After the Los Angeles Lakers absolutely crushed the offseason by building out a better bench and improving their frontcourt playmaking, they put the biggest possible cherry on top of their excellent free-agent period, agreeing to a 5-year deal with Anthony Davis and getting an additional commitment from LeBron James beyond the four-year contract which he signed in 2018.
James agreed to a two-year extension that will keep him in a Laker uniform through 2023 and that also coincides with the time that his eldest son, Bronny James, will graduate from high school. It’s also very possible that the NBA changes some of their current rules that prohibit players from jumping to the NBA straight from high school. James discussed how happy he is to potentially have those major moments lineup, according to ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin.
“The best thing about it is the year I’ll be a free agent will be the same year my oldest son graduates high school,” James said Monday on a videoconference with reporters, making his first comments since the start of training camp. “So I’ll have some options to see, for me personally, what I want to do forward, being around my family, being around my son more or continue to play this game I love with great health and great spirits. We’ll see.”
LeBron has spoken multiple times in the past about how much he would like to be part of the first Father-Son duo in NBA history. Bronny is currently a top-25 recruit in his class, according to ESPN.
