Hivemind
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No he doesn't. He signs multi-year contracts that have player options. He then opts out with the player option to sign even bigger contracts.Ever hear of insurance? Lebron only signs 1 year contracts so he can get max every year.
The NBA salary strucutre is dramatically different from the NHL's. There are incentives for superstars to continuously re-negotiate their deals, as players can always sign for 105% of their previous contract even if their previous contract was a max deal.