{"id":771003,"date":"2026-07-01T00:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771003\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T00:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:36:16","slug":"lebron-james-posts-poolside-video-amid-2026-nba-free-agency-rumors-after-lakers-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/771003\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Posts Poolside Video Amid 2026 NBA Free Agency Rumors After Lakers Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">LeBron James doesn&#8217;t seem to be too worried about his next team following his departure from the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">James posted multiple videos of himself relaxing by the pool with his daughter, Zhuri, on his Instagram story on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The posts came shortly after 2026 free agency started on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">James <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49226472\/lebron-james-informs-lakers-plans-play-elsewhere-2026-27\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">previously informed<\/a> the Lakers that he would not be returning to the organization as a free agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer has <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25448288-new-lebron-rumors-warriors-cavs-heat-future-after-decision-leave-lakers-nba-free-agency\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly<\/a> drawn interest from the Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat as he prepares for a change of scenery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James doesn&#8217;t seem to be too worried about his next team following his departure from the Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-771003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}