It is probably widely assumed that LeBron James has found his final NBA home with the Los Angeles Lakers. At 37, conversations about his future take place in a five-year window at the most.
There are no safe assumptions in the National Basketball Association. James’ Lakers had a disastrous 2021-22 season. In fact, his production was about the only bright spot for the whole year.
If he maintains the same level of play in 2022-23, he’ll enter next summer as a hotly contested, unrestricted free agent. It’s not inconceivable that he could end up joining his fourth NBA team with a Lakers departure.
Meanwhile, his son’s future appears to be intertwined with his. Bronny James Jr. should be entering the NBA in the same season.
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Currently, he’s not projected as a top prospect, but could a team take a swing on him in the draft, knowing they’d be landing his father in a package deal?
If that’s a possibility, James could end up on any team in the NBA. Here are three we think he’d be excellent on.