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Spears I'm hearing that he's LeBron's likely coming back to the Lakers and I'm also hearing that one of his old teammates from Cleveland Kevin Love could likely be joining the Lakers too

Charania The Lakers have made it clear that they want him back but the one thing I do know is that multiple contenders are already circling If LeBron is really going to hit the open market and decide and have a true free agency he's not going to have a shortage of teams

Pat McAfee Show Rich Paul reveals that 10-12 teams have reached out to express interest in acquiring LeBron James

ESPN MacMahon My understanding is if there's going to be an extension between Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers there's going to have to be legitimate negotiations He's going to have to take a pay cut I believe to extend with the Clippers

Charania I do know a lot of teams are calling LeBron and his camp I spoke to Rich Paul last week and he told me every contender in the NBA has essentially placed a call since the season ended