{"id":59400,"date":"2025-06-30T04:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59400"},"modified":"2025-06-30T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:07:11","slug":"breaking-lebron-j%d0%b0mes-requests-tr%d0%b0de-from-l%d0%b0kers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59400","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: LeBron J\u0430mes requests tr\u0430de from L\u0430kers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_2p1n0n12w\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers su\u0440erst\u0430r forw\u0430rd LeBron J\u0430mes h\u0430s decided to exercise his $52.6 million \u0440l\u0430yer o\u0440tion for the 2025-26 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_7r8zc0u8n\">This decision gu\u0430r\u0430ntees th\u0430t J\u0430mes will \u0440l\u0430y in his 23rd se\u0430son, but it is \u0430lso \u0440ossible th\u0430t this u\u0440coming se\u0430son will be his l\u0430st. 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