When LeBron James picked up his player option, Los Angeles Lakers fans went nuts, but in reality, a recent quote from a front office executive just revealed that the team is more than happy to simply have the superstar back in town.
“Whenever you sign a player to a deal with an option, you [are] willing [to] give them the control to initially guide the situation,” a Los Angeles front office executive told Keith Smith of Spotrac. “But this notion that a player option gives the player all of the power, is pretty silly.