LeBron retirement?

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in
Fairly-Hard said:
Hard to take anything reported seriously within 24 hours of being swept out of the playoffs. This is from Chris Haynes. We all know he will write anything to get clicks.
Click to expand...

uhhh...this wasn't something Haynes made up or interpreted. Lebron actually said retirement is on the table in front of dozens of cameras
 
DDolla said:
All Cronin need to do is draft Bronny and Lebron will follow
Click to expand...
I agree. LeBron will play till he gets that year in with his son. That's a bucket list thing. He's just butt hurt right now. He will get over it. Have to see how good Bronny is in college to know if he is going to be a pro. But i could see a team taking a flyer on him even if he's fringe, because of LeBron. It would be a cash grab in that case though.
 
LeBron is getting mean and grumpy. He's turning into Westbrook in the clutch.

Amazing career, retire with gas still left in the tank.

Opens up cap space for Lakers to move forward.
 
tykendo said:
I agree. LeBron will play till he gets that year in with his son. That's a bucket list thing. He's just butt hurt right now. He will get over it. Have to see how good Bronny is in college to know if he is going to be a pro. But i could see a team taking a flyer on him even if he's fringe, because of LeBron. It would be a cash grab in that case though.
Click to expand...
He may want the lakers to Bronny after his one year at SC. Its possible hey agree to that to keep him from retiring?
 
Hoopguru said:
He may want the lakers to Bronny after his one year at SC. Its possible hey agree to that to keep him from retiring?
Click to expand...
If Bronny is in the 2024 draft the Lakers only have control over the Clippers second round pick. The Pelicans can choose to take the Lakers 2025 FRP instead of 2024 if they think 2025 will be higher but the Lakers won't have control over that. Most put Bronny in the mid to late first round so it would be hard to see the Lakers having the ability to make LeBron that promise.
 
I enjoyed Chris Haynes in his time here and am glad he’s done well. I think he’s fairly respected amongst people, so I don’t think this is complete satire.

Maybe in some sense he is just saying what seems logical.

Why would he retire though? He doesn’t look like he needs to retire. Looks like he’s still got plenty left in him. Picture 68 year old LeBron schooling the rookies with a Walker.

LeBron slips on a wet spot and pushes his life alert necklace when suddenly they come running onto the court.
 
wizenheimer said:
uhhh...this wasn't something Haynes made up or interpreted. Lebron actually said retirement is on the table in front of dozens of cameras
Click to expand...
I didn't say he made it up or interpreted it? Where would you get that? We all listened to it. Haynes will post this or some variation of the same thing a number of times. He posts stuff so people read him. It's his job.
The other portion of my statement was anything you might hear within 24 hours after being swept was directed more at LeBron. Players say a bunch of stuff after losing.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I didn't say he made it up or interpreted it? Where would you get that? We all listened to it. Haynes will post this or some variation of the same thing a number of times. He posts stuff so people read him. It's his job.
The other portion of my statement was anything you might hear within 24 hours after being swept was directed more at LeBron. Players say a bunch of stuff after losing.
Click to expand...

what I saw was Lebron spoke first...then a whole lot of media and bloggers took what Lebron said and ran with it. Haynes was one of hundreds
 
PCmor7 said:
I think he'll retire, take a year off, heal up his body, buy a team and draft his kid.
Click to expand...

Yeah, makes sense for the league as well to have both Jordan and LeBron as owners, as well as two African American owners to match the bulk of their players backgrounds.

They could just let LeBrons team borrow from the NBA against LeBrons equity which they don't normally allow for new owners; but could as an exception to enable LeBron to afford a ~2-3 billion investment. Or they could put some sort of cap on the new franchises 1/32 split of TV revenue in the future. Use either of these methods to lessen the expansion fee LeBron has to pay but set it up in a way so all of the other NBA owners long term get paid all that expansion fee back.

LeBron seems like he would make sense as the Vegas team owner, its close to LA, he could be more of a visible marketable owner. I don't see the point of having him own the Sonics nor think he would want to live in Seattle. I suppose he could explore buying the Cavs if Gilbert ever looks to sell.
 
Chris Craig said:
Decision 3.0?

He can't just walk away to another team next season, he is still under contract. He could ask for a trade or retire for next season like Sly said and then come back.

I think he's just blowing some steam. He will be on the Lakers next season joined by Kyrie Irving and Draymond Green.
Click to expand...
The 2024-25 season is a player option, I believe. So he can leave.
 
BIG Q said:
Just attention whoring. He got his shit blocked last night on the final play. Instead of talking about that and the loss he deflects and now has his media talking about retirement. This guy is a joke and fraud. If he can't game the game then he takes his ball and goes home. Fuck him.
Click to expand...
He talked about the game to the press after the game. Give the guy respect. He played 20 seasons and made it to the Finals in 10 them and was the best player on his team in all 10. He played for 3 teams and won a title for all 3 of them. It’s astonishing. He’s also scored more points than any NBA player ever. He more than lived up to the hype. There won’t be another like him.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
He has another 97 million due? He ain't retiring.
Just LBJ being LBJ
Click to expand...
He’s worth over $1 billion. If he doesn’t think he’s up for another season, he’ll retire. 82 games plus playoffs is a grind.
 
wizenheimer said:
uhhh...this wasn't something Haynes made up or interpreted. Lebron actually said retirement is on the table in front of dozens of cameras
Click to expand...
Link? I watched the press conference. I don’t remember him saying retirement was on the table. He said he hadn’t thought about it. Haynes would’ve used a quote if he had one.
 
KingSpeed said:
Link? I watched the press conference. I don’t remember him saying retirement was on the table. He said he hadn’t thought about it. Haynes would’ve used a quote if he had one.
Click to expand...
I think you’re right on that. He left it open but that’s all he said.
 
KingSpeed said:
The 2024-25 season is a player option, I believe. So he can leave.
Click to expand...

But 2023-24 isn't. He'd have to retire for a year and then return like everyone is saying. I think he will be back next season though.
 
illmatic99 said:
I dont think Bronny is that great of a prospect.

His younger brother is apparently better but he's too far away.
Click to expand...

Yeah, he is going to be in his dad's shadow his whole career and never live up to it. That's tough.
 
Lakers will go up for sale. LeBron needs to be retired so he and some backers can buy the Lakers.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I think you’re right on that. He left it open but that’s all he said.
Click to expand...

"on the table" was my interpretation

he hemmed and hawed after a question essentially asking about what he has left to accomplish. He has a "lot to think about". that can be rather vague, but it sure looked to me he was hinting about retiring being an option:



I'd say it about 85-90% odds he'll be back next season. But he and AD aren't getting any younger or any more durable. D'Angelo Russell, Lonnie Walker, Rui Hachimura, and Dennis Schroeder are all UFA this summer. And Austin Reaves is RFA

so the chances the Lakers could even make it back to the WCF seem fairly low
 
Chris Craig said:
The only reason he would get drafted that high is because the team that drafted him would get LeBron too for a year for cheap.
Click to expand...
I think that's why LeBron backed off his comments of playing with Bronny. He started saying this stuff years ago when he was 14. Maybe Bronny now at 18 doesn't want his draft and his career to be overshadowed by Dad, and told him to back off.
 
Tince said:
All this talk about him wanting to play with his son and now we're supposed to believe he's actually thinking about retiring?

Not falling for it.

Click to expand...

I'm shocked

 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)
Back
Top