Salary Expert: It is easier to make a trade during the offseason. If James goes to the Knicks, he needs to change it alone.

July 3rd News Today, ESPN salary expert Bobby Marks talked about the feasibility of James being traded to the Knicks on the "Get Up" program.

Marks said: "I would say that it's much easier to trade during the offseason than to trade during the regular season because the current roster of the team has been expanded to 21 players. Of course, a deal like this would be complicated. With today's labor-management agreements, everything is possible, you just need to think about it. But when you study the Knicks' squad, the only player who can make this deal is Carl Anthony Towns. Because when you look at other players, we're going to be involved in all these complex CBA rules, like package contracts, and the Lakers can't receive more salary back because they've triggered the hard hat limit of the first luxury line. So when you take all the factors into account, it's really only Towns' single-handed way.

" Ritchie Paul said in that statement that LeBron wants to win the championship. I know I said on Monday's show that he has no trading market, and I said that because if you want to trade, you'll replace two or three of your core lineup members. The lineup you see now will change a lot. If LeBron James is in your lineup, your lineup may be weakened after the trade. ”