Rich Paul says LeBron James will finish the 2025/26 season with the Lakers.
If you’ve been losing sleep over the idea that LeBron James might suddenly decide to vanish from Los Angeles Lakers like a Hollywood plot twist, stop right now. Rich Paul, the man who somehow manages to keep the world’s most scrutinized athlete in line, just stepped up to calm everyone’s nerves. According to him, LeBron is staying put with the Lakers for the 2025/26 season. Yes, breathe again.
Max Kellerman ask Rich Paul if there’s a chance LeBron won’t be a Laker by end of year
“No. Where’s he gonna go? Does LeBron make the Knicks better? Yes he would, of course but 29 other teams would say the same thing”
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In a discussion about the current state of the Lakers and James‘ future, Kellerman asked Paul if there was any chance the soon-to-be 41-year-old star would not finish the season in Los Angeles.
“No,” Paul said. “Where’s he gonna go? … Does LeBron make the Knicks better? Yes, he would, of course, but 29 other teams would say the same thing.”
Paul made sure to note that James has a no-trade clause, so any potential deal would have to be approved by the future Hall of Famer.
So, mark your calendars: the 2025/26 season will feature LeBron James in Lakers colors. Lakers fans can finally relax and stop imagining him in some random other team’s jersey. Rich Paul has spoken. The king remains in his castle.
Now everyone can get back to what really matters: debating if LeBron can still out-dunk every rookie in the league while posting Instagram stories of him eating cereal in his mansion.
