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LeBron James leaving L.A. means it's likely he'll join Warriors

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LeBron James leaving L.A. means it's likely he'll join Warriors

Kevin O'ConnorNBA Senior AnalystTue, June 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTC

Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O'Connor reacts to the 41-year-old's decision to leave Los Angeles - and why he believes it's a strong sign that he will go to Golden State. Check out the full conversation on "The Kevin O'Connor Show" and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Number two, LeBron James is continuing to play according to Shams Charania and Chris Haynes who reported this out of the mouth of Rich Paul, who informed them of this, that he's gonna continue playing.

So LeBron is gonna continue playing into his 40s, and who's it gonna be for?

In all likelihood, the Golden State Warriors.

As I reported on Sunday night on Yahoo Sports, the Warriors have been targeting LeBron James with a mid-level exception and Anthony Davis in a trade with the Washington Wizards.

In the time since, it's now Tuesday as I talk about this now, there's been reporting around that the Warriors informed Jimmy Butler that they're not gonna trade him.

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Jimmy Butler's agent, Bernie Lee, has said on the record to other reporters that he doesn't think Jimmy Butler's gonna be traded.

I've heard personally that the Wizards don't really want Jimmy Butler, so that might be a factor here, and I'm not sure how many teams would actually want Jimmy Butler considering Jimmy Butler is out on a torn ACL and he's burned the bridges of every team he's ever played on except the one he's currently on right now, the Golden State Warriors.

So nobody really wanted Jimmy Butler except for Phoenix when he was healthy leaving the Miami Heat, and definitely nobody wants him now.

Okay?

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So that's, that's the challenge for Golden State when it's, comes to getting Anthony Davis.

They might have to give up too many picks to make it worth it, but we'll see.

We'll see how that plays out.

Bottom line is it seems like AD probably not going to the Warriors, but LeBron James probably is going to the Warriors.

I cannot imagine, I can't fathom it, that Draymond Green would've opted out of his contract on Monday to sign for less, and then LeBron James would go ahead and sign for the mid-level with Miami.

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