Lakers, LeBron make marriage official

Jokic and Barton sign big deals

NEW YORK, July 10, (RTRS): Los Angeles can collectively exhale. LeBron James is officially a Laker.

The club announced late Monday afternoon that James has put pen to paper on the reported four-year, $154 million deal, just as James’ representation, Klutch Sports Group, confirmed the news with a tweet of its own. closer to returning the Lakers to the playoffs and to the NBA Finals.”

James, 33, has averaged 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game in 1,143 career contests. He also has been named NBA Finals MVP three times. Last season was his first in which he played in all 82 regular-season games, and the eighth in a row in which his team advanced to the Eastern Conference finals (four in Miami before each of the last four seasons in Cleveland).

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The Denver Nuggets officially signed center Nikola Jokic and guard Will Barton to new deals, the team announced.

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to

previous

reports, Jokic’s max-level extension is worth $147.7 million over five years, while Barton’s is a four-year deal worth $54 million, with a player option in the fourth year.

The Clippers officially announced the re-signing of guard Avery Bradley, whose deal was reported last week as a two-year, $25 million pact.

Bradley, 27, appeared in six games with the Clippers after arriving in the Blake Griffin trade last season, averaging 9.2 points before having seasonending surgery to repair a sports hernia.

The New Orleans Pelicans officially announced the additions of forward Julius Randle and guard Elfrid Payton, along with the re-signing of guard Ian Clark.

Randle’s deal was previously reported as a two-year, $18 million pact, while Payton and Clark signed one-year deals for $2.7 million and $1.76 million, respectively.