LeBron James has typically wanted his teams to be active at the trade deadline and that appears to be the case again this season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers can only trade one future first round pick currently, which limits how they can upgrade their roster.
“It’s not a question for me,” James said when asked if he believes the current construction of the team is good enough to win a championship or if they need to make trades. “I love who we have in the locker room. And that’s all I worry about.”
James added: “We’re going to go out and prepare ourselves every single night no matter what it is. No matter who’s out on this team. No matter what.”
If the Lakers make a major move, it would likely include D’Angelo Russell.
“I don’t care. At all,” Russell said when asked how he will deal with the speculation leading up to the deadline. “Show up to work. That’s it.”