Lakers May Have To Settle For LeBron James

Before we enter the realm of reality and the official start of free agency we’ve been going nuts in the land of possibility.

This includes the Lakers somehow forming a triumvirate of LeBron James, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard.

LeBron James looks increasingly L.A.-bound, but it may be a solo trip. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Before we hit Thursday’s draft we have to settle on some harsh news, Lakers fan. L.A. is not getting all three.

I know; it hurts. There you were hoping to get all the gaming consoles on Christmas morning but instead must somehow make it through the next year with just the best one.

You thought you were going to witness Showtime remixed with a forward-heavy roster running the Staples Center limelight for at least a season.

Instead, you will somehow have to live with grabbing the game’s greatest player and watching how he walks the franchise into the playoffs with a bunch of young pups on his back.

The pain and anguish must be intense.

Getting James while missing out on George and Leonard at least seems to be where things are headed and would still make the Lakers the biggest winners of the offseason.

To reiterate a previous article, the Lakers would have to seriously bungle this offseason to come off as losers.

Even coming away empty-handed would, presumably, leave them with an exciting young roster ready to make a playoff push and a ton of cash for next year's free agent market.

The NBA landscape, rather than the rumors that paint it, will shift and move tremendously over the coming weeks.

We are left to speculate a lot on whispers or, in the case of a recent Stephen A. Smith radio broadcast, very loud musings.

The ESPN host dropped a whopper of a rumor that Chris Paul has been telling people James already has his heart set on a destination: “Chris Paul is telling folks LeBron ain’t trying to come to Houston, he wants to be in L.A. These are things I am getting through the grapevine. Chris Paul is saying LeBron wants to be in L.A.”

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Source: Forbes