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LeBron James left his hometown, Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time after the 2017-18 season. It has spent the last seven seasons of the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning a championship with the franchise in 2020.
James entered this low season with a $ 52.6 million player option, which finally decided to exercise for the 2025-26 season. Despite the decision, James could be open to at least explore options with other teams before the new season goes out in autumn.
James has already played 21 seasons of the NBA and will celebrate his 41st birthday for a few months in the next season. While it is not clear exactly how much more will continue playing in the League, it is certainly much closer to the end of its historical career than at the beginning or even at the midpoint.
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LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers observes during the game against the New Orleans pelicans on April 1, 2022 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. (Adam Pantzzi/NBAE through Getty Images)
The privileged information of the Lakers, Jovan Buha, recently offered his perspective on where the relationship of four times NBA champion with purple and gold is found.
“I mean, I want to be careful what I say about Bron’s relationship with the main office or the organization, but I don’t think it’s in the best place at this time, to be completely honest,” Buha said during an appearance in his “Buha’s Block” podcast.
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The founder and CEO of Klutch Sports, Rich Paul, who also represents James, told ESPN that James “will closely monitor the movements of the Lakers and if the team is positioning this season low to present a list that contains the title.”
Los Angeles Lakers striker, LeBron James, appears during the first half of a NBA basketball match against Utah jazz, on February 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, Archive)
Buha also highlighted the lack of an “official statement” of the Lakers in the hours and later days after he exercised his player option.
“As you know, there has not been an official statement about LeBron opting. Typically it is, especially for a player of that magnitude,” said Buha. “And then he has had his things on social networks or whatever he published, and obviously there was the statement he opted.
LeBron James #6 of Los Angeles Lakers is located on the court before the start of a NBA game against New Orleans pelicans at Smoothie King Center on March 27, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Brian Windhorst de ESPN, who has spent the last two decades after James’s career, recently hinted at the possibility that James was involved in an exchange that placed him with a different team.
“I would have said, four days ago, when LeBron opted for his contract, he would have said that there was no possibility of exchanging him. At that time, he simply did not believe it,” Windhorst said last week in ESPN Cleveland, according to Real GM.
“After having conversations in the last three or four days, I no longer say that there is no possibility. I do not say it is probable, but I cannot say responsibly that there is no possibility.”
The Lakers acquired Luka Doncic through a shocking exchange of box office in February. But the team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in April.
