On July 2, Beijing time, the NBA free market officially opened, in which Derrick Jones Jr. joined the Los Angeles Clippers for 3 years and $30 million, and teamed up with Kawhi Leonard. Goodbye, James Harden, goodbye, Valanciunas, Los Angeles Lakers reinforcements are frustrated again, and superstar LeBron James is openly recruiting four-time championship scorer Klay Thompson in the hope that he can come to play for Staples.
According to the latest report from Shams, the Los Angeles Lakers, who have superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, have suffered setbacks in recruiting after the free market opened, and two important targets have been selected one after another. It is important to emphasize that the first target is James Harden, who chooses to renew his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers for 2 years and $70 million and continue to play for head coach Tyronn Lue, and the second target is Valanciunas, who joins the Wizards for 3 years and $30 million and becomes Kyle Kuzma's teammate, rather than coming to the Lakers to help Anthony Davis.
It is worth mentioning that after seeing Harden renew his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers and Valanciunas to join the Wizards, there is only one last target left on the Los Angeles Lakers' recruitment list, which is to leave the Golden State Warriors and give up Klay Thompson, who has teamed up with Stephen Curry and Dream Green. Superstar LeBron James couldn't sit still and began to take action, directly joining forces with four-time champion Klay Thompson to discuss some visions for the alliance, and the negotiations are expected to last until tomorrow before the results come out, and the Mavericks and Clippers are also among the suitors.
You must know that Klay Thompson's career, in general, is much luckier than LeBron James, Durant, Kyrie Irving, whether it is the early stage or the peak, with Stephen Curry by his side, Dream Green can organize, defend, and attack excellent teammates, as well as the head coach Kerr who understands him, a total of four championships, let the owner Lacob kneel down and submit, which is enough to show that it is well deserved. In the 2023-2024 season with the Golden State Warriors, Klay Thompson played in a total of 77 regular season games, averaging 17.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Now, with the Los Angeles Lakers being frustrated again, the two goals directly gave up coming to Staples, All-Star guard James Harden renewed his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers for two years and $70 million, continued to partner Kawhi Leonard, and refused to follow in the footsteps of Paul George, Valanciunas joined the Wizards for 3 years and $30 million, giving up assisting Anthony Davis, and saying goodbye here. It should be noted that in order to avoid Klay Thompson, superstar LeBron James chose the Dallas Mavericks and openly recruited the former.