Today, according to famous reporter Shams Charania, Lakers forward James will execute his contract for the 23rd season of the 2025-26 season, and compete for his 23rd season of his career.
After James performed the player option, his agent Ritchie Paul also issued a statement.
In response to this, ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst was in "Get "There are some things happening here, but I really don't know what the situation is. Yesterday I contacted Ritchie Paul, and he basically repeated what he said to Shams. All I can say is that I don't think LeBron James will be traded, whether it's today, tomorrow, a month or three months later. Firstly, his salary is $53 million, and it would be difficult to make a strong team with a high salary and competitive trade that way. Secondly, he has the right to trade veto, which means he will control all aspects of his trade, not just his next deal, but also what he hopes to trade his own chips. These factors make such a deal difficult to achieve. I don't think there is a realistic trading path.
"In addition, the Lakers were third in the West last season. Although the record from third to seventh in the West is very close, the Lakers are not without the competitiveness to compete for the championship. I expect that in the next day or two, they will introduce one or two players to the core lineup to improve the team's strength a little. The way LeBron handled this shows that he was not happy. I'm not sure what the Lakers can do to make him happy in the next few days, after all, they haven't done it in the past six months. I'm not sure what his next move will be. We'll wait and see how things will develop next.
"I talked to Ricci Paul, and he said that Luca Doncic was notified of LeBron's decision to implement the player option in advance, and the Lakers and Luca were informed of the content of the statement in advance. So, they were not surprised by this, but the rest of the league were surprised by the statement. I considered the teams that LeBron might be willing to play for, and I think other teams might be prepared for this matter. So I asked about each team one by one, and the other teams did not expect the release of the statement. So Luca had more psychological expectations than other potential teams. Therefore, there are some unusual things here.
"LeBron's choice to implement the player option is not common in itself. He has signed a total of 9 contracts in his career, and 8 of them contain player options. He has never executed the player option before 8 times, and he always chose to jump out and sign a new contract. This is the first time in the last 23 years that he is in the final year of a contract (i.e., without player options), so this is a unique situation. ”
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