"Wojen" Wojnarowski pointed out that the Lakers are still discussing with James' agent Rich Paul whether they can reduce the new contract by about $1 million so that the team's salary will not exceed the second-tier luxury tax line. , this allows the team to maintain more room to build the lineup. Once it exceeds, it will be subject 2024奧運to many restrictions, including being unable to trade for one more high-paid player, and will also lose the mini-middle class exception, and can only use basic salary to reinforce.
The report pointed out that James’ decision to renew his contract with the Lakers is not surprising. The Lakers only selected James’ 19-year-old son Bronny James in the draft last week. Many media have previously reported that James Plans to give up the US$51.4 million (approximately NT$1.67 billion) player option for the remaining season and sign a new contract with the team.
James has played for the Lakers for 6 seasons and won the annual MVP 4 times in his career. Last season, he became the first player in history to break 40,000 points, the first player to be selected 巴黎奧運會to the All-Star Game 20 times, and the first player to be selected to the All-NBA Team for 20 consecutive years. players."King James" James was almost confirmed to renew his contract with the Purple and Gold Army with a two-year US$104 million (approximately NT$3.39 billion) guaranteed contract, and he is sure to be able to fight hand in hand with "Prince" Bronny until the 2024-25 season. The first father-son team in NBA history will be the focus of attention from the outside world in the future.