Landlord

I haven't paid attention to the Lakers for years.  Do they have any players that the addition of LBJ will make them better or will he just take points from current players?  It makes sense that the NBA wants this franchise to be in the mix again.  Heard he was talking to Kevin Durant about joining him which might level the playing field in the west.

@MLB 51 I think Chris Paul was able to get more money from the Rockets because he was re-signing with Houston after playing with them last year.  Teams are able to pay "their free agents" more than other teams and allows teams to go over the salary cap/luxury tax threshold to sign their own players.  Chris Paul also was the head of the NBA Players Association when the collective bargaining agreement was being renegotiated a couple years ago, so he was doing everything he could to make sure he would get paid.

I have seen from most outlets that LBJ's deal is 4-yr, $154 M.