The King remains at his Hollywood throne: LeBron signs a new contract with the Lakers

As expected! How can he stop now when he has the opportunity to fulfil one of the biggest remaining wishes in his career - to play with his son? That's why, LeBron James signed a new maximum two-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to which he will earn 104,000,000 dollars.

The contract also states that there is no trade option, so the King will remain in the City of Angels until the end of the 2025/26 season. However, the player also has the right to choose whether to stay with the club or become a free agent in the final year. Maybe even retire.

Either way, one of the greatest basketball players of all time could play with it until he was 41 years old! Thus breaking another record, although he has already broken dozens of them.

He is the only player to surpass 40,000 points in NBA history, is eighth all-time in assists, fourth in steals, sixth in three-pointers and third in free throws. Last season, he became the first player to be named to 20 All-Star teams, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. James' 13 'first-five' picks are also the most in sports history. In his career, he has won four titles so far - two with Miami (2012, 2013), one each with Cleveland (2016) and the Lakers (2020).

Recently, James otherwise refused an automatic contract extension and was open to accepting a lower salary to make the team more competitive, but all options such as the arrivals of James Harden or Jonas Valanciunas did not go through.

Next season will be the 21st in LeBron's career.

As far as Bronny's journey goes - or better say beggins - it was no surprise to anyone that the LA Lakers selected the son of their first star, in the recent NBA draft. And it is clear that this was done with the consultation or pressuring of LeBron.

A press conference was held where the team from Los Angeles presented two rookies. Along with James Jr, who was selected from the 55th position in the second round, the Lakers also hired Dalton Knecht from the 17th position in the first round.

However, most of the media focus is devoted to Bronny, who, if not a good basketball player, will certainly be a good marketing move. This will be the first time in the history of professional sports that a father and son will play on the same team with each other. And at the highest level.

"For sure, because of that, I feel increased pressure," Bronny said at the beginning of his presentation, which his parents watched from the sidelines. "I've already seen comments on social media and on the Internet that maybe I don't deserve the opportunity. However, I deal with such things all my life. So it's no different now, only the pressure is more intense, but I will overcome it".

Bronny entered the draft after a season at USC in which he averaged 4.8 points (36.6% shooting from the field, 26.7% from three), 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 19.3 minutes per game and after heart surgery that kept him out for five months.

"I feel like I could have honed my game more. Like I wasn't given the opportunity to show what I can really do. I'm excited for what's to come."

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Asked if the prospect of playing with the NBA's all-time leading scorer factored into the timing of his decision to leave USC, he said the father-son pairing wasn't his motivation to do so.

"Rob (Pelinka, Lakers GM) told me there's a great development system here, so I just want to come in and go about my business and get better every day. I never thought that I would to play with my dad. That wasn't my main focus."

The new coach of the Lakers, JJ Redick, pointed out that nothing will be given to Bronny, but that he deserved this chance, and added that in the near future he will appoint a new coach in charge of player development who will especially deal with young talents.