“No way was going to make less than $160 mil,” LeBron James offering to take pay cut was ‘PR smoke’, claims Skip Bayless

LeBron James will being playing alongside son Bronny at the Los Angeles Lakers next season.

“No way was going to make less than $160 mil,” LeBron James offering to take pay cut was ‘PR smoke’, claims Skip Bayless

Skip Bayless and LeBron James

The Los Angeles Lakers are making a set of moves to enhance their roster. Even LeBron James might be helping the management of the Lakers by announcing that he is willing to take a pay cut.

When this report came out, ‘Undisputed’ host Skip Bayless took to X and shared his thoughts about the report. He refused to believe that LeBron James would take a pay cut from his $160 million contract extension.

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Bayless has always criticized James and has not left any space throughout his media career. With this report from Rich Paul, he took no time to share his thoughts with his 3.2 million followers. Bayless believed this was a PR stunt to make James look like a sacrificing superstar with no help.

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LAKER NATION: No way LeBron was going to take less than the max $160 mil for 3 yrs - so no way the Lakers could compete with the Mavs' offer for Klay (including no state tax). Rich Paul was just blowing PR smoke setting up LBJ as the poor sacrificing superstar who has no help.
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LeBron has been prioritizing a roster improvement of which he is ready to take a pay cut by which they could sign a potential superstar like Klay Thompson or DeMar DeRozan. Unfortunately, Thompson rejected the Lakers offer and signed with the Dallas Mavericks next season.

Lakers’ potential 2024 off-season moves

The Los Angeles Lakers had a good season, they made it to the playoffs but lost in round 1 to the Denver Nuggets. This is the second time the Lakers made the playoffs through the play-in. Despite having a great roster it still feels there are still a few pieces missing.

With a new head coach in JJ Redick, we know that a few changes are coming this off-season. The Lakers’ main problem this season was shooting they lacked 3-point shooting. It feels like Rob Pelinka has some work to do this off-season.

The moves the Lakers are going to do this off-season are gonna be really important for the coming season. They belong to a tough Western Conference and have been eliminated by the Denver Nuggets past 2 years straight.

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