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It’s time for The LeBron James Decision, part (who’s really keeping count anyway).
James, 41, will be an unrestricted free agent in a few weeks when the NBA’s free agency period begins June 30.
The league’s all-time leader in seasons played will be able to verbally agree to sign with a team and negotiate deals, but will not be able to put pen to paper and officially sign a new contract until July 6.
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James hasn’t publicly indicated he knows what he wants to do. He said during an episode of his “Mind The Game” podcast with Steve Nash that his decision could come late this summer.
“I’m still in the moment of like, just taking my time,” James said. “I haven’t even really thought about it too much. Obviously, I understand that I’m a free agent and I can control my own destiny, (if it’s) being here with this (Lakers) franchise for the foreseeable future, or if it’s going somewhere else. … I think at some point you know, up until late June, as July rolls around, free agency starts to get going and July’s rolling and maybe into August we start to kind of like, get a feel of what my future may look like.”
There has been wide speculation that potential landing spots for James include the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. However, The Stein Line, by NBA insiders Marc Stein and Jake Fischer, reported in a Tuesday article that many believe James will remain with the Lakers, though the Warriors are a dark horse.
“Staying with the Lakers is widely believed to be (James’) preferred choice because he is so entrenched in Los Angeles now after eight seasons with the purple and gold,” Stein and Fischer wrote. “Yet league sources maintain that Golden State remains legitimately interested in adding LeBron to their Stephen Curry/Jimmy Butler/Draymond Green core coached by Steve Kerr … with the pitch presumed to include the idea that LeBron could commute from Los Angeles to some TBD degree without having to move his family.”
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