The Los Angeles Lakers should not be looking to buy out LeBron James. They should not even be thinking about it. The reason why is pretty straightforward: it would completely derail their season and sabotage their future at the same time.
$50M buyout leaves the Lakers stuck with no flexibility
A buyout would leave over $50 million in dead money on their books, with no cap space to replace him and no meaningful return. That would be a huge step back. It would slam the brakes on the entire future operation.
Jovan Buha said on Buha's Block, “If you buy out LeBron, you now have $50 million sitting on your cap and no one or no means to replace that… It doesn’t really make sense.