Leberron James is practicing the option of his player, and determines the American Professional League record
Lakers Lieberre James will once again make the American Professional League history by playing in its 23rd season in the American Professional League.
James practiced the player’s choice for $ 52.6 million to play with Lakers during the 2025-26 season.
James, the top scorer of the American Professional League, has ever linked, with Vince Carter in most of the seasons played in the American Professional League in 22 years. This will be the eighth season of James with Lakers.
James, 40, 50 games from Breaking Hall of Famer Robert Parish for most of the games that played in the normal season.
The average James reached 24.4 points for each game last season, 8.2 passes and 7.8 rebound balls.
According to his colleague Lakr Dorian Feni Smith, a player of $ 15.3 million and will follow a free agency, a person who is familiar with his decision in the Times. It is expected that many Vini Smith teams, which will come out of a strong season with Lakers, will be followed by multiple teams. He can still return to Lakers. ESPN was the first to report Viny Smith’s decision.
Last week, Austin Reeves refused to offer the Far Team for four years for $ 89 million, according to a person who is aware of the situation.
Reeves, 27, are still two years old, for $ 13.9 million in the next season and $ 14.9 million in the 2026-27 season, and he carries the player’s choice for the last year of his deal.
Lakers Leberron James (23 years old) and his teammate Austin Reeves interact to invite the referee during a two -year -old professional league match for 2025 against Minnesota.
(Robert Gotier/Los Angeles Times)
He was third in Lakers in scoring goals last season, where he was on a high average in scoring (20.2), and helps (5.8), rebounds (4.5) and minutes for each game (34.9). Fire 46 % of the field and 37.7 % of the three -point range.
Solve the option of James and Samith player on Sunday, Lakers focuses on filling their list. They added a sporting player in the pavilion when they acquired Adou Thiero in a trade with Minnesota Timberwolves, who drafted him with a choice of 36 in the second round.
The most urgent need remains a center, and they will have to search for a free agency or by trade to get one.
Lakers has an exception to the average level of taxpayers of about $ 5.65 million to spend.
“As I said at the end of the year, we know that one of the things that we have to address is the position and it will be clear that one of our axis with the start of the free agency’s period,” said Rob Bilinka, president of Lakers Basketball Operations Company, told Special Sportsnet after the second round of the draft on Thursday. “…” so we look forward to just the hard work situation and ensure that all the needs are carried out on the list to give [Lakers coach] JJ [Redick] The tools it needs for this team to be great next season. “