Rich Paul On LeBron James not wanting to be a third option on the Lakers behind Luka and Austin When the coach asks you to do something and play a certain way he doesn't know how to buck Obviously I'm not the third option But if this is what I'm being asked to do then I'm going to do that

Rich Paul just plainly laid out Lebron's options on his podcast

Charania LeBron James and the Lakers just simply didnt see eye to eye on what it meant to try compete for a championship Sources close to LeBron tell me that his priorities are clear with his next home he wants to compete for championships he wants to play meaningful basketball

Chris Haynes says that LeBron James himself will not be meeting with any of the teams throughout free agency instead allowing Rich Paul to do it Based on the info Rich Paul provides him LeBron will make his decision

Windhorst It's been communicated to me that the number one thing for LeBron next season is happiness not money I have clearance to use this quote attributed to Rich Paul 'The Lakers are not and will not annoy us'

Colin Cowherd Lakers didnt want to re-sign LeBron They really didnt I trust my sources Lakers didn't want to be bullies and say LeBron get out of here They didnt want to alienate Rich Paul who could have great players we want to sign Let's let Rich Paul and LeBron win the PR game today

Chris Paul says he didn't join the Heat Big 3 because D-Wade didn't want to give up 3 You was older you couldve wore 33what we going to do CP6 Nah that aint it D-Wade wants to sacrifice everything else but he aint wanna sacrifice a damn number