ESPN's Chris Haynes, who is good at his job (I need to point that just so you don't decide otherwise based on this) reported through the ubiquitous "league sources" that the Golden State Warriors COULD create a max salary slot in hopes of acquiring James. To do so, of course, they would have to inherit a player on the back end of a glorious career who likes to run things and doesn't do well with authority (like Dan Gilbert, just to name one), and do so while getting rid of Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala and/or Draymond Green and Shaun Livingston, plus house the rest of their roster with minimum salaries, and convince Kevin Durant to take another pay cut. Then they'd have to convince James' people to take a meeting with them, which would happen because the Warriors have such an exemplary front office and culture.