NBA free agency begins Monday, June 30 and it doesn’t have the same prominence as some offseasons – mainly because there are not many teams with the salary cap space to make major moves, some projected free agents already have reached deals or plan to reach deals with their current teams and it’s not a high-profile free-agent class.

On the heels of the NBA Draft, which saw Cooper Flagg predictably go No. 1 overall to the Dallas Mavericks, the eyes of the basketball world turn toward free agency and the potential for teams to spend their way to an NBA Championship.

There is a chance that LeBron James will opt out of his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Several factors could shape his decision. The 40-year-old star is on a two-year, $104 million contract that includes a player option for the 2025-26 season.