JULY 3: James has officially signed a four-year contract with the Lakers, Charania confirms (via Twitter). According to Charania, it’s a $7.9MM deal, which means it’s almost certainly worth the rookie minimum — a four-year, minimum-salary deal for a rookie would work out to $7,895,796.
According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link), the first two years will be guaranteed, with a partial guarantee of $1.3MM in year three. The fourth year is a team option.
JULY 2: No. 55 overall pick Bronny James will sign a standard contract with the Lakers that includes multiple guaranteed seasons, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic.
[RELATED: Lakers Select Bronny James With No. 55 Pick]
This has been the expectation for James once it became clear that the Lakers were targeting him at No. 55 in last week’s draft. Reports ahead of the draft indicated that Rich Paul was focused on getting Bronny a guaranteed 15-man roster spot rather than a two-way contract, which the agent later confirmed on the record.
Additionally, as John Hollinger of The Athletic observes, it’s not uncommon for potential luxury tax teams to sign late second-round picks to standard contracts for money-saving purposes, since they only count for the rookie minimum (about $1.16MM this season) instead of the veteran’s minimum of $2.09MM.
The Lakers will almost certainly use the second-round pick exception to sign James to a contract that covers either three or four seasons. The deal will include a team option on the final year.
Good for him, he clearly EARNED IT
Dude’s a unicorn: 55th pick, guaranteed contract, and congenital heart defect.
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Is Ty Jerome better than Bronny James? Chat please weigh in
Hell yeah
the Hamburgler is better than Bronny.
Grimace > Hamburgler > Bronny
Grimace is a beast on the block.
As a scorer/spacer? But in general, I’d say no
The 2023 season version of Ty Jerome. For sure. I wanted that guy to stay in the bay last offseason.
Would Ty Jerome sell jerseys by just sitting on the bench?
Jersey sales should be the priority…..Lakers are an embarrassment. What’s the big splash this summer? Is bron still taking a pay cut lmfao.
Oh so they could have taken someone else at 55 that would turn them into an instant contender? Or they could have flipped Rui and D Lo into what? Please explain what they should have done.
Not draft Bronny. He does absolutely nothing for you. Nothing.
So yeah, ANY player at 55 that can play in the NBA is a step up for the Lakers.
Like who? Who was on the bored that they passed on that you are so certain is a sure thing nba talent. Name multiple players too since you are so sure that ANY player would be better. I’m sure you have a list of all these players and aren’t just talking out of your rear right?
Any player who is not named Bronny James.
Um no, I am stating the fact that 4th guys on USC usually dont get drafted in the NBA. Please name the guys from USC who have even made the NBA. White Mamba, Mobley and Collier? Who am i missing? USC? Not Duke, Not UConn (Bronny would not even last a day at UConn), Not Kentucky or North Carolina.
The University of Southern California, you know the school OJ went to. Yeah there is no one in the draft better than him at 55?
BTW you have no freaking idea if Bronny is good, bad or average, you just want to back the foolish Lakers and Lebron.
However, ill bite:
KJ Jones, DJ Burns, Trenton Flowers, Keshad Johnson…
Shall i continue?
I’m not backing the Lakers or Lebron or anything. I am a Mavs fan not Lakers and I am not an Lebron fan at all. But I am less of a fan of clowns like you. I asked a question that obviously triggered you like every other time you see anything involving Lebron. So you know for a FACT those guys are better? Why are you wasting your time crying in comment sections about how big bad Lebron hurt your feelings and not working in a front office somewhere? I mean since you are a self proclaimed expert on second round picks. Why aren’t you campaigning for those guys being picked by other teams? Oh that’s right because of his last name and it doesn’t fit your cry baby narrative. You say he got drafted because of his name but you are a hypocrite because you are crying because of his name. Imagine being THIS upset about a team selecting a player in the second round. The Lakers are going to get a lot more value from that pick than they would have any of those guys you named that you know for a FACT are going to be better. But enjoy another day of you complaining because of your blind hatred and jealousy for another grown man who doesn’t even know you are alive. Pretty embarrassing.
Selling jerseys does nothing for the Lakers? What are you smoking dude?
Nice little present to your son.
There’s no way LeGM was going to accept anything less than a guaranteed roster spot for his draft choice.
What a joke. The integrity of this league is long gone.
No diff than the bucks clown show with Thiannis
SHHHHHH!!!! Don’t talk like that! Lebron bad! LEBRON = SATAN. LEBRON IS THE SECRET COMMISSIONER. DURRRRR
Thiannis is all nba calibre compared to Bronny.
Unfortunately I believe that you believe that
Do you like Bronny for rookie of the year?
Do you have any 2nd rounder winning rookie of the year? Are you just typing to see the words pop up in front of you?
I know the answer to both so no need to reply
He’s an nba caliber what? He’s tall. That’s it.
Tall = Good for Basketball
Bronny is not tall.
So yes, he is better than Bronny just by being tall.
This is simple logic.
Also to be fair to Thiannis, he did play for 3 G league teams and got a contract from the Knicks for a cup of coffee. He played in Greece and in Europe.
What has Bronny done? 4th starter on USC.
Ill take Thiannis at 6’7″, a legit NBA call up for a 10 day and multiple years in the G league.
You can’t even spell THANASIS shut the F up.
Nrg do you ever post anything that doesn’t make you sound foolish? It’s wild how much you have allowed your jealousy of Lebron consume your life so much where all you do is post ignorance about him and now his son. A very sad existence.
this kid is going to suck and doesn’t even deserve to be on an NBA team
Going to?
Lakers better hope LeBro is gone by the time hes up for rookie max extension.
LeBron will have his expansion team by then. Bronny can go play for daddy in Vegas
Wow, that’s 1 year for every point he averaged in college!
So many haters, seriously getting worked up over a rookie minimum contract that has no affect on your lives is a sad look
So you will stop watching sports since it has no affect on your life?
It affects the integrity of the league.
Because the Lakers actions reflect the actions and views of every other team in the NBA? But guys like Miles Bridges getting to make millions doesn’t jeopardize the integrity of the league right? But because he isn’t the biggest name in the sport it doesn’t matter right? I genuinely wonder wtf you people are gonna do when Lebron retires. You’ll find another target no doubt.
You play to win the game with the best players on the planet. Adding scrubs because of their last name will ruin the league. It’s not hard to understand…
Yeah god forbid the Lakers miss on that 15th spot. Bronny is gonna get 30 minutes a night and next year the Celtics are gonna draft Deuce as a result. You’re a moron.
No it doesn’t. It was a favor asked of by a star player and the team DECIDED to indulge him. It doesn’t give the Lakers a single advantage whatsoever. You know how many trans don’t even bother to use their 50ish pick simply because it costs them more if they’re over the cap? This is meaningless. No one threw up there armed with Thanisis. Maybe Bronny wish was to one day play basketball in the nba and when he collapsed to the ground with a heart attack maybe he saw hood change disappear. I have no problem with this and neither would anyone else
A favor would have been signing Bronny as an non-drafted FA, giving him a guaranteed contract and a spot on the team is detrimental to the team.
You know what, I really dont care. Lakers are worse this year than last and they can sign whomever they want, but please dont tell me that Bronny is good enough, he is not. And EVERYONE, including Lebron and Clutch knows it. That is why they orchestrated this little deal, its the only way Bronny makes a NBA team.
A rookie minimum contract is still more $ than 99% of the country makes a year, so yeah people are rightfully mad when a nondeserving person gets a job paying that much just because his daddy forced the team to draft/hire him.
I LOVE THIS! Saying that the Lakers not only set the minimum salary for the entire league but they’re also actively taking food out of someone’s mouth. White Knighting over a guys you couldn’t even bother to learn the names of is great. ALL NBA PLAYERS NEED TO DONATE THEIR SALARIES TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS! But the owners can keep their cash.
I cannot describe just how lowly I think of people like you. You’ll say anything just to try and justify your hate of LeBron. It’s so incredibly sad. You need to find another hobby besides mindless blabbering about things you have 0 understanding of.
I suggest racket ball.
Your complaining about everything on this site is the most depressing babble to read. I suggest you get into politics if your so happy being depressed.
Way to not address anything I said. Im honestly shocked you have enough brain cells floating around your inflated head to read the words that I type and I know for a fact you don’t have enough to understand those words.
Your comment is much closer to a political take than 97% of the things I say on here btw. Im sure you wont know how to process that.
Dude your extra drugged out today. You should go to rehab before all of your brain cells are dead and gone but its probably too late for you. Nothing your posting makes sense, go get some help and get your panties out of a bunch over some hoops rumors comments.
Kc just mute this clown it’s not worth it
Thanasis being on the Bucks roster for 5 seasons deserves a lot more criticism than Bronny being drafted.
No it does not. Thanasis is such a better player, he actually has the size and is not a 6’1″ shooting guard who cannot play PG.
Would he be on any other roster?
If Thanisis played bronny 1 on 1 he would win almost every time.
Did they change the rules and it’s not 5-on-5 in the NBA anymore?
Honestly, Probably not, but I know Bronny would not be on any other team in the NBA.
SO point taken.
Such an odd place to put your rookie, never coached anyone, coach JJ Reddick.
IF he plays Bronny, he will get destroyed and hunted. If he does not play Bronny, then his boss, Lebron, will get him fired.
Anyone still want to support the Lakers? I mean could they have done worse in the past 3 off seasons?
Lakers are a clown show.
Meanwhile, big boy teams are preparing for a title run…not the Lakers, they just want Lebron to stay and be happy.
Before bashing Bronny everyone should take a wait and see approach. Everyone knows he needs a lot of G playing time this year. If he doesn’t start in G league then you know Lebron is pulling all the strings. Hopefully LeBron doesn’t force Lakers hand and play him until he is NBA ready. I do expect he might get a few garbage time minutes when they have back to back games.
Correct me if I am wrong but I thought he was not going to play in the G league at all. I thought I read Rich Paul make that statement sometime.
I am not bashing Bronny, I wish him the best in life, but he is NOT an NBA player and saying he is just makes his life worse.
If you thought Kaitlyn Clark got the business in the WNBA, wait till you see what the NBA does with Bronny. It wont be pretty and his dad is not gonna be able to protect him.
But fair enough, ill hold my comments until after the summer league.
Rich Paul didn’t want him to sign a 2 way or play for any club but Lakers. I have not heard anything about no G league play.
We shall see in Summer League. Looks like Lebum son is the only one who wants to play with him but is that even true.
If he wasn’t the son of lebron he would get a 2 way lol. Or not make the league
If he wasn’t LeBron’s son no one would bat an eye over who the Lakers took with 55th pick in the draft.
His dad should’ve forced them to sign him to a 2 way and called him up to play a few games with him instead of wasting a draft pick on him.
I can think of something your dad should have done as well but I guess we can save that for another time
This is a joke! So many players out there who are better and more talented deserves than Bronny!
Big summer in La La land.
The fact so many people are concerned where LeBron’s son plays, or how good he is, boggles my mind.
Who. Cares.
Why do fans dislike rich people getting special treatment? You just asked a question that started nearly every revolution known to man lol.
It’s more about what has bronny done to warrant
A standard contract with multiple guaranteed seasons
His agent threatening teams to not draft bronny or he will go play over seas (that one I definitely understand pissing off fans front offices alike)
Bronny is clearly his own man.
Hilarious that his press conference he said playing for/with his dad wasn’t the main focus. Bull Sh.. that was the only focus. Otherwise Rich Paul wouldn’t be calling other teams threatening he’ll play in Australia if drafted by any team but the Lakers. As long as his dad is around he’ll have a job. Not saying that as a hater or anything just facts. No way he’s a standard NBA player. He is G-League at best for the next couple years minimum. 4.8ppg average is laughable.
People acting like this is some outrageous nepotist episode need to grow up and drink the Kool-Aid known as reality. Name a few players drafted 55 or over who made an impact in the league. It would be foolish to take a chance on someone without DNA pedigree simply because of his name. This is a no risk move by the lakers to convince their star player to finish his career in a Laker jersey. LeBron isn’t out there calling his son a world beater. Nobody is delusional about his skill level.
Not nepotism? How many 55th pick or worse get standard contracts with multiple guaranteed seasons?
Name a 2nd round pick who’s agent told all other teams in the league don’t you dare draft my client.
If he wasn’t lebron James son would he get this treatment?
I’m sure he’s a good kid nice guy yada yada yada but definitely hasn’t done anything to warrant the treatment he’s being given.
Chris Livingston, last years 60th pick, who Rich Paul also notably asked other teams not to draft
Expensive cheer leader.
Question – when Bronny takes his first charge playing defense and gets knocked down, does LeBron pick a fight with the guy?
Bronny 1v1 Brian Scalabrine. Who wins?
cool. now he can pay for his gas, phone bill, and insurance. if you only can get em out of the house next.lol. dads get it.
They now only have one roster spot available. Giving out all those player options last summer was not a good plan.
He shouldn’t have even been drafted.