The forward has a contract extension for two seasons in his hand
If the extension is rejected, LeBron will be a free agent next summer.
The next December 30 will fulfill 38 years, but LeBron James He is still the King of the NBA. The Akron forward already accumulates in his hand four NBA championship rings, and the word ‘withdrawal’ does not enter, at least, in the field of the short term.
LeBron will start his fifth season con Los Angeles Lakers, that they will pay you practically 45 million dollars, an astronomical figure but amortized by the Los Angeles franchise to the last penny. The 22/23 is for the moment the last season that the King has signed. And from this unknown, the world of the NBA begins to falter, waiting for the decision made by James.
LeBron, with the keys of the Lakers since 2018
And it is that, from the United States, there is talk of a possible extension that the Lakers will ask their franchise player. A proposal for two seasons and an amount close to 100 million dollars. Regarding the duration of the contract, the league rule must be taken into account. does not allow to offer longer contracts to players over 38 years of age. LeBron has counted in Los Angeles with the keys of the franchise from day one: he has built squads with big names in the league that have ended up failing, but he also put together an ambitious and competitive block that helped him achieve his fourth championship in 2020.
The door for a possible return to Cleveland, open
The player has not publicly shown his desire to leave the Lakers and that makes the Californian franchise maintain some optimism, which he aspires for LeBron to play with them when he turns 40. But just as it happened in 2014, the player’s roots with the Cleveland Cavaliers allows you to dream of a career ending in the team that selected you in the 2003 draft.
Extension or release to free agency in 2023
In any case, LeBron James has not yet given any clues about his future, but the events should be happening in the coming months. In case of rejecting the more than probable contract extension that the Lakers will offer him, the King will be the great claim of the free agency next summer, in which players of the stature of Kyrie Irving, James Harden o Khris Middleton. A Russell Westbrook whose future seems to be far from the Lakers also finishes contract. If the Californians managed to place him by the base of the Brooklyn Nets, a rumor that is gaining weight with each passing day, the Lakers would score a bit to try, that LeBron, continue wearing the purple at least until 2025.
