The maximum salary deadlock! 40-year-old James refuses to sign 60 million for two years, Lakers dynasty meets deadly points for reconstruction

1. Salary dilemma: The asking price for a maximum salary of 120 million hit the labor-capital iron curtain

When the smoke of the Lakers being eliminated by the Timberwolves in the first round was not dissipated, the big news exclusively disclosed by the Los Angeles Times ignited the first fire in the offseason - the 40-year-old LeBron James team flatly rejected the two-year and 60 million salary cut plan proposed by the Lakers management, and insisted on asking for a super maximum salary of 120 million in two years. If this asking price comes true, it will make its annual salary exceed $60 million at the age of 42, setting the oldest maximum salary record in North American professional sports history. Salary expert Bobby Marks estimates that if James' demands are met, the Lakers' total salary in the 202526 season will soar to $189 million, directly contacting the second-level rich line, triggering 12 severe penalties, including freezing of draft picks and shrinking of special cases in the middle class.

2. The pains of the Doncic era: the new king and the old god's scepter handover

The complex effect of Luka Doncic joining the first season is emerging:

Data hegemony: 30.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 8.2 assists in the playoffs, but it stopped in the first round due to lineup defects

Tactical demands: Clearly require the introduction of pick-and-roll All-Star centers to directly impact James' tactical status

Salary squeeze: Doncic's contract of 42.6 million will be launched next season, forming a 100 million Gemini black hole with James' maximum salary

Lakers team reporter Jovan Buha revealed that the management has formed a special scout team to focus on the Jazz Walker Kessler and Magic Wendell Carter, but the two have a total annual salary of over 30 million, forcing the Lakers to make a cruel choice.

3. Reinforcement dead knot: The Big Three Curse and Deep Trap

Pellinka's office wall is hanging on the wall of the championship lineup in the past decade. The data shows that:

Salary health: When the Lakers won the championship in 2020, the salary of the Big Three accounts for 58%, and James + Doncic accounted for 61% this season

In-depth disaster: The Lakers' substitute averaged 24.3 points per game is fourth from the bottom in the league, and trading Reeves + Hachimura will completely hollow out the rotation

The Suns' predecessor: Durant + Booker + Bill's combination spent 190 million yuan in salary, but they didn't even save the ticket to the playoffs

"Modern basketball has entered the era of depth as king."Former Warriors general manager Bob Myers in ESP N warned on the show, "If the Lakers are strongly grouping the Big Three, the ending may be more bleaker than the Suns."

4. James Game Theory: The Tear between Commercial Value and Competitive Reality

Although he is over 40, James still shows amazing dominance:

Playoff efficiency value: 22.7 is still higher than 89% of the league's players, and the plus-minus value + 4.3 at critical moments first

Business Gravity: Personal jersey sales are third in the world, and the home ticket premium rate is 47% guaranteed by him

Age Curse: The defensive movement speed has dropped by 23% compared with the peak period, and the misaligned defense loss rate soars to 18.6 points per 100 rounds

Senior agent revealed: "James' team holds Los Angeles business The landmark negotiation chips, its subsidiary SpringHill is negotiating stadium naming cooperation with the Lakers, which makes the salary cut negotiations at the purely competitive level extremely complicated. "

5. Break the dawn: Five crazy plans for life and death bets

Pelinca's tactical board contains five major alternatives:

High betting transactions: Package 3 first rounds + Reeves for Cavalier Jarret Allen, but will lose all draft picks before 2029

Middle-class Taobao: Target the undervalued Bitaze or Hartenstein, but James needs to cut his salary to 40 million and release 14.1 million Middle-class

Medical Miracle: convince Davis to give up the 6.4 million trading margin and make room to sign an annual salary of 20 million.

Secret Chen Cang: Use James's business influence to attract veterans to invest in the basic salary, and replicate the 2020 Howard model, thoroughly rebuilding: Trade James has opened the era of Doncic's absolute core, but the box office may plummet by 60%. 6. Dressing room undercurrent: The delicate balance between two generations of superstars, according to the locker room source, although Doncic has not made a public statement, its training team has submitted a 12-page lineup optimization proposal to the management, with the key notes: "It is necessary to complete 6.5 screens per game and move down the lineup. " James emphasized at the season summary meeting: "I know how to win the championship, but I need a suitable puzzle. "This implicit power game makes every step of the Lakers' management go on thin ice.

7. Ultimate Countdown: June determines the Lakers' next decade

As the deadline for James' player options approaches on June 29, Pelinka is facing the biggest bet in his career. If you insist on renewing your contract with James with a maximum salary, you may miss the window of reinforcement, which leads to the risk of Doncic's job change in 2026; if you allow James to enter the free market, you will have to bear the double crisis of box office collapse and locker room turmoil. This inheritance game between the 40-year-old legend and the 25-year-old new king may reshape the power structure of the entire western region.

Should James cut Doncic's salary

Supporting faction: Legends need to continue the transfer of interests for the dynasty

Opposition: Business value should match the maximum salary

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