Revealed! James' new destination - 2! Lakers hit by severe injury wave

41-year-old James: I'll take on ten.

Luka Doncic suffers Grade 2 left hamstring strain, out for regular season indefinitely; Austin Reaves suffers Grade 2 left oblique strain, out for regular season, expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

The two average 57 points per game combined this season, accounting for 48.9% of the Lakers' total average points, nearly half.

Reaves' salary this season is approximately $13.94 million, averaging 23.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.1 steals per game in the regular season. This summer he has a player option which he can decline to enter free market early, then qualifying for a 5-year $241 million max contract extension with the Lakers.

So far this season, the Lakers rank third in the West with 50 wins and 27 losses, but only lead the fourth-place Nuggets by 0.5 games and the fifth-place Rockets by 2 games.

The Purple and Gold have 5 regular season games left, against the Mavericks, Thunder, Warriors, Suns, and Jazz.

To be honest, the Lakers might at least lose their third place in the West.

Data shows, this season when James is on court while Doncic & Reaves are off, the Lakers have played 815 possessions, part of total 7306 possessions, with a net rating of +7.4 per 100 possessions.

This veteran superstar averages 20.6 points, 6 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 1.1 steals per game this season, with a 51.1% shooting percentage.

It's worth noting, James is in a genuine contract year this season with a $52.63 million salary. Outside widely believes he'll leave the Lakers this summer offseason, but whether he joins another team or retires remains unknown.

Recently, James' agent Rich Paul on a podcast program,stated James doesn't want to return to Cleveland, even though he's from Akron, but feels it's too small and doesn't want to stay in hometown.Not long ago, James also clearly expressed dislike playing against Memphis Grizzlies in Memphis.

Thus, James' new destination - 2.

Previously reports said Harden plans to recruit James back to Cavaliers this summer, now that wish seems dashed early.

Could it be, next season we might actually see James + Curry team up on Golden State Warriors?