LeBron James Attends Nephew’s HS Graduation Amid Retirement Speculation

LeBron James has tons of free time now that he is out of the playoffs, together with household time — which he soaked up this weekend with yet one more commencement drop-in.

The Lakers celebrity attended Chaminade High School’s ceremony Saturday in West Hills, CA — the place his “nephew,” Auston Mims, was all set to stroll throughout the stage in a cap and robe as a part of the Class of 2023. Mims performed soccer there, and LBJ is shut with the child … having attended video games of his prior to now. Although it is unclear in the event that they’re really associated.

Auston seems to be the son of LeBron’s longtime good friend and enterprise associate Randy Mims. In any case, Bron was entrance and middle to look at Auston obtain his highschool diploma.

Check out these movies, obtained by TMZ, the place you may see the King is attempting to put low because the names are referred to as, trying out his cellphone and protecting his head down. In these clips, he appears to be alone … however eyewitnesses inform us he was really there with household and mates.

Of course, he completely stands out — at about 6’9″, no much less — so, finally, he parked it and had a seat. That did not cease folks from approaching him and fanning out a bit, although.

At one level, a younger man strolling by noticed him … and tapped him on the shoulder for a bit of handshake — which Bron obliged and reciprocated. There was even an grownup who came to visit to say hi there … but it surely kinda looks like LBJ simply needed to maintain to himself right here.

Anyway, that is the second commencement (that we all know of) that LeBron’s gone to in latest weeks. Remember, he was simply at his personal son’s Thursday … and was one proud papa.

The backdrop of all that is the query of whether or not he’ll cling it up on the courtroom and retire from basketball. He prompt he would possibly in his Game 4 loss presser … noting he had loads to consider within the offseason. Stuff like this could be on the forefront of his ideas.

Fact is, if he was nonetheless enjoying … it is doable he might need missed a majority of these moments. Certainly doable, but when a sport was scheduled to be performed on a Saturday … it’d in all probability be robust to do each. Lucky for him, he was capable of catch all the large days this 12 months.