FA: Lebron Returns to LAL | 2yrs/101.5mil

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Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
There’s still a conversation with agent Rich Paul and Lakers on James taking $1 million or so below max to keep team below second-apron and able to keep a little more roster-building flexibility, source tells ESPN.

So it went from "I'll sacrifice $20M to make the team better" to "Please LeBron, will you take just a million less so we can stay under the crippling second apron?"