According to a stunning report from ESPN, the Golden State Warriors made a late push to trade for Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James hours before the NBA trade deadline last Thursday. The report, published early Wednesday morning by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne, said both teams’ owners, general managers and players were involved in the last-minute trade conversation.
The Warriors believed the Lakers, and James in particular, may have been interested in a trade after James seemingly aired his displeasure with the team on social media — posting a single hourglass emoji on Jan.