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LeBron James’ contract could become the worst in the league

LeBron James is currently playing out the first season of the 4-year max contract he signed this past summer. Things haven’t exactly gone the way everyone in LA had hoped for.

Let’s examine “King James” stats for the season and some gloomy facts about LeBron to see if he will live up to the max money he’s going to make over the next three years.

LeBron’s stats for the 2018-2019 season (courtesy of www.basketball-refrence.com):

  • Value Over Replacement Player: 3.3, the second worst of his career slightly behind his rookie year
  • Box Plus/Minus: 7.