A major rebuild before the trade deadline might have been enough for the Cleveland Cavaliers to convince LeBron James to stay with the team for at least another year.
"I wouldn’t be surprised if he stays in Cleveland now," one high-ranking Eastern Conference team executive told Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. "The Cavaliers put a really good team around him. The Cavaliers have made it really tough for him to decide to leave Cleveland again. The Lakers might have helped them keep LeBron."
James has a chance to enter free agency this summer if he rejects his player option worth about $35 million for next season.