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They both come off the books next year. That's 70 million plus in cap space. I'm not sure what franchise player is available anytime soon. Zion? Embiid? Forget about Luka or Giannis.

 

Don't think Bron goes anywhere till Bronny comes in and even then we'll try to get Bronny. There's too many financial benefits for both parties for this marriage to end anytime soon. Jeanie is about money > all. Bron will always give you that on the national and international stage. So I don't think we're shopping anytime soon.

 

Nepotism'R'Us.

 

Yeah but Bron will be willing to play on the cheap, in order to entice us to draft his son. The dude is almost a billionaire already, I don't think he is worried about signing the next big contract.

 

It's already in the cards unless Bronny blows up or something. He'll pull a Reaves and just sign with the Lakers.

 

dont be surprised if Bron still gets max annually

 

And what will that look like when he will most likely be at best a G-League player not yet ready (if ever) for the NBA yet …. for the locker room and the team’s competitiveness if Lakers (and the next coach) are forced to do (WHAT) to keep James happy with their part of the deal?? Seems completely incompatible with a serious team mindset to win a championship. More like a sideshow. Just asking the honest question, I know it’s not your plan.

 

Bron will be max until he retires. Puts butts in seats, still produces like a top 5 player. Max player til he retires

 

eh...it's possible, but other stars of similar stature played for less than the max at the end of their careers. dirk and duncan played for substantially less over time, each while they were still producing pretty well on offense. even kobe took something of a cut at the end (not enough, which is what i expect for lebron).

 

I think Bron won't be a Laker next season .

He quits when things get hard/don't want to get blamed for it .

He'll ask for a trade to the Cavs

 

Given Bron's career history , I even think it's a guarantee ... We'll see

 

Nor do I, zero percent. I'd take everything to Vegas securing that bet too. There's much bigger things than basketball keeping him here. I think he wants to break the scoring record as a Laker, too. Also, equally important the Cleveland aspect. He doesn't fit with what they're building and they wouldn't give up assets to get him. Just salary alone, that's a lot.

 

We aren't giving anything away with Westbrook Cookie. I don't think some of you guys get it. Westbrook was not the problem, Lebron and AD not showing up for work was the number 1 issue. At this point, we'd be stupid to add some picks to an expiring contract of that size. The guy can still play, his cap number would be huge coming off of our books after next season. Vogel is about to get canned, so the stuff about Russ not fitting his system is about to be irrelevant. We flipped three minor assets that nobody really wanted into a huge expiring contract, the fact that the guy can still play is extra gravy. Folks went overboard blaming Russell Westbrook for everything this season. He didn't make James and Davis miss all these games, he didn't force Rob to sign all these old guys, there were other players available at the vet min too. He also didn't force Frank to go dumb for key stretches of games. Frank was doing the same things last season. Russ clicks with AD, Bron is in need of the adjustment, he's the one getting old. I still say the trio just didn't have enough time on the court together to figure things out.They only played 21 games together all season. Move Russ for a significant asset, or keep him and his cap space as a huge asset. Just trying to dump Russell Westbrook and giving up picks to do it, that's a dumb idea.

 

Hard to say we should do anything else. Lebron is pure box office and sells tons of tickets and merchandise. Money is money and it is the bottom line. Winning rings and losing money is not as good as missing the playoffs and making money. Maybe not for fans but owners everywhere!!! And remember, there CAN be money in disasters!

 

It depends on Bronny..James never said that the kid had to be in the rotation. From what I've seen of the youngster, I don't think a G league signing is some kind of gross overreach. He has some talent, he lacks the height but that could come before he graduates HS. He will be judged on his ability regardless of what Lebron says. I seriously doubt any team is going to burn a 1st rd draft pick, just to have the chance for adding a 40 year old Lebron James. I don't think a G league deal is that big of an issue though. Depending on how he finishes up in HS..a 2nd rd pick isn't either.

 

it's not vogel's system. it's any system except the bizarre one that dantoni ended up designing in houston to try and salvage their failed westbrook trade. he's just done as a top-tier player and has been for two years, maybe even three, really.

i'm not worried about the bronny situation in the least. if lebron wants to walk, that's ok for me. he wasn't worth his max this year, imo, and he's not going to get better and healthier. thanks for the title and getting us AD. if you and your son want to play for the min in charlotte, have at it. we'll throw a nice video tribute and retire your jersey and stuff.

 

I think he likes Cali too much to move. And the Illuminati have regular meetings locally in LA, so it's just more convenient for him all around.

 

Well my point was …. I doubt Bronny on South Bay and or even as an end of the bench player on Lakers (lord help us) who honestly hasn’t earned any rookie playing time because he’s not good enough yet (or ever) …. is what LeBron means when he says he wants to “play” with his son. How does that work? How often? How many minutes? Locker room and championship aspirations disaster if the kid isn’t good enough. Sideshow to go along with LeBron farewell tour … and we don’t love him like we loved Kobe.