James is likely to renew his contract with the Lakers What will the Lakers do to win the 18th championship?

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2024-05-08 14:42Posted on the official account of Jiangxi Jiangxi Supine Support Culture Media Co., Ltd

It's time for James to renew his contract. According to Shams, the Lakers are willing to give James a three-year, $164 million contract to ensure he stays with the Lakers for the rest of his career. James is also likely to renew his contract with the Lakers. When will James sign a contract extension with the Lakers? And what does he do with the rest of his career?

James is likely to renew his contract with the Lakers What will the Lakers do to win the 18th championship?

According to Marc Stein, all indications are that James is close to signing a contract extension with the Lakers, with a salary of $51.4 million per year on his final year (2024-25 season) and a player option. He will renew his contract for another 3 years. It's unclear if James will run the final year of his contract, but if he does, he will re-sign a two-year, $112.9 million contract. James will be 42 years old when he completes this contract. When James retires, he will surely write the next perfect record as the league's oldest star.

By the time James completes this contract, Davis will also be 34 years old, and it will be time to sign the last big contract of his career. The Lakers still have the possibility of competing for the championship during this contract period, and everything depends on who the third star is. This summer, in addition to James, the Lakers have a number of players whose contracts expire or can be renewed, including Russell, Prince, Hayes, Christie, Wood, Reddish and Dinwiddie, who may renew their contracts or be used as trade chips.

The Lakers also fired Coach Ham and will enter the stage of a comprehensive coach selection, and this coach will be the last coach of James's career. Budenholzer, Atkinson, and Redick are currently the top picks, while Kidd and Tyronn Lue are the alternates. This last manager is also very important.

James' contract is also absolutely unique in NBA history. It's a miracle that a star can still survive at the age of nearly 40 and still sign contracts worth more than $100 million. And James is the miracle worker. However, the years have begun to show their signs in James. This was evident against the Nuggets. Against the Nuggets, James can no longer carry the team all over the court, and if he wants to explode at a critical moment in the fourth quarter, he must save his physical strength in the first three quarters and play more without the ball. The Lakers' reinforcements have also begun to pay attention to this, looking for young stars who can help the Zhan Mei combination carry through the first three quarters.

The chances of James reuniting with Bronny are also not high. Whether Bronny can be selected in this year's draft is still an open question. Previously, it was reported in the media that the Lakers simply drafted Bronny with a second-round pick in order to reunite James father and son. But since then, there has been no follow-up. James would go and draft Bronny's team to play with, which is ultimately unrealistic. If it is better to get back together with the Lakers, even if it doesn't, Bronny will find another place to go, maybe in an overseas league, and James will play a good game for him.

James or Curry can take the lead in winning the fifth championship of their careers, which is also a point that many fans are concerned about, and it is quite difficult from the current point of view. The Lakers were swept 4-1 by the Nuggets in the first round, and the Warriors did not even make the playoffs this season, let alone win the championship. Both the Warriors and Lakers will see a sea change to their rosters this summer, and the changes will be even bigger for the Warriors. They will also face challenges from the league's new and middle generation of stars, such as Edwards, Alexander, Doncic, Jokic and Tatum. James and Curry, who wins the fifth championship, will have a long way to go.

In short, James will re-sign with the Lakers if nothing else. Returning to the Cavaliers is an alternative for James, who currently have a good roster and beat the Magic in a tiebreaker early this morning to meet the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Analyst Timothy Legler made it clear on "Get Up" that if James wants to continue to win the championship, it is better to go to the Eastern team than to be in the Western team, and the Eastern team has less competitive pressure, and the 76ers and Knicks are alternatives. But James can only renew his contract with the Lakers.

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