LeBron James is considering retirement
The Los Angeles Lakers star Le Bron is unsure whether hee will be with the team when the next Nba season begins in the fall and is even considering retirement, Bleacher Report and Tnt reported citing league sources.
The news comes hours after the Lakers were swept by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals. James has 40 points for the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, but it wasn't enough for the Lakers to avoid a 111-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets and a 0-4 loss in the series.
James is expected to take time to reflect and decide whether to start season 21 of his career. He has a contract for 2 more years with the Lakers, and after the end of the 2023-24 season he can terminate it at his own will. The total value of the contract is just over 97 million dollars.
We'll see what happens in the future. I don't know, I don't know. There's a lot of things to think about. For me personally, I have to answer the question of whether I want to continue playing basketball, James told to reporters. Everything depends on being healthy and having a clear mind, but to be constantly on the field, in the dressing room or on the road is a big challenge. The last season was very difficult for me and for the whole team. Only we in the team know what happened to us after starting the season (2 wins and 10 losses), but it's been a fun ride.
However, I wouldn't call the season a success because at this stage of my career I'm only playing to win the title. Nobody admits that I played in the conference final. I've played in enough Finals, but it isn't t fun when I'm not in them, added James, who has played in an Nba playoff record 282 games.
In 20 years, if that's all for Le Bron, the 4 time champion and four-time Finals MVP will walk off the big stage as the No 1 scorer in history after passing Kareem Abdul Jabbar this season. The King is first in all-time and playoff scoring with 2,036 points between him and second-leading Michael Jordan.
In addition, Le Bron has 2 Olympic gold medals. In the current season, the 38-year-old basketball player was again among the best in the league, averaging 28.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists.
In order to be able to play with his son, LeBron James will have to wait at least until the beginning of the 2024/25 season, when Brony will have fulfilled one of the main criteria in the League - to have at least one season in the college championship behind him. Next school year, James son will be a student at the University of Southern California (USC).
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