(07-03-2025, 01:39 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: The reason this LeBron thing won't go away is that he opted in, rather than out to sign his customary 1+1. Reading the tea leaves there:
We can reasonably assume he did so because they, the Lakers, were not offering the 1+1.
Oh? I have assumed (unreasonably, if you wish) LBJ would have been given a 1+1 if he had asked -- ie, I assume he did not ask - because IMO LA will always cater to his wishes, even if absurd (see James, Bronny/draft and /contract). I have no answer as far as why he never asked, but I still believe that was what has happened.