Will LeBron James Ditch Lakers For West Rival As Free Agent This Summer?

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Will LeBron James Ditch Lakers For West Rival As Free Agent This Summer?
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The 20-time All-Star has a $51.4 million player option for 2024-25.

The Los Angeles Lakers ' future is suddenly in doubt, as the team stares at an 0-3 deficit to the reigning champion Denver Nuggets in the first round of their ongoing playoff series.20-time All-Star forward LeBron James has a $51.4 million player option for the 2024-25 season, while starting point guard D'Angelo Russell possesses an $18.7 million deal.

Despite solid two-way play in the series so far, James just doesn't quite have the ability to play at his peak transcendent level against a younger, deeper, faster Nuggets team that seems to lean on slick, multifaceted offense and relentless intensity.The Bill Simmons Podcast"There's nobody... that they're going to have enough assets to actually get -- let's say Devin Booker asks out of Phoenix," Simmons floated.

"This is the first time I could see the finish line for him," Simmons continued."Dallas I guess would be the team ... It's just weird, I don't see him doing it." A return to the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Philadelphia 76ers were ultimately floated as two of the most tenable hypothetical fits for the four-time league MVP.

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