Labor Day is almost upon us. All over the country kids have gone back to school. It's even starting to cool down. Summer is all but over, and what a summer it was for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers . As we approach September, though, it's abundantly clear that, awkward as things got, both sides need each other and it behooves everyone to end on good terms.

The summer months got off to a weird start when Rich Paul gave that infamous statement to ESPN about James opting into the final year of his contract . It felt to several voices around the league like James was soft launching a departure from the Lakers, but then, nothing else really happened.

Sure, there were a couple tweets or Instagram posts that could've been interpreted any which way, but sources close to both sides

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