{"id":48341,"date":"2022-08-17T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-los-angeles-lakers-agree-to-2-year-97-1-million-extension-that-includes-3rd-year-player-option\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T20:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T20:01:02","slug":"lebron-james-los-angeles-lakers-agree-to-2-year-97-1-million-extension-that-includes-3rd-year-player-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-los-angeles-lakers-agree-to-2-year-97-1-million-extension-that-includes-3rd-year-player-option\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers agree to 2-year, $97.1 million extension that includes 3rd-year player option"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension that includes a player option for the 2024-25 season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The extension, which includes a 15% trade kicker, makes James the highest-earning player in NBA history with $532 million in career guaranteed money, surpassing Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n<p>James is ineligible for a no-trade clause because he agreed on an extension &#8212; not a new deal.  But the new contract&#8217;s starting salary of $46.7 million, the 15% trade kicker and James&#8217; stature as one of history&#8217;s great players likely make him a Laker for as long as he chooses.<\/p>\n<p>James had been entering the final season of his contract (worth $44.5 million) and now joins All-Star Anthony Davis with the ability to negotiate new deals with the Lakers or become free agents in two seasons.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2022\/0302\/r980983_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>With the deal, the four-time NBA champion and MVP and 18-time All-Star eliminates concern that he could enter free agency next summer.  Despite approaching 38 years old, James remains an All-NBA-level player and the centerpiece of the Lakers&#8217; contention hopes.<\/p>\n<p>James is ineligible to be traded during the upcoming 2022-23 season because the second year of his extension exceeds a 5% raise.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers could have north of $20 million in salary-cap space in the 2023 offseason and would have the ability to sign a third max contract player in the 2024 offseason.  The player options increase salary-cap space if players decline them, and yet remain on new deals.<\/p>\n<p>James, who turns 38 on Dec.  30, is limited to signing a two-year extension because he will be 38 or older when his current deal expires, a rule in the league&#8217;s collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers missed the playoffs in 2022, despite James averaging 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists.  Injuries limited James to 56 games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension that includes a player option for the 2024-25 season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN on Wednesday. The extension, which includes a 15% trade kicker, makes James the highest-earning player in NBA history with $532 million in career guaranteed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-los-angeles-lakers-agree-to-2-year-97-1-million-extension-that-includes-3rd-year-player-option\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers agree to 2-year, $97.1 million extension that includes 3rd-year player option<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[380,379,68,46],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48847,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-extension-means-the-lakers-need-to-do-whatever-it-takes-to-win-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":48341,"position":0},"title":"LeBron James extension means the Lakers need to do whatever it takes to win now","date":"August 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The biggest news of the day came a few minutes before the NBA's 2022-23 schedule release. 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