LeBron James has reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers to extend his contract for two more years for 85 million dollarsHis agent Rich Paul told the Los Angeles Times today.
James, who won the NBA ring in October in his second year with the Lakers (fourth in his entire career), It will continue like this in the Los Angeles team at least until the 2022-23 season.
The forward will turn 36 on December 30 and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the past NBA Finals in which the Lakers defeated the Miami Heat. James landed with the Lakers in 2018 with the goal of regaining the team’s lost glory in purple and gold after several years of mediocre sports results.
The incorporation of pivot Anthony Davis in 2019 rounded off the Lakers’ ambitious start, which ended up crowning the NBA title in a season marked by the coronavirus pandemic and the “bubble” in Orlando (Florida, USA).
Considered as one of the best players in the history of basketball, James has an impressive track record in which, in addition to his four rings (one with the Lakers, one with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and two more with the Heat)His four MVP awards from the regular season and four other MVPs from the Finals stand out. Further, James is the third leading scorer in NBA history with 34,241 points and it is only behind on this prestigious list of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928).
To try to repeat the success of last year, the Lakers have moved boldly into the market and have signed Marc Gasol, Dennis Schröder, Wesley Matthews and Montrezl Harrell to escort James and Davis in this new season. Other names with weight from last year such as Kyle Kuzma and Alex Caruso also continue in the team, while players such as Rajon Rondo, Danny Green, Avery Bradley, JaVale McGee or Dwight Howard have left the team from the Californian city.
