Shaquille O’Neal Explains What Will Happen if Lakers Trade LeBron James

Shaq knows a thing or two about being a Lakers superstar.

LeBron James has been in the news a lot lately, specifically his exit strategy off the Lakers. Shaquille O’Neal took it a step further.

Shaq was on CNBC talking crypto and the topic shifted to the Lakers’ struggles and LeBron. He said there is an expectation of winning with the Lakers and a few other franchises, and it’s hard when those expectations are not met.

Then Shaq threw this out.

“If you trade LeBron, you’ll never win again,” Shaq said. “You have to make a decision. If you put LeBron around the right guys, they are definitely going to win. I think whoever put the team together needs to step up and try and fix it.”

Nobody around the league expects the Lakers to trade LeBron, but now we know what will happen if they do according to Shaq.

Whether the Lakers can surround LeBron with what Shaq sees as the “right guys” is another question.

That’s the tricky part.

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