Famous reporter: If James really wants to apply for a transaction, he will be carried out secretly rather than publicly like the Dongmei transaction.

Today, ESPN famous reporter Dave McMenamin talked about James' potential transaction possibility on the show.

Speaking of the possibility of James applying for a deal, he said: "In my opinion, if he really wants to ask for a deal, it should have happened before the player option execution time. You make a secret request, work with the Lakers management and negotiate with other teams, just like the Lakers got Luca Doncic back then - no one in the league knows, only you know that Nico wants to send Doncic away, and Pelinka wants him. You don't involve other agents or other teams."

"I still find it hard to believe that LeBron James will ask for a deal. Also, I don't think there will be any discussion about a buyout, because that's just a vacant salary space, you can't do anything else with that salary space. So, why should the Lakers do this? Especially now they need to build a championship team that can compete with Doncic."

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