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Leaving the Lakers? James was humiliated for the first time without renewing the contract + selling the team without notice. If he appears in the Cavaliers, he will be announced at the official

6:44am, 13 July 2025【Basketball】

In just half a season, the Los Angeles Lakers have transitioned from the LeBron James era to the Luca Doncic era, and the Lakers' transformation speed has obviously made James feel dissatisfied. ESPN's ace reporter Brian Windhorst (Word) published a report detailing how James felt about the Lakers. The core of this report is that James felt despised by the Lakers' management because the Lakers have regarded Doncic as the team's core player in just half a season, not him.

It is reported that although James understands that this change will eventually come, he feels that he has taken the initiative to sign with the Lakers, and Doncic has obtained it through a trade, and James helped the Lakers win the championship in the Orlando Bubble. Before he came, the Lakers had suffered losses for six consecutive seasons, so he feels very hurt by the Lakers' rapid change.

As for the Lakers, they have transitioned to the Doncic era, I believe that as long as they are not blind, they can be seen in a straightforward way, and at least there are several obvious signals. First, the Lakers did not choose to renew their contract with James this summer, a situation that has never happened in James' career, which fully demonstrates that the upcoming season is the last contract James signed with the Lakers. Second, the Lakers changed their boss this summer, and the Bass family only notified Doncic in advance before officially selling the team. Even James did not receive an early notification. In addition, the Lakers did not notify James in advance when trading Anthony Davis in the mid-season this season, so it is strange that he can tolerate it.

Because of the things mentioned above, James spoke out through his official agent Ritchie Paul, saying that he needs to give himself the best chance to win the last NBA championship in his career. This remark also triggered the outside world's speculation that James will leave the Lakers. James himself has been hinting that his hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, even appeared on the Cavaliers training ground, just about to talk to the Cavaliers, but the Cavaliers seemed to sign James only when he was bought out by the Lakers. But regardless of whether James stays with the Lakers this season, it is obvious that he has a lot of resentment towards this team.

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