The 62 million a year that starting from the 2025-26 season the Californians will pay into the center’s current account set the new record, in terms of salary, written by a league franchise.
Jaylen Brown’s record was known to falter in no time, and another contract arrived on time to sweep him away from the Olympus of the most profitable. Why the 62 million a year that the Los Angeles Lakers will pay into Anthony Davis’ bank account starting from the 2025-26 season are higher than the 60.5 that the Celtics have agreed to pay Brown annually over the next five seasons.
The contract extension of the center of Lakers, widely foreseen by all the insiders, therefore it goes in the direction that the NBA has now been undertaking for some time: the money coming in from TV contracts makes any kind of negotiation easier, and the wave of dollars poured on the stars of the league is a direct consequence. There will be more and more contracts revised upwards, and someone like Davis (born in 1993) certainly could not remain immune from this gold rush.
The man of the future
The Lakers, extending his contract which expired in 2025, somehow they entrusted him with a mission: become the franchise man after LeBron James decides to hang up his boots.
Hypothesis that could see “The Chosen One” already involved in a year, when he will be able to get out of his agreement and sign with any other team (there were rumors that he would try to marry in the franchise that would have chosen Bronny James at the next Draft, but after the heart problem had by the eldest son the latter’s career is at least on standby), or at the latest in two seasons.
LeBron is unlikely to go beyond June 2025, when he turned 40 already 6 months ago, and then the three-year renewal agreed with Davis make it the reference for the future gods Lakers, who evidently want to play with fire, thinking of the many injuries that have affected the career of the long ex Pelicans.
40% of races as a spectator
Since he landed in California, in addition to having put on his finger the first and so far only career ring (in 2020 in the famous Orlando “bubble”), Davis has certainly not made continuity his trademark.
Injuries have often conditioned him, to the point of never going beyond 62 seasonal games (it happened in the 2019-20 season: in the following three, at best, the games played were 56 in the past season).
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This ended up generating a bit of a fuss around its performance, that when he was able to play at his maximum performance never failed. Perhaps the first real mismatch lost was the one against Nikola Jokic in the recent Western Conference Finals, where the Lakers took a sensational sweep (0-4) that ousted them from the title race.
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Davis in the series against the future NBA champions revealed more than one difficulty in keeping up with certain rhythms, although his percentages both in the regular season and in the playoffs have certainly been satisfactory and equal to the All Star status he holds (22.6 points, 14.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game, plus three blocks per game). In total, AD missed 40% of the games played in the regular season by the Lakers in the four years in which he wore the yellow-purple jersey.
Another violin
However, the signal arrived from the upper floors of the franchise is quite clear: Davis remains the man on whom to continue building the Lakers dynasty even after LeBron has said stop. It can easily be reached in the second part of the Los Angeles adventure by a new All Star, who in the intentions of the management it should have been Kyrie Irving (but finally renewed in Dallas), after the Russell Westbrook experiment did not pay the expected dividends.
The certain thing is that, by investing so much in the first pick of the 2012 Draft, Los Angeles wanted to focus on a unique talent, who, net of the physical problems he suffered during his career, remains one of the players with the most points in his hands and the ability to shift the balance. He will only have to look for a way to remain intact for as long as possible: the real bet is all here.
Fonte: Getty imaes
2023-08-05 15:38:54
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