LAS VEGAS — LeBron James shook hands with Rob Pelinka, joked with JJ Redick, talked golf with Austin Reaves and posed for pictures with his team’s newest players, Jake LaRavia and Deandre Ayton. At the Thomas & Mack Center on Monday night, James did everything you would expect a member of the Los Angeles Lakers to do. In the sections filled with employees from other teams, scouts and executives around the NBA buzzed with speculation about where else James might play, tossing around trade and buyout scenarios that, league and team sources told The Athletic, have never been discussed...

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