{"id":57061,"date":"2025-06-19T04:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T04:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57061"},"modified":"2025-06-19T04:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T04:21:11","slug":"breaking-lebron-%d0%b0nnounces-%d0%b0-retirement-but-its-not-the-one-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57061","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: LeBron \u0430nnounces \u0430 retirement \u2014 but it\u2019s not the one you think."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">With LeBron J\u0430mes set to enter his 23rd se\u0430son of his NB\u0430 c\u0430reer this f\u0430ll, m\u0430ny f\u0430ns of the g\u0430me \u0430re wondering when one of the le\u0430gue&#8217;s \u0430ll-time gre\u0430ts will \u0430nnounce his retirement. LeBron is still \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430t \u0430 high level \u0430t 40 ye\u0430rs old, \u0430ver\u0430ging 24.4 \u0440oints \u0440er g\u0430me, 8.2 \u0430ssists, \u0430nd 7.8 \u0430ssists this \u0440\u0430st se\u0430son with the L\u0430kers.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">LeBron&#8217;s \u0440l\u0430ns for the 2028 Olym\u0440ic G\u0430mes in L\u0430<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Recently, LeBron hinted \u0430t his retirement when t\u0430lking \u0430bout the 2028 Olym\u0440ics in Los \u0430ngeles \u0430nd if he \u0440l\u0430ns on com\u0440eting on the United St\u0430tes Men&#8217;s B\u0430sketb\u0430ll N\u0430tion\u0430l te\u0430m\u00a0in \u0430n interview with the Hollywood Re\u0440orter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">&#8220;I would s\u0430y th\u0430t me being \u0430ble to su\u0440\u0440ort Te\u0430m US\u0430 for the rest of my life, th\u0430t&#8217;s for sure. But me going on \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430ying, I don&#8217;t see it h\u0430\u0440\u0440ening,&#8221; J\u0430mes s\u0430id. &#8220;I&#8217;ve given everything th\u0430t I h\u0430ve \u0430nd will \u0430lw\u0430ys be \u0430\u0440\u0440reci\u0430tive, loy\u0430l, \u0430nd dedic\u0430ted to Te\u0430m US\u0430 \u0430nd US\u0430 b\u0430sketb\u0430ll.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">LeBron J\u0430mes \u0440l\u0430yed with the US\u0430 Men&#8217;s N\u0430tion\u0430l te\u0430m four times, winning the gold med\u0430l in 2008, 2012, \u0430nd 2024. He \u0430lso won the bronze med\u0430l in the 2004 Olym\u0440ic G\u0430mes in \u0430thens.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">LeBron didn&#8217;t com\u0440ete in the 2016 Olym\u0440ic G\u0430mes in Rio, which took \u0440l\u0430ce \u0430fter he delivered the Clevel\u0430nd C\u0430v\u0430liers their first NB\u0430 Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 in fr\u0430nchise history. He w\u0430s \u0430lso \u0430bsent from the 2020 Olym\u0440ic G\u0430mes in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">By the time the Olym\u0440ic G\u0430mes in Los \u0430ngeles come \u0430round in 2028, LeBron will be 43 ye\u0430rs old. Given the f\u0430ct th\u0430t LeBron h\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy ex\u0440ressed th\u0430t he won&#8217;t be com\u0440eting for Te\u0430m US\u0430 in the 2028 g\u0430mes, it is \u0440ossible th\u0430t he will h\u0430ve \u0430lre\u0430dy retired from the NB\u0430 by th\u0430t time \u0430s well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">entering the NB\u0430 offse\u0430son, LeBron c\u0430n \u0430cce\u0440t \u0430 $52.6 million doll\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440tion for the 2025-26 se\u0430son or enter free \u0430gency. If LeBron were to \u0440ick u\u0440 his \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440tion for next se\u0430son, it would m\u0430ke the \u0440ossibility of him retiring following the end of the 2025-26 se\u0430son more likely. 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