LeBron James signs with Lakers, report says

[oberliner]

LeBron James has agreed to a 4-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to a report from Adrian Wojnarowski.

[Cartoonist]

1. No more finals for him.

Warriors!

[ghostsinthemachine]

6. Yep. Even if the Ls sign Leonard

1-2 (Durant and Steph vs LeBron and Leonard) in the lineup are even but the Warriors 3-5 and bench are far superior. Iggy. Clay. Dray. Livingston. Thats a hell of a team. zone year turnaround for the Lakers they cant do it.

[USALiberal]

2. Ahhh......OK. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. He's in a blue city, in a blue state, where he will feel at home.

[oberliner]

4. $154 million

Not too shabby.

[Blue_true]

5. He lives there during the offseason and has numerous business interests there.

The Cavs owner, Gibert has basically been somewhat of an asshole.

[oberliner]

8. He just bought a $23M mansion in Brentwood

It's his second LA area home (to go with his one in Ohio).

[Cartoonist]

11. Which makes me wonder

Why does he buy used cars?

[Bleacher Creature]

7. Good for him!

The first time he left the Cavs, I was among the people who saw it as betraying the people of Cleveland, and also as taking the easy way out. However, when he came back and delivered a championship, I was genuinely moved. He's also turned into a first class human being, possibly even a better citizen than basketball player - and I know how crazy that sounds. LeBron has more than earned the right to give the Lakers a shot (especially with the Cavs being so dysfunctional these days with Dan Gilbert) and I wish him nothing but the best.

[oberliner]

9. That Cavs supporting cast this year was awful

It was amazing how he was able to carry them to the finals.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Big bucks

Could be an interesting west coast rivalry with Golden State.

[radius777]

12. he should've stayed in the east

to at least give someone other than the west a chance at winning the finals.

[egduj]

13. Well, now he gets to play at least 4 games less a year now.

[Awsi Dooger]

14. East vs. West prop should be amusing

Some of the sportsbooks use that every year, odds on whether the Eastern Conference winner or Western Conference winner will be the eventual NBA champ.

Lately it has been significant favoritism to the West but not outer limits with Lebron in the East. But now I can't even imagine what it will be. Probably 1/10 or 1/12 and that could be low.

It was also extremely lopsided in the early 2000s era when the Lakers were dominant along with the Spurs and Kings (briefly) and there wasn't much of anything in the East.