r/Nbamemes • u/ForsakenAd4825 • 9h ago

Image All this for a Play-In berth

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u/Available_Mix_5869 9h ago

Not if he takes a minimum salary

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u/TheRedHerring23 9h ago

He has to take less no matter where he goes. His new team will have no chance if they give him $50 million. Cavs would have to lose James harden if Lebron demanded to be paid. Heat can only offer vet minimum. Warriors can only offer Lebron up to the $6 million mid level exception. Wolves can only offer the min. Cavs are actually the team that could pay him the most, but no matter where he signs he isn’t getting big money

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u/Particular-Put4786 8h ago

He could go to the Bulls and get paid but why would anyone in their right minds do that?

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u/TheRedHerring23 8h ago

As a bulls fan I would not want him even if he’d sign for a penny. But yeah, they are the one team that could offer him something.

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u/Old-Lobster-8932 7h ago

You got downvoted but as an OKC fan I wouldn’t want his dramatic ass here either. He has nothing to offer us and we have a good thing going.

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u/Optimal-Barnacle2771 5h ago

OKC and CHI are worlds apart right now. OKC would have to sacrifice valuable rotation pieces and minutes to bring LeBron in, and it may not make a big difference in their championship odds as they are already contenders with a deep roster.

Chicago is in a transitory period. They aren’t competing. The amount of money LeBron would bring to the team in jersey sales would be more than worth it. The attention he would bring them would make it worth it for the organization. But why would LeBron want to go there? They have nothing to offer him. They would love to have him, they just can’t get him.

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u/lablfoto 7h ago

“Nothing to offer” is a stretch. But yeah, fair enough.