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Adrian Wojnarowski says LeBron James called Klay Thompson to recruit him to Los Angeles Lakers at start of NBA free agency 2024

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00:00LeBron James is doing some recruiting for the Lakers in free agency hopping on the phone with Klay Thompson

00:06And it is reported that he's going to take a pay cut in order for the Lakers to get some extra

00:12Additions to the team if they can't do that, then he will sign a bigger contract

00:17But here's Woj reporting that LeBron called Klay at the start of free agency

00:21The one that is hard to picture in another uniform would be Klay Thompson and the Warriors. What's going on there?

00:27He's clearly headed for another uniform his career in Golden State is is essentially over

00:34He his agent Greg Lawrence tonight of Wasserman are talking with a number of teams including

00:41The Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks, you know, they've had

00:45Conversations tonight. I'm told LeBron James called Klay Thompson right when free agency opened at 6 p.m

00:51Eastern reached out and talked to Klay Thompson

00:54My the expectation that I have right now is these conversations this negotiation will go into tomorrow

01:01There probably will not be a resolution tonight

01:04But certainly Dallas the Lakers the Clippers have are working to be involved in this

01:10those are the prominent teams for Klay Thompson whose

01:13Career is going to be somewhere other than Golden State once this free agency periods over