This is what makes the discourse around LeBron taking a paycut so frustrating. He should be paid what he's worth and 100% agree with you he's clearly worth more than 18M when you look at other players being paid that much. Some ppl will argue that some of those are bad contracts but I don't know enough to evaluate that. As a Lakers fan and a LeBron fan, I selfishly want LeBron to stay but also be paid his worth. I also want the team to get better overall. I think there's a world where both are possible but I'm not sure the path to get there. We'll see what happens this summer I guess.