<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-unfazed-reaction-fan-running-stage-new-meme');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James’ unfazed reaction to Lakers fan running on stage is a new meme');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LeBron-James-1.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>LeBron James’ unfazed reaction to Lakers fan running on stage is a new meme</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-12T16:34:14-07:00">September 12th, 4:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-12T16:34:14-07:00">September 12th, 4:34pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-rumors-lebron-james-alleged-op-ed-chinese-state-media">LeBron James is currently attending</a> the “Sour Show,” which is a basketball-themed event in Hong Kong, China. On Friday, James was up on stage during an event, in which a fan stormed the stage in an attempt to meet him. You’ll have to see his hilarious reaction that will surely turn into a meme.</p><p>While a fan ran up onto the stage, the 40-year-old forward simply stood in place <a href="https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/1966601032873513394" rel="noopener">and didn’t move at all</a>. The fan was eventually escorted away, which led to Lebron James shaking his head nonchalantly.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LeBron was unfazed by a fan running on stage to try and meet him 🤣🔥</p><p>(via sourshowerr/IG) <a href="https://t.co/CEAp9ZYqpI">pic.twitter.com/CEAp9ZYqpI</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1966601032873513394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The event seemingly continued afterward without any hiccups. The “Sour Show” is a basketball-themed documentary series that focuses on the lives of players and other individuals in the basketball world. LeBron James is apparently the next subject for the popular show based in China.</p><p>Sports fans hopped on social media to share their reactions to the Lakers star’s unfazed demeanor by the storming fan. Some make jokes, while others point out that LeBron James is probably used to people approaching him like the fan in the video.</p><p>“He did nothing, what a LEGEND lol,” <a href="https://x.com/jaime_solis/status/1966619037716099375" rel="noopener">said one fan</a>.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/vrkexe/status/1966630383765622908" rel="noopener">Another individual explained</a>, “It’s been 2 decades of him being the face of the NBA. Bro has seen and experienced everything by now.”</p><p>“As usual, Bron standing around while everyone else plays defense,” <a href="https://x.com/bparkave/status/1966633029515768201" rel="noopener">joked another user</a>.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/LineEdgeNFL/status/1966601453486649607" rel="noopener">This fan mocked</a>, “ESPN: ‘How will this affect his legacy?'”</p><p>“Nonchalant king,” <a href="https://x.com/Tkachuckle/status/1966601186942800112" rel="noopener">said another fan</a>.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-makes-unreal-flex-after-hof-induction">LeBron James is set</a> to begin his 23rd season in the NBA. He’s maintained playing at a high level throughout his entire career, and that shouldn’t change in the 2025-26 campaign. He played a large role in helping the Lakers reach the playoffs last season after averaging 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 8.2 assists per game while owning a 52.3% field goal percentage and shooting 37.5% from beyond the three-point line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James’ unfazed reaction to Lakers fan running on stage is a new meme

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-rumors-lebron-james-alleged-op-ed-chinese-state-media');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers rumors: The real story behind LeBron James’ alleged op-ed in Chinese state media');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/James-dunks.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Lakers rumors: The real story behind LeBron James’ alleged op-ed in Chinese state media</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-10T08:35:47-07:00">September 10th, 8:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-10T08:35:47-07:00">September 10th, 8:35am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It looks as though LeBron James did not <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-op-ed-chinese-state-media">write an op-ed piece for Chinese state media</a>.</p><p>According to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6613732/2025/09/09/lakers-lebron-james-chinese-paper-nba/" rel="noopener">sources said</a> that James didn’t submit an op-ed to the People’s Daily.</p><p>Instead, accurate quotes attributed to James were made while conducting group interviews with reporters. All this while he was on a recent promotional tour in China.</p><p>“Basketball is not only a sport — it is a bridge that connects us,” James said, as printed by People’s Daily.</p><p>Also, James referred to a female Chinese basketball player, Niu Ziwei. According to the report, he met her in 2012 and again on this current tour. Additionally, James made comments about using basketball as a bridge between the United States and China.</p><p>“I felt truly honored, and also more aware of my responsibility to help promote sports exchanges,” James said, according to People’s Daily.</p><p>“I have three children of my own and I know how basketball can inspire generation after generation to chase their dreams. Seeing so many young people in China who love basketball, I hope I can also contribute to the development of the game here.”</p><h2><b>The history of the relationship between LeBron James and China</b></h2><p>The NBA is making its first preseason appearance in China since 2019. That year, then Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted out his support for human rights protesters in Hong Kong.</p><p>A controversy ensued, leading to Morey deleting the tweet. At the time, James openly criticized Morey by calling him “misinformed” as the Lakers were set to play the Brooklyn Nets in a preseason game in China.</p><p>As a result, China banned the broadcast of NBA games for a year. In 2022, NBA games were broadcasted again in China.</p><p>During this time, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/nba-news-lebron-james-under-attack-for-not-commenting-on-china-abuses">James was criticized for failing to speak up</a> on issues of human rights abuses in China.</p><p>“The basketball atmosphere in China has always amazed me,” James said, as published by People’s Daily. “Each time I come here, my family and I receive such a warm welcome. The kindness and enthusiasm of my Chinese friends leave me deeply touched.”</p><p>“What I can do in return is to give my all in every single game, as my way of saying thank you.”</p><p>Recently, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-stephen-curry-welcome-china-camp">Steph Curry received a hero’s welcome</a> during his tour in China.</p><p>The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns are set to play two preseason games in China on Oct.10 and Oct.12.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers rumors: The real story behind LeBron James’ alleged op-ed in Chinese state media

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lebron-james-ex-teammate-catches-stray-in-draymond-greens-goat-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James’ ex-teammate catches stray in Draymond Green’s GOAT take');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Los-Angeles-Lakers-forward-LeBron-James-and-Matthew-Dellavedova.jpg"><figcaption>Bob Donnan-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>LeBron James’ ex-teammate catches stray in Draymond Green’s GOAT take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-09T18:03:21-07:00">September 9th, 6:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-10T07:33:21-07:00">September 10th, 7:33am</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James sits near the top of the NBA’s list of all-time greats. However, there is a lot of discourse surrounding on where he ranks among the best players ever. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/10-greatest-teams-to-lose-in-the-nba-finals">Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green clashed with him and the Cleveland Cavaliers four straight years in the NBA Finals</a>. He offered a strong take on James and Matthew Dellavedova.</p><p>Dellavedova captured the NBA world’s attention during the 2015 NBA Finals for his effort against Warriors superstar Steph Curry. The Australian point guard was thrust into action after Kyrie Irving suffered an injury and endeared himself to fans with his effort. However, the veteran was out-matched and the Cavaliers lost that series. However, he helped them win the 2016 title.</p><p>Green appeared on a stream with Kai Cenat, where he talked about James’ greatness. To him, the Lakers legend deserves to sit at the top of the NBA’s all-time rankings, above Michael Jordan. He mentioned that James has <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1965575685013119314" rel="noopener">done more with less</a> help than Jordan did during his career.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“MJ had [Scottie] Pippen, Bron was winning games with Matthew Dellavedova… That guy stinks, no disrespect.”</p><p>Draymond Green on why LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan 👀</p><p>(via @KaiCenat/Twitch)<br> <a href="https://t.co/JlR0nGnmuH">pic.twitter.com/JlR0nGnmuH</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1965575685013119314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“MJ had [Scottie] Pippen, Bron was winning games with Matthew Dellavedova,” Green said. ” That guy stinks, no disrespect.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-draymond-green-rips-stephen-a-smith-weak-lebron-james-take">Green and James are close friends off the court</a> and have a great amount of respect for one another. This is not the first time that the Warriors forward has declared James the greatest player of all time, either. However, the argument between the Lakers forward and Jordan continues between fans all over the world.</p><p>Comparatively, both legends had different paths to greatness. Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls for the vast majority of his career, while James is on his third team after moving to a better situation three times as a free agent. Regardless of where the world stands on players like Dellavedova, the fact that James had to lead him and others to the Finals is reason enough for Green.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James’ ex-teammate catches stray in Draymond Green’s GOAT take

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celebrity/lakers-news-lebron-james-indeed-to-run-a-play-for-skills-first-hiring');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers’ LeBron James, Indeed to run a play for ‘skills-first hiring’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Lakers-news-LeBron-James-Indeed-to-run-a-play-for-skills-first-hiring.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers’ LeBron James, Indeed to run a play for ‘skills-first hiring’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-09T14:00:47-07:00">September 9th, 2:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-09T14:00:47-07:00">September 9th, 2:00pm</time><address><a href="http://designsux.com">Burtland Dixon</a>As an avid enthusiast of entertainment, Burtland Dixon is a passionate individual who revels in the magic of movies, sports, music, and pop culture. Whether it's catching the latest blockbuster, watching the marquee matchup of the week, attending live concerts, or getting immersed in the world of gaming, Burtland finds joy in all forms of entertainment.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Celebrity</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>LeBron James is expanding his playbook beyond basketball by teaming up with Indeed and his UNINTERRUPTED platform to push for skills-first hiring. Alongside the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/lebron-james-honors-miami-heat-championships-with-new-nike-lebron-23">LeBron James</a> Family Foundation, the partnership <a href="https://www.complex.com/sports/a/bernadette-giacomazzo/lebron-james-maverick-carter-team-up-with-indeed-to-promote-skills-first" rel="noopener">aims to create more equitable opportunities</a> by spotlighting the value of skills over traditional credentials, per Complex.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>The campaign launched on Sept. 5 with a national commercial narrated by broadcasting legend Ernie Johnson Jr. Using James’ own story as a backdrop, the ad asks a powerful question: what if hard work and talent went unseen? For millions of job seekers, that hypothetical is their daily reality.</p><h2><b>A campaign rooted in opportunity</b></h2><p>James tied the effort directly to the work his foundation already does in education and workforce development. “We’ve seen how people can thrive when they’re given an opportunity,” he said. “This campaign will hopefully open more doors for people to show their skills and experience, which is incredibly valuable.”</p><p>Indeed’s Chief Marketing Officer, James Whitemore, echoed that sentiment. He stressed that hiring should reflect ability, not just credentials, and explained that storytelling can help break down biases in the job market. For him, partnering with UNINTERRUPTED and LJFF allows a message about lived experience and practical talent to resonate at scale.</p><p>Johnson, who lent his voice to the campaign’s first spot, said joining was an easy decision. He praised James not only for his play on the court but for his commitment to creating impact off it.</p><h2><b>Beyond the commercial</b></h2><p>The initiative extends past advertising. It includes career development events, job seeker resources, and the integration of Indeed’s tools into LJFF’s education programs. A key highlight will be an in-person event at House Three Thirty in Akron, where participants can take part in workshops and training designed to boost employable skills.</p><p>By blending sports storytelling with workforce empowerment, LeBron James, Indeed, and UNINTERRUPTED are betting that the future of hiring should center on what people can do, not where they come from.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers’ LeBron James, Indeed to run a play for ‘skills-first hiring’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/sneakers/lebron-james-honors-miami-heat-championships-with-new-nike-lebron-23');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James honors Miami Heat championships with new Nike LeBron 23');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LeBron-James-honors-Miami-Heat-championships-with-new-Nike-LeBron-23-.jpg"></figure><h1>LeBron James honors Miami Heat championships with new Nike LeBron 23</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-09T12:40:58-07:00">September 9th, 12:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-09T12:42:08-07:00">September 9th, 12:42pm</time><address><a>Dominik Zawartko</a>Dominik Zawartko is a Michigan State graduate with a degree in Political Science and English. Having previously worked in the nonprofit and legal sectors, he decided to pursue his true love of writing with ClutchPoints. Dominik's hobbies include painting, cooking food, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and always having a laugh. His main focus areas are UFC coverage and all things sneakers.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar LeBron James is entering a historic twenty-third season as an elite talent in the NBA, still managing to put up unprecedented totals at 40 years of age. He’s also creeping behind Michael Jordan in terms of his signature sneaker line with Nike as the lifetime athlete prepares for the Nike LeBron 23. After an abrupt introduction and an official release day already on the horizon, this upcoming “Miami Twice” colorway pays homage to LeBron’s days in South Beach.</p><p><i><b>Check our <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers">Sneakers news</a> for more upcoming releases and breaking content!</b></i></p><p>LeBron James<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/lakers-lebron-james-with-new-update-on-rumored-nike-lebron-23"> teased his latest sneaker</a> silhouette in a slate of offseason training sessions, likely wear-testing a few iterations before settling on the final model. The Nike LeBron 23 arrives in an updated, aggressive design modeled after the LeBron “LB” or “king” logo, constructed from a supported foam sidewall.</p><p>After officially being revealed in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/nike-lebron-james-officially-unveil-the-nike-lebron-23">“40K Gold” colorway, the Nike LeBron 23</a> is set to release in a classic South Beach colorway, previously seen on some of LeBron’s most notorious sneakers. The all-new silhouette offers a fresh new take in what should be another popular release.</p><h2>Nike LeBron 23 “Miami Twice”</h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">DETAILED LOOK: Nike LeBron 23 “Miami Twice” 🏝️</p><p>🗓️ October 9th<br>💰 $210 <a href="https://t.co/7xw43fA0Rq">pic.twitter.com/7xw43fA0Rq</a></p><p>— JustFreshKicks (@JustFreshKicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustFreshKicks/status/1964135209491906837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nike LeBron 23 “Miami Twice”</p><p>Celebrating <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingJames</a>‘ back-to-back championships and Finals MVPs with the Heat. <a href="https://t.co/p0aRkNzEvA">pic.twitter.com/p0aRkNzEvA</a></p><p>— Complex Sneakers (@ComplexSneakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/ComplexSneakers/status/1963415536898892256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><br>Appearing in altered hues of the traditional teal and pink color scheme, the Nike LeBron 23 sports a soft, pearly pink color throughout the “crown” foam support of the sneaker. The flyknit and mesh upper will feature a more muted teal color, covered in a palm tree textile pattern. The sockliner appears in a satin finish for an elevated feel of quality.</p></figure><p>Further details include the loud neon yellow/orange tongue, offsetting the rest of the color scheme. We also see a textured, jeweled, backwards Nike Swoosh along the heel, extremely reminiscent to the <a href="https://stockx.com/lebron-x-cutting-jade">Nike LeBron 10</a>. The outsole traction pads are also made in the shape of a “23,” making for yet another added detail that Nike went the extra mile to add.</p><p>This “Miami Twice” colorway is set to release October 9, 2025 for a retail tag of $210. This comes as a slight increase from the Nike LeBron 22 retail price of $180, but it’s expected that the LeBron 23 will come as the most advanced technology we’ve seen in the signature to date. Expect these to drop on Nike <a href="http://nike.com">SNKRS app</a> in full sizing.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James honors Miami Heat championships with new Nike LeBron 23

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Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers legend LeBron James is lending his voice to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-stephen-curry-welcome-china-camp">NBA’s involvement in China</a>.</p><p>He is <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46206451/lebron-james-writes-op-ed-nba-aims-rebuild-china" rel="noopener">doing so in the form</a> of a rare opinion piece written for Chinese state media, per ESPN.</p><p>In writing for the People’s Daily newspaper, James outlined his case for basketball being used as a diplomatic tool.</p><p>This comes at a time of heightened tension between the United States and China. Currently, President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on China, to which China has threatened retaliation.</p><p>Last Month, Trump delayed imposing the tariffs for 90 days as both countries are negotiating towards a potential deal.</p><p>Meanwhile, the NBA is set to embark on a tour in China before the season begins. The Phoenix Suns and the Brooklyn Nets will play two preseason games on Oct. 10 and Oct. 12 in Macao.</p><p>Also, James reflected on his visit to China and was amazed by the support he received.</p><p>“It’s super humbling for me to be able to come here, so far away from home, and get the reception and the love, I just wanted to pour it back to the community and to this country,” Xinhua, the official news agency, quoted James as saying as he wrapped up his visit in Chengdu.</p><p>In response to his op-ed, the Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning post said:</p><p>“It is rare for the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party to run articles carrying the byline of foreign sports stars. It is more common for international sporting heroes to connect with fans in China via Chinese social media.”</p><h2><b>The controversy surrounding LeBron James and China</b></h2><p>In recent years, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/nba-news-lebron-james-under-attack-for-not-commenting-on-china-abuses">James has been criticized</a> for failing to speak up on human rights abuses in China, particularly with regard to the treatment of Uyghur Muslims.</p><p>This goes back to 2019 when then Houston Rockets GM now 76ers GM Darryl Morey tweeted his support for human rights protesters in Hong Kong. At the time, the Lakers were playing against the Nets in China.</p><p>James said that Morey was “misinformed” and “not educated” on the matter.</p><p>Morey’s tweet was later deleted. However, China imposed a year long ban on NBA games being broadcasted.</p><p>In 2022, games were broadcasted again. Basketball is widely popular in China.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James pens op-ed in Chinese state media

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/dallas-mavericks/mavericks-news-anthony-davis-fires-strong-reaction-to-lebron-james-hof-post');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Anthony Davis fires strong reaction to LeBron James’ HOF post');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/LeBron-James-and-Anthony-Davis-at-a-press-conference.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Anthony Davis fires strong reaction to LeBron James’ HOF post</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-08T21:13:57-07:00">September 8th, 9:13pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-08T21:13:57-07:00">September 8th, 9:13pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>LeBron James and Anthony Davis may no longer be teammates <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-when-lebron-james-learned-anthony-davis-luka-doncic-trade-revealed">after the bombshell trade</a> in February that sent the latter to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Doncic, but the bond they forged during their time together on the Los Angeles Lakers remains strong as ever. This was very much apparent in the way Davis reacted to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-makes-unreal-flex-after-hof-induction">James’ Instagram post flexing his latest achievement</a> — making it to the Hall of Fame as a member of the 2008 Team USA squad that won gold in Beijing, the famous “Redeem Team”.</p><p>The Mavericks star, who remains close friends with James and looks likely to remain as such until their final breaths, fired up <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWXdOLjCHy/c/17946594236904156/?hl=en" rel="noopener">a strong reaction</a> to James’ post.</p><p>“ELITE!!!!” Davis commented.</p><p>Indeed, there are scarcely any words anyone could use to better describe James and his professional basketball career. The word “elite”, in fact, doesn’t come close to describing the incredible heights he’s reached throughout his career — and it’s not as if he’s done writing the story of his career just yet considering how he remains a top-15 to top-20 player in the NBA even though he’s pushing 41 years of age.</p><p>For Davis, it has to be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-anthony-davis-post-identical-message-social-media">surreal to have experienced teaming up with James</a> for over five seasons, with only a shocking trade causing the two to part ways. The Lakers did achieve a lot of things with James and Davis leading the way, most notably winning the NBA title in 2020, that, no matter how many detractors there may be, stands as a legitimate championship.</p><p>Words must also escape the Mavericks star, especially when it’s not too often that one receives enshrinement into the Hall of Fame even though they’re still at, or at least near, the top of their game — which is where James currently stands.</p><h2><b>Anthony Davis charts a new path with the Mavericks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Davis-vs-the-Grizzlies.jpg"><figcaption>Petre Thomas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This may be not how Davis planned it, but he welcomed a trade to the Mavericks since day one — especially with Dallas having the centers he so desperately wanted to play alongside. Of course, his first few months as a Maverick did not go according to plan, as he suffered an injury that kept him out for a considerable period of time, and it resulted in Dallas missing out on the playoffs entirely.</p><p>In 2025, however, the Mavericks have a fresh start. They have Cooper Flagg ready to seize the reins, and they have a deep team — making them a sleeper pick in the West especially once Kyrie Irving returns from injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Anthony Davis fires strong reaction to LeBron James’ HOF post

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-makes-unreal-flex-after-hof-induction');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers’ LeBron James makes unreal flex after HOF induction');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Lakers-LeBron-James-reacts-during-a-game.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Lakers’ LeBron James makes unreal flex after HOF induction</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-08T20:18:39-07:00">September 8th, 8:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-08T20:18:39-07:00">September 8th, 8:18pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>LeBron James is going to be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame one day as an individual, that much is certain. However, even though he’s still playing for the Los Angeles Lakers and yet to make an announcement as to when he’ll be hanging up his sneakers, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/nba-news-lebron-james-soaks-moment-receiving-hof-jacket">he already received enshrinement as part</a> of the 2008 Team USA squad that won the gold medal in the Beijing Olympics — earning the nickname “Redeem Team”.</p><p>James would not miss such an honor for the world, especially when he played a starring role on the team alongside his good buddies Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and Carmelo Anthony, as well as the late great Kobe Bryant. Just to put <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-lebron-james-redeem-team-legendary-entrance-hof-induction-2">how incredible this honor is for the Lakers star</a>, each and every member of the Redeem Team except for James were all out of the NBA by 2022 — with recent HOF inductees Anthony and Dwight Howard being the last ones to be active in the league.</p><p>No one in the history of the NBA could boast such insane longevity other than James, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWXdOLjCHy/?hl=en" rel="noopener">he certainly did that</a> on his Instagram account by posting an image of his Hall of Fame jacket — an unbelievable flex.</p><p>“We In The Hall Baby!!!!! Ayyyyyyeeee 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👑,” James wrote as the caption to his post.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWXdOLjCHy/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" target="_blank"> <div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p></p></a><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWXdOLjCHy/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by 👑 (@kingjames)</a></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>It’s already one thing if James were to receive induction into the Hall of Fame before he becomes eligible. (One must be retired for two full years before enshrinement.) But for him to get such acclaim while still playing at a high level even though he’s about to turn 41 in a little over three months? That is simply remarkable.</p><p>The Lakers star can boast all he wants about his achievement-laden career, as no one can ever take these accomplishments away from him.</p><h2><b>Lakers star LeBron James is not yet done padding his HOF resume</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/LeBron-James-and-Luka-Doncic-exit-the-court.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>James, unfathomably, is still going strong at age 40, as he’s still a top-15 to top-20 player in the league. He did finish sixth in MVP voting last year and made the All-NBA Second Team — accolades that not many can touch, let alone a 40-year-old who’s allegedly on his last legs.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-winking-response-luka-doncics-eurobasket-domination">Lakers star, however, is not yet done</a> adding to his HOF resume. He has grand ambitions still, and with Luka Doncic by his side now, perhaps James still has enough gas left in the tank to chase his fifth championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers’ LeBron James makes unreal flex after HOF induction

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-richard-jefferson-destroys-charles-barkley-lebron-james-super-team-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Richard Jefferson destroys Charles Barkley’s super team take on Lakers’ LeBron James');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NBA-analyst-Richard-Jefferson.jpg"><figcaption>Peter Casey-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Richard Jefferson destroys Charles Barkley’s super team take on Lakers’ LeBron James</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-08T14:25:53-07:00">September 8th, 2:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-08T14:25:53-07:00">September 8th, 2:25pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After Hall of Fame forward and NBA analyst Charles Barkley blamed the association’s second apron and its penalties on the league’s superteam era, including Los Angeles Lakers All-Star LeBron James, ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson clapped back. Ahead of 2025-26, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-charles-barkley-drops-truth-bomb-lebron-james-luka-doncic-debate">Barkley said the Lakers are Luka Doncic’s team</a> and not James’ as last year’s trade with the Dallas Mavericks drastically changed who’s in the driver’s seat in Los Angeles.</p><p>Still, it was Barkley’s take on the Bill Simmons Podcast that struck a chord with Jefferson, who called Barkley out for being a part of arguably the NBA’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWMlKb6Tde8&amp;t=1102s" rel="noopener">first superteam</a> in the Houston Rockets during the late 1990s, per ESPN’s Road Trippin.</p><p>“I remember Charles Barkley going to Houston, and then he teamed up with Hakeem Olajuwon, and then Scottie Pippen was also there,” Jefferson. “Olajuwon and Barkley were in year 14, Pippen was in year 11, so he was in his prime. That sounds like teaming up. That sounds like teaming up if I’m wrong. Hey, let’s go to Shaq and Kobe. Does anybody remember when they recruited Gary Payton when he was still in his prime, and then they recruited Karl Malone?</p><p>“Do we remember that? The second all-time leading scorer to play power forward next to Shaq in his prime, after they had won three out of the last four championships. So are we saying Shaq and Kobe? So when we looked at teaming up, he did it. He joined Olajuwon, and then Scottie Pippen came in. Did we forget our history? His own history,” Jefferson concluded.</p><p>For the younger NBA fans, Richard Jefferson revealed how Scottie Pippen joined Olajuwon, Barkley, and the Rockets in 1998-99. The three lost in the opening round of the playoffs, 3-1, to the Lakers before Barkley retired in 2000.</p><h2><b>Charles Barkley on why Lakers’ LeBron James isn’t MJ or Kobe</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Hall-of-Fame-forward-Charles-Barkley-Bulls-Michael-Jordan.jpg"><figcaption>Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>NBA analyst <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-charles-barkley-explains-lebron-james-isnt-michael-jordan-kobe-bryant">Charles Barkley never shies away from strong takes</a> on Lakers All-Star LeBron James’ career and the contrast he sees between the Hall of Fame players that came before him. While reminding everyone it’s not a knock on James, Barkley <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1944794152689873149/" rel="noopener">revealed the key difference</a> between LeBron and Hall of Fame guard Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, per Yahoo Sports.</p><p>“The three best players I’ve ever seen were, Michael, Kobe, and LeBron,” Barkley said. “And I’ll tell you the difference in the three. Michael and Kobe are dangerous, they will kill your a–. LeBron’s a nice guy. And that’s not a knock. He’s still great, great, great, but he’s a nice guy.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"[LeBron James is] on the downside of his career. It's Luka's [Doncic] team going forward. But hey, they got bigger problems than those guys."</p><p>Charles Barkley on James' place within the Lakers 🗣️</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YahooSports</a>)<a href="https://t.co/mGJTpM0eLB">pic.twitter.com/mGJTpM0eLB</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1944794152689873149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It’ll be interesting to see how things unfold for James this upcoming season, as he enters the final year of his deal with the Lakers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-lebron-james-kevin-love-happy-birthday');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James wishes Kevin Love a Happy Birthday with ‘best ever’ salute');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Kevin-Love-and-LeBron-James.jpg"><figcaption>Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>LeBron James wishes Kevin Love a Happy Birthday with ‘best ever’ salute</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-08T09:19:03-07:00">September 8th, 9:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-08T09:19:03-07:00">September 8th, 9:19am</time><address><a>Rishabh Bhatnagar</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The legendary <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-tyronn-lue-claims-best-version-lebron-james">LeBron James has won </a><a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-tyronn-lue-claims-best-version-lebron-james" rel="noopener">four NBA championships</a> during his career. However, his first and only ring with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he first rose to prominence, came during his second stint with the franchise in 2016.</p><p>Alongside him was the now 37-year-old <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-kevin-love-reveals-what-lebron-james-said-that-made-him-put-the-lakers-star-in-a-headlock">Kevin Love, who</a><a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-kevin-love-reveals-what-lebron-james-said-that-made-him-put-the-lakers-star-in-a-headlock" rel="noopener">, like James, at 40, is firmly in the twilight of his career</a>. Love only recently celebrated his birthday on Sunday, September 7. And it seems as if the two continue to remain close even years after being teammates for the Cavs.</p><p>“THE BEST EVER!!!!!” James wrote on his Instagram story <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/kingjames/3717080979132407565/?hl=en" rel="noopener">in response to a post</a> from the official NBA Instagram account. The original post had invited fans to wish Love on his birthday.</p><p>“Join us in wishing @kevinlove a HAPPY 37th BIRTHDAY!” it said. Love, who is set to enter the 18th season of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz next campaign, spent close to a decade with the Cavs. He arrived from the Minnesota Timberwolves back in August 2014 to form a big 3 alongside LeBron and Kyrie Irving.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOUZTCbkZEX/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOUZTCbkZEX/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by NBA (@nba)</a></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>The Cavaliers went on to qualify for four straight NBA Finals, although Love missed the 2015 Finals due to a shoulder dislocation. During this time, the Cavs would go on to form the most entertaining NBA rivalry of the 2010s against the Golden State Warriors, eventually winning a title in 2016.</p><p>That has proved to be his only championship thus far. Kevin Love averaged 15.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists during his nine seasons with the Cavs, emerging as one of the best shooters in the league during this stretch. He converted 37.6% of his three-point attempts during this time.</p><p>The player would outlast both Irving and James at the franchise, eventually leaving in February 2023 after agreeing to a buyout with the franchise. Since then, he has continued to produce solid NBA seasons, joining the Miami Heat before eventually signing with the Utah Jazz earlier this year, in July.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James wishes Kevin Love a Happy Birthday with ‘best ever’ salute

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-winking-response-luka-doncics-eurobasket-domination');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers star LeBron James’ winking response to Luka Doncic’s EuroBasket domination');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/James-and-Doncic.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Lakers star LeBron James’ winking response to Luka Doncic’s EuroBasket domination</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-08T08:28:49-07:00">September 8th, 8:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-08T08:28:49-07:00">September 8th, 8:28am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-shuts-down-coaching-inquiry">Los Angeles Lakers are just</a> over six weeks away from kicking off their 2025-26 NBA season, and superstar <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/eurobasket-news-luka-doncic-passes-drazen-petrovic">Luka Doncic has been keeping busy</a> by representing his home country of Slovenia at the ongoing EuroBasket tournament. On Sunday, Doncic poured in 42 points in a win over Italy, overcoming an injury suffered at the end of the first quarter and returning to help his team advance.</p><p>Lakers star LeBron James subtly approved of the performance <a href="https://twitter.com/Fullcourtpass/status/1964780992595722651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1964780992595722651%7Ctwgr%5E8c2b8722593db38c87ef607a170fdde1e4ea142e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopshype.com%2Frumors%2F" rel="noopener">by resposting a post</a> from the NBA and EuroBasket on his Instagram story that was highlighting Doncic’s achievement.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LeBron James Instagram story 👀 <a href="https://t.co/4yVGCie5Ez">pic.twitter.com/4yVGCie5Ez</a></p><p>— Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fullcourtpass/status/1964780992595722651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>Slovenia will next take on Germany in the tournament.</p><h2><b>A good sight for Lakers fans</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Lebron-James.jpg"><figcaption>© Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Doncic’s epic performance and James’ shoutout on social media will certainly be a sight for sore eyes for Los Angeles Lakers fans everywhere, who have suffered through a bit of a strange offseason regarding their two stars.</p><p>On the one hand, Doncic did sign an extension with the franchise, signaling his commitment to the team that shockingly traded for him seven months ago, and he has also debuted a new slimmed-down frame and better conditioning ahead of the new season.</p><p>On the other, James used his professional mouthpiece Rich Paul to put out a statement attempting to get people to think that he was discontent with the Lakers, only to then sign his player option with the team and stick around for the upcoming 2025-26 season.</p><p>The fact that James is now publicly promoting Doncic’s achievements to his millions of followers on social media suggests that whatever divide he had with the team has now been bridged.</p><p>This season will be the first year of James’ career that he is clearly not the number one option on his team heading into the campaign, and at the age of 40 (soon to be 41), that will likely be a weight off the 4-time MVP’s shoulders after he had to carry the team through large stretches of the past several years.</p><p>In any case, the Lakers are slated to kick off their 2025-26 season with a home game against the divisional rival Golden State Warriors on October 21 in Los Angeles.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers star LeBron James’ winking response to Luka Doncic’s EuroBasket domination

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Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Lakers rumors: Brian Windhorst gives ‘interpretation’ of LeBron James’ retirement plans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-08T08:22:39-07:00">September 8th, 8:22am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-08T08:22:39-07:00">September 8th, 8:22am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The future remains uncertain for LeBron James. Unsure whether he will retire after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-makes-52-6-million-contract-decision">exercising the player option</a> to play an additional year with the L.A. Lakers.</p><p>At age 40, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-goes-full-mike-gundy-hilarious-response-40th-birthday-greetings">James is still one of the best players in the game</a>. Virtually, there is no stopping him or any real hint on when he will retire.</p><p>However, NBA insider Brian Windhorst <a href="https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/nba/rumors/2025/09/08/lebron-james-undecided-on-how-long-hell-continue-playing/86037026007/">provides speculation</a> on when James will call it quits, likely looking at the end of this season with the Lakers, per NBA on ESPN and Hoops Hype.</p><p>“Now, as far as LeBron’s future— I know there’s a lot of speculation,” Windhorst said. “Based on my conversations, I honestly think they don’t know. As far as I know, he’s honestly going year to year. Could this be his last year? Yes. Will it be his last year? I don’t know. Does he know right now? Maybe. But my interpretation is that it has not been established. He will see where he’s at at the end of the year.”</p><p>With that said, the Lakers are entering a much-anticipated season. A season in which they will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-luka-doncic-165-million-contract-extension">have Luka Doncic for his first full season</a>. Plus, the Lakers are expected to win at least 50 games and go back to the playoffs.</p><p>Nevertheless, in addition to James, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-rumors-insider-reveals-team-austin-reaves-30-million-contract">Austin Reaves and DeAndre Ayton will become free agents</a> after this year. Plus, they have to contend with a stacked Western Conference, which includes the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>Also, it will mark the first full season with J.J. Redick as head coach.</p><h2><b>What will it take for LeBron James to retire?</b></h2><p>For all that he has achieved, one would speculate that James would be satisfied to move on. However, there appears to be a few things left on the to-do list.</p><p>For one, James has <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/article/lakers-lebron-james-may-announce-140001337.html#:~:text=How%20to%20Watch-,Lakers'%20LeBron%20James%20may%20announce%20retirement%20before%202025%2D26%20season,a%2050%2Dwin%20Lakers%20squad." rel="noopener">spoken openly</a> about wanting to play 23 seasons. That number being his and that of Michael Jordan. This year will be James’ 23rd season.</p><p>Also, there is wanting to <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-on-retirement-im-not-going-to-play-that-much-longer-to-be-completely-honest" rel="noopener">continue playing</a> with his son Bronny and see him establish a consistent presence.</p><p>Then there is the connection between the mind and the body. James has said before that he would let his mind tell him when to the turn the page.</p><p>“It’s the mind,” he said per Kurt Helin of NBC Sports.com. “Wherever my mind is, is how the rest of my body is going to go”.</p><p>Is this the end? We gotta know.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers rumors: Brian Windhorst gives ‘interpretation’ of LeBron James’ retirement plans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-shuts-down-coaching-inquiry');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers’ LeBron James shuts down coaching inquiry');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LeBron-2.jpg"><figcaption>Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Lakers’ LeBron James shuts down coaching inquiry</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-07T09:10:45-07:00">September 7th, 9:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-07T09:10:45-07:00">September 7th, 9:10am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>LeBron James has made one thing clear about his future. Coaching is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-lebron-james-reveals-new-off-court-addiction">not part of the plan for James</a>. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar was asked once again if he would ever consider <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-paul-pierce-lebron-james-career">trading his Lakers jersey</a> for a clipboard once his playing days are over. James’s answer <a href="https://x.com/CGTNSportsScene/status/1964477954744078491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1964477954744078491%7Ctwgr%5E808bca8f2e1c3992b17275f03d7f19e5f7c0e70b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.clutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php" rel="noopener">was as decisive as it has ever been</a>.</p><p>“I was inspired by the game. I love the game. But I don’t have coaching in my future,” James told CGTN Sports Scene. When pressed on the idea, James replied with a firm no, repeating that coaching is not something he will pursue.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">💬"I was inspired by the game. I love the game. But I don't have coaching in my future."</p><p>– <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingJames</a> on the question of whether he would become a coach in the future.<a href="https://twitter.com/LakersNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LakersNation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BleacherReport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Ballislife?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ballislife</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ClutchPoints</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheDunkCentral</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SLAMonline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SLAMonline</a> <a href="https://t.co/gA9udPR6vV">pic.twitter.com/gA9udPR6vV</a></p><p>— CGTN Sports Scene (@CGTNSportsScene) <a href="https://twitter.com/CGTNSportsScene/status/1964477954744078491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The statement marked the second time this offseason that James has dismissed any notion of becoming a coach. On his “Mind the Game” show earlier in the summer, he responded even more directly.</p><p>“There’s no way, no way, guys,” James said. “It ain’t happening. No team. Zero chance.”</p><p>For a player whose basketball IQ has often been described as unmatched, the answer may come as a surprise to some. But James appears content with the idea that once his career as a player ends, he will not be leading a team from the sidelines.</p><h2><b>LeBron James won’t disappear from the game or the Lakers entirely</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/LeBron-1.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Goodale-USA TODAY Network</figcaption></figure><p>That does not mean he will disappear from the game entirely. James has long been linked to the possibility of front office involvement or ownership, particularly with speculation about a potential NBA expansion team in Las Vegas. While those rumors remain uncertain, they represent a more likely path than coaching.</p><p>For now, James is focused on extending his already historic run with the Lakers. At age 40, he continues to produce at an elite level. Last season, he appeared in 70 games and averaged 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 8.2 assists while shooting 51 percent from the field and 38 percent from beyond the arc. The Lakers finished third in the Western Conference before falling in the opening round of the playoffs.</p><p>The upcoming campaign will mark James’ 23rd season in the league, and he remains under contract after signing a two-year, $104 million deal in 2024. His career already includes four championships, a Finals MVP with three different franchises, and the all-time scoring record.</p><p>Still, questions about what comes next will only grow louder as retirement draws closer. James has answered at least one of them with certainty. Coaching is not in his future, no matter how or when his remarkable journey with the Lakers comes to an end.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers’ LeBron James shuts down coaching inquiry

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-shares-kobe-bryant-tribute-redeem-team-hof-induction');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers’ LeBron James shares Kobe Bryant tribute at Redeem Team’s HOF induction');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Team-USA-Lakers-Kobe-Bryant-Lakers-LeBron-James.jpg"><figcaption>Geoff Burke-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Lakers’ LeBron James shares Kobe Bryant tribute at Redeem Team’s HOF induction</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-06T18:26:35-07:00">September 6th, 6:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-06T18:26:35-07:00">September 6th, 6:26pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers All-Star LeBron James was inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of the USA’s 2008 Redeem Team and discussed what playing alongside Kobe Bryant meant to him. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/nba-news-lebron-james-soaks-moment-receiving-hof-jacket">James soaked in the moment he wore his jacket</a> for the first time. The future first-ballot inductee talent received the fame orange jacket that every Hall of Famer wears on their special day.</p><p>Then, James <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1964486897440600222" rel="noopener">addressed what it was like</a> when he found out Bryant would be joining Team USA in 2008.</p><p>“It was the missing link that we needed to regain the dominance with Team USA,” James said. “He brought a sense of seriousness to the team. He made us lock in. We knew once he joined and he was going to be committed that we couldn’t be doing nothing half-a****. Kob wasn’t going for that. It made myself, CP, D-Wade, Melo; we locked in even more ’cause we wanted to show him that we could get to that level as well. It was just an honor to be out there with him.</p><p>“I was 23 years old, being out on the floor with him. He had already won championships before and things of that nature. So, it was levels that I was trying to get to. D-Wade had already won one. So, we just wanted to get to his level and make him proud. By the end of that trip, we were hoisting that gold medal on that podium. We, for sure, made him proud,” James concluded.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The missing link that we needed to regain the dominance… He made us lock in. We knew once he joined and he was gonna be committed that we couldn't be doing nothing half ass."</p><p>LeBron James on Kobe Bryant’s influence during the 2008 Redeem Team run 🙌<a href="https://t.co/X798dFycR0">pic.twitter.com/X798dFycR0</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1964486897440600222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Coming off a 4-2 loss to the Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals, Kobe Bryant helped lead Team USA to gold before winning back-to-back titles in 2009-10 with the Lakers. James would go onto win his first NBA championship in 2012 before going back-to-back with the Miami Heat. He’d win two more titles with the Cleveland Cavs in 2016 and then, with the Lakers in 2020 as the four-time champion, and 21-time All-Star is entering his 23rd NBA season.</p><h2><b>Dwight Howard reacts to Lakers’ LeBron James in attendance</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Lakers-LeBron-James-Lakers-Dwight-Howard.jpg"><figcaption>Kim Klement-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Hall of Fame inductee <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-dwight-howard-hilarious-reaction-lebron-james-hof-presence">Dwight Howard shouted out Lakers’ LeBron James mid-speech</a>. The former Team USA and 2020 Lakers champion teammate received an applause while Howard discussed his days with the Lakers.</p><p>Howard <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1964475203519693054" rel="noopener">fed into the crowd’s reaction</a> to James and Lakers talk.</p><p>“Did I wake up a monster in here? Lakers Nation is in the building. Shout out to Dr. Buss and the Buss family, and the Rambis family, for always supporting me. OK. Thank you. Oh, LeBron is here,” Howard said. “LeBron James is in the building. Thank you for coming, boy.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Uh oh? Did I wake up a monster in here?… Oh, LeBron is here. Oh, LeBron James in the building… Thank you for coming."</p><p>Dwight Howard, as he noticed LeBron in the crowd 😅</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>)<a href="https://t.co/A1Fe1m4qN8">pic.twitter.com/A1Fe1m4qN8</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1964475203519693054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Former Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony was also inducted into the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers’ LeBron James shares Kobe Bryant tribute at Redeem Team’s HOF induction

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-lebron-james-redeem-team-legendary-entrance-hof-induction-2');   ga('set', 'title', 'LeBron James, Redeem Team have legendary entrance to HOF induction');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Los-Angeles-Lakers-NBA-forward-LeBron-James-with-Dwyane-Wade-and-Kobe-Bryant.jpg"><figcaption>CSPA via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>LeBron James, Redeem Team have legendary entrance to HOF induction</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-06T18:05:56-07:00">September 6th, 6:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-06T18:05:56-07:00">September 6th, 6:05pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2008 Olympics was a tipping point for American-born NBA stars. After an embarrassing showing in 2004, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, and other All-Stars had seen enough. They banded together to represent the U.S. in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The result is one of the greatest Olympic rosters of all time, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-carmelo-anthony-gets-real-kobe-bryant-true-impact-us-redeem-team">nicknamed the “Redeem Team” by fans</a>.</p><p>That year’s roster was one of the 2025 inductees to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The ceremony on Saturday night saw some of the brightest stars around the basketball world gather to celebration the newest additions to the Hall of Fame. LeBron James and Co. made their presence known with an arrival that turned heads across the sports world and on social media.</p><p>Despite the star power of the night, the team’s entrance <a href="https://x.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1964483019546513738" rel="noopener">stole the show</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">THE 2008 REDEEM TEAM. </p><p>🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥       (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/ohnohedidnt24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ohnohedidnt24</a>)</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/5xUhXcWvxN">pic.twitter.com/5xUhXcWvxN</a></p><p>— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1964483019546513738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Almost everyone on the roster stood shoulder to shoulder on stage, enjoying the applause from the audience. However, the loudest cheers came when the team acknowledged <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-kobe-bryant-killed-helicopter-crash">Bryant, who tragically passed away in 2020</a>. James, Wade, Paul, and other members of the Redeem Team were all close friends with the former LA Lakers legend and continue to mourn his loss.</p><p>Despite the somber undertones of Bryant’s passing, the “Redeem Team” celebrated their dominant run back in 2008 on Saturday. It is the fourth Olympic team in the Hall of Fame, following the 1960 team, headlined by players like Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.</p><p>One of the inspirations for the “Redeem Team” was the 1992 “Dream Team” led by Michael Jordan. However, the 2008 squad was just as dominant. After the Olympics, the U.S. secured its spot as the best country in the world when it comes to basketball. Despite some stars from the team having dominant careers, Paul and James are the only two players left in the NBA.</p><p>Despite how long ago its run was, the “Redeem Team” is deserving of its spot in the Hall of Fame. James and his squad came into the night in style and will leave it immortalized in the history of basketball.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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