LeBron James isn’t performed in Los Angeles fairly but.
On Sunday, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that James is choosing up his $52.6 million participant choice with the Lakers for the 2025-26 season.
James’ choice comes after the Lakers’ first season with Luka Dončić led to disappointment regardless of being favorites to make it far within the West. The Lakers acquired Dončić from the Mavericks in a three-team commerce that despatched Anthony Davis to Dallas.
After February’s seismic commerce, the Lakers completed the season with a 50-32 file and secured the third seed within the Western Conferene.
Earlier than the season started, James and the Lakers made headlines by hiring J.J. Redick as their head coach regardless of no teaching expertise at a senior stage. The previous NBA guard’s solely teaching expertise was as a volunteer for his son’s fourth-grade group in Brooklyn.
Redick, who succeeded Darvin Ham, was employed because the “Thoughts The Recreation” podcast he co-hosts with James rose to reputation. He would step away from the podcast to get replaced by Steve Nash and his position as an analyst on ESPN when he took the job with the Lakers.
Simply days later, the Lakers drew extra consideration once they chosen Bronny James with the fifty fifth total decide within the 2024 NBA Draft. Regardless of his lone yr at USC being underwhelming after struggling a cardiac arrest throughout preseason, Bronny was drafted making him and LeBron the primary father-son duo within the NBA.
Bronny appeared in 27 video games for the Lakers and averaged 2.3 factors per recreation. He additionally performed 11 video games for the South Bay Lakers within the NBA G League and averaged 21.9 factors, 5.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
LeBron joined the Lakers in 2018 after stints with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Warmth. He delivered two NBA titles to Miami in 2012 and 2013. James then returned to Cleveland and received the Cavs their first championship in 2016.
Two years after arriving in Los Angeles, James and Davis led the Lakers to a championship within the 2020 NBA Bubble.
James signed a two-year, $103.3 million extension with the Lakers in 2024. The deal included a participant choice for the 2025-26 season. In his twenty second season, James averaged 24.4 factors, 7.8 rebounds and eight.2 assists.
Subsequent season can be James’ eighth in Los Angeles, the longest single run he’s had with one group, and twenty third consecutive season as an energetic participant, an NBA file.