{"id":461464,"date":"2025-09-26T09:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=461464"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:08:23","slug":"lebron-james-wanted-an-extension-but-the-lakers-refused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/lebron-james-wanted-an-extension-but-the-lakers-refused\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James wanted an extension, but the Lakers refused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1322\">According to Bleacher Report, <strong data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1127\">LeBron James<\/strong> pushed for a short \u201cone-plus-one\u201d extension with the <strong data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1203\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/strong>, but the front office declined to negotiate. The refusal has created noticeable tension ahead of the new NBA season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1579\">James, 40, has one year left on his deal and could become a free agent in summer 2026. \u201cHe obviously wanted an extension, but the Lakers wouldn\u2019t give it to him,\u201d an NBA source said. GM <strong data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1525\">Rob Pelinka<\/strong> now faces a major decision regarding James\u2019 future.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1825\">With <strong data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1601\">Luka Doncic<\/strong>\u2019s arrival, the Lakers have shifted their focus, and LeBron is no longer the absolute centerpiece. Despite strong averages of 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 8.2 assists, his long-term role in Los Angeles remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1827\" data-end=\"1897\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Bleacher Report, LeBron James pushed for a short \u201cone-plus-one\u201d extension with the Los Angeles Lakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":372083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-461464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Los-Angeles-Lakers.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461464"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=461464"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=461464"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=461464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}