LeBron James: LA Lakers officially sign three-time NBA champion
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LeBron James has officially joined LA Lakers in a four-year deal worth $154m (£116m), with Magic Johnson calling it a "huge step" for the team.
James, 33, was a free agent after leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The three-time NBA champion with Cleveland and Miami Heat joins a team that last made the play-offs in 2013.
"This is a historic moment," said Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka. "It serves as the ultimate validation for what we are building here."
President of basketball operations and former player Johnson called James the "best player in the world".
"It's a huge step closer to returning the Lakers to the play-offs and to the NBA Finals," added Johnson.
Greatest ever? | |
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4 x NBA MVP | 14 x NBA All-Star |
3 X NBA Champion | 2 x Olympic gold medal |
3 x NBA Finals MVP | 7th all-time regular season points |
9 x NBA Finals appearances | 1st all-time play-offs points |
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Calm down. The championship regular coverage but 1 little article on basketball and you throw a tantrum.
The guy's the an unbelievable athlete and I do hope he can win a few more rings with the Lakers
And if his son remains in LA, how long will James happily tolerate the manchild that is LaVar Ball?
Definitely a work in progress that might take at least a couple of years to come good.
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And as for you @MichaelLong you clearly have no idea what Sport is if you are comparing basketball to netball. Why don't you educate yourself a bit and watch a new sport rather than just watching Snooker all the time.
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Of Zero interest to 99.999% of the UK population
Regular basketball players in the UK comparable to Rugby and Cricket (source: Sport England). NBA UK Facebook page as almost 1.5m followers. EFL page has 1m followers.
Don't forget there's a whole country outside of your little bubble.
That's not correct. Non-customers are also perfectly entitled, it's the internet.
But being 'entitled' doesn't mean you're welcome to spoil things for people who are interested in a particular HYS. That's decency, very different from entitlement.
So what's the #2 sport in the world?
Interesting article on that point:
https://www.totalsportek.com/most-popular-sports/
Football
Basketball
Cricket
Tennis
Athletics
Rugby
Formula 1
Boxing
Ice Hockey
Volleyball
Golf
Baseball
American Football
MMA
MotoGP
Field Hockey
Badminton
Cycling
Swimming
Snooker
Curious to see how this season unfolds. As presently constructed, the Lakers roster is far from being able to compete for a Championship.
LeBron has historically found success when being surrounded with shooters...which the Lakers don't have.
Ps. While I agree the article lacks a bit of context, if you don't know much about him/ NBA... use this thing called Google...