LeBron James, four time NBA MVP, three time NBA finals MVP, fourteen time NBA All Star, and two time Olympic gold medalist has agreed to a four-year, $154 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, Klutch Sports Group announced on Sunday.
LeBron James is going to the West Coast.
James has agreed to a 4-year, $154 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, Klutch Sports Group announced on Sunday, ending weeks, if not months, of speculation as to where he would take his talents this time around.
James' move to the Lakers comes four years after he went back home to Cleveland, where he had stated his intention to finish his career with the Cavaliers.
Whether James is finishing his NBA career in Cleveland or not remains to be seen, but the four-time MVP and fourteen-time All Star certainly left his mark in his city.
He delivered the first championship to the sports-obsessed city in 52 years and did it with storybook gusto, helping the Cavaliers become the first team in NBA Finals history to rally from a 3-1 series deficit to win it all. The team he took down, the Golden State Warriors, had the best regular season record in league history at 73-9. And James put his stamp on Game 7 with one of the most memorable defensive plays in the history of the sport, chasing down Andre Iguodala to block the Warriors forward from behind in a tied ballgame, erasing a go-ahead layup.
It's sure to be one of the most cherished defensive sequences that basketball will ever see and it led to James bellowing into Doris Burke's microphone, "Cleveland, this is for you!"
James leaves the franchise as its leader in nearly every major statistical category: games played, points, rebounds, assists and steals. And if 2017-18 was his final act in Cleveland, what a show he put on, playing in all 82 games for the first time in his 15-year career and capping that off with a postseason performance as personally dominant as any playoff run he's ever been a part of.
ESPN's Dave McMenamin contributed to this report.
James has agreed to a 4-year, $154 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, Klutch Sports Group announced on Sunday, ending weeks, if not months, of speculation as to where he would take his talents this time around.
James' move to the Lakers comes four years after he went back home to Cleveland, where he had stated his intention to finish his career with the Cavaliers.
Whether James is finishing his NBA career in Cleveland or not remains to be seen, but the four-time MVP and fourteen-time All Star certainly left his mark in his city.
He delivered the first championship to the sports-obsessed city in 52 years and did it with storybook gusto, helping the Cavaliers become the first team in NBA Finals history to rally from a 3-1 series deficit to win it all. The team he took down, the Golden State Warriors, had the best regular season record in league history at 73-9. And James put his stamp on Game 7 with one of the most memorable defensive plays in the history of the sport, chasing down Andre Iguodala to block the Warriors forward from behind in a tied ballgame, erasing a go-ahead layup.
It's sure to be one of the most cherished defensive sequences that basketball will ever see and it led to James bellowing into Doris Burke's microphone, "Cleveland, this is for you!"
James leaves the franchise as its leader in nearly every major statistical category: games played, points, rebounds, assists and steals. And if 2017-18 was his final act in Cleveland, what a show he put on, playing in all 82 games for the first time in his 15-year career and capping that off with a postseason performance as personally dominant as any playoff run he's ever been a part of.
ESPN's Dave McMenamin contributed to this report.
He deserves the money.
Chris Paul is the thief. He robbed the Rockets 4 years/160 million.
Chris Paul is the thief. He robbed the Rockets 4 years/160 million.
Him and this team alone can't win it.
Leonard would be a big deal if they get him
Leonard would be a big deal if they get him
