McMenamin Speaking to people close to both Luka and Lebron James there's excitement about this move for what it means for this team it doesn't mean the salary cap goes out the window but you can add extra spending to your scouting analytics health and wellness

McMenamin Their 76ers pursuit of LeBron has not slowed down It's being led by Tyrese Maxey who's called LeBron a big brother before Joel Embiid has also been in touch with LeBron Jaylen Brown has also been in touch with LeBron I'm told

Buha I spoke with several Lakers people this weekend more often than not there was an acknowledgment that we might have taken a slight step back this season but this is about the longer-term vision here with building this core from the ground up around Luka and Austin

Charania If you are a NBA team that has contending aspirations LeBron James according to my sources it is not a financially driven decision That means if you want to slot him in if you want to pitch him on a minimum pitch him on an exception pitch him on a non-max contract

Charania LeBron James is taking the Sixers free agency pitch really seriously I look at it when I talk to teams now as kind of a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami Philadelphia

Windhorst It's been communicated to me that the number one thing for LeBron next season is happiness not money I have clearance to use this quote attributed to Rich Paul 'The Lakers are not and will not annoy us'

Pat Riley on LeBron James free agency To be transparent about it weve had discussions over a week ago maybe a week before that about it But right now I think were like everybody else Just waiting to see what he does