LeBron: 'I have no answer to questions about his future after exiting NBA playoffs

Lebron James was not ready to make any decisions about his future in painful moments immediately after 22. years NBA The season ended with Los Angeles Lakers‘Playback output.

“I have no answer to that,” James said on Wednesday night when he asked how long he would still play. “I’ll sit down with my wife and my support group and just talk to and see what happens to you. I don’t know the answer to that right now, to be honest right now, to be honest.”

The 40-year-old James did not give a public indication of thinking about retirement this summer, but Lakers fans will keep the breath until the best shooter in the history of the NBA does not make its plans.

James did not provide any hints after shooting 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists in Heads 103-96 Loss in Minnesota.

“It’s up to me to continue to play or how long I’ll continue to play,” James said. “In the end, it’s up to me, so it has nothing to do with anyone else.”

Most observers think that the four time champion will plan to return to the 23rd season, which would break the NBA long-term records to be shared with Vince Carter currently. He is also only 49 feature games for regular seasons behind Robert Parish, holding the NBA record with 1,611 played games. James already has a league for playoffs for playoffs with 292.

But his seventh season with Lakers is over after Timbervolves‘4-1 Serial victory. Los Angeles did not quickly build the winning dynamics fast enough until the arrival of the mean Luka Doncic In the Seismic Trade in Anthony Davis.

James’ Lakers advanced in postseason only once in five years from their Florida Bubble – but if James returned, returned to a fully reconfigured team built around his new partnership with Doncić.

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James and Doncic played only 21 games together after work and it was not enough to maximize their potential teamwork. Another whole year could collect their partnership at the guard levels, and James still seems intrigued with a perspective to play all year or more next to the Slovenian superstar he described as his favorite active player.

“Whenever you make a great acquisition in the middle of the season, it will always be challenging, not just for me, but for (Austin reacts) and the rest of the group,” James said. “There were cases where we didn’t look so good, but I didn’t think later in the season, I still don’t think we had enough time, but during the time we had, I thought we ended in the west.”

Doncic is not the only teammate that could be forced by James to return: His 20-year-old son, bronny, is reduced by a surprisingly solid Rookie season with leisurers where they became the first father and son who played together in NBA history together.

Bronny James He hopes to cut a bigger role next to his father this year after she became a sporadic game time this year. LeBron said that the chance was to work next to the bronny this season was “no. 1” realization of his career.

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There are no obvious contractual or financial issues in James’ mode: Has the opportunity to play for the next season, which will pay him more than $ 56.2 million. It is serious money to go to the table, even for business mogul with a net worth as valued at more than $ 1 billion.

The eighth consecutive season with Lakers would be the longest part of a partner with one team, surpasses its first seven seasons of Cleveland – Although another four years later returned with a championship Cavaliers.

James’ game levels remained high in her 22nd season, confusing all previous concepts of basketball longevity. He was lasting 24.4 points per game – his lowest from his Rookie season, but only barely with 8.2 assists and 7.8 rebounds.

James remained the heart of Lakers as they won 52 games and the title of the Pacific Department despite the searched with the list of mean. Any significant contribution in the list this season is in the contract for 2025-26, except for Dorian Finnei-Smithhaving an option of $ 15.3 million and inconsistent center Jakson Haies.

At the moment of thinking near her 40. Birthday last December, James speculated that he could continue playing at this level for five to seven years. However, it does not intend to keep it for so long.

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