Star LeBron James expressed doubts about his future as a basketball player after the LA Lakers lost the Western Conference playoff finals to Denver on Monday night. ESPN said he was considering resigning.
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An earthquake, initially low in magnitude, struck the NBA when the American sports media giant, through the voice of one of its reporters who had exchanged views with “LBJ” in a corridor of the Crypto.com Arena, reported that the The 38-year-old star considers the possibility.
A few minutes earlier, in a post-game press conference, James was cryptic, answering a question about how he sees next season.
“We’ll see what happens… I don’t know. I don’t know. To be honest I have a lot to think about. “Personally, I have a lot to think about when it comes to basketball,” he said at the end of a sequence in which there had previously been no harbingers of such an interrogation.
Naturally, after that 4-0 setback, he was disappointed after showing heroism in game four by scoring 31 of his 40 points in the first period alone, beating his personal record in that area.
However, he also said that this playoff season has been “inspirational” after a long period out of the regular season.
“I think it’s gone well, although I don’t like to say it’s been a successful year because at this stage in my career I’m just playing for something other than winning titles,” he said. -he explains.
“I’m not looking forward to just reaching one conference final. I have often done that. And I don’t enjoy not being able to compete in a championship final,” he added.
“LBJ” has two years left with the Lakers, the last of which is optional. However, he has always expressed a desire to remain a basketball player at least until the age of 40, to play with or against his eldest son, Bronny. The latter, who will begin his first varsity season at the University of Southern California (USC), will be of legal age to potentially be drafted to the NBA during the 2024-2025 season.