{"id":1317792,"date":"2022-02-20T06:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T11:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1317792"},"modified":"2022-02-20T11:08:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T16:08:47","slug":"lebron-james-not-ruling-out-return-to-cleveland-will-play-with-son-in-final-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-not-ruling-out-return-to-cleveland-will-play-with-son-in-final-nba-season\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Not Ruling Out Return To Cleveland, Will Play With Son In Final NBA Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flebron-james-not-ruling-out-return-to-cleveland-will-play-with-son-in-final-nba-season%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1317792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371163798-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Maybe returning to Cleveland for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game is making LeBron James nostalgic. After all, it\u2019s only a 40-mile drive from his hometown of Akron, Ohio, to Cleveland, and James was able to deliver one of the more improbable NBA championships to the Cavaliers organization in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His move to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, tied with his somewhat shaky relationship with Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, would point to his time in Cleveland uniform being a thing of the past. But sometimes a return to your roots reminds you of the good times, and James isn\u2019t ruling out one more opportunity to don a Cavaliers jersey.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe door\u2019s not closed on that,\u201d James <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3138844\/2022\/02\/19\/could-lebron-james-return-to-cleveland-again-the-doors-not-closed-on-that-he-says\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a> <span>The Athletic<\/span><span> on Saturday. \u201cI\u2019m not saying I\u2019m coming back and playing, I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know what my future holds. I don\u2019t even know when I\u2019m free.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Well, James will be \u201cfree\u201d next summer, when his current contract with the Lakers expires. At that time, he\u2019ll be 38-years-old and preparing for his 21st NBA season. While James is certainly at the tail end of his career \u2014 father time comes for us all \u2014 his numbers still jump off the page. Even surrounded by a Lakers roster that is going nowhere, James is averaging 29.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 6.5 assists per game, while shooting 35.% from beyond the arc. You can bet that all 30 NBA teams would happily give James whatever he demands even as inches closer to 40.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s obvious that James still has things he\u2019d like to accomplish, including winning a fifth championship and surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA\u2019s all-time leading scorer. But he also has a very different goal. Playing in the NBA with his son, Bronny.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy last year will be played with my son,\u201d James <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3138844\/2022\/02\/19\/could-lebron-james-return-to-cleveland-again-the-doors-not-closed-on-that-he-says\/\">told<\/a> The Athletic. \u201cWherever Bronny is at, that\u2019s where I\u2019ll be. I would do whatever it takes to play with my son for one year. It\u2019s not about the money at that point.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bronny is currently a junior in high school, and won\u2019t be eligible to enter the league until the 2024 NBA Draft, when James will be 39-years-old.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLife. Life just changes,\u201d James <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3138844\/2022\/02\/19\/could-lebron-james-return-to-cleveland-again-the-doors-not-closed-on-that-he-says\/\">told<\/a> The Athletic when asked why he left Cleveland the second time. \u201cYou have a mission and you have more goals that you want to set out, you know? When I won a championship here, I didn\u2019t think that I would go anywhere, because I felt like I was complete. And then I realized that I still wanted to, I wanted to reach another level. I wanted to reach another level, so it wasn\u2019t done. My life goal wasn\u2019t complete.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a telling answer. James has always been difficult to predict, but he\u2019s certainly putting the league on notice with his latest comments. Bronny is currently ranked by ESPN as the 43rd prospect in the class of 2023, but his NBA stock just skyrocketed thanks to his dad\u2019s comments. If drafting Bronny means acquiring the services of arguably the game\u2019s greatest all-time player, Bronny will be a hot commodity in 2024.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>James still has a decent amount of basketball in him, and maybe one final chapter in his illustrious NBA career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;<\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe returning to Cleveland for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game is making LeBron James nostalgic. 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