{"id":779087,"date":"2018-07-02T11:06:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=779087"},"modified":"2018-07-02T11:46:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:46:29","slug":"lebron-james-signs-four-year-154-million-deal-with-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/lebron-james-signs-four-year-154-million-deal-with-los-angeles-lakers\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Signs Four-Year, $154 Million Deal with Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LeBron James<\/strong>, heading into his 16th NBA season, will join the third team of his career as it was announced yesterday that the King is headed to Hollywood. James inked a four-year, $154 million deal with the <strong>Los Angeles Lakers<\/strong> according to a statement from his agency, Klutch Sports, Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zgz8YO7BPn\">pic.twitter.com\/zgz8YO7BPn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Klutch Sports Group (@KlutchSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlutchSports\/status\/1013574315411849216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>James, 33, declined a $35.6 million offer to remain in Cleveland, where he&#8217;d returned for four years after leaving the team to play for the Miami Heat. Now a part of the most storied franchise in NBA history as well as the league&#8217;s largest market, James is poised to realize his aspirations of even greater wealth in the entertainment capital of the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to the family <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KingJames<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lakers4life?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lakers4life<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/striveforgreatness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#striveforgreatness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeanieBuss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeanieBuss<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagicJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MagicJohnson<\/a> and RP well done!!! ??<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kobebryant\/status\/1013590731691155456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nike&#8217;s lifetime partnership with James will obviously benefit from his move west. The brand is extremely present in Los Angeles as it&#8217;s one of their biggest markets. James&#8217; 16th signature silhouette with Nike is set to debut later this year, thus igniting a new chapter in his sneaker legacy. James&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/nike-lebron-15\/\"><strong>Nike LeBron 15<\/strong><\/a> was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/lebron-james-has-the-nbas-top-selling-sneaker\/\">highest selling performance basketball sneaker last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James will wear No. 23 in Los Angeles next season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IT&#8217;S HAPPENING. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TCRpV36qm8\">pic.twitter.com\/TCRpV36qm8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1013577496405659650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James, heading into his 16th NBA season, will join the third team of his career as it was announced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137731,"featured_media":779104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[117,1217966,444,1225451],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LeBron James Sign with Los Angeles Lakers | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LeBron James has signed a four-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. 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