Marc Stein 谈詹姆斯和独行侠：我认为詹姆斯确实对加盟达拉斯抱有一定兴趣，但考虑到他在洛杉矶的场外生活已经非常稳定...并且独行侠至今没有尝试通过交易得到他，也不愿为了这位12月就将年满41岁的球员拆散现有轮换阵容。如果詹姆斯突然成为自由球员并能以底薪签约，那就是另一回事了。我坚信在这种情况下，达拉斯会非常乐意签下他。
I believe that James does have some genuine curiosity about playing in Dallas. Bear in mind that he is extremely settled off the floor in Los Angeles. It has been his family's primary home base for the past seven years and he is building a new home in Beverly Hills. To play elsewhere at this stage of his life and career could well require a landing spot that can provide a special level of comfort to take him away from all that. The Mavericks would seem to be uniquely suited to offer that with so many people in Dallas he already knows well, from general manager Nico Harrison and coach Jason Kidd to former teammates Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving.
I believe that, irrespective of the previous paragraph, nothing has changed about the Mavericks' stance when it comes to their interest in James. As I've been reporting for weeks: They have not tried to trade for him and do not want to try to trade for him if it means surrendering multiple rotation pillars for a player who turns 41 in December. If James suddenly became a free agent they could sign to a minimum deal, that's a different discussion. I believe strongly that they would want him in that scenario. But who really expects that to happen? James just earned All-NBA Second Team honors last season. Do you think the Lakers will just give up on this season and buy him out in August or September and set James up to walk to Dallas or Golden State or New York? I don't.
