The Lakers need one or two more pieces in order to win the NBA championship, and it would greatly help if LeBron James took a pay cut this summer.

LeBron James will likely decline his player option in the offseason, allowing the Lakers to re-sign him at a lower number to help bolster the roster.

The Los Angeles Lakers dropped a heartbreaking loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night despite leading for the majority of the game. Los Angeles allowed the Bulls to score 44 points in the fourth quarter to earn the comeback win.

Speaking on the Pat McAfee Show, James boldly proclaimed that Giannis Antetokounmpo would score 250 points in one game if he played in the 1970s. A touch of exaggeration, one might say, but James's point about how dominant players would be dominant no matter what year they played in got across.

LeBron James said on "The Pat McAfee Show" that had Giannis Antetokounmpo played in the 1970s, he would've averaged a boatload of points.

LeBron James recently paid Giannis Antetokounmpo a huge compliment, saying he would have dominated past eras of basketball, specifically the 1970s. While he was flattered, Antetokounmpo wasn't sure that was a fair comparison.