In the summer of 2022, the Lakers officially announced a two-year $97.1 million contract extension with the star James, of which James will have a player contract in the final year, which is undoubtedly the result of James' personal request and struggle, but for the Lakers' management, this is also within their calculations.
The story also starts with the Lakers' two existing first-round picks, since the last offseason, the Lakers have been constantly asking many teams in the free market, hoping to exchange the only two first-round picks they have in hand for excess chips, but the delayed lineup first caused James' dissatisfaction.
In the signing ceremony with the Lakers this summer, James's agent team proposed that the Lakers need to use the only two first-round picks on hand to help the team set sail, and the lake-management team led by Pelinka responded very cleverly, "If you agree to sign, then we will definitely exchange two first-round picks for players", but in fact, whether it is Irving or Turner on the Internet, this offseason is obviously not the best moment to cash in high, in fact, Jen Jr. has since begun another two years of his arrangement.
Sure enough, the Lakers' subsequent performance was shocking, they were coming in the offseason with 34-year-old Beverley, joined Schroder, did not send Wei Shao away in the backcourt problem, due to the lack of top low-level players in the team, thick eyebrows simply topped the No. 5 position, the Lakers' lineup seems to have been solved, but from any point of view, Yang Yi and Wang Meng's phrase "make do with it" is the voice of most fans.
After the season stumbled to start, the Lakers' management did not help the Lakers on and off the court, helping the Lakers to take the marketing to the next level, female owner Jenny Buss took the lead, on December 22, the 61-year-old female owner Jenny Buss and the 52-year-old comedian were officially engaged, but for most fans who follow James, Jenny Buss's diamond ring is not easy.
The two most successful things that Moore, 52, has done in his life are dating Jenny Buss, and smearing James, he posted a lot of abusive remarks about James on his social media, and even insulted James's mother, constantly questioned James's newspaper on Moore's social media, reported on James's mother's off-court storms, and even said a word about the championship James brought to the Lakers. I wonder how Aunt Jenny's remaining pocket money for more than two months will be arranged?
This is not the end, just 3 days later in the Christmas game, Hamm, who has become a tool of the Lakers this season, put on a death five, when everyone was scratching their heads, Kerr next door made people suddenly open, lack of low strength, shelling the lineup did not bombard the players, Hamm took the lead in expressing his dissatisfaction with the current lineup to the outside world, but he is not Kerr after all, and can only end with a sloppy scribbling in three words in a post-game interview.
Finally, James came to his birthday night with a 47+10+9 performance to start the first stop of his curtain call, in the remaining window of less than a month, we have reason to believe that the Lakers will not make any decisions, except for the excellent record, this season they have almost no reason to go out of the fans' vision, before the championship arrives, the Lakers' first-round pick will be the most critical part of suspense retention.
And who will pay for it?