From now until July, every single LeBron James quote and social media post is going to be analyzed, dissected, and further associated with free agency rumors and his possibility of signing with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The two sides have been rumored to be considering a union since the second half of last season, and the noise only intensifies each time James does something like talk up his enjoyment playing in Staples Center or praises rookie Lonzo Ball.
But while the latest ESPN report painted the Lakers’ odds of signing James as “a longshot,” at least one of their analysts thinks the team’s odds are significantly better than that, as former head coach Byron Scott said he liked the Lakers’ chances in a TMZ ambush interview:
“I think it’s probably 50-50 right now.