Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James sympathized with Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards regarding his recent comments about not necessarily wanting to be the face of the NBA.

This comes at the same time as another, broader conversation in the weeks following the All-Star break, when each of the league's best players was asked: Who will become the next face of the NBA?

One of the most popular debates in sports at the present moment is which NBA superstar will take the mantle from LeBron James to be the next face of the NBA. But if you ask James himself ...

Stephen A. Smith opened First Take with a six-minute, uninterrupted rant to fire back at LeBron James for criticizing the NBA media. As NBA media seems desperate to crown Anthony Edwards as the ...

The European model for developing elite young players has some clear advantages, so the NBA launched an effort to have a more direct presence in the American system. Embiid is being shut down ...

LeBron James has been the face of the NBA for two decades, but he is nearing retirement age (along with Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant). So, who will be the next face of the league? LeBron James ...

The discussion surrounding the identity of the next “face of the league” is sparking substantial debate within the basketball community. A variety of basketball analysts, along with current ...

There has been some debate about who will be the face of the NBA once James, Curry, and Durant retire. Anthony Edwards, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic and Victor Wembanyama, are among those ...

Doncic's new teammates and coaches all believe he'll be ready and eager for this quick showdown with the team that abruptly shipped him out of the city where he earned five All-NBA selections ...

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Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.