LeBron James faces questions about playing career after playoff exit

Los Angeles Lakers prima LeBron James faced questions astir his NBA aboriginal aft helium and his squad were eliminated from the archetypal circular of the NBA playoffs connected Wednesday night.

The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Lakers successful Game 5 and won the series, 4-1. James did not look to marque immoderate factual decisions astir his vocation moving forward.

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James, #23, shoots arsenic Minnesota Timberwolves powerfulness guardant Julius Randle, #30, defends successful the closing seconds successful Game 5 of an NBA hoops first-round playoff bid connected Wednesday, April 30, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

"I don’t person the reply to that," James said erstwhile asked however agelong helium volition proceed to play. "Something I’ll beryllium down with my woman and my enactment radical and benignant of conscionable speech done it, and spot what happens. Just person conversations with myself connected however agelong I privation to proceed to play. I don’t cognize the reply to that close now, to beryllium honest."

Every twelvemonth since the bubble play could person been the twelvemonth James yet stepped distant from the game. However, successful play 22, having played a fewer games with his lad Bronny, it appears the checklist of accomplishments keeps getting shorter.

James averaged 24.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per crippled successful 70 appearances for the Lakers this season. Los Angeles attained the 3rd effect successful the Western Conference playoffs. It was the archetypal clip helium finished nether 25 points per crippled since his rookie play successful 2003-04.

Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James, #23, looks up toward the scoreboard successful the closing seconds successful Game 5 of an NBA hoops first-round playoff bid against the Minnesota Timberwolves connected Wednesday, April 30, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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He had 22 points, 7 rebounds and six assists successful Wednesday’s 103-96 loss.

"It’s up to maine if I’m going to proceed to play, oregon however agelong I’m going to proceed to play," James said. "It’s yet up to me, truthful it has thing to bash with anybody else."

There has been nary denotation that James would not instrumentality to the Lakers for the 2025-26 season. He has a $52.6 cardinal subordinate enactment for adjacent twelvemonth and would go an unrestricted escaped cause aft that.

James would interruption the NBA longevity grounds should helium instrumentality the level adjacent season. He is besides 49 regular-season games down Robert Parish for astir games played.

Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James, #23, shoots arsenic Minnesota Timberwolves defender Nickeil Alexander-Walker, #9, defends during the archetypal fractional successful Game 5 of an NBA hoops first-round playoff bid connected Wednesday, April 30, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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He already holds the all-time scoring grounds and the league grounds for astir vocation playoff games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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