{"id":73313,"date":"2023-07-12T22:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T02:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/lebron-james-announces-return-for-21st-nba-season-after-contemplating-retirement-73313"},"modified":"2023-07-12T22:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T02:37:15","slug":"lebron-james-announces-return-for-21st-nba-season-after-contemplating-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/lebron-james-announces-return-for-21st-nba-season-after-contemplating-retirement-73313","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James announces return for 21st NBA season after contemplating retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>When his season ended, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/lebron-james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> admitted he was contemplating his NBA future.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it seems like he&#8217;s come to his senses &#8211; he announced on Wednesday night at the ESPYs that he will be returning for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21st season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James accepted the award for the Best Record-Breaking Performance of the last year, commemorating him passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lebron-james-becomes-nbas-all-time-leading-scorer-breaking-kareem-abdul-jabbars-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA&#8217;s all-time scorer<\/a> when he made the announcement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the season ended, I said I wasn&#8217;t sure if I was gonna keep playing, and I know a lot of experts told you guys what I said, but I&#8217;m here now speaking for myself,&#8221; James said.<\/p>\n<p>James said his retirement contemplation was no joke &#8211; in fact, he&#8217;s been thinking about it for a while.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In that moment, I&#8217;m asking myself if I can still play without cheating the game. Can I give everything to the game still? Truth is, I&#8217;ve been asking myself this question at the end of the season for a couple years now. I just never openly talked about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t care how many more points I score or what I can and cannot do on the floor. The real question for me is \u2018can I play without cheating this game?\u2019 The day I can&#8217;t give everything on the floor is the day I&#8217;ll be done. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lucky for you guys, that day is not today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James said his sons&#8217; passion for the game keeps him coming back every year &#8211; his oldest, Bronny, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lebron-james-son-commits-playing-basketball-usc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will play at USC next season<\/a> and will likely be a first-round pick in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And you know what brings me back every year is watching and coaching my boys and their teammates,&#8221; James continued. &#8220;I see those kids, and it brings me right back to why I play. Those kids get me back to where I need to be &#8211; just the pure love of this beautiful game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So yeah, I still got something left. 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