Report: LeBron James Expected To Play Next Season

James is 40 years old. He’s the oldest player in the NBA. The leading scorer of all time averaged 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists during the 2024-25 regular season.

“I don’t know,” James said. “I don’t have an answer to that. Something I’ll sit down with my family, my wife and my support group and kind of just talk through it and see what happens. And just have a conversation with myself on how long I want to continue to play. I don’t know the answer to that right now, to be honest. So we’ll see.”

The Lakers lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs in five games. James averaged 25.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists in the five-game series. 

“For me, since my first NBA Finals appearance in 2007, the moment I got an opportunity to be a part of that and taste that feeling, from there on, every season that I did not make it to the Finals or did not win the championship has been a disappointment,” James said. “So … it will be an offseason of disappointment and unfulfillment.”

James joined the Lakers in 2018. Los Angeles missed the playoffs in 2019, won the title in 2020, lost in the first round in 2021, missed the playoffs in 2022, lost in the conference finals in 2023, lost in the first round in 2024 and lost in the first round in 2025. 

James is a four-time MVP, a four-time champion and a four-time Finals MVP. He’s played for the Cleveland Cavaliers (twice), Miami Heat and Lakers.