LeBron James to opt out of $51.4 million Lakers player option with return expected
NY Post
LeBron James will be in search of a new contract but likely not a new team.
The former MVP and four-time NBA champion intends to opt out of his $51.4 million player option, but it’s expected that he will return to the Lakers, according to The Athletic.
James has an added incentive to return to L.A., as the Lakers drafted his son Bronny in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft with the No. 55 pick overall.
They would become the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA.
LeBron James is coming off his sixth season with the Lakers, where he shot a career-best 41 percent from downtown, but the team lost in the opening round of the playoffs to the Nuggets.
“I am a Laker and I’m happy and been very happy being a Laker the last six years and hopefully it stays that way,” LeBron said in February, per ESPN.
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