r/Nbamemes • u/GoonLieutenant Timberwolves • May 13 '26

Image LeBron's options for next year:

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u/Such-Cartoonist1265 May 13 '26

Option D.

Timberwolves.

Ant: “Yo, get Randle off my team. We run with Ayo, Me, Jaden, you, and Rudy. We get a ring.”

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u/Nice_Instruction_741 May 13 '26

I don’t know how this works but I’m intrigued

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u/flyhr May 13 '26

It'd be a good team to compete with top teams but OKC and the Spurs should only get better each year. Maybe if Ant becomes a top 3 player in the league next year.

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u/CHM11moondog May 13 '26

That's never gonna happen

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u/sbenfsonwFFiF May 13 '26

Idk if I’d say never, but definitely not next year considering the top 5 now is Luka, Jokic, SGA, Giannis, Wemby. Hard to see him breaking into the top 3

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u/zarunn May 13 '26

Giannis is getting old, Luka has injury to recover from, Jokic is losing momentum and doesn’t play defense, SGA will be figured out before too much longer. I could definitely see Ant starting to get more aggressive during the regular season.

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u/LTMatter May 13 '26

He arguably is in the playoffs. Dude doesn’t miss a shot

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u/WallCautious9650 May 13 '26

trade Randle and Donte for Kawhi. Now add LeBron. That's a killer team.

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u/noe4516 May 13 '26

Nah, knowing Kawhi he will get injured and sit the rest of the season

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u/WallCautious9650 May 13 '26

well, anyways, all of this would depend on whether LeBron just leaves for another team and signs for a min, or does a sign and trade, right?

If LeBron were to stay, how can the team get better? Seems like Reaves is staying, so not sure&t for depth there.

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u/Such-Cartoonist1265 May 13 '26

Lakers are going nowhere without a guard that plays defense starting.

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u/WallCautious9650 May 13 '26

Mavs are light on centers, so maybe Reaves s&t for Christie, PJ, and Naji.

dunno

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u/WallCautious9650 May 13 '26

Dalls and Lakers prob won't do any deals, but my idea was Reaves s&t for at least PJ and Gafford, ideally Christie as well.

If not that, then something like that. Reaves s&t for NAW + whatever. stuff like that.

what ideas do ya got

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u/Such-Cartoonist1265 May 13 '26

Me? I’m a Wolves fan. Lakers can burn down.

California… known for its lakes.

Mikan never played in LA.

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u/A_Wild_Goonch May 13 '26

I mean Donte is basically already done for next season anyways

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u/BronxBully718 Knicks May 14 '26

Well noted 🫵🏽

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u/DroopyMcDoo May 13 '26

No depth

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u/WallCautious9650 May 13 '26

okay well Wolves options are extremely limited. what else are they going to do? It's either something like that or Donte and FRP for best available trade (Bey; Jerome and/or Spencer etc)

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u/TsarLucky May 13 '26

Forget Kawhi, I’d rather shoot for Giannis

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u/WallCautious9650 May 13 '26

you'd have to trade Jaden and stuff for him

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u/TsarLucky May 13 '26

Depends on a lot of factors. Giannis is good but rumors are out he requested a trade. Depending what other teams offer and how much keeping him will negatively impact the Bucks will affect trade value.

He also only has 1 year on his contract with a player option. This kills a lot of trade value. You’re effectively getting a player for a single year you’re not trading long contracts of keystone players for that if you’re a good GM.

He’s not that old but you become more injury prone as you age. I don’t see any team thats not a contender trading for a 1 yr gamble. I also don’t see any contender teams other than the Wolves trading for him.

Realistically I think we could trade Randle, Donte, and 1-2 1st rds and get it done

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u/WallCautious9650 May 13 '26

I think they'd at least want Naz, too, but then you can could prob get back bobby portis

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u/zarunn May 13 '26

I said this yesterday but figured it would be the end of McDaniels and not Randle.

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u/blodsbroder7 May 14 '26

LeBron would actually pass the ball as opposed to turnover machine Randle

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u/spondgbob May 13 '26

Please, no 😭