LeBron James’ Former Team Now a Favorite to Land Him originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James picked up his $52.6 million player option on Sunday, keeping him with the team for the 2025-26 NBA season. Despite exercising his player option, it's not entirely clear how James feels about his future.

Los Angeles Lakers All-Star forward LeBron James reportedly has four teams interested in trading for him this offseason.

Many around the league are in turn wondering whether this is a precursor to LeBron requesting a trade, according to The Athletic's Sam Amick. That logic tracks. If LeBron really wanted to put pressure on the Lakers to improve around him,

Superstar athletes Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James took to social media Thursday to pay their respects to Liverpool soccer star Diogo Jota following his death.

Following Jota's death, a number of sports figures, including Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James, paid tribute to the former Liverpool forward. Ronaldo, who played with Jota on Portugal, issued a statement on X,