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LeBron James made it clear that he wants the Lakers front office to make trades that improve the team ahead of the trade deadline.

“I don’t need to talk.” In his conversation with Amick, the Lakers superstar insinuated that the team ought to be making moves without explicitly saying so. James made it clear that he wants the Lakers front office to The pressure surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers over its ability to compete with LeBron James remains very high.

James, fresh off a 37-point showing in the Lakers' fifth straight win, applied pressure to L.A.'s front office.

The next month leading up to the Feb. His comments late on Saturday made it clear that he is not a fan of the approach the front office is taking. I want to win and give myself a chance to win, and still compete for championships," James said. What James is referring to is the Lakers trading one or both of their remaining future first-round picks in 2027 and 2029 to get him some help. "I'm a winner and I want to win. "Y'all know what the f--- should be happening," James said.

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And while James has been happy with the recent wins, he clearly is not best pleased with the teams' front office moves. Russell Westbrook was brought in for a big haul, who is one of the top earners in the league. But mostly through James' greatness, the Lakers have been able to continue winning, with role players Dennis Schroder and Thomas Bryant stepping up hugely in recent weeks to assist James.

After the Lakers fifth straight win on Saturday against the Kings, LeBron James issued his most direct demand for a trade yet.

The latter scenario is only going to continue to amplify the pleas for a trade, from James and fans alike. You can follow Jacob on Twitter at [@JacobRude](https://twitter.com/JacobRude). It should, though, as the Lakers are fighting tooth and nail and playing at a level that is getting them back in the playoff race, all while still sitting on their hands and not making a deal of any sort to improve a roster that is still mightily flawed even at it finds success. Are the Lakers going to appease their leader on the court or continue playing this silly, pointless waiting game? [offered a not-so-thinly-veiled quote after the team’s loss in Miami](https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2022/12/28/23530382/lebron-james-lakers-press-conference-video-angry-heat-losing) dropped them to 14-21 on the season as he made it known he wants to compete for titles at this point in his career. In speaking with [Sam Amick of The Athletic](https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheathletic.com%2F4068034%2F2023%2F01%2F08%2Flebron-james-lakers-trades-frustration%2F&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silverscreenandroll.com%2F2023%2F1%2F8%2F23544788%2Flebron-james-lakers-nba-trade-rumors-demand-kings), LeBron was asked about whether the front office should make a trade. The pressure was intense early in the year because losses piled up. But at this point, LeBron’s messages to the front office can’t get much more direct — even if he is being “calm” about it. In that span, he is averaging 33.9 points and over the season as a whole, it’s 29.1 per game. If they didn’t react to the team’s slow start, it’s unclear if this recent strong stretch of play will sway them at all either. So are the Lakers. LeBron has done plenty of talking with his play on the court to complement his words off of it.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James sent a clear message to the front office about making trades ahead of the deadline.

has now won five straight games to get back in the postseason mix though and at 19-21, the team is just two games out of the 5-seed in a wide-open Western Conference. 9 deadline, especially now that James has been loud and clear about what he wants to see happen. You guys know. For a while it looked like the team wouldn’t be making any moves considering they looked to be far away from contender status. I don’t have time to be… Well if you guys know, then you guys know.

Winning a fifth straight game normally would be a celebratory occasion for any team, even one as middling as your lackluster 19-21 Los Angeles Lakers.

On Sunday, the Athletic's Sam Amick reported that LeBron James "made it clear that his patience is waning" during an interview regarding the Los Angeles ...

But it's hard to imagine that he isn't acutely aware of the Lakers' roster limitations and how much that caps their upside. It's hard to imagine a team that started the season 2-10 or one that was under .500 in January going on to win a championship. "Man, listen, I play the game," he added in the interview. We've known for a few years that LeBron James would be positioned to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer this season. Any team with James and Anthony Davis will pose some semblance of a threat in the postseason, especially with LeBron still going strong at 38. "Y'all know what the f--k should be happening," James said.