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LeBron James Discusses Past, Lakers’ Present, And Future

Originally posted on Hoops Rumors | By Eli Cohen | Last updated Feb 15, 2026 10:11 PM ET

LeBron James spoke on a range of topics over All-Star Sunday, reflecting on his journey over the years, the Lakers‘ status this season, and his future.

The 21-time All-Star was particularly sentimental when it came to discussing his time spent playing with and competing against Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, Joaquin Ruiz writes for NBC Sports.

“It’s always a pleasure and an honor to see those guys,” James said. “We’ve had so much of an unbelievable journey throughout our individual careers… When it comes to me, Steph, and KD, we’ll be interlocked for the rest of our careers, for sure. And it’s been great to be able to have some moments with those guys, versus those guys, teaming up with those guys.”

While Curry sat out the All-Star game with a knee injury, James and Durant helped take their team to the All-Star championship game, losing to the younger American stars led by Anthony Edwards.

When it comes to the current outlook of the Lakers, James was hesitant to project how the team will play at full strength.

“It’s hard to say [what the team is capable of accomplishing] because this is a new group,” James said, per Athlon’s Mark Medina (Twitter video link). “… It’s too hard to really say what we’re really capable of. I know that when we’ve played some of our best basketball this season, we’ve looked really good. On the other side, when we’ve been terrible, we’ve looked disgusting. So I think the most important is like, if we can get healthy, how many minutes we can be on the floor, how much chemistry we can build with the sprint starting.”

He added that the regular season is meant for playoff teams to build chemistry, and he’s hopeful that the team can get healthy enough to start doing that while integrating the newly acquired Luke Kennard into the mix.

When it comes to his plans for next season, James was similarly non-committal, Dan Woike writes for The Athletic.

“When I know, you guys will know,” he said. “I don’t know. I have no idea. Just want to, just wanna live. That’s all.”

He added that his upcoming free agency doesn’t impact his approach or thinking about what the future will bring.

“It has nothing to do with that,” James said. “Same motivation, same mind factor. Just, we’ve got past the marathon, and now the sprint is about to start.”

This article first appeared on Hoops Rumors and was syndicated with permission.

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