I'm always thinking LeBron is aiming to create his legacy by cementing records after records, and he might consider retiring at the age of 41 or maybe more. I mean Vince Carter has retired at 42. So, who knows LeBron is in a much greater shape than Vince when he's 37. But the main reason why LeBron needs to be healthy and play basketball till he's 40 because he's son might get into the NBA at age of 18. So, LeBron will have another record in the NBA as the only player who are still active that also have a son that actively playing in the NBA as well, or might be better If they will be on the same team.
Bronny is 16, LeBron's contract in the Lakers will end in 2 years. So, I guess there will be a huge possiblity they'll play on the same team "IF" Bronny will be drafted to the NBA.

Very possible to happen, LeBron's body built is really strong and without any major injuries after 2 years, he can still play.

I believe that he also aiming for that, with the way he trained and support Bronny, the chance to see a father and son duo
may happen, a dream that every dad really intends to take place.

Bronny will be guided properly if LeBron still exists and playing, a history in the making that for sure will be the Legacy that
very difficult to break.

It always depends on injuries. When Kobe retired he looked very far away from Kareem, however that dude was averaging 27+ points and retired at like 36-37 years old. If Kobe didn't get injured, he would have at least 3 or even 4 more seasons with at least 25+ points (not because he will keep being awesome which might happen but he was given the ball at all times in Lakers) so that means he would had 8k+ points instead of 3-4k on his last 4 years, add in a few more years of him being old and not as great as he was, dude could have reached nearly 45k points let alone 40k, the chance was there to break over 40k very easily for him, it wasn't even a question of "will he?" it was just matter of time.

However he got injured and eventually retired. Same exact thing applies to Lebron. It is not about "will he?" obviously he will break it without a doubt, but if he gets injured enough to never make a proper comeback? Then he is out as well.

Lebron has to take care of his body, and having surrounded by star players, he won't have to sweat that much in order for the win to the team and the risk of getting injured is slow. Westbrook and Davis could do the offense more while Lebron just has to do whatever thinks he can help the team.

He doesn't need to chase breaking the record so fasts, even at 15 ppg, he would be able to become the number  1 in the ranking if he keeps himself healthy all the time.

Also, seeing his son playing in the NBA, that's another major achievement and he will be so proud of himself.

Everything is running smoothly and everyone is expecting Lebron to pass Kareem within 3-4 seasons since he left the Cavaliers but injury spoiled that momentum on 2018-19 season where James was sidelined for long and the Lakers didn't make it to the playoffs. 17 games missed on that season.

The next following season, 2019-20 the Lakers, now with Anthony Davis, now becomes fully in shape to chase the championship on that season. LeBron is now returning to his usual phase like he's not aging or what and in the end, they won an NBA title.

Moving forward from 2020-21, LeBron James suffers an injury again and that makes him sidelined for 20 games during the season.

Imagine around 40 games missed and let's say with a 20-25PPG average, that's about around 800 to 1,000 points that James is supposed to achieve right now. He's now seeing hitting the age and 25 PPG now is a tough task for LeBron. He is turning 37 this year. Good thing there's Westbrook that will now act as their PG so LeBron no need to be athletic fully per game.

Most times basketball players start nose diving at this age in terms of minutes played and points per 36min as well.  Lebron is different for sure but between all of the playoff games, international games, etc he has a lot of nba miles on those tires. 

Naturally I don't think he's even wants to be a 25pt scorer he was in his career earlier on and in games where he had no one around him he has to press the issue.  But he wants to more be a point forward than anything, and run the game.  He has brow, Westbrook etc to light up the scoreboard.  I can see him settle in at 18-20 points a game.  They are going to manage his minutes so long as the bench is healthy.

Great decision. Yes!
As a Denver Nuggets fan, this will really be helpful for Jokic. Paul Milsap is already out so he needs a power forward that could help him take defensive and offensive rebounds below the rim. Porter Jr. is still young and they should also consider him as a shooting guard where he is good at.
With the help of Jeff Green and JaMychal Green, yes 2 Greens  they now have a solid painted area defense.
Campazzo can take care of the outside and be a pest to point guards.

No surprises though if Nets wanted to trade him, yeah he made his own drama while in the Nets uniform and he thinks that he is untouchable in this league. And for sure Nets have been looking for a way to move him out of the team. Still a win win for Nets if they trade him, for sure they will get a lot of caliber players in exchange. And then the team receiving him could use his service. I think Durant + Harden will be enough for the Nets to win a ring, and let this diva and head ache teammate get out.

Smart move by Irving, but not too smart to help the team win a championship, with his attitude, there's no way he will win a championship again, and with this news, I think the NBA championship betting odds will change and will make the LA Lakers be the favorites to win the championships. I'm convince now that the Nets really has a problem and that is Irving, he just want to showcase his personal ability, not really a way to jive with the team to build a chemistry.