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Several hours ago, it was revealed that the Los Angeles Lakers will sign 4-time NBA champion LeBron James to a 2-year, $97.1 million contract extension...with a player option for the 2024-25 NBA season. With this new deal, LeBron is now the highest-earning player in NBA history—with $532 million in career-guaranteed money.
2-time NBA champion and Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant comes in second at $499 million.
And in other Lakers news, 2-time NBA champion Pau Gasol (who officially ended his professional basketball career in late 2021) will get his jersey retired at Crypto.com Arena next year! The jersey-raising ceremony will occur on March 7, 2023...when the Lake Show takes on the Memphis Grizzlies, Gasol's previous team before he joined Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum and company in Los Angeles back in early 2008.
Lakers tickets will go on sale on August 30th... I'm definitely gonna try to buy a ticket for that game and see Gasol's jersey get placed right next to those of Kobe up on the Crypto.com rafters! That is all.
A Champion, legend, and forever part of the Lakers Family.
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) August 17, 2022
3/7/23 - We raise Pau Gasol's jersey into the rafters pic.twitter.com/F9snGrHO9o
Lakers will officially retire Pau Gasol’s jersey on March 7 💜💛
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) August 17, 2022
“I don’t win those championships without Pau. When he retires, he will have his number in the rafters next to mine” -Kobe
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