LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

Look what I found

 

what? he seems happy about it. Probably deserved it, and he knows it.

 

Why are you STILL talking? Don't you have a solitaire game to get back to?

Looks like there will be a bidding war for Bron after he retires


Considering Stephen A is the loudest voice on ESPN and he's been unhappy at times with how ESPN not only covers him, but covers basketball i think they'd only be used as a leverage play to get the Bezos offer up. With Amazon, he could help shape how they cover the sport since they'll still be in their NBA infancy.

That's if he even wants to do that or if there's time between retirement and the league expansion when he's going to try to head a group that buys a team. Rumors are picking up that expansion could be coming sooner than later...especially with these recent sells helping raise the price for those teams.

 

Watching the Lakers mock offseason with Yossi, Faigen and Irwin, Bron really needs to take a paycut. We gotta open that full MLE, it's the best way we maximize this roster and Bron a) owns us too with the star treatment he's getting, drafting Bronny and stuff, b) he's dropping off a bit in terms of endurance, so it's only fair value that he doesn't get max money and c) he should put all his chips in getting another title and we're WAY closer with Luka than with AD.

I can't conceive that Bron won't elevate his title odds considerably because he wants 10 million more. It's honestly a dumb decision.
We also have a unique situation where we maximize the last year of AR's deal, after this year that possibility is gone so we gotta hammer it this year.

 

i hope he's told the FO that if they can get a good player on the MLE, he'll take the cut to get it done.

the claim was he did that last year, but it was a list of his choosing (and frankly, imo, not a great one).

but i'll repeat my lebron refrain: he can take whatever money he wants, he's earned it. but he has not earned any right whatsoever to complain about his teammates while he's making that kind of money.

 

100% this

He needs to take a haircut to help bring in another player/s

 

Good to see he has enough time to get in shape for the season. Hope we keep him to around 30 min or less this year, but some guys aren't built for that. They'd rather dog it on defense and play more.