Vinhorst: The Lakers regard James as an expiration contract, and this is the trade chips in the NBA

famous reporter Vincenter talked about James on the show. He pointed out that the Lakers now view James as an expiration contract, which has never happened in James' previous career. In the NBA, expiration of contracts means trading chips. Vinhorst admits that he no longer thinks that trading James is impossible as before.

"The Lakers basically see James as an expiring contract. It may sound like a casual word, but it means a lot. James has never been an expiring contract."

"It's no exaggeration to say that in his years of career, among all the nine contracts he has signed, he has never been in the last year of the contract. He has never been 40 years old. He has never been a non-core player on the team. No matter who wants to interpret it from their perspective, I'm not sure what happened, but the Lakers and James did not continue The contract has a substantial discussion, and for more than 20 years, every team James is in wants to have a substantial discussion of renewal with him. "

" In the NBA, what will happen to the expiring contracts? They will be regarded as bargaining chips. For all these reasons, salary issues, James and Doncic are still very strong combinations, the Lakers' offseason is not over, trading him is crazy, the team is going to build a team around Doncic and keep the salary space, etc., all of which make sense. But I just locked the door because I wasn't as sure as I used to be that it was impossible to trade James."