It was a marriage of convenience -- the NBA's most famous team mired in dysfunction, matched with the world's best and most famous player. Their divorce is just as convenient.
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Inside the passive-aggressive, sterile dissolution of the LeBron-Lakers marriage
It was a marriage of convenience -- the NBA's most famous team mired in dysfunction, matched with the world's best and most famous player. Their divorce is just as convenient.
Published July 6, 2026, 12:36 PM
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