LeBron James concludes four-year contract with Los Angeles Lakers | nba

MVP four times in the league, MVP three times in the final and two-time Olympic champion (2008 and 2012), LeBron decided not to continue in the Cleveland Cavaliers, a team for which he was a runner … NBA last month.

With the athlete on the market, the Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers were franchises that showed more interest for the star. On Saturday, LeBron was seen arriving in Los Angeles, raising suspicions that the California team would have an advantage. On Sunday, the agreement was blessed.

This will be the first time that the Wing will serve in a West Conference team. Since joining the American professional league in 2003, he has always defended the teams from the East. First, he played seven seasons (2003/04 to 2009/10) at the Cleveland Cavaliers before moving on to the Miami Heat, which he defended between 2010/11 and 2013/14 and where he won his first two national titles.

The franchise exchange generated a wave of protests in Cleveland. Cavs fans have even set fire to the images and shirts with their number. During the 2014/15 season, he returned to the Cavaliers. It took four other finals to the team, but only the cup in the 2015/16 season.

In a post on Instagram, the player thanked Ohio for "four incredible seasons" and said that there will be "still his home".

First choice of draft 2003, St. Vincent-St. Mary HS, LeBron s' is imposed as one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA. After 15 years, he has 27.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 9.1 average pbades in his career. For the moment, the winger is the league's seventh best scorer (31.038) – behind Dirk Nowitzki (31.187), and the leader in statistics is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38.387).

His hiring represents a huge badet to the Lakers, the second-biggest winner in the NBA – 16, one less than the Boston Celtics. With the career decline of Kobe Bryant, who retired in 2016, the team is no longer among the majors of the league. Proof of this is that since the 2013/14 season does not receive the rankings for the playoffs of the tournament.

LeBron will be led by Luke Walton, who has been a Lakers player and since he left his career as a coach – has been a seasoned badistant to the Golden State Warriors. The team finished last season with a campaign of 35 and 47 losses in 11th place in the Western Conference.