If the Lakers can t win the championship, James is ready to leave at any time

LeBron James has played for seven seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, and it may be time to leave. After the Buss family sold the team at a sky-high price of $10 billion in the 2025 offseason, LeBron James began to understand that the new boss may not spend huge sums of money to build a top lineup in the 2025-26 season for his dream of winning the championship.

Management will consider rebuilding, trading or signing some better young players. This may be the toughest time in LeBron James' career, because every season of his career, the team will find ways to create a lineup with the ability to win the championship. But now it has changed.

LeBron James also realized that the 2025-26 season may be the last season of his career. If this season fails, he will retire with regret. Since the Lakers are unwilling to create a lineup with the ability to win the championship, LeBron James can choose to leave the Lakers and join a team that can help him win the fifth championship.

NBA insider Shams Charania described the tensions between LeBron James and the Lakers' new boss and management. "Now, LeBron James understands that the Lakers are centered on Luka Doncic and prioritize the future in many ways. He knows that they will become younger at different points in time. They are really prioritizing two-year contracts now. They hope to have the largest salary space in 2027." In fact, LeBron James is willing to accept it and there is no problem. The question is whether the team can build a young lineup with the ability to win the championship in the semi-rebuilding process. The Lakers certainly hope that LeBron and James can continue to stay with the Lakers and assist Luka Doncic. It is best to renew a new contract for two years and then conduct a retirement tour season with the Lakers. In this way, the interests of both parties can be maximized.

"But for him, at this time of his career, at his age, at his 40, at the very beginning of 41, he wanted to fight for the championship, whatever that could be. In Los Angeles, or in another place, it's possible."

"The Lakers, their chairman Rob Pelinka, are active. They are trying to figure out how to get a center in free agency, trying to get Some wing depth. "

" LeBron James is evaluating very carefully, basically how this will develop with the Lakers and where he hopes his career will go by the end of him, whether he has one year, two years, or three years left. What we are seeing now is basically a critical moment between LeBron James and the Lakers."

Lakers' reinforcement slogan, just listen to it, forget it, really lose. It is well known how bad the Lakers' inside and back lines have been. Therefore, LeBron James and Anthony Davis have always been eager for the team to strengthen, but Anthony Davis publicly mentioned it and was sent away by the Lakers' trade.

Now, on the first day of the trading market, the Lakers signed 22-year-old Jack Laravia instead of strengthening their internal and external defensive weaknesses. Such an operation may stimulate LeBron James, because it does not seem to be helpful to the Lakers' championship in the new season. After LeBron James chose to execute the 2025-26 season of $52.6 million player option, agent Rich Paul also warned the Lakers. That is, LeBron James hopes to win the fifth championship, and he also hopes that the Lakers can still be in the "win now" mode after changing their bosses. If the Lakers cannot meet LeBron James' requirements, it is not ruled out that LeBron James chooses to force the palace to trade and leave the Lakers.