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Par Joël Pütz | Journaliste sportif
LeBron James may only have one more season left on the NBA court, and some believe he could play it away from the Lakers. Is that possible? Shannon Sharpe, a close friend of the superstar, has given his strong opinion on the matter.
No one really knows what the Lakers’ offseason will look like. They need to reshape their roster as quickly as possible, but the question is how they can do it. Indeed, their financial resources won’t allow them to sign the best free agents on the market when they have almost no wiggle room in terms of their salary cap. Unless that changes…
To do this, the simplest solution would ultimately be to revisit LeBron James’s situation. The forward is now 40 years old but is still chasing a fifth and final title. Like other basketball legends before him, some have advised him to accept a salary cut to help his management with recruiting. Knowing that he could earn $52 million in 2024-25, that would make a big difference.
Shannon Sharpe Convinced LeBron James Will Stay with the Lakers
Except that nothing says that the Chosen One is ready to make such concessions and as Los Angeles is preparing to become Luka Doncic’s franchise and no longer his own, a departure this summer would not be out of the question for many observers. Would LeBron be ready to take on one last challenge, far from the Purple and Gold? His good friend and NFL legend Shannon Sharpe claimed not to believe it for a single second on his show:
No, I don’t see it happening. He love everything about LA. Savannah loves everything about LA… I don’t believe he goes back (to Cleveland). Go back and do what? You play with Luka. I think really loves the Lakers. I really think he loves living in LA. I think he loves all things LA. The weather is nice year-round. He don’t really have to have an overcoat.
You know you can have a top down damn near year-round. You got water, you got beaches. I mean everything. His businesses are in LA. There’s really nothing for him not to like about LA. Shaq is the really only one I can remember that came here and left. Kareem didn’t leave. Wilt didn’t leave. Kobe didn’t leave. Magic didn’t leave…
As we know, playing for the Lakers isn’t just appealing for the prestige that comes with it. It’s the entire lifestyle in the City of Angels that proves enticing for NBA players, although it also involves a certain amount of media pressure. LBJ has everything he needs right here, and his family feels perfectly at home. Leaving at this stage of his career wouldn’t really make sense, but you never know…
