The 20-time All-Star could become an unrestricted free agent this summer.
All-Star Los Angeles Lakers combo forward LeBron James has a $51.4 million player option for the 2024-25 season, which would be the 39-year-old's record-tying 22nd in the league.
During a recent episode of "Get Up," ESPN's Brian Windhorst laid out how he thinks James will handling his impending opportunity to reach unrestricted free agency for the first time since becoming a Laker six seasons ago. "No. 1 — Because I think he wants to see what the Lakers do around the draft," Windhorst revealed. "They have potentially three first round picks that they can trade, a couple of contracts that they can package with them, to upgrade the team. You'll remember that they did not make any significant upgrades to this team at the deadline. LeBron did not forget that, and I do think he likes to have that pressure over them.
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