2023-07-13 11:07:59
LeBron James, 38, is back for a 21st season. Outstanding since the end of the Los Angeles Lakers season in the conference finals against the Denver Nuggets, this decision is still not a surprise. Still under contract for one season with the Californian franchise, he has always expressed the wish to play alongside his son, Bronny, who could make his arrival in the big league in the next draft. For that, the quadruple NBA champion must still play two years.
It was during the ESPYS, the sports trophies organized and awarded by the ESPN channel, that LeBron James made this announcement. “I don’t care how many more points I’m going to score, what I can or can’t do on the pitch,” he explained. The real question for me is whether I can play without cheating. The day when I can no longer give everything on the pitch, it will be over. Luckily for you, that day has not arrived. »
Currently, his contract runs until the end of the season but the American has a one-year option that he can decide to exercise himself. He receives a salary of 42.70 million euros from the Lakers. This contract had been drawn up so that he could, if he wished, still be in the NBA when his son arrived.
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