Yang Yi: The Lakers plan to catch a big fish in 2027 has nothing to do with James. In the past, it was the team that asked James to renew his contract.

Today Yang Yi talked about James in his latest podcast. He talked about James' future with the Lakers.

Yang Yi: Pelinka also said that the Lakers’ current goal is to catch big fish in the 2027 free agent market. Who are we going to catch? Generally speaking, everyone thinks that the goal is Alphabet. The big fish whose 27-year contract expires, in addition to Alphabet, is Teacher Yao, but Teacher Yao may not want to leave Denver, and to be honest, if you put two fat guys from the former Yugoslavia together, and he turns around and hugs Dongzi to drink Coke together, the chemical reaction may not be good. It's possible that they want to get the letters, and he will type them with Dongzi in the future. If you listen to this, the future of the Lakers is completely centered around Doncic's 27-year future plan. This has nothing to do with you James, you are not included in this plan, you are not here.

This is the first thing, and the second thing is more direct. James' contract expires in 26 years (next year), but there is a player option this year, right? It is said that the team will negotiate a contract extension with James in advance at this time. This is how the team has come every time in history, right? He went over to talk to the Cavaliers about 1+1. After a year of +1, the Cavaliers have to find someone quickly. Please tell me and let's implement it quickly. Otherwise, we can sign a longer one in advance, such as +5? Sign another long +3, +5, what do you think? Just find him quickly. Every time, the contract is already prepared. Fill in the highest number and you sign directly, right? Brother, come here, how do you think we sign? Please, please continue with us, it’s always like this. But this time, the Lakers didn't even talk to James about renewing his contract this summer. The Lakers haven't come up with any of their consecutive contracts, and they haven't even approached you.