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NBA reporter Marc Stein predicted that LeBron James will not retire with the Lakers in a recent edition of his newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lakers guard\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0is still a great basketball player at 40 years old. The\u00a0legendary NBA superstar is nearing retirement, but nobody knows for sure when he will call it a career. One NBA insider believes that James has more than one season left in his tank.NBA reporter Marc Stein\u00a0made a bold prediction\u00a0about legendary Laker player LeBron James in his latest newsletter. Stein predicted that James will not retire after the 2025-26 NBA season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that the 2025-26 season, purely speaking in a predictive voice, will\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0be LeBron’s last,\u201d Stein wrote. \u201cI repeat: This is something only he can really know and more of a gut-feel read from me rather than reporting, but I fall into the camp that expects him to announce to the world that a certain season will be his last before it starts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stein cautioned that NBA training camps don’t open for another two months, so it is too early to be definitive. That said, he believes that James is not thinking in \u201cone-more-year\u201d terms just yet.<\/p>\n

James’ contract in Los Angeles will expire after the 2025-26 season. Stein believes that James will continue his career with a different team after the Lakers.<\/p>\n

Stein cited\u00a0Luka Doncic as one big reason\u00a0why James may move on from LA.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that, by saying what I just said in the previous paragraph, it means that I expect him to retire in a uniform that isn’t purple and gold,\u201d Stein continued. \u201cIt’s pretty clear at this juncture that the Lakers have launched the Luka Don\u010di\u0107 Era. It certainly appears as though they are approaching the 2025-26 season as LeBron’s last in Tinseltown.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Stein thinks it is a real possibility.<\/p>\n

Stein believes that James will retire before he turns 46, which would ensure that\u00a0Nat Hickey will remain the oldest player in league history. He also believes that 25 seasons is on the table for James.<\/p>\n

However, Stein did caution that it is impossible to be definitive at this point. He suggested that James may not want to move his family to another city at this stage in his career.<\/p>\n

\u201d I also have to account for the possibility that I might be underestimating how difficult it could prove for James to switch teams (and cities) one more time after this season given how entrenched he and his family have become in Southern California,\u201d Stein noted.<\/em><\/p>\n

Perhaps LeBron’s future in the NBA will be determined by how the Lakers perform during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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