Rich Paul: “The way we’ve approached it, I just told LeBron, ‘Enjoy your summer.’ He’s been an unbelievable asset and example for the league since he’s arrived, an unbelievable ambassador is the word I was looking for since he arrived, and sometimes you just have to let the noise be the noise and we’re not focused on that. I don’t have any news. I don’t have anything to give. And in that conversation with Dave, that was just conversation, it wasn’t anything in terms of strategy or anything like that. It was just conversation. I mean, look, the guy’s 40 years old and playing like he’s 24.”
Source: Twitter @SiriusXMNBA
Source: Twitter @SiriusXMNBA
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Allen Sliwa @AllenSliwa
Continued Noise Around Lebron | Lakers Future Plans | Guest: Brad Turner, LA Times x.com/i/broadcasts/1… – 11:00 AM
Continued Noise Around Lebron | Lakers Future Plans | Guest: Brad Turner, LA Times x.com/i/broadcasts/1… – 11:00 AM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Rich Paul said LeBron shouldn’t be spending his 22nd summer in the NBA responding to critics 🗣️
(via @SiriusXMNBA) pic.x.com/PBMulBIFx3 – 11:00 AM
Rich Paul said LeBron shouldn’t be spending his 22nd summer in the NBA responding to critics 🗣️
(via @SiriusXMNBA) pic.x.com/PBMulBIFx3 – 11:00 AM
Bill Reiter @sportsreiter
The radio show is live from 10-noon ET on the @InfSportsNet: LeBron’s brutal new reality, Bears extend Poles, HR derby, Turner the Buck, @hakemdermish, Buy or Sell, Flagg shut down, @nscar10, more.
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The radio show is live from 10-noon ET on the @InfSportsNet: LeBron’s brutal new reality, Bears extend Poles, HR derby, Turner the Buck, @hakemdermish, Buy or Sell, Flagg shut down, @nscar10, more.
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Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
The Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Los Angeles Clippers have been reported as possible trade destinations for 40-year-old LeBron James
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 3:27 PM
The Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Los Angeles Clippers have been reported as possible trade destinations for 40-year-old LeBron James
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 3:27 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Four NBA teams show interest in trading for LeBron James sportando.basketball/en/four-nba-te… – 3:15 PM
Four NBA teams show interest in trading for LeBron James sportando.basketball/en/four-nba-te… – 3:15 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
While buzz about LeBron’s relationship with Lakers, trade rumors make headlines, action remains distant
nbcsports.com/nba/news/while… – 1:45 PM
While buzz about LeBron’s relationship with Lakers, trade rumors make headlines, action remains distant
nbcsports.com/nba/news/while… – 1:45 PM
Ben Golliver @BenGolliver
LeBron James takes off from Lakers summer league game pic.x.com/cu2ZnHzB4M – 10:48 PM
LeBron James takes off from Lakers summer league game pic.x.com/cu2ZnHzB4M – 10:48 PM
Casey Holdahl @CHold
LeBron James here at Thomas & Mack waiting to get a look at Yang Hansen, a fellow Klutch athlete pic.x.com/owkK8rnzPA – 10:29 PM
LeBron James here at Thomas & Mack waiting to get a look at Yang Hansen, a fellow Klutch athlete pic.x.com/owkK8rnzPA – 10:29 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
With LeBron James at the Lakers game tonight, I asked him if he would like to speak to me about his future with the franchise. “I ain’t got nothing to talk about,” he said. My report for ESPN from Las Vegas. pic.x.com/sFRgCYHmqw – 10:04 PM
With LeBron James at the Lakers game tonight, I asked him if he would like to speak to me about his future with the franchise. “I ain’t got nothing to talk about,” he said. My report for ESPN from Las Vegas. pic.x.com/sFRgCYHmqw – 10:04 PM
Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz
Here’s another one for you, as we sit here wasting an afternoon watching “Dawg Nation” waiting for a Buford, Ga. safety commit to Georgia, Auburn or UM: What, besides Wiggins, would you offer for 1 year of LeBron? (What if he agrees to commit for 2?) Ware? A first? Jovic? – 4:54 PM
Here’s another one for you, as we sit here wasting an afternoon watching “Dawg Nation” waiting for a Buford, Ga. safety commit to Georgia, Auburn or UM: What, besides Wiggins, would you offer for 1 year of LeBron? (What if he agrees to commit for 2?) Ware? A first? Jovic? – 4:54 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
Will LeBron be a Laker at the start of next season?
@badboyhorn44 discusses with @geraldblss #LakeShow pic.x.com/uGE3EsKtKu – 2:30 PM
Will LeBron be a Laker at the start of next season?
@badboyhorn44 discusses with @geraldblss #LakeShow pic.x.com/uGE3EsKtKu – 2:30 PM
More on this storyline
Rich Paul: “I know how hard it is to get to the NBA. I know how hard it is to stay in the NBA. I know how hard it is to have consistency while being in the NBA. And, you know, it’s easy for us to critique sitting behind these microphones. But the respect level for all the guys playing, and I know the respect level, obviously, for someone at LeBron’s level and his tenure and all the things he’s accomplished, again, you can’t buy into those things. But people gotta do their job. And so we understand that and he understands that. But I think how you do things is what my focus is, and it’s been class personified pretty much for the most part in any organization, and you have to remain that way.” -via Twitter @SiriusXMNBA / July 14, 2025
LeBron James: YESSIR!!! Congratulations to my brother B.Weems!! Super proud of u man 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾 -via Twitter @KingJames / July 14, 2025
Much of the tension appears to stem from the Lakers’ desire to keep their salary-cap sheet as clear as possible starting next summer, allowing them to find Luka Dončić’s future partner either in free agency or via trade, when they’ll have access to use first-round picks in 2026, 2031 and 2033 for a single trade. -via New York Times / July 14, 2025