No matter his intentions, LeBron James created quite the news cycle with his comments about retirement after the Lakers season. Even in the moment, few likely believed he would step away from the game that abruptly and under those circumstances but it was a peak into LeBron’s mind and his mental state.
It didn’t take long, though, for him to come back around to the idea of playing again.
In an interview with SiriusXM NBA Radio and Frank Isola, LeBron’s agent and longtime friend Rich Paul spoke about the retirement discussion and noted that it took all of two weeks for LeBron to be motivated to return.