Newly minted billionaire and basketball star 르브론 제임스 has long expressed an interest in becoming an NBA owner and he reveals his plans in the latest episode of the talk show “가게.”
“나는 팀을 소유하고 싶다. 네, I wanna buy a team, 확실히. I want a team in Vegas,” 제임스 said in a promotional video for the show ahead of its airing on Friday.
현재, there isn’t an NBA franchise in Las Vegas, but there have been multiple reports of the league expanding in the future.
지난주, ahead of the start of the NBA Finals, commissioner Adam Silver 말했다, “어느 시점에서, this league invariably will expand, but it’s not at this moment that we are discussing it.”
“라스베가스, where we will be at our Summer League in July, has shown itself to be a great sports market as well,” Silver later added. 현재, the city is the home of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights and, perhaps most significantly for the future of the NBA in the city, the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces.
James is the only player in NBA history to accumulate at least 10,000 포인트들, 10,000 리바운드 및 10,000 어시스트.
During his illustrious 19-year career, James has won four NBA championships and been named the league MVP four times. He will return to the court next year, looking to bounce back from a disappointing season for the Los Angeles Lakers where the team missed the playoffs with a 33-49 기록.
Alongside his playing career, the 37-year-old has gathered experience in team ownership as a part-owner of Liverpool FC since 2011 and the Boston Red Sox since 2021.
“I’ve got so much to give to the game. I know what it takes to win at this level. I know talent,” James told reporters in March 2021. “I also know how to run a business as well. 그래서, that is my goal. My goal is to own an NBA franchise, and it will be sooner than later.”
