2 years, 8 mill, to be 3rd or 4th option behind Embiid, Brown, and Maxey. But didnβt want to be a 3rd option behind Luka and AR. Lol. Lakers just didnβt want him back. π€£
BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.
Just in: Free agent F/C Sandro Mamukelashvili has agreed to a four-year, $52 million deal to sign with Los Angeles Lakers, with a player option for the fourth season, sources tell ESPN. Big fully guaranteed deal for George Roussakis and Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports.
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring Walker Kessler from the Utah Jazz for unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and first-round swaps in 2028 and 2030, sources tell ESPN. Kessler will sign a massive four-year, $130 million deal with the Lakers.
Breaking: The Lakers are acquiring Walker Kessler from the Jazz for unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and first-round swaps in 2028 and 2030, sources tell @ShamsCharania.
Kessler will sign a massive four-year, $130 million deal with the Lakers.
Luka came. New ownership took over. LeBron/Klutch lost total control of the team, so they decided to leave.
Lakers prolly didnβt βwantβ LeBron back, they just gave him an offer out of respect.
Thank you for giving the @Lakers a championship on the year we lost Kobe. #Laker4Life
π¨ BREAKING: LeBron James will continue his NBA career next season and has informed the Lakers that he plans to play elsewhere, per @ShamsCharania
Bron will enter FREE AGENCY at 41 π³
BREAKING: LeBron James will continue his NBA career for the 2026-27 season and has informed the Los Angeles Lakers that the franchise can move on without him because he will play elsewhere, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul tells ESPN.
BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), sources tell ESPN.
Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves intends to sign a four-year, $185 million maximum contract to return to the franchise, with a player option for the final season in 2029-30, sources tell ESPN. Reaves declined his $14.9M player option for the new max deal.