LeBron indicates it could take a while for him to decide on his future
LeBron James implied that he may not make an official decision on his basketball future until several weeks into this summer.
Los Angeles Lakers fans — whether they're hoping LeBron James remains with the team or leaves this summer — are likely hoping for a relatively quick resolution once free agency begins so that the franchise can also get down to the business of trying to keep its other free agents and securing at least one upgrade. James is about to become a free agent, and while he's still a superstar-level player, he is 41 years of age. His agent, Rich Paul, said last summer that they both want to evaluate what's best for the future Hall of Famer in terms of being able to win another NBA championship.
James said on the latest episode of his "Mind the Game" podcast that he hasn't truly begun the process of determining what he will do next as far as his basketball career is concerned. He even implied that he might not make a decision until sometime in the middle of the summer. “I’m still in the moment of just taking my time,” he said.
“I haven’t really even thought about it too much. Obviously I understand that I’m a free agent and I can control my own destiny about being here with this franchise for the foreseeable future or if it’s going somewhere else. But I haven’t really even gotten to that point.
I haven’t even taken my family vacation yet, which is gonna happen after Memorial Day. That’s kind of the thing at the forefront of my mind. “But I think at some point in June, late June, as July rolls around and free agency starts to get going, and July rolls maybe into August and we start to kind of like get a feel of what my future may look like.