LeBron James continues to hold up the rest of the NBA while he decides on his next team.
It has been 23 days since James parted ways with the Lakers after eight seasons, leading to nearly a month full of speculation as to where the 41-year-old will play next.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver recently said at a CNBC event last week that the league can’t formally set its schedule without knowing where one of its biggest stars will be playing.
“We have to finish up the schedule, and where LeBron plays affects the schedule,” Silver said. “It will influence how we set the schedule—opening week, Christmas. So I need him to make a decision.”
But James is also holding up the rest of free agency around the league as several key players remain unsigned, with the teams interested in them remaining in a holding pattern until the NBA’s all-time leading scorer makes up his mind.
