LeBron James is in year 23 in the NBA, his eighth with the Los Angeles Lakers. As ESPN's Dave McMenamin wrote on Tuesday, the 2025-26 season could mark the end of LeBron's All-NBA streak, which currently sits at 21. He needs to hit the 65-game mark to be eligible. On top of that, McMenamin wrote that according to sources close to LeBron, he's still "undecided" about whether this will be his final season.
Will there be a way to know that he is retiring before LeBron announces it himself? Yes. As McMenamin highlighted, if LeBron makes every effort possible to be available for games, it could mean that he's viewing this season as a retirement tour.