Lebron James: the NBA legend extends Los Angeles Lakers stays for the 23rd record season

Lebron James is destined to play in a 23rd Record season after his agent said that the 40 -year -old exercised an option to extend his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Rich Paul said James, the top scorer of all the time of the NBA, was targeting a fifth championship after activating a player option of $ 53 million (£ 41 million) for the 2025-26 season.

“He knows that the Lakers are building for the future. He understands it, but appreciates a realistic possibility of winning everything,” he told Espn.

“We understand the difficulty in winning now while we prepare for the future. We want to evaluate what is best for Lebron at this stage of his life and career. He wants to do every season that has left the count and Lakers understand him, are supported and want what is best for him.”

James currently shares the record of the NBA season eight times All-Star Vince Carter. His counting of 1,562 appearances to the regular season is only 50 short of breakage of the former NBA record of Boston Celtics Robert Parish.