“However, there isn’t an incentive for the Lakers to do that since it would be nearly impossible to replace James’ production. That would also place a troublesome burden on former Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic, who needs an additional playmaker alongside him,” they wrote.

The Los Angeles Lakers have been heavily in the NBA rumor mill over the last week. Most of those rumors have been connected to the future of superstar forward LeBron James. James decided to opt into the final year of his contract with the Lakers,