Bleacher Report's Greg Swartz recently put together an "ambitious" trade target for every NBA team ahead of the 2025-26 season beginning, and he listed LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers as the Dallas Mavericks' trade target. While James joining the Mavericks would create one of the most star-studded teams the NBA has ever seen, Dallas should avoid trading for him at all costs.
Things would be different if James were to have been bought out by the Lakers this summer, as Dallas could've signed him outright in free agency, but making a trade for him is a risk that the Mavericks shouldn't make as Cooper Flagg begins his rookie year.