The NBA has released next season’s schedule—the complete schedule, from Christmas games to Martin Luther King Jr. Day games to Rivalry Week to pretty much anything else. With that, fans have discovered how many national games their teams play.

Los Angeles Lakers fans will have 39 nationally televised appearances, the most of any team, with two of those games in the opening week.

Remaining in California, the Golden State Warriors are right behind them with 36 appearances on national TV. That is the second-most for the upcoming season.

Still on the West Coast, for top five teams, fans will see the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks get 30 appearances each.

Now, transitioning to the East Coast, the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks get 34 appearances each.

So the top five are the Lakers, Warriors, Celtics, Knicks, Suns, and then Mavericks.

For those that don’t know, a national game is a game where it is broadcast on ESPN, TNT, NBA TV, and ABC.

According to multiple reports, the Los Angeles Lakers have inked a deal with LeBron James to continue their partnership. This deal was always expected to happen, especially after his son, Bronny James, got drafted.

For the Lakers to stay under the second apron, LeBron had to take a slight pay cut. He took a two-year, $101.35 million deal that puts it as a $2.7 million pay cut. He could have signed a $104 million max.

The deal includes a no-trade clause and a player option for the second year. LeBron will have played 23 seasons in the NBA when this contract expires.

LeBron James Contacted Klay Thompson At Beginning Of Free Agency

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski has dropped a Woj Bomb that many people are paying close attention to, as Klay Thompson could be a member of the Los Angeles Lakers very soon.

According to Woj, LeBron James reached out to Thompson to have a conversation with him as soon as free agency opened. This was his official recruitment pitch to get the talented wing player on his team.

“LeBron James, I’m told, called Klay Thompson right when free agency opened at 6:00 PM Eastern,” said Adrian Wojnarowski on Sports Center.

Rich Paul, LeBron’s agent, already went on the record to say LeBron would forfeit $20 million of his total contract to allow Los Angeles to have their full MLE (Midlevel Exception). This checks out, given that he says he will only do it if it brings in someone like Thompson, James Harden, or someone who is of that quality player.

While the pitch was great, and everything seemed to go well, talks will continue beyond Sunday night. It looks like it’ll go into Monday morning and beyond.

“These conversations, this negotiation will go into tomorrow. There probably will not be a resolution tonight,” said Adrian Wojnarowski.

It should be noted that the Dallas Mavericks are very interested in the 34-year-old, which means they’ll do anything in their power to secure him on a lucrative contract to his liking.