Shannon Sharpe isn’t buying the LeBron James exit rumors. With speculation swirling around whether the four-time NBA champion will exercise his $52.6 million player option to return to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2025–26 or explore a final chapter elsewhere, Sharpe made it clear on his show that LeBron isn’t leaving Los Angeles.

The Lakers knew the Timberwolves would be a tough matchup in the first round of the NBA playoffs, but it turned out to be much tougher than expected.

The four-time NBA MVP says the MCL sprain likely would have caused him to miss the rest of the first-round series had the Lakers defeated Minnesota in Game 5.