LA Clippers would be ‘definitively worse’ for LeBron James if crucial star is traded, says Nick Wright

Nick Wright is against LeBron James getting traded to LA Clippers if Kawhi Leonard is involved

Keeping Woike’s point in mind, any team that can trade for James needs to have more than $50.0 million in expiring deals to match his massive salary for the next season.

Even with the Clippers fitting in that requirement, NBA analyst Nick Wright doesn’t want James to play for the Lakers’ noisy neighbors.

The reason behind it is the potential involvement of Kawhi Leonard in the potential trade. After all, the Lakers would likely want the Klaw in any deals around the King.

“For me, this is a hard no because if it’s for Kawhi, the team will be ‘definitively worse’ than the Lakers team you are on now,” Wright on First Things First (h/t APHoops.)

He added: “Even if it’s not for Kawhi and you’re trading away all your spare pieces… Yeah, I don’t like that. Is that even better than what the Lakers have right now?”

In the second scenario, Wright doesn’t believe that a LeBron James, James Harden, and Kawhi Leonard trio will be good in the postseason.

He blamed Harden’s inability to step up his game in the postseason and Kawhi’s injury history as reasons behind the potential trio being set up for failure.

If not the LA Clippers, LeBron James could go to the Miami Heat

James arguably enjoyed the best spell of his NBA career with the Miami Heat during the early 2010s. He also won two NBA Championships with the team.

Interestingly, aside from the Clippers, the Heat are the only team that has more than $50.0 million in expiring contracts to potentially trade for James.

Adding fuel to the rumors was Udonis Haslem’s recent comments. Haslem invited James to the Heat as he pointed out that the fanbase will welcome him back to South Beach.

While a cloud of uncertainty hovers over James’ future with the Lakers, he is yet to officially demand a trade from the team as he gears up for Year 23 in the NBA.