But we have a better idea of what he’ll do in retirement after his most recent comments on his “Mind the Game” podcast with Steve Nash.
My daughter is heavily into volleyball,” James said. “So I’ll be in a lot of gyms this summer as she’s with her travel league team out in California… to spend a lot of time with her and take some vacation time with the family, get back some of the time that you lose in the eight-, nine-month season and see what this next journey looks like.
There it is, James basically saying in those final words that this offseason can serve as a test run for his retirement.
That would suggest he has at least another year to go in the NBA.
It’s no guarantee he sticks with the Lakers, though, given the player option in his contract.
Does he want to keep playing with Bronny? Does he want a change of scenery for one last shot at a title?
This is what he said after the season-ending loss in the first round of the playoffs:
“I don’t know. I don’t have an answer to that. Something I’ll sit down with my family, my wife and my support group and kind of just talk through it and see what happens. And just have a conversation with myself on how long I want to continue to play.”
There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding LeBron, and it’ll loom over the entire offseason as usual.
But while the rumors fly, James will just be chilling courtside at a volleyball match somewhere.
For him, it must be nice to get to just be a dad sometimes
