{"id":344550,"date":"2026-06-03T10:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344550\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:37:13","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-lebron-james-urged-to-leave-the-team-amid-austin-reaves-conundrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344550\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 LeBron James Urged to Leave the Team Amid Austin Reaves Conundrum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former NBA champion Jeff Teague<\/a> recently said that LeBron James<\/a> should consider leaving the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> if the team is truly prioritizing Austin Reaves<\/a> over him in free agency this offseason.<\/p>\n

According to Los Angeles Lakers reporter Jovan Buha, the franchise will likely prioritize Reaves over James in certain contract scenarios, as the former fits better in Luka Doncic<\/a>\u2019s timeline, unlike James, who is approaching 42 this December.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s time to go, Bron. N****s start putting Austin Reaves over you. And I like Austin Reaves, but y\u2019all would never disrespect a GOAT like that,\u201d Teague said on the Club 520 podcast.<\/a> \u201cRip Hamilton wasn\u2019t prioritized over Michael Jordan when Michael was 41. He was the owner. They told Jerry Stackhouse, \u2018Get out the way. Mike\u2019s back.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

If James does leave the Los Angeles Lakers this summer, the four-time NBA champion will still garner suitors in the open market, and he\u2019s been linked to a potential transfer to either the Golden State Warriors<\/a> or Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MayMay 11, 2026; Los Angeles<\/a>, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) speaks with official Tony Brothers during the first half in game four of the second round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn ImagesLos Angeles Lakers Rumors: LeBron James could join Western Conference rival by taking significant pay cut<\/p>\n

As noted, the Golden State Warriors have been floated as a potential landing spot for LeBron James if he ultimately leaves the Los Angeles Lakers. However, according to Tim Kawakami of the San Francisco Standard, the four-time league MVP would likely take a huge discount to make it happen.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf they maneuver their roster and payroll just enough, the Warriors could offer LeBron the $15.1 million nontaxpayer midlevel exception, which is monumentally short of the $52.6 million he made this season but is more than some other possible teams could pay him,\u201d Kawakami wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI think the Warriors would be a very live option. Check that: I think the process has already started and the Warriors are a live option,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NBA champion Jeff Teague recently said that LeBron James should consider leaving the Los Angeles Lakers if…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[19538,67418,7000,141566,48,52,51,13505,47,50,2497,49,7551,47859,141567],"class_list":["post-344550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-austin-reaves","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-jeff-teague","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-luka-doncic","tag-michael-jordan","tag-tim-kawakami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}