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The tour dream is broken! The new boss rejects Lao Zhan, is he super huge with 50 million space?

7:33am, 12 July 2025【Basketball】

James's idea of retirement tour with the Lakers may be disappointed. As you can see from James' execution of the player options for next season, the Lakers, who have changed their new boss, did not give James 1+1 every year and the second year's player option contract like in previous seasons.

James's team is not good for the new boss. The reason is very simple. First of all, Walter is a big shot across several sports. He manages the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Basketball League, but the most profitable team. The players also make a lot of money in his team. He is not a boss like Jenny Buss who has no management experience and is easy to control.

The moves of James' team that use the media to put pressure on the team have no effect on Walter. If you want the Lakers to strengthen their championships, you can make your career experience and more dazzling tricks. The new boss has seen through it for a long time and will not be trapped at all.

Now the team is just strengthening Ayton, the center, and also losing Finney Smith, the team's best defense. James' disappointment is beyond words, but there is no way, because in the eyes of the new boss, the team's future is Doncic, and the lineup is also built around Doncic. If James hadn't had the right to veto the deal, Walter had already thought about how to rebuild the team when he announced the execution of the player option.

Now, Rich Paul stands up and says that many teams in the league are interested in James, but anyone with discerning eyes knows that such a team does not exist. James wants and wants to pass many teams that are unable to compete for the championship. He wants to go back to the Cavaliers, but the boss said he would not consider it. After all, James has been manipulating and hyping his reputation over the years, but it has spread throughout the basketball world. Many teams are unwilling to be his stepping stone, and have long rejected his arrival openly and secretly.

Walter obviously knew this, so he ignored James. If you want to leave, you can't retire and tour in Los Angeles. James may lose more. Walter is not short of this little money, but it is not ruled out that this is James' last season with the Lakers. When James executes the player option, the initiative is no longer in his hands. If you want to retire and tour in the Lakers, put down your posture and don't make trouble. Otherwise, as soon as the contract expires, you can do whatever you need. With a salary space of 50 million, you can sign a top star.

Recently, Jokic gave up the early renewal window. Is it related to Lakers boss Walter's promise to bring a super giant to the Lakers, but it is almost impossible to sign naked. The team has no salary space and there are not so many bargaining chips in the transaction unless James changes, but James has the right to veto the transaction. Walter's promise should be difficult to achieve before James' contract expires.

Unless a year later, either James will leave directly or stay in the Lakers at a low price. Obviously, these two choices are not what the James team wants to see. James has not yet considered retirement. He also hopes to have a retirement tour like Kobe to make his media boast about him being the first in NBA history, while also making a big profit. The most important point is to pave the way for his youngest son in the NBA in the future, and even have three fathers and sons on the same stage to attract traffic from the world. After all, wherever the traffic is, the money is. Brownie helped the Lakers sell 500,000 jerseys in one day because of the father and son on the same stage.