Famous reporter: I don t quite understand the intention of Paul Fu s statement. I think the Lakers have no intention of trading James

According to famous reporter Shams Charania, Lakers forward James will execute his contract's player option worth $52.6 million in the 2025-26 season to compete in his 23rd season of his career.

After James performed the player option, his agent Ritchie Paul also issued a statement.

In response, ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst commented on ESPN radio: "I think their intentions are very vague, and I don't know what they want to convey. He has 100% control of his situation. He could have chosen to be a free agent today, but he didn't do that. He is one of the only two players in the league with a trade veto - the other is Bradley Beal. In terms of trading, he has full control over whether he is traded, on what conditions are traded, and so on. "The Lakers actually have no control over this. They can only receive notifications from him executing player options. He could express that intention if he wanted to be traded, but he hadn't done so yet. Now the initiative is in LeBron's hands.

"I just want to say: in 2025, trading a player like LeBron with an annual salary of $53 million will be extremely complicated, especially if you're a championship team - that's probably what he hopes for. I think it's an interesting development right now, but I'm not sure that it will lead to any change. Trust me, I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out the possibility of LeBron's trade, but I really can't see anything feasible and meaningful. If this is a step-by-step strategy for some purpose, I'm not sure if we can finally achieve it. I'm not sure what kind of message he's sending to his teammate Luca Doncic, after all, they're planning to compete for the championship next year. At least that's what they were going to do. As

"I said, if he meant to make the Lakers improve the roster, he's been saying this for seven years. I don't quite understand the strategies they are employed here. I think I'll wait and see what the next step will be because, frankly, I don't think LeBron has a lot of options other than attending training camp this fall because I don't think the Lakers want to trade him. ”