If there is a buyout, NBA insider Marc Stein has revealed which three teams would possibly be looking to bring him in. "I believe that the Warriors and the Knicks would be right there with the Mavericks IFFFF James became available via buyout," Stein posited.

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The Los Angeles Lakers are set to play the 2025-26 NBA season with Luka Doncic and LeBron James leading the way. Gone are the days of James being the franchise player for the team. Doncic has taken that role over for the Lakers already after being acquired before the trade deadline last year.

Well, those fans who won't give the Lakers credit could be backed up by an NBA executive. Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations, Daryl Morey, told the Athletic that people around the league privately agree the championship isn't genuine.

Nearly five years to the day the NBA resumed its season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles Lakers' victory in the Finals is still being debated by prominent people within the league.

Philadelphia 76ers general manager Daryl Morey said what many NBA fans have been thinking for years in regards to the 2020 NBA Finals.