LeBron James Hints At Superstar He Wants Lakers To Trade For

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will become a free agent this summer. As a result, he has a ton of leverage to weild in L.A. – particularly if Jeanie Buss and Co. want to re-sign him.

This week, James used some of that sway to reveal which head coach he wants the front office to replace Darvin Ham with.

A few days later, James went on his podcast and sent a massive hint about which superstar he wanted L.A. to try and acquire.

Subtlety doesn’t appear to be his strong suit.

“He’s one of my favorites,” James said of Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen.

“He’s been a LeBron supporter for a long time. He wears my shoes, till this year, and then Nike came out with something. We got some talks to do, in the Nike world. But I love that guy, he’s so good.”

NBA Twitter had some strong reactions to what James was doing here:

Big picture, the Lakers have a big summer ahead of them if they want to keep James in purple and gold.

Will the Lakers front office ultimately heed James’ hints and do something to bring Markkanen to Los Angeles? Time will tell.