Let i Los Angeles Lakers That LeBron James they said “no” to the advances of the Golden State Warriorswithout exploring a market exchange that would have been sensational, but this does not mean that the storm has passed. In the summer the King will have to decide what to do with his futureand there are essentially three roads in front of him: exercise the player option 51 million in his favor for the 2024-25 season (to remain at the Lakers or to be sold immediately); renew his agreement with the yellow and purple (for a maximum of three years and 162 million dollars, according to NBA rules); or sign with another team as a free agent (orchestrating his fourth “farewell” at the age of 40 after those of 2010, 2014 and 2018 from Cleveland and Miami). According to what was written by The Athletic, the preference of both the Lakers and the King is to continue together until retirement with the yellow and purple number 23 on him, but it is clear that the ideas of the franchise and the best scorer of all time must be aligned – and in the last period they have not always been. The idea is to try to winas always, and the Lakers management is convinced that the right opportunity to achieve this is that of this summer, when he will have three first-round draft picks, four “pick swaps” and multiple second-round draft picks at his disposal in addition to the medium-sized contracts of several players (D’Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt, Gabe Vincent, if necessary also Austin Reaves) to be able to move on the market. And the idea is to add a great perimeter player with the ball in his handsputting three names in the notebook: Trae Young (client of Klutch Sports, the same agency as James and Anthony Davis led by Rich Paul), Donovan Mitchell (who can become a free agent in 2025 and has not yet extended with Cleveland) and Kyrie Irving (wanted by James in both 2022 and 2023 but without success). Two other names discussed during this season are those of Dejounte Murray e Zach LaVine (both Klutch clients), but for which not all the resources would be invested that the other three All-Stars would require.
LeBron’s future tied to Bronny’s
All three would be able to give both James and Davis new life, relieving them of offensive responsibilities in order to better manage the effort over the course of the season, especially for a LeBron on the threshold of 40 years. It then joins this the future of Bronny James: it is not yet clear whether LeBron’s eldest son will decide to declare himself for the Draft immediately (he is currently not averaging 6 points for USC), but in case several teams have already expressed interest in signing him especially with a view to being able to convince the father to sign with them, fulfilling his request desire to play together with Bronny (although James himself has made several backtracks on this matter, defining it as “my dream, not necessarily my son’s”). According to what was written by The Athletic, even the Lakers themselves are willing to explore the possibility of choosing him in the Draft given that “James’ happiness is very important for the organization”, according to a source within the yellow-viola team, who they have their second pick in the Draft (currently 55) available to select him or they can use other assets to move up to pick it in a higher position if necessary. In any case, although many around the NBA think that James’ future may be far from Los Angeles, the games are all still open.
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Golden State really tried for LeBron
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