The Los Angeles Lakers are in a tricky spot a little less than halfway through the 2024-25 season. LeBron James and company sit at 20-15, atop the Pacific Division, at the No.

The NBA’s all-time leading scorer, who turned 40 on Monday, says he has a “very good” relationship with his eventual retirement and wants to end his career with the Lakers.

That would be the plan,” he said of staying with the Lakers. “I came here to play the last stage of my career and to finish it off here. But I’m also not silly or too jaded to know the business