LeBron to the Savannah Banana’s?

This convo is always so weird when u see how many actual bums are making max money and even young stars in their prime that he just seems to match or outplay

Banana boat is back? 🍌

Fun fact: lakers banana yellow is closer to gold than the mustard yellow jerseys from before.

That said still prefer the old ones

Cavs are going back to their 2016 yellow alts?

I don’t think he’s ring chasing; I don’t see him going wherever for a minimum just to bag an easy title. There would have to be more meaning to it, like Cleveland he’d be returning home. I don’t see Bron pulling a KD and trying to join OKC or the Spurs.

He’s worth much more than a minimum, but the problem is that at this point in his career he needs to really pace himself during the regular season to be ready for the playoffs, but we can’t afford to put a bunch of money into someone like that when we have prime Luka right now.

the man loves basketball. he’ll take a pay cut if the lakers can prove it as you said.

if not that man is off to cleveland

Yeah that’s literally exactly what he said no interpreting required lol

Ha, no. Having been here before a few times, this is LeBron’s way of telling the NBA that he’s leaving his team and expects potential suitors to pony up and create a team that he wants to join.

That’s why LeBron called this guy a weirdo (or something like that)

it’s that time of year

Bron is 12-2 vs Toronto but 12-0 vs Atlanta.

If anything he should be a hawk for all the crime he committed against the city

He needs to play here in Indiana. It’s the birthplace and Mecca of basketball. It’s only fitting he finish his career in the basketball capital of the world. On 49 other states it’s just basketball, but this is Indiana.

No, him going to Boston would be the true ending to the story

King of the north!

ESPN has 8+ networks and need to find content for them ²⁴⁄₇. I’m surprised they don’t have an hour or two dedicated to reddit hot takes.

He’s the Lebron expert

It’s like asking why the PGA still has time for Tiger Woods.

Yeah I can see anywhere but the grizzlies basically, but you’re right most likely Cavs or LAL

I could see the Warriors.

Clicks = money! As always in life, follow the money

Nah, just Dillon Brooks hate watching all by himself. Probably has hate bots clicking until it gets in everyone’s algorithm

You sell enough LeBron merch and raise ticket prices enough to make him worth 100M a year to any team. If he just looks for the biggest payday, multiple bottom feeder teams will offer him a max just from the financial benefit standpoint alone.

He is worth 50 mil just for the revenue but the team is not going to win. 50mil is #1 option and he is not.

His numbers and everything make him worth 35+ a year. The Lakers are gonna try to convince him that he should accept a $20 mil deal

Any non-contender who can? Having him in your team is worth more than 50M.

I mean who’s gonna give him 50M on the open market??

Many teams would.

Bulls got the cap space and he can play in the home and jersey of his childhood hero as long as its a different number

Kings would 100% pay him 50-60 million

Lots of people and a few other threads talking about this, and not just as it relates to Bron and the Lakers. Simply stated, IF there is no (significant) punishment imposed on the Clippers, which at this time is zero punishment, then what is stopping any other team from working behind the scenes to pay a player. And keep in mind there are more ways to funnel money than just using a fraudulent company’s payroll or a fake endorsement. For example, and in LeBrons case, how much value could he add to a large company if he was the direct sponsor? 30 million over 2 years? 40 million over 3? You can see how easily it can be justified that he should be paid massive bucks and all he would need to do is make some timely appearances, photo/ad work, and a few big commercials. Probably could get a 40 million dollar deal and just mail in the last year of the 3 years endorsement deal once he retires and say he fulfilled the contract. And then, there’s an extra 20 million a year over 2 years. This is why the league has a problem, because how do you then enforce “actual” deals that pay massive dollars and find a reason to question the “investments” made in said company when it’s all on the up and up on paper.

considering the only punishment for kawhi is people doing ‘shame shame’. its not much. the nba and teams dont seem to care. 

Signing LeBron for the farewell tour is going to be worth it for most teams. Everyone is going to want to see lebrons last games and ticket prices are going to be insane

+move his wife and daughter and disregard his 2nd son who’s games he can easily catch a flight to from LA, not to mention leave Jr behind too

Windy is a fuckin idiot

That’s true…. But they are asking LeBron to make SIGNIFICANTLY LESS than his market value because the Lakers brass is bad at their jobs.

They wouldn’t be in this position if they hit on their 1st round draft picks, and margin FA players

He’s worth 35+ mil a year, and the Lakers used him taking a backseat to a #3 ball handler role, because the other guys (Reaves, Luka) are so bad at doing the “other things”, as a potential reason to try and low ball him by 30-40 mil a year

At this point Luka will be lucky to end Top 30. Time is running out now that Wemby + SGA (with guys like Flagg coming up) will challenge MVPs for years to come and OKC/ Spurs are the forces in the West. I don’t see him having a much better career than CP3 or Harden.

I hate the Lakers and this is exactly what I hope they do so they can stay playoff irrelevant for year to come. Still its the F-en Lakers and no team has ever fit the they ‘fall into shit and come out smelling like roses’ cliché more than them. I mean they moved of an absolutely washed Russ on a awful contract and got value, they sent a man constantly injured and a bag of chips and got Luka. There is one major piece that is likely to move this off season and his name is Freak…………for some reason I just think Lakers will get Freak giving Luka exactly the type of star he needs to be teamed with to be a contender. I’m so tired of teams in the NBA ‘helping’ the Lakers at every turn but its been happening for the entire history of the league so I don’t expect it to stop now.

luka gets hurt and the entire thing falls apart though.

He’s their best “young prospect”.. that’s frankly a reality at this point. Wouldn’t surprise me if Bronny gets real PT next season, or at least a very long chance to get PT because he’s made tremendous strides

I’m sure that he could work out for the Lakers to trade Bronny to the team that he signs with. Could even end up as a net positive deal for the Lakers if the team is willing to sacrifice to get him.