Before LeBron James exercised his option and his agent, Rich Paul, made his cryptic statement, Paul gave both the Lakers and Luka Doncic a heads-up.

Lakers fans shouldn’t forget about his LeCryptic tweets, his comments during All-Star weekend in Cleveland back in 2022, or even last week when he wore a “homecoming” hat while vacationing in Ohio. There has been plenty of sizzle, but no steak when it comes to LeBron leaving Los Angeles for essentially his entire time as a Laker.

LeBron is the master of offseason passive-aggressive statements to get his team to spend. This is more of the same.