MIAMI — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made his sales pitch, along with hip-hop personality DJ Khaled, plus two sets of Jets from other sports: the NFL team from New York and the NHL club from Winnipeg.
Even the PGA Tour took a swing on social media while trying to appeal to someone who has quickly become obsessed with golf, posting: “We’re waiting for you Bron.”
Get in line. Every team and every league, it would seem, wants LeBron James.
The waiting game is on, with the entire basketball universe — and, evidently, those spanning other sports, entertainment and politics — waiting to hear what the all-time leading scorer in NBA history will decide about the 2026-27 season. All that is known so far are two things: James isn’t retiring yet, and the four-time league MVP won’t be playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, the team he has been with since the 2018-19 season and led to the 2020 NBA title for his fourth and most recent crown.
James let the world know Tuesday that he’s coming back for at least one more season and that he has decided to move on from the Lakers, with those decisions becoming known a few hours before the start of free agency for the current offseason. What happens next, and when it will happen, is anyone’s guess.