Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has reportedly agreed to a two-year, $85 million ($A115m) contract extension that will keep the superstar at the historic franchise until the end of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
James is expected to make $39.2 million ($A53.0m) in 2020-21, $41.2 million ($A55.7m) in 2021-22 and $44.5 million ($A60.1m) in 2022-23.<\/p>\n
The extension will see James feature in 20 seasons in the NBA. He will be 39 by the time his contract finishes.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1334192064578334720<\/a><\/p>\n Why that is so important is due to James' long-standing desire to play professional basketball with his son Bronny, who is nearing the end of his schooling.<\/p>\n James has made no secret of his wish to play alongside his son as a teammate in the NBA.<\/p>\n By the end of 2023, Bronny will have graduated from high school and could enter the NBA Draft if the league and NBPA alter the high school-to-pro rule.<\/p>\n James will be a free agent by that time and will look to leverage himself wherever Bronny lands.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldWideWob\/status\/1334208744234885124<\/a><\/p>\n It is believed Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti could try use all the draft picks he has amassed over the years to lure LeBron and Bronny in 2023.<\/p>\n If all falls into place, LeBron and Bronny will become the first father-son duo to play at the same time.<\/p>\n James, who turns 36 later this month, averaged 25.3 points last season and led the NBA in assists with 10.2 per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has reportedly agreed to a two-year, $85 million ($A115m) contract extension that will keep the superstar at the historic […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4502,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501\/revisions\/4502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}