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LeBron Wants Mavs Trade? Mark Cuban Jokes About Lakers & Luka Doncic

On an episode of The Really Good Podcast with Bobbi Althoff, Dallas Mavericks owner, whether he was joking or not, hinted that Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James might want a trade to Big D.

Dalton Trigg

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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is a busy man who has had an extra-busy offseason when it comes to the NBA Draft, free agency and trades. However, the Mavs bossman took some time out of his busy schedule to join viral TikTok sensation Bobbi Althoff on The Really Good Podcast to discuss a wide range of random topics.

About 10 minutes into the interview, Cuban and Althoff talk about the possibility of her coming to a Mavs game in the near future. After saying she likes basketball players, Althoff asked Cuban to name some for her, and he mentioned LeBron James. Althoff then asked if James was on the Mavs, and Cuban (jokingly) responded with this:

"No, he's not (on the Mavericks)," Cuban said. "He wants to be."

Now, before some Mavs fans get too excited over that, Cuban did follow up that statement with this after being asked if he was trying to get James to come to Dallas: "No, we have this guy named Luka Doncic."

Earlier this summer, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported that Kyrie Irving, who re-signed with the Mavs on a three-year, $126 million contract this summer, attempted to recruit James to Dallas. Although we never found out how James actually feels about that, it's not hard to envision him wanting to play with two of his favorite players in Irving and Doncic before he retires ... even if it's not in L.A.

Cuban's comments on a podcast that is known for not taking things seriously ... shouldn't be taken too seriously. But it's something that caught our eyes, regardless, and unless James signs another contract extension soon, he'll be an unrestricted free agent next summer, free to go wherever he wants to go. And that part is no joke.

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DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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