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Reporter: Paul Fu s statement makes people feel that the Lakers don t want to compete for the championship next season and pay more attention to the space next year

5:40am, 1 July 2025【Basketball】

June 30th News Today, according to famous reporter Shams Charania, Lakers forward James will execute his contract for the 23rd season of the 2025-26 player option to compete in his 23rd season of his career.

Super tweeted a statement issued by James' agent Ritchie Paul when announcing the decision: "Paul added: 'LeBron knows that the Lakers are planning for the future...but he values ​​more the opportunity to actually compete for the championship.'"

NBA reporter Sam Quinn remarked: "It's hard not to interpret this sentence as 'The Lakers seem to pay more attention to the cap space in 2026, rather than investing a lot of assets to compete for the championship this season.'"