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I hope he goes to the Cavs, he’ll fit in really well, while also widening the window for titles. Fifth prime incoming lol

There's 100% literally no story here whatsoever. Come on Windy.

The cavs won’t have cap. They’ll use it on sexton and lavert

Title would read more correct if "but" is replaced by ", also".

Lots of teams will be in a position to sign him next off season, most importantly the Lakers given that's where he'll be playing.

Zzzzzzzzzzz

NyKnicks1714 wrote:There's 100% literally no story here whatsoever. Come on Windy.

In his defense, he was asked on a radio show about Lebron, and clearly says he doesn’t think Lebron wants to leave but that Cleveland would have cap space to pursue him in free agency.

He then gets quoted, tweeted and re-tweeted, and suddenly it’s a story because he said it.

LeBron James remains "extremely happy in Los Angeles despite the Lakers' back-to-back rocky seasons," sources tell Marc Stein of Substack.

James and his family relocated full time to Los Angeles in 2018 and they have become even more entrenched in the community.

"The prevailing thinking in league circles holds that only the chance to play elsewhere alongside son Bronny James, who will be eligible for the 2024 draft and continues to develop as an NBA prospect, would spur LeBron to push for an L.A. exit," writes Stein.

James is eligible for an extension on August 4th and he has three options available to him:

Play out the final season of his $44.5 million contract and become a free agent in 2023
Sign a one-year extension worth $46.7 million
Sign a one-plus-one extension worth $97.1 million
Because James will not be subject to the Over-38 rule, he cannot sign anything longer than a two-year extension.

MARC STEIN/SUBSTACK

He'll likely take the one-plus-one

lakerRD wrote:LeBron James remains "extremely happy in Los Angeles despite the Lakers' back-to-back rocky seasons," sources tell Marc Stein of Substack.

James and his family relocated full time to Los Angeles in 2018 and they have become even more entrenched in the community.

"The prevailing thinking in league circles holds that only the chance to play elsewhere alongside son Bronny James, who will be eligible for the 2024 draft and continues to develop as an NBA prospect, would spur LeBron to push for an L.A. exit," writes Stein.

James is eligible for an extension on August 4th and he has three options available to him:

Play out the final season of his $44.5 million contract and become a free agent in 2023
Sign a one-year extension worth $46.7 million
Sign a one-plus-one extension worth $97.1 million
Because James will not be subject to the Over-38 rule, he cannot sign anything longer than a two-year extension.

MARC STEIN/SUBSTACK

He'll likely take the one-plus-one

People are calling this a non-story but there's been a lot of fan speculation about him leaving this offseason. Now I never really thought he was leaving but there was enough chatter that I do think this was news worthy. I fully expect the Lakers to use the '27 and '29 picks to upgrade the roster for him.

I also think the Lakers are going to give Bronny a roster spot when he's eligible to play in the NBA in order to keep James here and retire as a Laker.

LeBron is an idiot if he stays in LA. The Lakers organization is a complete and utter disaster, led by a completely clueless owner.

I think Lebron ether goes to the 76er or the Suns next year. I believe he's likely done in Cleveland. The only hold back is that neither of those teams would be able to sign him staight up.

Lebron will be a Laker for life.

Pantsman wrote:The cavs won’t have cap. They’ll use it on sexton and lavert

Highly unlikely they're both under contract next summer. I have it at 50/50 as to whether either of them are. There's a reason they took Agbaji over Eason.

They may not use the space on LBJ, but Wiggins, GTJ, and Cam Johnson are all hitting the market. Also, TJ Warren signed a one year prove it deal with the Nets. Bruce Brown has a P.O.

thebigbird wrote:LeBron is an idiot if he stays in LA. The Lakers organization is a complete and utter disaster, led by a completely clueless owner.

That owner has a ring under her name, Which you cannot say for a lot of owners, She deserve's some credit doesn't,Plus currently we are projected to have a lot of cap space after this upcoming season.

The Cavs have the perfect Lebron team.

Pantsman wrote:The cavs won’t have cap. They’ll use it on sexton and lavert

Sexton signed QO

I don't blame the Lakers for wanting to keep him around, it keeps them relevant despite having a pretty bad roster of players (other than AD). But, they really should let him go to start the rebuild.

Can we not?

Ruma85 wrote:

thebigbird wrote:LeBron is an idiot if he stays in LA. The Lakers organization is a complete and utter disaster, led by a completely clueless owner.

That owner has a ring under her name, Which you cannot say for a lot of owners, She deserve's some credit doesn't,Plus currently we are projected to have a lot of cap space after this upcoming season.

She deserves quite literally zero credit for that. She has a ring because LeBron’s wife wanted to live in LA and AD wanted to play with LeBron. She has absolutely nothing to do with either of those things. She’s one of the poorest owners in the league, acts like it, drunkenly subtweets her superstar in the middle of the night. and knows little to nothing about running a successful team. She’s a silver spoon who’s running her daddy’s team into the ground.

thebigbird wrote:LeBron is an idiot if he stays in LA. The Lakers organization is a complete and utter disaster, led by a completely clueless owner.

Lakers living rent free in this dudes head