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Sources: Warriors made bid for LeBron James at trade deadline

Adrian Wojnarowski


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Over a clandestine 24-hour window prior to the trade deadline on Thursday that
 included owner to owner conversations, the Golden State Warriors made an unsu
ccessful bid to convince the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James to consider a
 trade to pair him with longtime-rival Stephen Curry, sources told ESPN.

在截止日期前一天的24小時內，包括老闆與老闆之間的秘密對話，勇士試圖說服湖人和Le
Bron James考慮一筆交易，將他聯手勁敵Stephen Curry，但未能成功。


The Warriors were eager to present a deal package to LA, but neither the Laker
s nor James were ultimately willing to explore a potential blockbuster. Even a
t 39 years old, James is still playing at an All-NBA level that stirred the Wa
rriors imagination about his ability to extend the window of the franchise's f
ading dynasty.




Armed with the encouragement of Warriors star Draymond Green, Golden State own
er Joe Lacob reached out to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss to inquire whether James'
 apparent public frustration could be interpreted as an opening to discuss a t
rade, sources said.

在勇士隊明星Draymond Green的鼓勵下，金州老闆Joe Lacob聯繫了湖人隊老闆Jeanie Bu
ss，詢問James表達的公開不滿是否可以被解釋為討論交易的契機。


Buss told Lacob the Lakers had no desire to trade James, but that he would nee
d to seek the answer on James' state of mind from his agent, Klutch Sports CEO
 Rich Paul, sources said. As an owner, Buss has operated with the mindset that
 she wants her star players content with the franchise, and that instructed he
r thinking on referring Warriors leadership to James' representation, sources
said.




If the Lakers ever wanted a temperature check on James' commitment, here was h
is chance to tell them. In the end, that answer for the Warriors and Lakers re
turned resoundingly on the eve of the trade deadline: Rich Paul told Lacob and
 Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr., that James had no interest in a trade and want
ed to remain a Laker, sources said. When Dunleavy Jr., reached out to Lakers G
M Rob Pelinka in those pre-trade deadline hours, Dunleavy Jr., had been told t
he same: the Lakers wanted to keep James, sources said.




Earlier Wednesday, Green -- whom Paul also represents at Klutch -- had sent Pa
ul a text message soliciting his help convincing James to join him in Golden S
tate, sources said. Once, Green had been a lead recruiter on Kevin Durant's fr
ee agency signing with Golden State, but this was a far different, far more fu
tile 11th hour pursuit.




Dunleavy Jr. was the second team executive call to Pelinka on a possible James
 trade, sources said. After seeing James' murky social media post of an hour-g
lass a week before the trade deadline, Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketb
all Operations Daryl Morey called Pelinka to probe on a James trade and was im
mediately told that James wasn't available. In fact, Pelinka responded by aski
ng Morey if Joel Embiid was available, sources said. And that ended that brief
 conversation. These sorts of bold trade calls are historically a common pract
ice for Morey, who also called the Phoenix Suns and asked about a trade for Du
rant prior to the deadline, sources said. When told no on Durant, Morey then a
sked about the availability of Devin Booker and Bradley Beal, too. Unsurprisin
gly, those were no's as well, sources said.




Nevertheless, the Warriors and Lakers back-and-forth lands differently because
 it started on the ownership level and included Buss referring the Warriors to
 James' representation to check for themselves about James' commitment to the
Lakers.

然而，勇士隊和湖人隊的來回交流因為始於球隊擁有者的層面，且包括Buss將勇士隊引向
James的代表以自行檢查James對湖人隊的承諾而顯得不同。


The Warriors could revisit a pursuit in the offseason when James holds a $51.4
 million player option on his contract for 2024-2025. If James returns to the
Lakers, he'll likely do so by declining that option and re-signing with LA on
a new deal that would allow him an annual raise. James remains focused on retu
rning to the Lakers in the offseason, sources told ESPN, but undoubtedly there
 will be many of these same suitors -- including Golden State and Philadelphia
 -- emerging to make cases to convince James otherwise.




The Lakers and Warriors were restrained at the trade deadline. The Lakers are
hopeful they can make a more significant roster upgrade in the offseason, when
 they'll have three future first-round picks available to use in trades, sourc
es said.

湖人隊和勇士隊在交易截止日期時都表現得相當克制。湖人隊希望他們可以在休賽期進行
更有意義的陣容升級，屆時他們將有三個未來首輪選秀權可用於交易。


The Warriors did have substantiative talks on several trade scenarios, includi
ng with Chicago's Alex Caruso and Utah's Kelly Olynyk, sources said, but made
only a money-saving deal to move guard Cory Joseph. Golden State is facing the
 potential of unrestricted free agency for four-time championship guard Klay T
hompson.




For now, the Lakers and Warriors are separated in the standings for 9th and 10
 in the Western Conference Play-in race. For now, they'll stay on parallel pat
hs and leave those 11th hour conversations in the wake of trade deadline week.

現在，湖人隊和勇士隊在西部聯盟季後賽的排名中分別位於第九和第十。目前，他們將沿
著平行的道路前進，將那些最後一刻的談話留在交易截止日期週的醒悟中。


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