LeBron James will be an unrestricted free agent after this upcoming season, after the Lakers superstar picked up the player option for this upcoming year, but he doesn’t anticipate his contract status impacting the way he plays this season.

“It will have no impact,” James said to ESPN. “I’m super excited about the challenges and the excitement of our team. We added some new guys. We got another year under our belt with our coaching staff from last year. Got a full year with Luka [Doncic] and another year with the guys that I’ve been with. So super excited about that.

“And I’m not worried about contracts at this point in my career. That doesn’t bother me at all. Super humbled to even have it, have a contract still and be able to play the game that I love still at this part of my career

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