LeBron James has changed teams three times in his career. Could he make it a fourth?
King James has been coy on whether or not he plans to exercise his $51.4 million player option for next season, telling reporters during the season that he doesn’t know what he will do. He tweeted out an hourglass emoji before the trade deadline, furthering speculation that he was unhappy with the direction of the Lakers.
If James does indeed decline his option, that would also open up the door to other teams pursuing him. Obviously, he would draw a ton of interest throughout the league. There aren’t a lot of teams with the cap space to sign him outright, but he could try to facilitate some sort of sign-and-trade so that the Lakers at least would get something back for him.
Here are the most likely landing spots for James this summer, ranked in order of most to least likely.
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