However, the talks eventually died out because apparently, Miami was asking for more than the Lakers were willing to give up.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/lakers as Lakers’ Luka Doncic Provides New Insight Into Trade From Mavericks. The Los Angeles Lakers made perhaps the most shocking trade in NBA history by bringing in Luka Doncic a couple of weeks before last year's trade deadline. It was a trade no one saw coming.

According to reports, James won’t stop playing until he gets a shot at playing with his son Bryce, per Ashish Mathur of Lakers Daily.

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of the Lakers refusing to give in to Kawhi’s demands.