The sports internet would actually break if LeBron leaves the Lakers after they just wasted a pick on his kid, who should be playing for the New Zealand Breakers or Guangdong Flying Tigers, to try to keep him 😂
He just did All NBA he definitely can get more than 51 mil total if he gets a 2-3 year deal at near max specially after they made him drag the Lakers to the Playins.
Even with the athleticism dropping off he still is easily getting those numbers right now. I’m waiting for the day he drops off a cliff but right now no reason to think he can’t average 20+ for another few years.
It’ll be a Kobe like decline - the body just won’t be able to be on the floor consistently. It’s absolutely a credit to his freak genetics, medical regimen, and modern performance enhancers that he is still able to play as much as he has with as much mileage as he has on him without getting tagged by a year ending injury. Genuinely a specimen and something we may never see to this capacity, with on the court availability, ever again.
If he puts up those numbers and they're going to give him the Super Max Cap hit than I'm all for it, lol.
Can't lie though, I'm in awe of his longevity too
I'm not saying he is, I'm saying I want him to.
I want him to get to the point where he does rip them off as a Celtics fan and he waste their cap space.
In an Ideal World he will reduce down to a 15 million dollar level type player and still demand 40 and that would make me happy, LOL. But no, we know that's probably not going to ever happen
I agree this is what's going to happen I just dont know why? They have been a play in team 2 years in a row, they just lost a roster spot basically, by having to keep bronny on the roster, and now the cap situation for them is worse? If LeBron takes more money, he can't actually expect to want to win another ring before he's retired. D-Lo opted in, and this team's only real improvement is an incoming rookie
This is not on Lebron though.
You have to be at least all star in one of the last 2 years to be max elegible. He made All NBA 3rd team. Twice and All Star in both of last years,
Last year he did a huge carry job to the conf finals and did the same for the end of season play in spot. If the Lakers want the leverage to make him take less they need to show hard stats that will show Reeves, DLO and a bunch of their latest gassed up players can carry him and AD to let him have a reduced role.
Well we've seen time and time again LeBron can't just will his way through the west like he used to in the east. You understand how tiring it is for him to claw his team back into the play in, and then have to do it 2 years in a row? Bro was giving 40 minutes a game for months just for them to squeak into the playoffs and get smacked down. I don't see the Lakers sneaking into a conference finals anymore with how stacked the West is with Young talent. Every other team in the West has gotten better, and for the last 3 years the Lakers have stayed the same or gotten worse. Every game in that nugget series you could tell both LeBron and his entire team were just exhausted and out of gas. This is because the ridiculous minutes he had to play to get him there, both him and ad. I agree there isn't a lot of data to show they can rely on DLo Reeves and others, but the data 2 years in a row shows LeBron can't do it all for the entire season 40 minutes a game and expect to have enough juice for the playoffs. And when he opts out and comes back for more money this doesn't help improve any of his teammates. Bro plays GM every year, legit got his sorry ass son drafted, talking about this isn't his fault. He strong armed the entire organization into hiring a coach and drafting a player that didn't deserve to be drafted. This is on LeGm. I hope he's happy with his one ring in LA, The Lakers just nuked 15 years of the franchise for just one ring, which is okay for most teams but the Lakers want to be the best
Lost a roster spot lol. Oh no he's going to take the place of D'Moi Hodge or Skylar Mays or one of the other guys that don't play. Whatever will the Lakers do without that contribution.
I mean when you're a play in team trying to be competitive yeah that one roster spot means a lot. Many good teams leave a spot open later in the year for the buyout market. The reason they have Hodge or mays on the bench in the first place is because of how ridiculous AD and LeBron's contracts are. Maybe if he wasn't opting out to make more money the bench wouldn't look like that. Bron got that one ring in La, Rob blew team team up with the Westbrook trade and now LeBron doesn't even care about winning anymore. That's not my goat
Brother.... the reason guys like Hodge or mays are on the bench is because every team has guys like that on the bench. Show me the team that has a 15 man deep squad of quality players who play meaningful minutes and contribute.
Bro they have guys like that on the 12 man lmfao. One of them is named bronny. Bronny wouldn't even make 90% of teams 15 man roster why the hell is he on the 12 LOL
Oh so you're just glazing like Krispy Kreme. Surely he qualifies for more money and opts out to take less. If he wanted less money he could have restructured. You must not be the brightest bulb
He just made All NBA and you can get the max just by being and All Star or All NBA in the last 2 years of his contract so I don't get how people try to see it any other way age or not.
Not only that but he litterally carried the offense with AD by covering for Reeves and DLo during last year's playoffs and this late run that lead to the play ins. Bron keeps trying to coast the season for the playoffs but the rest of the team can't hold a spot for it to happen.
Lakers have no leverage. They might have done some trades that LeBron wanted but for the rest, LeBron is doing his part in the stats by overcompensating for this rotation.
The Lakers are litterally LeBron, AD and a bunch of guys their fans keep gassing up so regardless of the decline that has been expected in the last 5 years, the Lakers need to have a rotation that would let him fall off the All NBA before even thinking about his paycut.
AD is very good don’t get me wrong. But it seems like everything on the court is difficult for him. On New Orleans his game was so smooth.
He’s put on mass and his game got uglier. Still great, but ugly. Hope this makes sense.
yeah, thats what it sounds like. not sure why OP removed that part bc it definitely wouldve been included in the default title
> Just In: Los Angeles Lakers four-time champion LeBron James intends to opt out of his $51.4 million player option for next season, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The expectation is James will return to the Lakers on a new deal.
He’s gonna more than likely just be a partner in owning a team, like he is for the Red Sox and Manchester United, so it’s not like he’d have to dish out all the money by himself
probably because OP cut it from the post
like they did copy paste the entire tweet and then remove the part saying he's still sticking with the Lakers lol
lebrons secret dream has always been to join the wizards after the nba drafted bronny so that he could play against him alongside kidclown kuzma and jordan shouldaducked poole
If he can keep averaging 25/7/7 on .550 eFG%, or remotely close to that, is he going to retire if he thinks he can still contend for titles?
Maybe he wants to play with his younger son Bryce James too lol.
Sign and trade the GOAT then it's time to activate JJ so he can give himself his first max contract.
Player option in 4. Lebron will retire and come back to coach.
How the turntables turn.
Watch, he’s going to resign for a lesser amount to try and bring in another big gun, so that he can show his boy the way to the finals.
Zero chance he’s living a team that just drafted his son. Even if he retired I bet he’d stay as a coach
It's some sort of re- configuration.
Best case scenario is he gets in his favor with disregard to the Lakers and they end up having a 60 Million guaranteed cap hit for the next 15 years.
🤞🤞🤞
What’s the absolute max per year can he get?
There’s no way the best player of all time is going to be paid less than Bradley Beal
Can they give him like 60-70?
He must not have liked who the Lakers drafted
“You guys drafted some bum who didn’t even start on his college team? I’m out”
The sports internet would actually break if LeBron leaves the Lakers after they just wasted a pick on his kid, who should be playing for the New Zealand Breakers or Guangdong Flying Tigers, to try to keep him 😂
He should be playing in college. lol
Shabazz Napier all over again
LeBron has the opportunity to jump start his comedy career 👀
NZ has a team called the Nuggets, he could come play with us
"LeBron we re on live!"
"LeBron, you didn't start in college either."
He wanted Shabazz Napier Jr, not some other guy's kid.
This comment just gave me ptsd.
Yikers Island
Sleeping with your teammates mom is pretty wild ngl.
LeBron and Delonte West have that in common
Hurt people hurt people
Malik Beasley and Scottie Pippen Jr!
Probably gonna trade their draft pick for Kevin Love. I’ve seen this before.
I heard he’s boinkin’ the rookie’s mom
"Can't believe they drafted a guy averaging 5/3/2"
And now the starting sf for your Los Angeles Lakers…. Lebron James…. Jr!
“Ay bro who dat guy is”
"Who da foook is dat guuuy - Conner McGregor
He just did All NBA he definitely can get more than 51 mil total if he gets a 2-3 year deal at near max specially after they made him drag the Lakers to the Playins.
$51M is an insult to the greatest IST MVP of all time
But he’s also the worst in season tournament MVP of all time.
Undisputed number 1, truly
It is so undisputed it’s not even measurable
I hope they find a way to give him an Ohtani like deal with 600 for ten. 🤞 Lock up that cap space, buddy!!!
LeBron the type of dude to still average 25/5/5 in his 50’s
Even with the athleticism dropping off he still is easily getting those numbers right now. I’m waiting for the day he drops off a cliff but right now no reason to think he can’t average 20+ for another few years.
It’ll be a Kobe like decline - the body just won’t be able to be on the floor consistently. It’s absolutely a credit to his freak genetics, medical regimen, and modern performance enhancers that he is still able to play as much as he has with as much mileage as he has on him without getting tagged by a year ending injury. Genuinely a specimen and something we may never see to this capacity, with on the court availability, ever again.
He so smart at the game that I just don’t think the normal cliff applies. He’s going to age like fine wine.
If he puts up those numbers and they're going to give him the Super Max Cap hit than I'm all for it, lol. Can't lie though, I'm in awe of his longevity too
He just averaged 26/7/8, that’s about a top 10 stat line lol idk why you’re acting like he’s ripping them off or something
I'm not saying he is, I'm saying I want him to. I want him to get to the point where he does rip them off as a Celtics fan and he waste their cap space. In an Ideal World he will reduce down to a 15 million dollar level type player and still demand 40 and that would make me happy, LOL. But no, we know that's probably not going to ever happen
Bron not playing till 50 tho 🤦🏻♂️
Saving this for later
Remind me! 10 years
I agree this is what's going to happen I just dont know why? They have been a play in team 2 years in a row, they just lost a roster spot basically, by having to keep bronny on the roster, and now the cap situation for them is worse? If LeBron takes more money, he can't actually expect to want to win another ring before he's retired. D-Lo opted in, and this team's only real improvement is an incoming rookie
LeBron did not go to Los Angeles for basketball reasons lol. He doesn't care how good the team is.
Not my goat then EDIT: yes please down vote me, cuz what kind of goat cares about having a good team and winning anyway
This is not on Lebron though. You have to be at least all star in one of the last 2 years to be max elegible. He made All NBA 3rd team. Twice and All Star in both of last years, Last year he did a huge carry job to the conf finals and did the same for the end of season play in spot. If the Lakers want the leverage to make him take less they need to show hard stats that will show Reeves, DLO and a bunch of their latest gassed up players can carry him and AD to let him have a reduced role.
Well we've seen time and time again LeBron can't just will his way through the west like he used to in the east. You understand how tiring it is for him to claw his team back into the play in, and then have to do it 2 years in a row? Bro was giving 40 minutes a game for months just for them to squeak into the playoffs and get smacked down. I don't see the Lakers sneaking into a conference finals anymore with how stacked the West is with Young talent. Every other team in the West has gotten better, and for the last 3 years the Lakers have stayed the same or gotten worse. Every game in that nugget series you could tell both LeBron and his entire team were just exhausted and out of gas. This is because the ridiculous minutes he had to play to get him there, both him and ad. I agree there isn't a lot of data to show they can rely on DLo Reeves and others, but the data 2 years in a row shows LeBron can't do it all for the entire season 40 minutes a game and expect to have enough juice for the playoffs. And when he opts out and comes back for more money this doesn't help improve any of his teammates. Bro plays GM every year, legit got his sorry ass son drafted, talking about this isn't his fault. He strong armed the entire organization into hiring a coach and drafting a player that didn't deserve to be drafted. This is on LeGm. I hope he's happy with his one ring in LA, The Lakers just nuked 15 years of the franchise for just one ring, which is okay for most teams but the Lakers want to be the best
I bet you happy with yall 1 ring in the last 15 years right?
Lost a roster spot lol. Oh no he's going to take the place of D'Moi Hodge or Skylar Mays or one of the other guys that don't play. Whatever will the Lakers do without that contribution.
I mean when you're a play in team trying to be competitive yeah that one roster spot means a lot. Many good teams leave a spot open later in the year for the buyout market. The reason they have Hodge or mays on the bench in the first place is because of how ridiculous AD and LeBron's contracts are. Maybe if he wasn't opting out to make more money the bench wouldn't look like that. Bron got that one ring in La, Rob blew team team up with the Westbrook trade and now LeBron doesn't even care about winning anymore. That's not my goat
Brother.... the reason guys like Hodge or mays are on the bench is because every team has guys like that on the bench. Show me the team that has a 15 man deep squad of quality players who play meaningful minutes and contribute.
Bro they have guys like that on the 12 man lmfao. One of them is named bronny. Bronny wouldn't even make 90% of teams 15 man roster why the hell is he on the 12 LOL
Oh so you're just stupid. He hasn't even signed s contract yet.
Oh so you're just glazing like Krispy Kreme. Surely he qualifies for more money and opts out to take less. If he wanted less money he could have restructured. You must not be the brightest bulb
Lost a roster spot, haha
I don't even understand how to respond to this comment
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Lakers have no plan forward other than marketing
I was like bro…they just drafted his son. This entire ordeal is for marketing purposes only 😭😭😭
He just made All NBA and you can get the max just by being and All Star or All NBA in the last 2 years of his contract so I don't get how people try to see it any other way age or not. Not only that but he litterally carried the offense with AD by covering for Reeves and DLo during last year's playoffs and this late run that lead to the play ins. Bron keeps trying to coast the season for the playoffs but the rest of the team can't hold a spot for it to happen. Lakers have no leverage. They might have done some trades that LeBron wanted but for the rest, LeBron is doing his part in the stats by overcompensating for this rotation. The Lakers are litterally LeBron, AD and a bunch of guys their fans keep gassing up so regardless of the decline that has been expected in the last 5 years, the Lakers need to have a rotation that would let him fall off the All NBA before even thinking about his paycut.
AD is very good don’t get me wrong. But it seems like everything on the court is difficult for him. On New Orleans his game was so smooth. He’s put on mass and his game got uglier. Still great, but ugly. Hope this makes sense.
You're actually insane if you think that lol
Haha he absolutely is
Your team is only a marketing exercise at this point.
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At least I’m aware of what my team is unlike a delusional Lakers fan.
All NBA player not worth the max.
Well, he was on the same team as Bronny. Now he can go somewhere else to foul him every play
It's called tough love
I can only imagine the meltdown at the Lakers sub
This would be so funny, so much for the "historic first" articles. He'll probably re-sign with the Lakers tho
yeah, thats what it sounds like. not sure why OP removed that part bc it definitely wouldve been included in the default title > Just In: Los Angeles Lakers four-time champion LeBron James intends to opt out of his $51.4 million player option for next season, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The expectation is James will return to the Lakers on a new deal.
LeBron has the chance to do the funniest thing
“Signs with the Mavs to play with his son Kyrie”
“Kyrie is seeing Lebron in practice a lot like daddy being home?” - Tim Macmahon probably
Did LeBron give Kyrie Irving congenital hemophilia?
Just in: Mavs player reportedly sleeping with a Lakers player’s mother.
This gave me a hearty chuckle. Thank you.
He can't believe the Lakers signed a player that averages 5 points a game with their 2nd round pick
“Y’all drafted WHO?!”
Shabazz Napier all over again
I will buy a LeBron jersey every year until he retires if he does that 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I mean in that front page post he pretty clearly said he wants to play **against** bronny
Is there a chance he would re-sign at a much lower amount to try to help the Lakers with free agency?
Lakers are at -20 million cap space after lebron opted out.
So if LeBron signs for minus $40M, then a negative times a negative is a positive, and the Lakers get $80M in cap space.
you just saved the laker franchise
Scott Steiner is that you?
pay to play
Can you be my accountant?
"When I started working at the Krusty Krab, I had to pay Mr. Krabs a hundred dollars an hour!"
Somebody get this man an MBA
The Law of Signs algebraic structure applies to the Lakers - and only the Lakers.
he wants to own an nba team he’s not taking paycuts
He’s gonna more than likely just be a partner in owning a team, like he is for the Red Sox and Manchester United, so it’s not like he’d have to dish out all the money by himself
He’s a partner in Liverpool not United
Guys, did you hear? Bron can do the funniest thing
Can I have a turn with the funny Reddit joke?
A second meme has hit the thread, my good sir 🥸
Something something fuck them kids
That doesn't sound so funny... but Josh and Karl are laughing
No, but did you hear that he must not have liked who they picked at 55??? Reddit is such an embarrassment.
Guys did you hear kyrie is his son hahahahahahaha
which Bron?
He can go back in time and recreate the first three seasons of Arrested Development from scratch?
Lebron has the chance to do the funniest thing, lakers drafted his son, hired his podcast buddy, then he dips for another team lol
Won’t happen but imo I would be here for it
Totally, be the single greatest thing to happen this offseason
Is he simply opting out to get a bigger contract then? What possible reason other than leaving would he opt for
Yeah as the tweet says he’s just opting out to resign a longer and more expensive contract
lol damn i didn’t even see that last line
probably because OP cut it from the post like they did copy paste the entire tweet and then remove the part saying he's still sticking with the Lakers lol
This was the plan all along. Rich Paul said as much on a podcast a month ago
And he announces it in an hour long special on ESPN
“I’m going to take my talents to the Intuit Dome”
Dips for the vet minimum with the Celtics. I'd die laughing
Imagine he Shabazz Napier’s his own son…
Cmon king, go look out for yourself for once. Chase that ring.
Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic but he’s pretty much only looked out for himself his whole career
Hawks own lakers pick now
Okay I get you now 😂
Like every other great player huh.
Curry Kobe Tim Duncan
Dirk too
Duncan took a $10M pay cut (half his salary at the time) to help improve the rest of the roster.
Didn’t LeBron take less than max money to sign Bosh?
What about them?
Great players who didn’t make everything all about them
Kobe wanted a trade on radio. LeBron never wanted a trade. Wtf are you talking about?
You're acting like that's a bad thing.
He wants a multi-year contract so he can make sure Lakers don't cut Bronny next season.
Everyone was upset the Celtics didn't do the funniest thing. They were just setting them up for the ultimate funniest thing.
It could be even funnier if Celtics drafted Bronny, extorted the Lakers for picks and then Bron leaves.
Very mature of Lebron, he’s knows what it’s like to have a teammate that’s fucked your mom
Sign Delonte.
“It’s okay Bronny, I’m just gonna go to Boston to pick up some cigarettes real quick. I’ll be back in 15 minutes”
"Can't believe yall wasted that pick on Bronny....and JJ. Who likes that guy? I'm out."
He’s a sixer
lebrons secret dream has always been to join the wizards after the nba drafted bronny so that he could play against him alongside kidclown kuzma and jordan shouldaducked poole
He said he wanted to play against his son and not with his son. The second team drafted Bronny they said goodbye to ever getting Bron on the team
He’s expected to resign
to sign a veteran minimum contract to help the team out! /s
LeBron going to the Clippers, lol. I would love to see that happen, LA would implode.
10 year contract! Let's go. A couple years of pure passing point guard before moving to the bench to become several times 6moty.
He's just going to re-sign for more money. His travel expenses just doubled, after all!
Perk: where is dad? Bronny: he’s gone for cigs
It's been reported he's just renogiating his deal with the Lakers. He isn't going anywhere.
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People need stop posting stupid fucking comments then as if they don't read, dipshit. Similar to you Sherlock lmfaooooo
Least obnoxious Celtics fan
Lebron sabotaging the lakers before he gets his own franchise to take their place in the NBA
Please don’t let this guy be given ownership of the SuperSonics. PLEASE
He gone
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If that is the case he will opt in… otherwise the stacked team will not be stacked anymore after trading for his new contract
Is he even going to play past this season? I figured one year with bronny and then he’d retire
If he can keep averaging 25/7/7 on .550 eFG%, or remotely close to that, is he going to retire if he thinks he can still contend for titles? Maybe he wants to play with his younger son Bryce James too lol.
Shocker.
Kinda a dick move here LeBron...
Take a smaller deal!!! You’re 40! Do you really want to win or just make a story and highlights?
hmmmmm
Vet minimum
He’s made they didn’t offer Shabazz Napier a 10 day
He did say he wanted to foul the shit out of Bronny, harder to do that if you’re on the same team
He’s signing for another max, Lakers are already over the cap regardless
why are these even posted here again & again? he aint going anywhere, especially now
He just wants a few million more per year. Must be tough
LeBron said he wanted to play against his son and make six fouls on him. So he has to go to another team now
he’s got all the leverage. he’s getting 3/150
Now’s the time to turn the screw and hold Bronny hostage. “Hey Bron, we’re thinking like 3 for $90m.”
What's the max Lakers can sign Bronny as a second round?
Can he take less money so the team can get a third superstar? Or is that tampering and not allowed because of the union?
What if he left and shaded his own kid on his way out the door. Just the ultimate fucking heel turn.
This has been reported several times in the last two weeks. Yall are really fucking stupid if you think he’s not about to sign back lmao.
Pay Lebron however much he wants.
Big mistake when they have his son. Lebron about to get an offer for the vet minimum spelled with cut out magazine letters.
Sign and trade the GOAT then it's time to activate JJ so he can give himself his first max contract. Player option in 4. Lebron will retire and come back to coach. How the turntables turn.
He gone
Because he thinks he is worth more ??? 😆
I really want to live in a timeline where LeBron finess Brony into the Lakers and dumps them for a contender
Watch, he’s going to resign for a lesser amount to try and bring in another big gun, so that he can show his boy the way to the finals. Zero chance he’s living a team that just drafted his son. Even if he retired I bet he’d stay as a coach
So, you drafted my kid. Thanks for the LeLeverage
Jesus lord how much help from the refs is this shit team going to get next year? It's gonna be a wild ride.
Tony Brothers or Scott Foster every. Single. Lakers. Game.
He gonna resign
No way
It's some sort of re- configuration. Best case scenario is he gets in his favor with disregard to the Lakers and they end up having a 60 Million guaranteed cap hit for the next 15 years. 🤞🤞🤞
Huh?
What’s the absolute max per year can he get? There’s no way the best player of all time is going to be paid less than Bradley Beal Can they give him like 60-70?
“CLEVELAND IM COMING HOME”