- LeBron James calls for 'publications' about his future in the NBA after Lakers' playoff loss
- The NBA superstar said he would make his decision after “talking with my family” and “expressing” it in a social media post.
- LeBron said at the moment, “All I'm thinking about is spending time with my family and friends.”
LeBron James is denying reports about his future with the Los Angeles Lakers after the team was eliminated from the NBA playoffs.
After the Lakers were eliminated in the first round by the defending champion Denver Nuggets on Monday, April 29, there was speculation that LeBron, 39, might decline his player option with Los Angeles to become a free agent this summer. .
After a 108-106 loss to Denver, LeBron was asked if he had just played his last game with the Lakers, and in his postgame press conference he simply said, “I'm not going to answer that.”
This response was about Lakers fans wanting LeBron to remain with the team. “I could hear his answer loud and clear,” one user on X (formerly Twitter) said in a reply below the video of LeBron's answer. Another account replied, “Let me translate. I quote 'I'm gone' because he says it.”
That belief continued when NBA insider Brian Windhorst, known for his decades-long close ties to James and his camp, spoke. ESPN“I think LeBron is going to opt out of his contract and become a free agent for the first time since 2018.”
However, on April 30, the NBA's all-time leading scorer addressed rumors that he was not happy with the Lakers.
“I've seen and heard a lot of reports about my future. I said it last night and I'll say it again. I don't know yet because all I'm thinking about is spending,” LeBron wrote in a post for X. said. Time to spend with family and friends! ”
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LeBron continued, “After talking to my family, my advice and my expression on it, once I know it, you guys will know it too.” “Until then,” he wrote, ending his message with an emoji to suggest he was staying silent on the issue.
According to NBC, LeBron has until June 29th to decide whether to pick up his player option with the Lakers or become a free agent.
“Honestly, I just want to go home to my family,” LeBron told the media after the Lakers' disappointing loss.
“One of my sons is deciding whether to enter the draft or go back to school,” he continued, adding that his son Bronny James, 19, is currently a freshman at the University of Southern California. mentioned. He plays AAU ball,” LeBron added of his son Bryce James, 16.
“My daughter is playing volleyball, my wife is doing a lot of great things, so right now it's about family,” LeBron concluded of 9-year-old Zuri Nova James and his wife, Savannah James. I attached it.
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Shortly before her death, Savannah, 37, opened up to People about her new podcast. Everyone is crazy, And after years of “playing in the background” of her husband's career, she is now showing the world a “more personal side” of her.
“I started a family at a fairly young age and was at a time where I was just trying to figure out who I was and who I was,” Savannah said. She takes care of children and supports her husband. ”
“I feel like now my kids are grown and basically out of the house,” she continued. “My daughter is with me now, watching over me, and she's already telling me, 'Mom, I want to be like you too.'”
Savannah and co-host April McDaniel released the first episode of their podcast on May 1, and LeBron excitedly celebrated his wife's new project on social media. He posted three Instagram Stories while watching the debut episode, congratulating his wife and co-host with lots of laughing face emojis in the posts.
Beyond his future in the NBA, LeBron has his sights set on the Summer Olympics in Paris as a member of Team USA Basketball alongside NBA greats like Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant.
