Wilbon AIRS FRUSTRATION over Lakers Nation's excitement for re-signing LeBron James | PTI 

What is he talking about? Lakers fans aren’t jumping up and down today because Lebron signed the max. They’re all upset the lakers haven’t done anything in free agency after Lebron offered to take less.

Not one true Laker fan is happy about Lebron resigning. That dude and Klutch need to leave.

The Lakers at this point are more interested in making LeBron happy at all costs than they are getting to the playoffs/winning championships.

As a laker fan and knowing laker fan no one is happy about him resigning trash

I would be a millionare if i get paid every time ESPN posts something about bron and the lakers 😂

LeGM used the rest of the salary cap on himself with Derozan still available

That is fact. I don't see LeBron winning any championship at Lakers after this extension

Kyrie Irving chose Dallas over LA. Klay Thompson chose Dallas over LA. LeBron tried to recruit both Kyrie and Klay to LA, but there’s one common denominator: stars don’t want to play with LeBron James.

Lakers so screwed.

so weird to me that a billionaire at age 40 still takes a max contract rather than trying to make the team better, tells me what his priorities are

I don't think much of Laker Nation is too pleased really.

21 videos posted by ESPN in 24 hours, 20 are Basketball, 8 lebron, 5 WNBA, 3 about Catlin Clarke. Are they even a sport channel?

Lakers said we need one more hybrid wing defender, Lebron you know any draft picks shorter than 6-2? 😂😂😳😳

Play ball till age 67.You gonna get full social security. Pathetic!

Wilbon always been a real one. PTI remember watching as a pre teen. going on 27 this year

Finally someone with some sense

So LeBron opts out his contract, says he will take a cut to sign veterans that can help, then the front office proceeds to sign absolutely no one at all, and you all are blaming LeBron for signing his max deal. After seeing the Lakers do absolutely nothing this off-season. Yep brain dead

Wow someone throwing actual facts out on espn 👏

Lakers team can play with any team, the problem is super stars fall short of hitting big shots vs denver to win games

Yall didn’t asked Micheal Jordan take a paycut ho, hum!

What is this narrative that Lebron is supposed to win every single year like how many years did Kobe play an he has 5 an your not going to win every year it’s just that simple

The fans are jumping up and down with excitement because the lakers signed Bronny! Laflop is selfish he doesn’t care if the lakers win or not.

The second apron is no joke. The penalties changes the way teams have to deal with contracts and trades. Once you see how restrictive the second apron is, you can finally understand why my Clippers let Paul George walk for nothing. Even if we got players back, that means it’s still adding salary. Second apron is basically like a hard cap and it’s going to be in full effect this upcoming season. Look at Klay. Warriors only got back 2nd round picks. You don’t want salary to keep coming back. LeBron and Lakers fans don’t really understand all this. They just buy Kobe or LeBron jerseys and are quite clueless about how everything else works. Read up what Lucas Hann wrote about that second apron last summer. Once teams reaches that second apron, that franchise becomes handcuffed and it can be for years. It’s not like before. Second apron is actually helping poorer owners like Jeanie Buss and stopping richer owners like Steve Ballmer and Joe Lacob from overspending. The problem is, LeBron isn’t exactly helping Jeanie here by taking a max deal. He doesn’t get how the new CBA works. To him, it’s just pay him and his son and then play victim when his team fails again because he didn’t have enough help.

2 years for 102 million dollars 😮😮 LeBron James needs to become a GM one day

Anthony Davis and Lebron James are now both mediocre Davis more so than James 😢😢.

Haha what’s the point of having a time limit if they spoke another 90 seconds after the bell?! 😂

The absolute inability of the front office to aquire a top tier coach, free agent, or trade partner is inexcusable to us fans. Lebron was willing to take less money and this front office laid an egg.

Lakers and warriors are both sinking ships with no relief in site

Lebron made ESPN rich

LeBron is the most important not because of his play, but because of his media control via Klutch.

This is going to be a clown show and LBJ fans have front row seats 😅 i love it

He give them time to find something better. They didn't make ant moves that warranted him taking the cut. Get yo money big dawg 💪🏿 😂

Let's just address him as GM Lebum.

Gotta play the games Wilbon. I’m not sure anyone had Mavs in the Finals or Wolves beating the Nuggets.

This will be a first father and son playing in the league at the same time on the same team 💯

Wilbouns sudden disdain for LeBron leads me to believe he's good friends with Darvin Ham

It’s all gonna make sense to y’all when you realize Bron is owning the expansion team in Las Vegas. Brons the best business man the NBA has seen. Catch up Bron is ahead of the curve. Tell someone whose not all nba level to take less money.

We all knew this when we hired Redick & drafted Bronny. I never thought for a second he was taking a significant pay cut either.

I love the way we say the players should take less while we ignore the owners who CREATED THE SALARY CAP in the 1st place! The owners can remove the salary cap and let a free market dictate their signings but instead they create a salary cap and we are dumb enough to criticize the employees.

Lakers and Los Angeles is the Rome empire, ladies am I right magic man

This is pure comedy at this point and coming from a die hard lakers fan I find it’s not about winning but setting records and making history 2 years can’t come fast enough hurry up and leave so we can become “Showtime” again.

We all know in 2026 Lakers fans will be blaming Pelinka and JJ for all these moves as if they were actually calling the shots😂😂😂

These mf just be hating on this man

Blame Rob and the FO for not doing they end of the stick. Bron said he take a cut for player(s) and FO only moves soo far is Christie and Bronny😂. Be serious

ESPN has given the Lakers top notch coverage for decades like they are a winning top team for many bad performing years. They've stunk bad. Do the Lakers pay ESPN a stipend to get all this unworthy attention ?

It really confuses me how non Lakers fans have the audacity to be angry at Lakersnation for being excited about the team we love. If you hate the Lakers you should be happy if their screwing up

This is reminiscent of Kobes' last contract.... It's just a "Thank you for your time" contract. No championship hopes.

The guy is a clown. He took a max deal and Bronny got paid more than a big part of the league does. Glad the team puts winning first... lol

It's a marketing move. This is the way life is going. They're making the most money without having to secure the chip

Clark means more to Indiana and Messi means more to Inter Miami than LeBron does to the Lakers. It’s the Lakers, their history and branding (and AD?) will ensure they get other free agents. If not now, in a few years. Who else is going to the Indiana Fever if not for Clark.

Guess it was ok when the Bucks signed Giannis little brother… smh…

No excuses over Lebron's age. If he gets max money like that, then he has to earn it.

Remember when Paul George stayed in Oklahoma City instead of going to the Lakers? That was done because you don't have to play in a big market to make all kinds of money. You can play anywhere and it doesn't effect a player's bottom line because it's a global game now!

The way the media trash the lakers like they the wizards or charlotte is crazy ,,, I get yall need lebron to pay the bills but relax with the hate

All these superstars to the same thing: they talk about championships being the number one priority and then sign crippling maximum deals so the roster can not be filled with quality players...

Lakers only chance to win another chip is to go back to the Mickey Mouse Bubble.

Lebrons value is only high because the media can’t shut up about LeB and the Lakers as terrible as they are. The Lakers have really fallen and no one sees it.

50 million is insane

Maybe if everybody on the Lakers stay healthy they can finish top 5 in the west as long as everything goes well

Memphis is coming. The Lakers lovers are going spend another year dreaming up trades to make that team better.

LeBron is sticking around too long. If he had retired after winning in the bubble, no one would've blamed him.

Lakers fans hate it. LeBron and Bronny being in the league together is great for them and maybe to the Lakers organization. But to the Lakers fans it's terrible. I just want this circus to end so they can rebuild.

Funny to mention the Rockets, OKC, or the Pelicans. Lakers owned those teams last year. Warriors are 1-6 vs the Lakers last 4 years in the playoffs. Not scared of them either. T wolves, Denver, and Boston are the best 3 teams which will all give LA problems. So will Philly since LA has no one who can guard Maxey.

You can’t mention lakers and cowboys in the same sentence, fans or not when cowboys haven’t won a thing since the 90s and lakers have 6 titles in the same span

Winning isn't always a priority for an NBA franchise. They'll fill the seats, make money, and that's the end of the story. Bronny paid for his contract in a week of jersey sales.

LeBron trying to win just like Jordan was with the wizards. And I love how Laker fans get online and lie about how good they were before LeBron got there.😂

Wait forget the fact that they won a championship in 2020 and also, most laker fans are not happy with the organization

Lebron offers to take less money…nothing happens…takes money… He’s so selfish!!!! How are you supposed to get help now Lebron?!!!? Lebron takes less money…gets help He’s such a fraud!!!! How much help does Lebron need!!?!?

Define important, Tony. Klutch Sports and LeMedia work full time to keep LeBron in the news. They have fooled people into thinking he’s worth talking about and that’s all he brings you. A side show. Not greatness. A sideshow.

Darvin Ham told the absolute truth about the Lakers and got fired with a winning record. They offered the U Con coach peanuts in terms of $ so it’s easy to see why he didn’t take their offer. Bron James not only got selected at the 55 spot but was given a guaranteed 2 year contract

Lakers Nation are frustrated we haven’t traded Lebron away yet . Most of lakers nation are biding time watching the clippers until he leaves.

Lakers need to stop playing and trade AD, bring in some 1st rd picks, pair Lebron with some crazy athletic pogo stick big, and call it a day.

The Lakers will never get another impact player because no blue-chip player wants to be coached by LeBron, JJ will just be LeBron's puppet, no one will be talking in the huddle but LeBron.

The lakers have been mediocre the past 12 years but just went to the conference finals 2 seasons ago and won the championship in 2020 idk what this dude is talking about

He only offered to take less to control the narrative. He so called offered to take less because he knew they weren't gonna get anyone. Now people argent blaming him they're blaming Pelinka. As a die hard Lakers fan this whole thing is nasty work. It's a circus

I'm Pro Lebron all day!! I also gotta call things as they are. It's hard to reconcile with the thought of a franchise putting their financial ALL in a 40 year old athlete. Granted....he's not your average 40 year old by any stretch, but the Lakers need to have their eyes on the future.

As a fan of the lakers , Who tf is excited about lebron signing an extension.. we wanted Darvin pelinka 2.0 to make some moves this off-season & they haven’t did jack shi ..

LeGm resigns himself to a two year max on his own team*

LeBron could have signed a $1m per year deal--which means that a Max spot would have been available (cough PG-13). If they couldn't land him, they could have used that $49m to make offers to BOTH harden and klay !

0:46 You say the Lakers have been mediocre over the last twelve years but they won the championship in 2020. 🤔

Lakers have an impact player in Bronnie. Bronnie will bring the Lakers a championship , the type that his Dad brought to the organization, plastic championships!

Just replay that 3 pointer he bricked at the end of Game 2…. That’s YOUR goat.

The Lakers completely Sold out for LeBron.. It’s so bad that Jeanie should just sell the team. They NEVER showed Kobe this much Favor.

The Celtics win a chip, are built to compete again and the Lakers can’t even get talent to join Lebron. You love to see it!😂😂😂

Ever since the Lakers fired Darvin Ham, Wilbon has been on a personal missing to disparage the Lakers. Similar to SAS when Magic quit and Richard Jerfferson when his boy Luke got fired. Only SAS has moved on. These journalist need to stop talking about a fan base that they aren’t apart of. Ain’t no way Laker fans are rejoicing about this. The front office failed.

Wilbon asking Bron to take less still, even after pelinka wasted the opportunity. And this Wilbon fck won't even do what Bron did if they switch shoes.

When Lebron stops meddling in the affairs of the Lakers business they will start winning Championships again. They will put people in seats though

LeBron missed a MASSIVE chance at winning another title in LA. He could've taken a 20mil pay cut and allowed them to bring in another big piece or 2 to make them contenders again, but in taking the max deal, he's basically relegating them to just making it back to the playoffs and then getting swept again by a number of much better teams in the west. Cool to see him play with his son, but if he manages to win another title with this current Lakers squad, it'd be his most difficult and therefore most impressive title win ever. That said, if somehow they can actually pull it off, this would be a HUGE step up in terms of the GOAT debate. I've been a LeBron fan for a long time, but even I can admit that Jordan's resume is still heads and shoulders above LeBron's, but if he can win another one in LA, especially with how his squad currently stands and with how stacked the West has become, it'll be his magnum opus and definitely bridges the gap in the debate.

Let's call him ironclad James, and he said yessssss to

I guarantee if the Lakers played the Rockets in the playoffs Wilbur is not taking the Rockets “STOP THE CAP”🤣😂🤣😂

Lebron has hijacked that franchise. There was talk of him coming to my Mavs, glad we dodged that bullet.

I’ll co-sign on this AFTER next years trade deadline. ALOT can happen, including injuries

People acting like he doesn't deserve that amount. The guy is 40 averaging 25.71 REB7.3 AST8.3 FG%54. Curry is being paid higher than him and we all know he ain't gonna bring GSW another chip ever again. Other players who have lesser value are being paid higher than him, AD and Tatum are getting 62M per year. The guy is a business-minded person, The NBA is a business, and Lakers management is in charge of adding people to its roster. Theyre definitely getting into the playoffs with that core 5 but a trade is needed for them to compete in the Finals..

It will be great to see Bron for you

Lavine would be a fun shakeup. I hope they make that move.

Ebron’s new deal makes the Lakers a play in exit

I agree

Winning in Lakerland is a joke.

The most influential and the most opportunistic 🤨

They don't need more help. That got Knecht and Bronny. I'm not even a Lakers fan but those are two very good prospects. Why do they need to have an all NBA player at every position? Look at the Knicks, T Wolves, Orlando, Kings and OKC. Team chemistry is more important.