts down Stephen A. Smith's proposal for the LA Lakers to trade LeBron James
“I don’t care if you bring Red Auerbach from the dead, you’re not gonna win a championship” - Dan Patrick asserts that LeBron James will never win a ring with LA Lakers again
"Maybe you get the same treatment like Chris Rock got" - NBA world pours in amusing reactions to Stephen A. Smith suggesting LA Lakers should trade LeBron James
“Jeanie Buss, at the head of the Lakers hierarchy, just fired LeBron James as the unofficial GM” - Skip Bayless believes Buss is angry at James because of the Russell Westbrook “debacle”
“I’m part of the revolution of the game” - Kyrie Irving believes he should’ve been on the NBA's Top 75 team, says he doesn’t want to disrespect the players on that list
“When you got to go and communicate through alternative channels that only makes things worse” - 7-time All-Star says he would never slight LeBron James, says he respects "the hell out of him"
"Early and peak LeBron’s athleticism may have wowed me even more" - NBA analyst believes LeBron James was a better athlete in his early years as compared to MIP winner and former no. 1 overall pick
“He might not want it, but guess what? Unless you retire, you don’t make those calls anymore” - Stephen A. Smith believes the LA Lakers should seriously consider trading 4 time finals MVP
“The last time Phil Jackson was a relevant NBA person, high-definition television didn’t exist” - Nick Wright criticizes Jeanie Buss, for the involvement of Jackson in LA Lakers’ coaching search
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