James was ignored by the Lakers, famous reporter speculated that the contract talks between the two sides collapsed, this was the last year of the Lakers
12:32pm, 9 July 2025Basketball
It has been a week since James announced that he would execute his contract for next season, but the Lakers official has not announced the news. This situation is strange because the Lakers officially announced the signing of Laravia and Ayton, but directly ignored James's option to execute the 52.6 million player value next season.
Not surprisingly, this became a hot search in the United States and a topic of discussion among media and reporters. ESPN famous reporter Wen Horst analyzed the matter on the show.
He said: "It's really strange. As early as a week ago, James announced the decision to implement the player options for next season. At that time, we all wrote a manuscript, but it has not been released so far because the Lakers have not officially announced the news. And I have received 4 copywriting from the Lakers, but none of them are about James, "
" The current speculation is that James and the Lakers management have different differences, and it must be a difference in contract renewal. The Lakers do not want to renew James, and it may have rejected James' request for renewal. This must be due to the public remarks of Paul a while ago, and the two sides probably have broken down the talks."
Ricci Paul publicly stated some time ago: "James S is still eager for the championship, and he wants to live a valuable life for the rest of his time. He knows that the Lakers are preparing for the future and understands this, but he also cherishes the opportunity to win now. Thanks very much for their eight years of cooperation with Jenny and Pelinka, and regards the Lakers career as a very important part of his career. We understand the difficulties of the team preparing for the future while also wanting to win the present, but we do want to evaluate what is the best for James at this stage. And he still wants to not play his due role in the remaining time. "
The meaning is quite obvious, which is to let the Lakers make choices in the future and the present, but this time it is obvious that the Lakers are very determined and have not made concessions. They will definitely not use future draft picks to trade, and will never pay luxury tax. Even the arrival of Ayton and Laravia was just a sign for a middle-class special case left by Fanny Smith after leaving (Ayton and Laravia 6 million).
Venthorst finally said: "James clearly stated that they did not ask for a contract renewal, but I doubted that their request for the team to renew the contract and they wanted to renew the contract is actually a different matter. So, there are a lot of news about the asking price and the offer. The general sentence of the situation is that the Lakers did not sign James' contract with next year, which is a signal in itself. Whether James retires next year or not, this is definitely his last year in the Lakers!"
In addition, the Lakers also denied the rumors that four teams have contacted them to discuss the remarks about trading James, saying that some teams have indeed contacted them, but they just wanted to confirm whether James has the possibility of leaving. As for the others, there is no explanation.
The famous James Black Skip said, "I bet James will not leave the Lakers. Brownie is very important to him. It is also important for him to stay with him for a year. Moreover, Los Angeles is equally important to James. He has a lot of business cooperation here, and it can even be called his third hometown. One of his purpose in coming to the Lakers is to develop in Los Angeles and prepare for him to retire and become a businessman in the future. How is it possible for you to leave now?"
What do you think? Will James leave the Lakers or retire directly next year?
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