On June 30, according to American media reports, the Warriors have given up renewing Klay Thompson's contract, and the Lakers, Mavericks and other teams are eyeing Klay, and James is even willing to take a salary cut to attract Klay to join the Lakers.
On June 30, NBA reporter Shams and Warriors reporter Anthony Slater reported that sources revealed that the Warriors are preparing to lose Klay in the free agent market.
During the past two weeks of free agent negotiations, Klay and the Warriors have barely communicated with each other, and the Warriors have not made any offers. By the time the Warriors wanted to negotiate with Klay after dealing with other matters, Klay had already sensed that the Warriors were not sincere about the cooperation between the two sides.
Klay has made up his mind to find a new home and his 13-year partnership with the Warriors has come to an end, sources said.
It is reported that the Lakers, Clippers and Mavericks will be strong suitors for Klay, and multiple teams with salary space will also be interested in him.
According to Lakers insider RDAmbition, the Lakers have been trying hard to win Klay, and several Lakers players and former players have reached out to Klay to sell him the idea of winning the championship with his hometown team.
According to James' agent Rich Paul, James officially chose to jump out of his contract with the Lakers and was willing to sign a contract with the Lakers that was less than a three-year 162 million maximum salary, opening a mid-range exception worth $12.9 million so that the Lakers could sign an "influential player".
According to Marc Stein of The Athletic, league sources have revealed that James wants the Lakers to make a more competitive offer than the Mavericks to sign Klay.
Rich Paul also said that if the Lakers can't attract players of Klay's caliber to sign, James will seek a salary cap.
In this regard, netizens have said, "Don't say anything about the eyebrows, wait patiently, as long as you Lai, everything is Ouk"
"Haha, I don't have the money to start talking about feelings, trying to use my hometown and team to cheat Clay out less money"
"The Lakers need a center, otherwise they won't be able to pass the Nuggets"
"Coming to us is the Los Angeles Lakers"
"Clay doesn't want it, if you really want to get Grant and Simmons from the Trail Blazers"
"Clay still forget it, the current Clay belongs to the type of useless and discarded. He's not the Clay he used to be."
"Clay is worth 2000w at most now, and more than a year is a big grievance."
"The salary cut is just to strengthen the team, and in the end, if the team does not strengthen, will it continue to reduce the salary? I have done my best."