Lakers news: James reveals his retirement plan, Doncic speaks confidently, Xiaoli may find it difficult to stay in the team

On September 30, the Los Angeles Lakers updated three news. Fans who care about the Lakers should not miss it. Let’s take a look.

Jack James revealed his retirement plan

Today, Lakers star LeBron James participated in the team's media day event and accepted an interview. When talking about his feeling of coming to his 23rd season, James said: "I'm glad and grateful to have struggled in the league for so long. It feels super cool to be able to do this at this stage of life and at this age of life. It's also a complete season with Doncic. It's also a motivation for me to play in the NBA." It's worth mentioning that the longest season in the NBA was Carter and James's 22 seasons. James will top the top alone in the new season and set a new record.

When talking about when the outside world is concerned about when to retire, James revealed his plans. James said: "I know that as I play in the league longer, this is becoming an inevitable topic. When I lose enthusiasm for preparing for the new season, it may be the time for me to leave the league. Of course, I will discuss with my wife and family and ultimately decide how far my career will go. Now I just want to live in the present and not consider the future." It is not difficult to hear from James' words that he should not retire in the short term, but the number of games he plays must be less and less. Fans, please watch and cherish it.

Doncic spoke out confidently

Today, the Lakers held a media day event, and Lakers core Luka Doncic attended. In an interview with the media, Doncic answered multiple questions. When talking about the changes in the offseason, Doncic said: "The most intuitive feeling of weight loss is that the movement becomes more agile and the feeling of fatigue is greatly reduced. This gives me better physical reserves in the NBA. I feel that I will usher in the best in the new season." When talking about the team's goals for the new season, Doncic said: "There is no doubt that it is a championship competition. I only joined the team in the middle of last season, and there is not much time to run in. The situation this season is different. We have more time to communicate, communicate, and run in. I am full of confidence in this team."

In fact, Doncic's confidence is not groundless. First of all, both the Lakers' dual-core James and Doncic are very healthy, especially Doncic has successfully lost weight and is in good physical and mental state. When the Gemini can maintain high attendance and high efficiency, the Lakers' upper limit is very high; secondly, the Lakers have made several targeted signings and strengthened during the offseason. Ayton, Laravia, and Smart are all players with distinctive characteristics. They can improve and make up for some shortcomings and problems in the Lakers' lineup; finally, the Lakers have just completed a contract renewal with the team's head coach Redick, who will inevitably invest more concentration and patience in improving coaching ability. Redick's rookie has shown a good coaching level in the season. In the new season, he is expected to become a coach with timely response and more flexible arrangements.

Xiaoli may find it difficult to stay in the team

Today, Lakers' team reporter Dan Woike reported that if Lakers player Austin Reeves breaks out of his contract and becomes a full free agent next summer, he will get a contract that is much higher than his current contract salary. Woike said: "Many sources in the league revealed that many teams are very interested in Reeves. It is expected that the average annual salary of Reeves' new contract will not be less than $3,500,000, and it is not even ruled out that it will reach $4,000,000." Last season, Reeves played the best performance in his career, playing in 73 regular season games, and averaged 34.9 minutes per game to contribute 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.1 steals. Currently, Reeves has two years and 2884w US dollars left in his contract, and he has a player option in the 26-27 season.

It is undeniable that Reeves is a player with great talent and talent on the offensive end. His breakthrough, projection and organization are indispensable to the Lakers, not to mention that he is a popular player who has a high fan base locally trained by the Lakers. But the problem is that Reeves has obvious disadvantages on the defensive end, including slow pace, poor confrontation, easy to be passed by, etc. Especially when the playoffs with low fault tolerance rate will be infinitely amplified, which can easily become a breakthrough for opponents to target unlimitedly. Judging from the current situation, if the market price of Reeves is so high, the Lakers will definitely not be able to match next summer. The possibility of the Lakers choosing to send Reeves away before the trading deadline in the new season is getting bigger and bigger.