LeBron indicates it could take a while for him to decide on his future
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Los Angeles Lakers fans — whether they're hoping LeBron James remains with the team or leaves this summer — are likely hoping for a relatively quick resolution once free agency begins so that the franchise can also get down to the business of trying to keep its other free agents and securing at least one upgrade.
James is about to become a free agent, and while he's still a superstar-level player, he is 41 years of age. His agent, Rich Paul, said last summer that they both want to evaluate what's best for the future Hall of Famer in terms of being able to win another NBA championship.
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James said on the latest episode of his "Mind the Game" podcast that he hasn't truly begun the process of determining what he will do next as far as his basketball career is concerned. He even implied that he might not make a decision until sometime in the middle of the summer.
“I’m still in the moment of just taking my time,” he said. “I haven’t really even thought about it too much. Obviously I understand that I’m a free agent and I can control my own destiny about being here with this franchise for the foreseeable future or if it’s going somewhere else. But I haven’t really even gotten to that point. I haven’t even taken my family vacation yet, which is gonna happen after Memorial Day. That’s kind of the thing at the forefront of my mind.
“But I think at some point in June, late June, as July rolls around and free agency starts to get going, and July rolls maybe into August and we start to kind of like get a feel of what my future may look like. If it’s continuing to play the game that I love, which I know I can still give so much to the game and play at a high level, or if it’s not.
“But I have not gotten to that point yet and when I get there, it will be fun to kind of see what the future can hold.”
The official start of NBA free agency will be at 6 p.m. New York time on June 30. At that moment, teams can start negotiating with free agents from other teams, and contracts can be officially signed beginning at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 6.
While the Lakers showed plenty of potential late in the season once they started to build chemistry with Luka Doncic and their other new players, big changes could be in store for them this summer, even if James remains with them. They could have roughly $50 million of salary cap space, which will present them with a unique opportunity to shape a championship-caliber roster around the 27-year-old Doncic.
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