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Рич Пол даваа гарагт цацагдсан “Game Over” подкастад оролцохдоо Жэймсийн шийдвэр гаргах үйл явцыг яаруулж болохгүй гэдгийг онцолжээ. Тэрээр Жэймс энэ сонголтыг өөрөө хийх ёстой бөгөөд хэзээ шийдвэрээ зарлах нь тодорхойгүй байгааг дурдсан байна. Одоогийн байдлаар Кливлэнд Кавалиэрс, Майами Хит, Филадельфиа Севенти Сиксэрс, Миннесота Тимберволвз болон Голдэн Стэйт Уорриорс гэсэн таван баг түүнийг элсүүлэхээр өрсөлдөж байна.
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As the basketball world continues to wait for LeBron James to decide where he will play in his record-setting 24th NBA season, his longtime friend and agent Rich Paul said teams will have to keep on waiting, insisting that James does not yet know his decision.
“We’re not going to be rushed,” Paul said on the latest episode of his podcast, “Game Over” with Max Kellerman that was released Monday night. “We’re not going to be rushed. It’s his choice to make, and when he makes the choice, he’ll make it.”
When asked by Kellerman if there was a leader in the race for James’ services or if James was leaning towards a certain team at the moment, Paul said, “There’s nothing I can say.”
“I don’t know when his choice is going to be made, but it could be 48 seconds [from now]. It could be 48 minutes,” Paul said. “I don’t know. Again, you can’t make somebody know something that they don’t know.”
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Paul informed the Lakers on June 30 that James would not be returning to the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2026-27 season. Teams around the league were given the opportunity to try to woo James, but over the last three weeks, the 22-time All-Star forward has narrowed the options for his next team down to five spots: Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors.
According to Paul, there is nothing left for those teams to do in trying to get a commitment from James.
“There’s been several people to call and say, ‘Hey, Rich, is there anything more we should be doing? We could be doing?’” Paul said. “And my answer is, ‘No. We don’t need you to go above and beyond about anything. We understand it. It’s clear. All the messages have been sent.’”
While dragging out the decision doesn’t affect James, there is quite a bit of business being held up around the league as teams wait. A number of anxious teams are still trying to sort out their rosters in the back half of July, a rarity in normal offseason.
Over the weekend, James made a number of appearances in New York and did not offer much insight into his decision for the upcoming season. That left some skeptics to say he was just drawing this decision out further to garner further attention. Paul denied that claim, insisting that the four-time NBA MVP is just taking the time he needs to make the best decision possible.
“I think it’s important for people to understand: We’re not making this about attention and a spectacle,” Paul said. “It’s not about a ‘Decision’ or anything like that. He has a choice to make. He has a business choice to make. We’re not going to sit here and decide or allow someone else to decide when he makes that decision. … It’s a business choice that he’s making. And I think as an athlete, why is it that an athlete has to rush his choice?”
