Lakers reportedly want LeBron back ‘on any term that he wants.’ Including possibly drafting Bronny

The Lakers’ top offseason priority is to bring LeBron James back.

They want LeBron back on whatever terms he wants, which is something ESPN’s Dave McMenamin explained on the Rich Eisen show this week. (Los Angeles can offer LeBron up to three years and $164 million, no team can offer more than three years due to the over-38 rule.)

“The Lakers intend to have LeBron James come back on any term that he wants to, whether that be a one-year, two-year, three-year deal, whatever. They’d love to continue to have LeBron James in the purple and gold until he calls it quits, whenever that may be.”

That is a basketball decision — he was the Lakers’ best player, their primary shot creator and is still playing at an All-NBA level in his age 39 season. More than that, he was the barometer of the team’s energy — when LeBron turned on his jets for part or all of a game, the level of play of everyone else on the team rose with him.

This is also a business decision — LeBron helps fill the Crypto.com Arena seats, sells sponsorships, brings in television audiences and is still the biggest player brand in the sport. Whatever the Lakers pay LeBron, he is more than worth it in the money he generates for the club.

If one of the terms of LeBron returning is drafting his son Bronny James, the Lakers are open to it reports Shams Charania of The Athletic.