Newly extension-eligible Lakers All-Star forward LeBron James and his agent Rich Paul met with team president Rob Pelinka today at the team’s El Segundo practice facility to discuss their future, reports Dave McMenamin of ESPN. In remarks to McMenamin, Paul called the conversation “productive.”
The Lakers could now ink James to a two-year, $97.1MM extension, which would keep the 19-year veteran under contract with Los Angeles through the 2024/25 season. McMenamin adds that James may decide to sign a single-season extension with a player option for the second year. This way, LeBron can sign on to any club that drafts his son Bronny James when the younger James becomes draft-eligible during the 2024 offseason.
Here are some other notes from the Western Conference:
- The Lakers appear to be hesitant to trade for players with multiple years left on their contracts, per Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times. Woike believes the front office would be more amenable to acquiring players on longer deals should James opt to sign an extension keeping him in L.A. beyond 2023.
- Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen is set to serve as Team USA’s head coach for the 2022 AmeriCup next month, USA Basketball announced in a press release. Steve Wojciechowski, Marquette head coach, and Mike Williams, head coach of the Wizards’ NBAGL affiliate (the Capital City Go-Go), will work as assistants under Jensen. “I’m honored to have the opportunity to coach the 2022 USA AmeriCup Team and look forward to working with Mike and Steve as well as a talented group of players,” Jensen said of his new NBA offseason gig. “I always enjoy my time with USA Basketball and am excited to be selected for my first head coaching assignment.” Sarah Todd of the Deseret News notes that Jensen was initially hired as an assistant for former Utah head coach Quin Snyder in 2013, but will be sticking around under new head coach Will Hardy this season.
That lil dude that coached at VCU and Texas is the Marquette head coach… they got a helluva freshman pg from my area
Shaka Smart is who you’re referring to and you are correct.
I’m excited for Coach Jensen! I wonder which players are willing to play in a tournament so close to the NBA season. Although, it is a good warm-up for the preseason. These guys travel and play pickup games anyway. Besides, who wouldn’t want to go to Brazil?! They can meet the girls from Ipanema and sing the song at the same time. =)
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Lakers need to trade away Westbrook the early the better
Everything is perfect because of sacrifice?
Who cares about Lakers ? Just a bunch of overpaid losers.
Rich Paul should have his agent license taken away. That dude is so shady.
@Steven
For doing what wrong? I swear, I don’t know you and hate to assume but when ppl express so much hate towards a human being for being great at their job makes me wonder. There’s nothing scandalous, lascivious or immoral he’s done, that we know about to hate him. So why shouldn’t be allowed to be an agent?
It was how much Media Coverage Lebron James gets. I truly do not see him
As person that The NBA should have as their lead guy.
Once the Lakers fail to upgrade their roster and acquire championship caliber pieces to put around LBJ and AD, he will stay in LA but sign with the Clippers. Bronny, LBJ, Kawhi and PG13. Sounds better than Westbrook and AD.
What makes you think the Clippers want that cretin? Everywhere he has gone, the franchise is a wreck when he leaves.