LeBron James hasn’t signaled he intends to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers subsequent season, however his choice is believed to be to remain put and have the entrance workplace maximize their possibilities of upgrading the roster.
“On LeBron, look, I am unable to sit right here and actually let you know I do know what LeBron desires out of life,” mentioned Zach Lowe on his podcast after the commerce deadline. “Every thing I’ve heard for years, together with in the present day, is that if he has his druthers, he wish to end his profession with the Lakers. There are pipe dream eventualities on the market the place, like, properly, Philly has all this cover area, might he decide in and ask for a commerce to Philly? I have never heard that these issues are actual. I feel he desires to complete his profession a Laker. I feel he in all probability will decide in. Is he actually opting out of $51 million?”
Lowe provides that the state of affairs would probably really feel totally different had James and the Lakers not received the championship in 2020.
“If you happen to speak to folks round him, that title actually adjustments the notion of how possibly feels about what this Lakers’ run is and might be going ahead,” mentioned Lowe.
