Four-time NBA champion LeBron James is expected to opt out of the last year of his current contract, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. An opt-out would make the Los Angeles Lakers forward an unrestricted free agent.

LeBron James is expected to opt out of the final year of his current contract with the Los Angeles Lakers and become an unrestricted free agent, according to Dan Woike of The LA Times. According to Woike, the sense is that he will ultimately elect to remain with the Lakers in the end.

JJ Redick used to play against LeBron James. Now, he'll be his coach -- and this isn't the first time this has happened.

It's official. JJ Redick just got one of the most daunting jobs in the NBA. Not coaching the Lakers, though that is a job that he accepted Thursday on a four-year deal. No, the job Redick will take on, that ranks as perhaps the league's most difficult, is coaching LeBron James.

JJ Redick is being hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, a person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press

LeBron James' agent did his best to distance the Los Angeles Lakers star from the team's coaching search, but social media wasn't having it after Los

Readers of the Los Angeles Times share their thoughts and opinions on the Lakers hiring JJ Redick as coach, the Celtics winning the title and Willie Mays.