2024 Draft Prospects

[DallasMaverick]

10-15 million left on his last NBA deal to compete somewhere will quite honestly make zero difference in Lebron's ability to buy a team.  

Those teams are going to cost upwards of 4 billion each for a buy in. Even if Lebron asked for the absolute maximum for his next deal, he's still around 3 billion short to buy a team himself. So he's going to be apart of an ownership group where he buys 10% stake, makes basketball choices, and is the face of the ownership group while some investment banking firm is in the background praying Lebron's likeness is enough to drive up valuation over time and can hopefully cash in on a couple of billion in 5 years after the new TV deals are set and Lebron *hopefully* builds a good Vegas team. 

If anything, Lebron trying to leverage his last deal where he is in the most competitive spot possible to drive up his legacy and build momentum before retirement might motivate him to take less on his last deal to get the best basketball situation possible. That way he's going out on top like Jordan and is still relevant. 

This is all conjecture. Who knows what Lebron is thinking this summer? But his last contract certainly has zero bearing on his ability to buy into a team in these upcoming years.

I just believe that LeBron is such a loyal guy, that he’ll want to be a laker for life.

Reminds me a lot of Dirk.