EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Two decades into his NBA career, with a trophy shelf that's running out of room from all of his accomplishments, LeBron James sounds ready to pass the torch to teammate Anthony Davis as the leader of the Los Angeles Lakers.
"He is the face [of the franchise]," James told ESPN during the Lakers annual media day Monday. "You look at all these [retired] numbers that surround this facility, all the greats that have come here and AD is one of them."
Heading into the offseason, James' and Davis' contracts ran concurrently with one another -- with both players having an option on the final years of deals to stay in L.