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Lol.why not? You are stuck on the guy's age. He's already proven to be, not the normal human being. Father Time is undefeated, but his coming to claim you, can absolutely be delayed. Lebron James has already proven that.

I do believe that the end is near though. However I don't think anyone from the Lakers will be pushing it. Some of our fans...hell yeah.

50M for LeBron James is still a bargain.

 

Why he never went the Laker big man tradition of goggles is beyond me.
yeah it takes some getting used to but it's better than a freaking detached retina

 

Hell yeah..my thoughts exactly.

 

NBA free agency 2025: New West tiers after flurry of moves

Tier 3: The old guard

Los Angeles Lakers

Any team with Luka Doncic or LeBron James, let alone both, is automatically a contender. But do the Lakers have a sufficiently strong supporting cast to contend? There are some big, challenging questions here: Can lineups with Doncic, James and Austin Reaves hold their own on the defensive end? Will new starting center Deandre Ayton, fresh off a buyout, play with more force and reverse his multiyear decline? Can Jake LaRavia replace Finney-Smith? Is there enough shooting on this roster?

Expect the Lakers' drama to continue until they can firmly answer these questions.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...e-thunder-lakers-warriors-land-new-west-tiers

 

lol I'm going to take a lot of flak but at least the Lakers are rumored to be with players who make a lot of sense for them.


I'd be thrilled to complete the roster with thybulle and smart - that gets you a rotation of luka, lebron, ar as your offensive lynchpins. Ayton/Hayes/Kleiber at C/PF, Laravia/Rui makes a strong forward bench unit, guard rotation of AR, Smart, Thybulle. That's a very strong 9 man rotation that makes sense in terms of both talent and fit. Really the first time since the post bubble trade you can see the vision of a championship team that works

Instead of bigger/stronger you are going with star firepower matched with roleplayers who can feast on easy shots created and you can play defense

 

You are grasping at straws like Abeer now. James doesn't need any leverage here. He can play here as long as he wants. Jeanie and Rob has told everyone that, repeatedly.

However...If I'm really thinking about hanging them up, I couldn't care less, about the security of that 2nd year. I might not be here, taking it a 1 year deal at a time, doesn't limit anything from my perspective.

I'm going to play this season, I can't say for certain, that I will play the season afterwards. What is wrong with that? Why should Jeanie or Walter have any issues with that? That man has earned that option.

 

Yep

He either takes a large pay cut or moves on

We can't be wasting Luka's prime years waiting for him to retire

 

Production production production.

Lebron gives production. And we have nothing to replace that now. Allow him and Luka to play together as long as they can.

When LeBron retires it will move to a more traditional offense with ball movement. LeBron ain’t doing that because LeBron is so ball dominant with his presence on the floor. A little ego to I want the shine.

but hopefully he can do a great job of buying in. And taking guys like Ayton under his wing. It’s important to make sure all the guys know we are committed to winning a championship. What’s so funny about this is the championship ingredient you need to win is simple. One word belief. If this team believes plays for each other. They should win.


They have enough depth.

 

The LeBron thing is a real dilemma. His on-court production is certainly worth a max contract, but at his age it's harder to project year-to-year performance. I'm not sure what dollar amount per year appropriately balances those concerns.

 

Your point still isn't making any sense though. Let's turn it around for a sec..WHY..wouldn’t you want to pay an All NBA player 50M? That's not the highest salary in the league, guys are signing extensions right now, that will dwarf that number. Some dudes are going to be making 70M plus soon.

All NBA is at the minimum top 15 in the League period. Who doesn't want a player on their team like that? How does having a guy like that hurt Luka's timeline? Luka wants to compete for Championships, today..he's not talking about the hypothetical, 4 years from now.

You have a problem with the man's age, that's the only thing that comes out here. You repeatedly say, that you don't want to be paying a 43 year old Lebron 50M. Well what if the 43 year old, was still a top player?and that salary is commensurate with a player of that caliber?

There is nothing left but, (well..he might get injured or something. ) That can happen to a young guy like Luka too. I'm not feeling this logic, I totally understand that 40 years have NEVER been All NBA players too. However here we are. History is to be made, James is making it. I don't know how long he can keep it up, but I'm definitely not pushing him out of the door, because he might, not be able too. Lebron James is the oldest player to ever be named to an All NBA team. Guess what, he's just breaking a record that he set, from the previous season!!

What message, do you think all this, (let's move on from Lebron, if he wants to keep getting paid top dollar,)is sending to Luka anyway?

Hey pal..pay attention, if you end up in a similar situation to Lebron, we aint paying you either?

 

That's ridiculous..explain how we are wasting Luka's prime with an All NBA caliber player. This s*** is getting out of hand. What's your roster situation then? Let's hear it, gimme some names.

 

All that talk about how James needed to take a paycut, because all we had was the TPMLE available this offseason. Remember that?

Well damn, look at us now..We have all our draft picks, and trade assets, picked up a legit starting 5, a decent role player, and an intriguing draft prospect. And Lebron James didn't have to give up, one single red cent!

Narratives, aren't always true, I don't give a damn, how many people repeat them.

 

Look at this obscene amount of cash they are about to throw at Jokic! And some of you people are complaining about Lebron making 50M?

https://www.si.com/nba/why-nikola-jokic-reportedly-wont-sign-extension-nuggets-summer

 

Jokic delays extension talks.

 

20M per a season, is a pretty valid reason.