James becomes the shackles of the Lakers! The trading rumors are denied by famous reporters, and only if you buy out can you come to the Mavericks

As we all know, LeBron James especially likes to sign 1+1 contracts, so that he can firmly control the future. But the situation this season is different, with James early deciding to implement the $52.6 million player option for the 2025-26 season, which has also sparked speculation about his future with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Although there are high expectations that James will return to the Lakers and help the team compete for the championship with Luca Doncic, James' agent Ritchie Paul said that James, 40, wants to compete for the championship and attaches great importance to the real opportunity to win all of this, and the Lakers now obviously cannot give him the biggest chance to win the championship.

Many people think it is an old routine for James to force the Lakers to take action in the free agent market and buyout market, otherwise he will apply for a deal to the team. But that said, after Fu Paul's remarks were made, many trading rumors were rampant for a while. In addition to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Dallas Mavericks were also considered James' potential next home because they had his old friends Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis and Jason Kidd.

However, this statement was denied by ESPN's Mavericks reporter Tim McMahon today, saying that he did not see any possibility that James would be traded to the Mavericks. According to McMahon, trading James will send the Mavericks a large number of key rotation players, such as Daniel Gafford, P.J. Washington, Marshall and Maxi Christie, which will only damage their ability to compete for the championship.

McMahon said: "You need to give up three or four key rotation players, and there is only a little chance to compete for the championship, and just for someone's retirement tour, which means nothing to Dallas, and also meaningless to James himself. The Mavericks will only be interested in the latter if James is bought out by the Lakers, but it is obvious that the Lakers will never do that."