Woj reports Lakers are showing interest in Kyle Kuzma after trade talk with Wizards, Nets & Raptors

Woj reports Lakers are showing interest in Kyle Kuzma after trade talk with Wizards, Nets & Raptors

Lakers and LeBron James agreeing on a 2-year deal worth $14 million today that includes a player option for the 2025 26 Season and a no trade clause sources tell our Adrian wowski he joins only Bradley Beal as the only players in the NBA with no trade Clauses if you’re wondering you’re going to give that almost or 40-year-old man all of this money well look at just last season alone okay LeBron was one of four players with, 1500 points 500 rebounds and 500 dimes along with joic Luca and Tonto sabonis he was one of three players to average 25.7 boards and seven dimes along with the joker and Luca and he was two players to average 25 points 50% shooting and 40% on three-pointers along with Kevin Durant truly one of one becomes the first player to average 25 points in a season while being the oldest player in the inba we’re joined Now by front office Insider Bobby marks with more I feel like I kind of just answered my question question as to why you would sign him to all this money but what more can you tell us about this new deal with him in the Lakers yeah first person player to crack $500 million oncore earnings was eligible to sign for three years 162 million decided to do the short-term deal can become a free agent next off season when the salary cap will Spike with the new TV money coming in certainly the no trade is certainly weighs into it him and Bradley Beal are the only two players here so two years $104 million LeBron James is locked up for at least one more year and here’s the thing right when you talk about players getting older this is not just a golden parachute contract last season LeBron played in 71 games that was his most in any of his six seasons with the Lakers so certainly he’s not slowing down a bit but what more news do you have about the coaching staff right now that the Lakers is putting around the young and green JJ reick yeah probably the most important hirings of the offseason wasn’t going to be what they did with their roster was Finding Veterans for around JJ reic for when you look at certainly Terry stots and Nate McMillan soly two veteran NBA head coaches to provide some influence as far as with JJ reic I think certainly both players will help in that regards there but um priority one was certainly with that hiring there yeah absolutely you want to give him some protection and he knows that as well give him a ton of experience and Brooks and McMillan certainly have it a combined 2400 games of head coaching experience to help JJ reck as he figures out how to do this thing Bobby marks appreciate you joining us here on Sports Center much more ahead on LeBron as well million dollar deal to stay with the Lakers it’s essentially a one and one as he has a player option for the 2025 26 Season and a no trade claw he’ll remember that the Lakers just drafted his Junior last week so maybe not totally surprising that he is signing back on to stay in La you take a look as we go by the numbers right LeBron James will be going into his 22nd season he’ll turn 40 in December he become the first player in NBA history to play a game as both a teenager and a 40-year-old his 22 seasons will match Vince Carter for the most NBA Seasons played all time Carter averaged Five Points though per game in his year 22 James is coming off averaging over 25 points this past season and at age 39 LeBron is officially the oldest player to sign a $100 million contract in NBA history it’s the sixth $100 million deal in his career twice as many as any other player all time and as Bobby Mark said earlier in the show first player ever to reach 500 mill champ Kendrick Perkins who joins us now and perk I know that you said that you were willing to cut off your left big toe that LeBron would not be taking a pay cut we love that you put your foot down but now that they’ve locked him back up just assess their shot at actual title next year well first of all thank you rob pinka because I still got my big toe that’s first thing second thing is this right when it comes down to LeBron James offering to take a pay a pay cut when was the last time we’ve ever heard LeBron James say he was going to take a pay cut we have an L but that goes to show you how much he’s dedicated right to actually wanting to win and every single time that you have LeBron James on your team at especially this late in his career and he’s committed to you you have to commit to him damn it they wanted Clay his mama call him clay I’mma call him clay LeBron wanted them Rob pinka didn’t want to give up Austin Reed we know that’s the elephant in the room and so obviously he couldn’t make the sign and trade work with golden state to bring clay there so here they are again with the same roster and going back into training camp unless they make a little small move from here yeah um also real quick per Pro tip next time offer up your pinky toe it’s not nearly as integral as your big toe to you you know walking and having balancing so I’m just saying yeah okay next one just offer that one up you did mention Klay Thompson though uh the Warriors of course without clay now for the first time in a long time who do you think is in worst shape after the free agency period has been over at the Lakers of the Warriors it’s the Warriors it’s the Warriors look the Lakers are still a top five team in the Western Conference but Golden State they have some soul searching to do right and Steph Curry he needs help okay you let Klay Thompson walk obviously it was some tension there between him and the front office but who’s going to be your go-to guy are you going to develop Jonathan kaminga and see what his potential is going to be we saw flashes last season are you going to invest and continue to hope that Moses moody come along but when you’re talking about a stack Western Conference you need more more than that I’m hearing the name L marketing let’s see how that go but right now the Golden State Warriors are the biggest losers outside of the Los Angeles Clippers okay let’s go to the other end of the spectrum them and you tell me out west your power rankings who you think is the best three teams and start at number three oh at number three I’m going with Ant-Man down there in Minnesota um when you think think about who they got in the draft this kid Rob Rob Dillingham he’s the electrifying scorer Off the Bench right now top 10 hander in the NBA you still have Carl Anthony towns who is a walking 20 and 10 we know what the Sixth Man of the Year Nas Reed is going to bring in Off the Bench and you got Rudy your Defensive Player of the Year at number two I’m going with the Dallas Mavericks Thompson something that LC and Kyrie need they need shooting the lanes are going to be wide open Klay Thompson are going to get wide open looks like he did with Stephen Kevin Durant and Golden State when they were running winning their championships they’re number two for us winning in the off season and at number one I’m going with my boy Sam presty not because he gave me my biggest contract while I was playing because he added Alex Caruso because he went out and got Isaiah hardenstein and they check all the boxes and now that they got experience led by their young superstar in SGA I’m looking at Jaylen Williams Jay dub is what they call him I think he’s going to be a firsttime Allstar next year and I’m looking for him to raise his game along with Chad hom grid yeah uh the oddsmakers are with you they have the Thunder with the best odds to win the West at plus 350 the Nuggets who you do not have in your top three at least according to ESPN bet have the second best odds perk with all 10 toes stays 10 toes down we appreciate you perk million dooll deal to return to the Lakers the second year of the deal is a player option for James which allows him to decide to return to the Lakers become a free agent or retire next summer NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins joins us right now perk you recently said that you bet your left big toe that LeBron James would not take a fake cut for the Future Good News you get to keep your left big toe what do you make of LeBron’s new deal with the Lakers well thanks to Rob pinka I get to keep my left big toe cuz he lost the bet LeBron James basically beted him $20 million that he wouldn’t do his job and he didn’t look with LeBron James taking a two-year deal one it tells me that we don’t have much we don’t have much time when it comes to watching LeBron James and his greatness he’s going to take it year by year secondly right it goes to show us it’s Max dollars and that the Lakers didn’t do what they needed to do what LeBron James was asking them to do and that’s to make a move right to put him put to put them in contentions of not just contending in the west but overall winning the championship yeah you talk about the Lakers making a move aside from reigning Max Christie the Lakers they’ve had a quiet free agency what do you want to see this team do next I mean to be real they listen you need perimeter defense or you need shooting right when it comes down to Anthony Davis and LeBron James you need shooting that’s why Lebron James Wanted Klay Thompson I would love to see them go out and get a third star right Demar d rozan a guy that is known right for a walking bucket right 20,000 plus points a guy that could can’t create for himself and I know a lot of people saying oh it wouldn’t be a perfect fit but we don’t know that right as guys get older they tend to sacrifice they tend to work on their game we didn’t think LeBron James was was going to become one of the better three-point Shooters in the game and we saw how he shot the ball from three if the Lakers are trying to get over that hump and contend with the powerhouses in the west like OKC and Dallas and Minnesota they got to get a third legitimate star in there and they just haven’t struck struck on it yet yeah the West isn’t getting getting any easier for the Lakers and speaking of the Lakers take a listen to what Klay Thompson’s dad who won two titles with the franchise as a player had to say about his son going to Dallas instead of La not too feeling too much in a congratulatory mood right now you know because I mean obviously it’s Clay’s decision is his life he’s a grown man 34 years of age just like we were 34 at one time scal Frank and our father used to give us advice and you know we would go our CH choose our own path and that’s fine that’s what life is supposed to be about but I was I’m really disappointed I was hoping hoping as you can you can uh assess that I would he would be a Laker and uh it was close it it came down to the Lakers the Mavs but the Mavs W out but uh you know me I was hoping and praying he’d finish his career with the Lakers Klay Thompson’s dad saying it right they’re disappointed that Klay Thompson’s not going to the Lakers decided not to go what’s your reaction to that perk well he should be disappointed but he should be disappointed at the franchise that he played for in the Los Angeles Lakers because let’s be real here addressing the elephant in the room is that if the Lakers Rob pinka wanted to get that deal done for ass signing try uh for for Klay Thompson they could have the problem is is that they don’t want to get rid of Austin Reed right that’s the guy that the Lakers are holding on to that everyone else wants and so the deal didn’t go through and all of a sudden Dallas made the move and now they have Klay Thompson so if Rob pinka wanted if jeie bus wanted to get it done they could have they have more than enough pieces you I talked about Austin Reeds they have ruy Haim they have Jared Vanderbilt they have a few first round draft picks they have the pieces to move and make moves but they didn’t want to put their chips in there which lets me know that LeBron and and the front office are not on the same page LeBron is thinking about the N the front office is thinking about the future let’s go back to the Warriors though Draymond Green said on his podcast that Golden State that they wanted Paul George to come to the team via a sign and trade however the Clippers they didn’t want to play ball with the Warriors what do you make of that situation we all want a lot of things in life Amina h i I would like to lose 100 pounds in a night but I can’t right so I mean again again it it it comes down to putting the best offer out there right if if you want the Clippers to to to to to to trade uh trade and and and give you Paul George then you got to make the trade I candy they didn’t do that now Paul George is uh going to Philly when it comes down to the Warriors I don’t know what’s next for them right are they going to depend on their Player Development and Trust Moses Moody and Trust Jonathan kaminga that they could get better um but you’re talking about Steph Curry and now all of a sudden you have Klay Thompson left how are you going to fill that void no more CP3 right so who’s going to step up and right now when you look at the Warriors currently constructed I think they’re like a 8 to 12 seed in the Western Conference and that’s not good enough yeah it sounds like a lot missed opportunities in free agency and per breaking down free agency only like you can we’ll have more coming up from you later on in the show appreciate fore foree [Music] fore foreign spee foree fore foree fore spee fore fore [Music] fore speee foree foree fore foreign spee spe for Fore speee over for spee spee spee speech m foreign spee foree speee foree speech for Fore spee speee spee fore spee spee fore foree foree spee for

Woj reports Lakers are showing interest in Kyle Kuzma after trade talk with Wizards, Nets & Raptors