Ben McMahon: "What they were trying to do was put a long-term core in place around Luka and Austin Reaves, and to do that, you couldn't have LeBron making a bunch of money. Now, why didn't LeBron take the minimum from the Lakers? That's a whole different story. Point being, I understand why they were prepared to move on from LeBron, okay? Because it's their future is more important than LeBron right now, but LeBron was a massive contributor to that team last year." YouTube
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