{"id":76072,"date":"2025-07-04T08:38:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=76072"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:38:50","slug":"breaking-lakers-agree-to-history-making-trade-amid-lebron-james-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=76072","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Lakers Agree to History-Making Trade Amid LeBron James Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2208916166-e1751588770773.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers will have a historic amount of assistance in their trade that ultimately yields Adou Thiero, the No. 36 overall pick of the 2025 draft. They also see Dorian Finney-Smith\u2019s exit for the Houston Rockets in free agency lumped into the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s Fred Katz first reported on rumblings of the Rockets\u2019 trade with the Phoenix Suns for Kevin Durant and discussions about expansion.<\/p>\n<p>NBA insider Jake Fischer reported on X on July 3 that the deal is \u201cfully agreed to in principle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Details continue to emerge, and the deal cannot be finalized until July 6, when the NBA\u2019s moratorium on new business lifts. Here are the presumed players and picks included based on reports:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/atlanta-hawks\/\">Hawks<\/a>\u00a0get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/nickeil-alexander-walker\">Nickeil Alexander-Walker<\/a>\u00a0(via sign-&amp;-trade w\/ MIN)<\/li>\n<li>2031 second-round pick (via HOU)<\/li>\n<li>Cash considerations (via HOU)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Lakers<\/a>\u00a0get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 36 pick (Adou Thiero, via BKN, MIN, &amp; PHO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/brooklyn-nets\/\">Nets<\/a>\u00a0get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Future second-round picks (x2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/houston-rockets\/\">Rockets<\/a>\u00a0get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/clint-capela\">Clint Capela<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dorian Finney-Smith<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Durant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Suns get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/dillon-brooks\">Dillon Brooks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/jalen-green\">Jalen Green<\/a><\/li>\n<li>No. 10 pick (<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/khaman-maluach\">Khaman Maluach<\/a>, via HOU)<\/li>\n<li>No. 31 pick (<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/rasheer-fleming\">Rasheer Fleming<\/a>\u00a0via MIN)<\/li>\n<li>No. 41 pick (<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/koby-brea\">Koby Brea<\/a>, via GSW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\"><strong>Timberwolves<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 45 pick (<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/rocco-zikarsky\/\">Rocco Zikarsky<\/a>, via CHI &amp; LAL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/\"><strong>Warriors<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 52 pick (<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/alex-toohey\/\">Alex Toohey<\/a>\u00a0via PHO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Lakers have already set the record for most teams in a trade once before.<\/p>\n<h2>Lakers\u2019 Once-Historic Trade Drops to 3rd on All-Time List<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5410148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5410148 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2205382596-e1751588346695.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Russell Westbrook, Los Angeles Lakers\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5410148\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2205382596-e1751588346695.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5410148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Russell Westbrook #4 of the Denver Nuggets psyches himself up before a game against the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cNo trade is imminent, and details are being ironed out as of Wednesday night,\u201d\u00a0Katz wrote on July 2. \u201cIn a would-be seven-team trade, there is an unprecedented amount of detail. Unfortunately, while a seven-team trade would make for a thrilling topic at a cocktail party, there haven\u2019t been many unexpected developments in these negotiations. At least in the iterations of the deal discussed so far, most of the recognizable names are from trades that have already been agreed to and reported but not yet finalized.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Lakers\u2019 five-team trade that landed\u00a0Russell Westbrook\u00a0from the\u00a0Washington Wizards\u00a0during the 2021 offseason previously held the record.<\/p>\n<p>That trade got off to a poor start.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 six-team deal sending\u00a0Klay Thompson\u00a0to the\u00a0Dallas Mavericks\u00a0in 2024 broke that record.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo my understanding, this was already a six-team trade as of the second round of the NBA draft,\u201d\u00a0Fischer said during a live stream on July 3, discussing the seven-teamer. \u201cThis is a league record, and it is kind of a whole puzzle that, I believe, started to be worked through by the cap wizards in the Phoenix Suns\u2019 front office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat this really was was a bunch of second-round pick deals getting just hodge-podged and jumbled together, snowballed together in order to help everyone figure out tax ramifications, and avoid apron penalties, and all that stuff.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>LeBron James Not Part of Historic Trade<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5410163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5410163 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183445943_de6e22-e1751588843674.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Rob Pelinka, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5410163\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183445943_de6e22-e1751588843674.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5410163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Los Angeles Lakers GM Rob Pelinka greets LeBron James #23 during a G-League game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fischer expects no further inclusions in the deal, but it notably comes amid persistent speculation over\u00a0LeBron James\u2019 future with the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer anticipates James remains a Laker after he exercised his $52.6 million player option.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s potentially the biggest domino of the whole offseason. We don\u2019t anticipate a LeBron trade at this juncture, as much as that statement that\u00a0Rich Paul\u00a0put out left open the door, clearly, for a LeBron exit from Los Angeles,\u201d Fischer said. \u201cThere\u2019s really, I think, a marginal chance of LeBron James being traded out of LA.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe salary math to find a team that is in position to aggregate contracts and match his $52 million salary is just going to be very, very difficult, and then leave enough talent behind in order for him to compete for a championship like he wants to.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CIDVhaXmoo4DFWHLFgUdX4w2Lg\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers will have a historic amount of assistance in their trade that ultimately yields Adou Thiero, the No. 36 overall pick of the 2025&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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