LeBron James pushed for the Los Angeles Lakers to sign Kyrie Irving during the trade window earlier this year, but now the Dallas Mavericks player has called for his franchise to make the move instead.
The Lakers were swept 4-0 by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals, and James teased retirement after being dumped out of the playoffs. It's unlikely that James will retire due to still having outstanding objectives on his career bucket-list, but that doesn't guarantee that his future remains with the Lakers.
A reunion between James and Irving has been rumoured for some time, but after the Lakers passed up the opportunity to trade for the wantaway Brooklyn Nets forward in February it looked like it would never happen. However, Irving is looking to take matters into his own hands by putting pressure on the Mavericks to trade for James instead.
