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Lakers report card: LeBron James
Over this week The Los Angeles Instances performed exit evaluations of the Lakers’ roster, participant by participant. At the moment’s last group features a take a look at ahead LeBron James’ key stats, contract standing, preseason expectations, present actuality and what the long run holds.
Key stats: Oldest participant in NBA historical past to common no less than 30 factors per recreation.
Contract standing: One 12 months at $44.5 million (extension eligible).
The expectation on Oct. 19: Easy — compete for the MVP and lead the Lakers to the NBA Finals.
The truth on April 10: Accidents for the third time in his 4 seasons with the Lakers stored James from ending the season wholesome.
The longer term: Age finally will meet up with James and restrict his productiveness. That hasn’t occurred but. The query is, will James be capable of keep on the court docket sufficient to guide the Lakers?