According to NBA insider Sam Amico of HoopsWire, the Cleveland Cavaliers are not interested in trading for Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. The Cavaliers are only interested in adding James if the NBA icon agrees to a buyout with the Lakers and becomes an unrestricted free agent.

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James might leave the franchise after delivering them an NBA title and could return to a city that James is quite familiar wit

The Cleveland Cavaliers are almost synonymous with only one NBA superstar, and that's LeBron James. The hometown hero has brought the city their only NBA championship, having spent a huge chunk of his career with the franchise.

The Cavs are showing interest in reuniting with LeBron James but are only willing to pursue James if he becomes available through a buyout.

That must change next season, and one analyst has given the Cavaliers a rather stern ultimatum. ESPN's Chris Herring recently ranked each Eastern Conference team in tiers, placing the Cavaliers in Tier 1, where he states anything short of the Finals is considered a failure.

Kenny Atkinson has big plans for the Cleveland Cavaliers next season, as the team looks to make a deep playoff run after a 64-win regular season in 2024-25 during his first full season there.

The NBA insider doesn't expect to see LeBron James returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer, or any time soon

Although their full 82-game schedule isn't set in stone, the Cavaliers have learned who they will face during Group Play for the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup.