One of the arrivals that most excited the fans of los angeles lakersit was the one of Lebron James coming from the cleveland cavaliers.
In 2018 and after losing for the second consecutive time in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors of Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and company, James decided to move from Cleveland.
He King James he packed his bags and headed for California to try again the honeys of the championship of the top basketball competition in the world.
And he succeeded, in his second season with the Californian quintet he managed to raise the Larry O’Brien Trophy; Furthermore, it recently became the all-time leading scorer and established himself as one of the main faces of the nba.
If Paul George signed with the Cavs, LeBron would have stayed
But what if LeBron James didn’t sign with the Lakers?
Paul George revealed a curious anecdote in which he told that he was in talks to reach the cavaliers and LeBron wanted to have him as his duo, before he decided to go to the Lakers.
“Cleveland (Cavaliers) was close to taking me along with LeBron. Not a lot of people know… I was talking to Bron like, ‘Hey, how can we make this work?’he pointed Paul George.
The story of PG13 in the cavs was not consummated, for being from the same division of his then team the Indiana Pacers. George signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder, later becoming King James’ direct rival on the Clippers.