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Lebron James contract
« on: January 20, 2010, 12:31:45 PM »
In roughly 6 months Lebron James will be a free agent.  Regardless of what team he ends up playing for, how much do you think his total contract will be worth?

My guess it will be around $250 million
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 12:40:52 PM »
My guess is the Knicks and I would say 5 years at 40 million a year.
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2010, 03:59:21 PM »
I don't know the final figure but I bet it has a lot of zeores at the end.  Gotta make it while you can.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2010, 08:17:30 AM »
Tom - - -I think it will be more like $100 million
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2010, 09:09:58 AM »
With the NBA salary cap, teams are limited to what they can spend without paying a luxury tax. That said, if a deep pockets owner wants to pay the tax, the sky's the limit. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the annual pay is "reasonable" (laughable as that sounds), but the number of years is big.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2010, 11:38:57 AM »
What if he went to the Bulls...what number would he wear?
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2010, 08:02:19 PM »
I'm assuming he's going to want anywhere from 22 to maybe even 25 mil a year.Heard a rumor he's looking for a three year deal,so that would be in the area of 75. Completely insane,no one is worth that kind of money. As much as I would love to see him in a Knick uniform,I'd rather get three solid starters with that.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2010, 10:31:50 PM »
He'll be staying in Cleveland even without a championship. He worked with the front office to build a team around him. They now have Jamison for the next 2-3 years, Shaq may be back and they have a solid team. The Knicks/Nets can't pay him any more then the Cavaliers will pay him, and the New York teams will have to build their team around 'Bron and that will take several years again, which I doubt he will want to do again. The Cav's front office has done everything he has asked, and he knows that.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2010, 12:02:04 AM »
Quote from: ChallengeMe on April 21, 2010, 10:31:50 PM
He'll be staying in Cleveland even without a championship. He worked with the front office to build a team around him. They now have Jamison for the next 2-3 years, Shaq may be back and they have a solid team. The Knicks/Nets can't pay him any more then the Cavaliers will pay him, and the New York teams will have to build their team around 'Bron and that will take several years again, which I doubt he will want to do again. The Cav's front office has done everything he has asked, and he knows that.

While this is true,if New York could manage to sign someone to go with him (Like Bosh or Amare) and resign guys like Lee and Harrington,it would be a better team (on paper) than what the Cavs have right now.Good younger building pieces in NY right now too.Of course this would take an outrageous amount of money to do,but if I'm not mistaken they have 56 mil to play with this summer. So we'll see. I'd much rather see Donnie bring in guys like Rudy Gay,Joe Johnson,Bosh and maybe Boozer if Lee signs elsewhere.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2010, 01:33:24 AM »
I guess the most he can get if he leaves the Cavs is $95 million over 5 years.  I bet if there wasn't a salary cap he'd get $250 mil easily.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2010, 05:02:47 AM »
Rumor has it that he wants to go to the Bulls........... as far as money...... whatever it is will be too much.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2010, 07:24:10 AM »
All I know is that he will not be a Cav.  They only have 9 million in cap space to give him.   Bulls or Knicks is my guess.  Probably the Knicks.  Always wearing Yankees caps  and wearing his BIG APPLE version shoes tells me that it's a forgone conclusion.   I personally think he has no class.  Even if you hate Cleveland you need to humor the fans that you love it.  Kind of like eating an awful meal at your future in-laws.  I'm guessing he'll get 20 million a year for at least 3 years.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2010, 07:54:03 AM »
This is one of the reasons I haven't watched an NBA game since the strike.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2010, 08:40:17 AM »
I guess it depends how many extra fans he puts in the seats. I remember here in Philly fans used to turn out to watch Iverson play. If the Sixers won, it was just gravy. You could notice the difference as soon as he left.
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Re: Lebron James contract
« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2010, 06:57:01 AM »
I'm so glad "King" James finally enlightened the world with where he'll be playing basketball for the next few years. Now we can move on to more important things like NFL training camps opening this month!!!
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