LeBron James has heard his name tossed about quite a bit in recent days. He and the Lakers finished the 2018-19 season with a 37-45 overall record, leaving the team out of playoff contention. Now, with several other internal issues running rampant, some analysts believe the King might be traded.

On Tuesday's episode of First Things First, Chris Carter laid out his opinion on the matter, noting that he wouldn't be surprised if the Lakers decided to trade James.

James joined the Lakers prior to the start of this season, leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers after four successful seasons. Fans in Los Angeles had high hopes for their team, but a series of events led the team on a downward spiral.

Near the beginning of this campaign, the Lakers were in contention for a spot in the playoffs. However, James went down with a groin injury, forcing him to miss 17 games. Without his services, the team fell out of the hunt.

At the trade deadline, the Lakers were willing to send several of their talented young players to the New Orleans Pelicans for Anthony Davis. That deal never came to fruition, leaving those same young Lakers on the team for the remainder of the season, knowing that they were once on the block.

When the regular season was over, Lakers fans were hit with more unfortunate news, as Magic Johnson decided to relinquish his title of president of basketball operations with the team. Johnson — the same man who made the push for LeBron in the offseason — simply decided that he was done.

James was surprised to hear that Johnson was leaving his post so suddenly. In fact, James seemed to feel betrayed by the decision.

Via Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times:

“I came here to be a part of the Lakers organization, having a conversation with Magic and really kind of breaking it down and saying how we was gonna make this Showtime again, and I wanted to be part of that process,” James said during an episode of his HBO show “The Shop,” which aired Saturday but was taped April 11 in the aftermath of Johnson’s decision.

“He explained to me Year One is going to be tough. …. But I was OK with the process. At Year 16 you ain’t really supposed to be worrying about no damn process, especially for me because I’m in championship mode all the time,” James added.

“So it was just weird for him to just be like ‘I’m out of here’ and not even have no like, ‘Hey Bron, kiss my ass. I’m out of here.’ I would’ve been OK with that. ‘Hey Bron, it’s Magic. Kiss my ass. I’m gone.’ Not even that.”

The Lakers decided to part ways with Luke Walton shortly after the conclusion of this season, leaving the team in search of a new head coach. Eventually, after interviewing several candidates, the Lakers landed on Frank Vogel as their new lead coach. Jason Kidd, a former teammate of James with Team USA, will serve as an assistant.

Exactly what all of this means for James' future remains to be seen. Clearly, he's not pleased with the way this campaign went. After all, this is a man who made it to the playoffs in 13 consecutive seasons.

Would the Lakers truly consider trading James, or will they look to hash out their organizational issues over the summer? We will find out this summer.