It’s time. He doesn’t have the spark he used to have
here-i-am-now
His “expected” retirement age was like 4 seasons ago.
skurred666666
NBA season is a grind, he is still playing at a very high level but I question his interest in carrying a team to the playoffs. I think he’d be more interested if he can play a 1B or #2 type of role at least until the playoffs. The current Lakers team is demanding too much from a 38 year old LeBron
Dimega17
He’s gonna go through the ole Urban Meyer retirement plan
theskyofmj
What’s he got left to play for? Passing Kareem, and maybe playing with Bronny. I’m thinking after he passes Kareem he calls it quits.
MasterTeacher123
They are in the process of wasting another great Lebron season
CesarosPubicHairs
This Lakers run has really been a joke aside from their championship run and the 2021 season (they made the playoffs, through injuries). If they didnt panic trade all their roleplayers that offseason they’d be in a better place but Pelinka’s roster building is hilarious. Where the hell did he find Wenyen Gabriel 😂
LukaDoncicfuturegoat
Lakers so bad, they break Lebron. Thanks to Jeannie and Pelinka
xFlames_
LeTired
Blackmalico32
Would be interesting if he says “I’m done” right at the cusp of breaking Kareem’s record.
EjaySays
It’s understandable, he has been the chasing the ghosts of the greats for a very long time now and personally I think there’s only 1 he has yet to catch. Being on this team isn’t getting him closer and he’s running out of time.
CanyonCoyote
Isn’t the rumor now that Bronny may need all 4 years if he even makes the NBA at all? The Cavs don’t want to mess with their chemistry to bring in old man Bron so what Bron is going to a fourth team to try and steal a 5th chip.
I absolutely think he’s coming back because he’s a narcissist who loves attention and that’s mostly what all this recent grousing is about. He always gets what he wants and I think he assumed he’d win a 5th and maybe 6th chip in LA with AD, break the scoring record, play a year or two with Bronny and then ride off into the sunset as the GoAT. Now he’s staring at another playoff miss or first round exit, an always injured superstar teammate, a Cavs front office that doesn’t want him and his baggage, and a son that might not be NBA ready in time or at all.
LeBron will be fine. LeBron will break the record. LeBron will play next season and we will all feel stupid for taking his yearly midseason whining seriously again.
Active_Page_3886
He’s not even thinking of retiring. This is just a play to get the Lakers brass worried enough to make a win-now, appease Lebron trade, no matter the cost
JonTheCatMan11
Re-signs to team with proven inept front office. Pikachu face when front office remains inept.
DJBabyB0kCh0y
What playing for the Lakers does to a mf.
Just a few weeks ago there was a story saying James wanted to play until he was 45. So retiring earlier than expected could still be a while from now.
SpaceGhost2009
His son also isn’t a lottery pick so I doubt he’ll be able to play with him like he’s said for however many years.
donquixote25
Lebron in his Tom Brady era
or_maybe_this
These Sports Illustrated articles are all really shitty. Clickbait and based solely on other people’s reporting or tweets.
Deadpan_GG
Bronny gonna have to skip his college bball to play with LeDad
volantredx
He’ll break Kareem’s record by one basket, walk off the court, leave the arena and drive home.
Calexander3
Why doesn’t he just retire after one season with Bronny and then comeback to come off the bench at 42 to play with Bryce? I don’t think there’s a single team in the league that wouldn’t want to help LeBron do this. What a huge marketing boost for any team. And LeBron could just been seen more as a coach/developmental guy who can also help play-make off the bench. I’m sure he’d take a vet min deal as well.
anonymousnuisance
Signing that extension with the Lakers is probably eating at him hard right now.
AuEXP
Bro is going back to Cleveland they got a hole in their SF spot
Zachkah
No, he doesn’t. He’s just sending warning shots to the Lakers brass to do something before he bolts.
J-Dirte
That’s not the way I took his statement. He was messaging the Lakers that he wants them to nut up or he was going somewhere else.
He didn’t say he wanted to retire, he said he doesn’t want to play for losers.
asvpmvson
He can be number 3 on my team and relax until the playoffs if he wants
nonufwiendz
what playing with troy brown jr does to a mf
rbrt13
You can’t take Lebron literally. This is another power move to get the Lakers to move future assets to get him in a position to win another title.
Here’s the thing: He’s right.
The Lakers are treating those picks like they’ll be top 5 and if they’re not careful it will end up being a self-fulfilling prophecy. Under Dr. Buss this wouldn’t even be a question because there was always this expectation that they’d land another star.
gustriandos
Playing with a bunch of nobodies on a team going nowhere has to be pretty damn boring for a guy who has been around for 20 years, on top of the fact that losing itself sucks.
Nightmannn
Why would he retire? Lakers can trade him and still get a shit ton of value back. He just wants to play on a better team.
JadedButWicked
Harden, Bronny, Wembanyama, and Lebron on the Rockets next year
teamweed420
This author really added some fan fiction on this one
ParagonSaint
Lebron is gonna play out his contract and sign with the Clippers so he can stay in LA
downgoesbatman
If LeBron does get traded to a stacked team that ends up winning a title. Does that count towards his legacy or against it as he’s not the sole leader for the championship run.
-HeisenBird-
First get 40,000 points, then you have my permission to retire.
BobbyRalston
He’s not retiring until he announces it at the start of camp so he can go on his world tour where the announcers can say during the season “this will be his second to last game ever in Sacramento…” and then they roll out yet another video tribute to him. Then ESPN will say he invented taco eating on Tuesday and gloss over the impact Delonte West had on his life.
FirePuma95
The morning after LeBron retires I’m going to wake up and still not care about an NBA player retiring…..
Pormock
Hes stuck in a shitty team that wont become competitive anytime soon so unless he get traded to a better team hes looking at 2-3 years of mediocrity. Might as well retire at this point.
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It’s time. He doesn’t have the spark he used to have
His “expected” retirement age was like 4 seasons ago.
NBA season is a grind, he is still playing at a very high level but I question his interest in carrying a team to the playoffs. I think he’d be more interested if he can play a 1B or #2 type of role at least until the playoffs. The current Lakers team is demanding too much from a 38 year old LeBron
He’s gonna go through the ole Urban Meyer retirement plan
What’s he got left to play for? Passing Kareem, and maybe playing with Bronny. I’m thinking after he passes Kareem he calls it quits.
They are in the process of wasting another great Lebron season
This Lakers run has really been a joke aside from their championship run and the 2021 season (they made the playoffs, through injuries). If they didnt panic trade all their roleplayers that offseason they’d be in a better place but Pelinka’s roster building is hilarious. Where the hell did he find Wenyen Gabriel 😂
Lakers so bad, they break Lebron. Thanks to Jeannie and Pelinka
LeTired
Would be interesting if he says “I’m done” right at the cusp of breaking Kareem’s record.
It’s understandable, he has been the chasing the ghosts of the greats for a very long time now and personally I think there’s only 1 he has yet to catch. Being on this team isn’t getting him closer and he’s running out of time.
Isn’t the rumor now that Bronny may need all 4 years if he even makes the NBA at all? The Cavs don’t want to mess with their chemistry to bring in old man Bron so what Bron is going to a fourth team to try and steal a 5th chip.
I absolutely think he’s coming back because he’s a narcissist who loves attention and that’s mostly what all this recent grousing is about. He always gets what he wants and I think he assumed he’d win a 5th and maybe 6th chip in LA with AD, break the scoring record, play a year or two with Bronny and then ride off into the sunset as the GoAT. Now he’s staring at another playoff miss or first round exit, an always injured superstar teammate, a Cavs front office that doesn’t want him and his baggage, and a son that might not be NBA ready in time or at all.
LeBron will be fine. LeBron will break the record. LeBron will play next season and we will all feel stupid for taking his yearly midseason whining seriously again.
He’s not even thinking of retiring. This is just a play to get the Lakers brass worried enough to make a win-now, appease Lebron trade, no matter the cost
Re-signs to team with proven inept front office. Pikachu face when front office remains inept.
What playing for the Lakers does to a mf.
Just a few weeks ago there was a story saying James wanted to play until he was 45. So retiring earlier than expected could still be a while from now.
His son also isn’t a lottery pick so I doubt he’ll be able to play with him like he’s said for however many years.
Lebron in his Tom Brady era
These Sports Illustrated articles are all really shitty. Clickbait and based solely on other people’s reporting or tweets.
Bronny gonna have to skip his college bball to play with LeDad
He’ll break Kareem’s record by one basket, walk off the court, leave the arena and drive home.
Why doesn’t he just retire after one season with Bronny and then comeback to come off the bench at 42 to play with Bryce? I don’t think there’s a single team in the league that wouldn’t want to help LeBron do this. What a huge marketing boost for any team. And LeBron could just been seen more as a coach/developmental guy who can also help play-make off the bench. I’m sure he’d take a vet min deal as well.
Signing that extension with the Lakers is probably eating at him hard right now.
Bro is going back to Cleveland they got a hole in their SF spot
No, he doesn’t. He’s just sending warning shots to the Lakers brass to do something before he bolts.
That’s not the way I took his statement. He was messaging the Lakers that he wants them to nut up or he was going somewhere else.
He didn’t say he wanted to retire, he said he doesn’t want to play for losers.
He can be number 3 on my team and relax until the playoffs if he wants
what playing with troy brown jr does to a mf
You can’t take Lebron literally. This is another power move to get the Lakers to move future assets to get him in a position to win another title.
Here’s the thing: He’s right.
The Lakers are treating those picks like they’ll be top 5 and if they’re not careful it will end up being a self-fulfilling prophecy. Under Dr. Buss this wouldn’t even be a question because there was always this expectation that they’d land another star.
Playing with a bunch of nobodies on a team going nowhere has to be pretty damn boring for a guy who has been around for 20 years, on top of the fact that losing itself sucks.
Why would he retire? Lakers can trade him and still get a shit ton of value back. He just wants to play on a better team.
Harden, Bronny, Wembanyama, and Lebron on the Rockets next year
This author really added some fan fiction on this one
Lebron is gonna play out his contract and sign with the Clippers so he can stay in LA
If LeBron does get traded to a stacked team that ends up winning a title. Does that count towards his legacy or against it as he’s not the sole leader for the championship run.
First get 40,000 points, then you have my permission to retire.
He’s not retiring until he announces it at the start of camp so he can go on his world tour where the announcers can say during the season “this will be his second to last game ever in Sacramento…” and then they roll out yet another video tribute to him. Then ESPN will say he invented taco eating on Tuesday and gloss over the impact Delonte West had on his life.
The morning after LeBron retires I’m going to wake up and still not care about an NBA player retiring…..
Hes stuck in a shitty team that wont become competitive anytime soon so unless he get traded to a better team hes looking at 2-3 years of mediocrity. Might as well retire at this point.
That’s not a retiring hint
That’s a trade me hint