LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

People are only “weird” about him because of all his scheming and jabbing through the media and via Rich Paul.
The dude on the court: very intelligent and kinda respectable(outside of the ref complaining- which Kobe did too much of as well).
The dude off the court? Complete jacka$$ narcissist who Always puts himself first(basketball related), to the detriment of the Franchise that pays him insane amounts of money to throw a ball through a hoop. Then he, and Paul, constantly throw it back in everyone else’s faces that they are innocent, that they don’t try harder than anyone else at controlling the pieces on the board.
Many like me, will be happy when this circus comes to an end.
I actually applaud him for staying with his wife all these years while keeping his family together.

 

DNP Old

I suppose we should get used to this. But at max salary, that kind of bites. You are paying for marketability and ticket sales, but you are no longer going to get that value on the court. Period Point Blank. Just not going to happen.

 

And you're just rehashing not sensible stuff. Two years ago he was signed to that contract. Aside from you hating him of course we do that contract. And as has been pointed out here numerous times many of the grass is greener "other" stars and pseudo stars we have wanted 10-15 years younger than him have had as many or more injuries in their careers.

 

As of October 2025, 16 NBA players are making over $50 million in base salary for the 2025–2026 season
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Players making over $50M for the 2025–26 season
The players projected to earn over $50 million in base salary for the 2025-26 season include
Stephen Curry
($59.6M),
Joel Embiid
($55.2M),
Nikola Jokić
($55.2M),
Kevin Durant
($54.7M),
Jayson Tatum
($54.1M),
Giannis Antetokounmpo
($54.1M),
Anthony Davis
($54.1M),
Jimmy Butler
($54.1M),
Damian Lillard
($54.1M),
Devin Booker
($53.1M),
Jaylen Brown
($53.1M),
Karl-Anthony Towns
($53.1M),
Bradley Beal
($53.7M),
LeBron James
($52.6M),
Paul George
($51.7M), and
Kawhi Leonard
($50.0M).

 

Only 2 guys better than Bron. Makes me feel a little bit better...