A photo showing Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James at the Cleveland Cavaliers practice facility amid NBA trade rumors is much ado about nothing, per the King himself.

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James is entering his 23rd NBA season. Exercising his $52.6 million player option for the 2025-26 campaign, James bypassed the opportunity to become a free agent. That said,

The Los Angeles superstar was seen getting his offseason golf on, but while his swing was going viral, so was his hat.

Brian Windhorst said on ESPN Cleveland that the superstar and the Lakers are "beginning to move apart" and that this is the beginning of the end of his time with the franchise (h/t Lakers Daily ).

The Lakers' 2nd-year swingman is focusing on preparation the 2025-26 season and tunes out talk about his father.