{"id":1183009,"date":"2022-08-18T16:55:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T16:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/18\/lebron-james-becomes-highest-paid-nba-player-ever-basketball\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T16:55:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T16:55:35","slug":"lebron-james-becomes-highest-paid-nba-player-ever-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/18\/lebron-james-becomes-highest-paid-nba-player-ever-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Becomes Highest Paid NBA Player Ever . . . | Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NBA\u00a0superstar\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0has agreed to a two-year extension to his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, in a deal worth $97.1 million, according to various reports, including ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski.<\/p>\n<p>The new contract takes the 37-year-old to $532 million in guaranteed career earnings, making him the highest paid player in terms of salary in the league&#8217;s history, surpassing Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes a player option for the 2024\/25 season, which means that James will be able to opt out of the final year of the contract if he no longer wants to stay with the team.<\/p>\n<p>CNN has reached out to the Lakers to confirm the new contract.<\/p>\n<p>The new deal puts to rest any notion of James, who is already an official billionaire, becoming a free agent next year with the four-time NBA champion and MVP instead focusing on making more history with the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>The new season gets underway on October 18 and, if he steers clear of injury, James should be on track to overtake Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer.<\/p>\n<p>James averaged 30.3 points per game in 56 appearances last season despite the Lakers missing the playoffs in a difficult season.<\/p>\n<p>But the franchise now has the salary-cap flexibility to add another max contract player to the team, potentially bolstering the star-studded roster which already boasts the likes of James, Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: CNN<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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