During an interview with CNBC, Shaq had a pretty stark warning for the Lakers: If the team trades LeBron, it will “never win again.”
The Lakers have been a major disappointment so far this NBA season, and sit in ninth place in the Western Conference at 27–33. With last year’s early playoff exit, and some of the interesting things said by LeBron James about other franchises during All-Star Weekend,One former Lakers star who doesn’t see that being a wise idea: Shaquille O’Neal., Shaq had a pretty stark warning for the Lakers: if the team trades LeBron, it will “never win again.
“If you trade LeBron, you'll never win again, so you have to make a decision. If you put LeBron around the right guys, they are definitely going to win,” O’Neal said. “I think whoever put the team together needs to step up and try and fix it.” During All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, the city where LeBron began his career, and later won an NBA title in a second stint with the Cavaliers, his mind seemed to be wandering beyond the task at hand in L.A.
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