Recently, well-known reporter Hayes broke the news that Lakers superstar James will jump out of the next year's contract of more than 50 million and re-sign a contract with the Lakers, but this time James has historically chosen to take a salary cut to sign, with a salary cut of up to 10 million US dollars.
Although James is almost 40 years old, the past two seasons have proved that he still has a very strong strength, as long as he can store his energy properly, he is still unstoppable. Previously, James and the Lakers were in trouble negotiating a contract extension, and the Lakers management wanted James to die in the Lakers, and was even willing to offer him a three-year $160 million contract, and specially signed James' eldest son Bronny. not only sold James a face, but also made James owe the Lakers a favor.
Maybe it's because the Lakers want to sign Bronny, or maybe it's James' goal of chasing his fifth career championship. This time James' salary cut is so big that it's enough for the Lakers to free up a fully mid-range contract to sign a useful championship puzzle. Murray, who was previously bullish, has been cut off by the Pelicans, and this time he can't afford to miss out on a strong player on the free market. James' ingenuity is not without a price, and that is that Lakers management must sign really useful helpers, and not use some scraps to fool James and Davis.
Some media broke the news that James named one of the three players that the team must engage in Lekle Harden or Valan, which also means that the Lakers' guard line will have a major overhaul, and Russell and Reaves may be sent away as trading chips. Valan is a great fit for the Lakers as a big center and can act as a good meat shield to solve Davis' confrontation problems, with a focus on solving Jokic's troubles. Harden and Klay can increase the offensive power of the guard line, especially Klay has also expressed a preference for teaming up with James.
It can be seen that James is indeed fighting, and when other players are asking for a big contract for retirement, James chose a different path from ordinary people and continued to chase his championship goal.