On July 1, Beijing time, the NBA free market officially opened, in which Zach Eddie said that he was excited to play with Morant, he is the best guard in the league, O'Neal talked about Bronny, as a second generation of stars is unfortunate, people use our standards, to ask him to do more. Just now, giving up a three-year $162 million max salary contract and willing to cut the salary of Klay Thompson and James Harden by $16 million, superstar LeBron announced an important decision, and the Los Angeles Lakers became the number one winner.
According to the latest report from Woshen, after seeing Bronny successfully join the Los Angeles Lakers and become a member of the team, superstar LeBron James is also ready to tell his agent Rich Paul that he will give up next season, a player option worth $51.4 million, jump out of the existing contract, and re-sign with general manager Pelinka and female owner Jeanie Buss. It should be emphasized that in order to help the team strengthen, James officially stated that he was willing to take a salary cut, up to $16 million.
It is worth mentioning that for reinforcement and reinforcement targets, superstar LeBron James is not randomly selected, but specifies three options to the Los Angeles Lakers management, one is Klay Thompson from Golden State Warriors partner Stephen Curry, the guy who convinced Kevin Durant and owner Lacob, and the other is James Harden, who is discussing a contract extension with Clippers owner Ballmer, and the last one is center Valanciunas, the reason for introducing him is to let Anthony Davis return to the No. 4 position and play a role. And play more comfortably.
You must know that LeBron James, who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023-2024 season and partners Anthony Davis, played a total of five playoff games in the regular season, averaging 27.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game. It is not braggadocio to say that as long as LeBron James does not announce his retirement, the NBA league is still his, and Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry cannot surpass him.
Now, with superstar LeBron James giving up the one-year, $51.4 million player option, and telling general manager Pelinka, he is willing to take a salary cut of up to $16 million for the introduction of Klay Thompson, James Harden, and Valanciunas, the purpose is very simple, that is, to do his best to strengthen and help the Los Angeles Lakers win the championship. It should be noted that James' decision, for the Los Angeles Lakers, the latter became the number one winner, if it weren't for the former's salary cut, there would be no salary space for the offseason, and it became a joke again.