LeBron James claims there’s nothing to his appearance in Cleveland this weekend. The NBA legend was spotted at the Cavaliers’ practice facility in a photo posted online alongside Cleveland summer league invite Denver Jones on Friday.

In addition to guaranteeing his spot on the court, LeBron James has formally accepted his $52.6 million player option for the 2025–26 NBA season, escalating trade rumours that he is linked to the Golden State Warriors.

LeBron James becoming available has, typically, been a seismic NBA event. Teams famously spent the several years leading up to his 2010 free agency clearing cap space. Pretty much all league business halted for the first 11 days of July in 2014 as teams schlepped across the country first to Cleveland and then,