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FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2012, file photo, NBA star and Akron native LeBron James and his mother Gloria James, right, pose with children participating in the LeBron James Family Foundation's Wheels for Education &quot;Time to Promise&quot; School Year event at Canal Park during an Akron Aeros game in Akron, Ohio. James, who earlier this month ended his second stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers by signing a four-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, has opened a public school for challenged children in his hometown. The I Promise School, which is part of the Akron Public Schools, will initially house 240 third and fourth graders. The school will expand each year, adding second and fifth grades next year and will have student from grades 1-8 by 2022. The NBA superstar will be at the school Monday, July 30, 2018, to welcome students and make his first public comments since deciding to join the Lakers. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, File)

LA-bound LeBron leaves lasting gift, Akron ‘always home’

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 2, 2018, file photo, New York Knicks forward Michael Beasley, left, goes to the basket while defended by Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. In a deal announced Monday, July 23, 2018, the Los Angeles Lakers have signed Beasley to a one-year contract, adding the veteran forward to their revamped core around LeBron James. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Beasley: New Lakers vets can form solid core around LeBron

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers' Josh Hart, left, and Cleveland Cavaliers' Collin Sexton battle for the ball during the second half of an NBA summer league basketball game, Monday, July 16, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Lakers, Trail Blazers to meet for Summer League title again

By W.G. RAMIREZ - Associated Press

AP source: Cavaliers re-signing F Channing Frye

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka reads a passage from &quot;The Alchemist&quot; by Paulo Coelho as talks about the acquisition of LeBron James and other free agents at a news conference at the NBA basketball team's headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

GM Pelinka: Lakers landing LeBron is “ultimate validation”

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2018, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, left, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, in Los Angeles. On Sunday, July 1, 2018, James announced he would be joining Ball and the Lakers to try and dethrone the Golden State Warriors and grow his own legacy. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

LA-Bron: James agrees to 4-year contract with Lakers

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James shoots against Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green during the first half of Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals. (Gregory Shamus/Pool Photo via AP, File)

LeBron James agrees to join Lakers

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Houston Rockets forward PJ Tucker, left, reaches for the ball held by Los Angeles Lakers center Brook Lopez during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Lakers’ big summer looms after 5 straight losing seasons

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul, left, passes the ball as Los Angeles Lakers center Brook Lopez defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Ingram makes NBA debut in Rockets’ 105-99 win over Lakers

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, left, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers forward Travis Wear defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 8, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Jazz clinch playoff spot in crowded Western Conference

By ALEX VEJAR - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers center Brook Lopez (11) is fouled by San Antonio Spurs' Pau Gasol (16) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Kuzma scores 30, Lakers beat Spurs 122-112 in overtime

By DAN GREENSPAN - Associated Press

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) goes to the basket as Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart, right, defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Rubio scores 31, leads Jazz past Lakers 117-110

By JOHN COON - Associated Press

Sacramento Kings forward Skal Labissiere, left, and Los Angeles Lakers center Ivica Zubac reach for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Hield scores 19, Kings beat Lakers 84-83 to snap 4-game skid

By ALEX VEJAR - Associated Press

Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe (6) shoots as Los Angeles Lakers forward Josh Hart (5) in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Bledsoe scores 39, Bucks beat Lakers 124-122 in OT

By ALEX VEJAR - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle (30) shoots as Dallas Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber (42) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Randle’s double-double lifts Lakers to 103-93 win over Mavs

By DAN GREENSPAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 19, 2018, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Isaiah Thomas argues a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis. Thomas will have season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right hip, the team announced Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Thomas averaged 15.6 points and 5.0 assists in 17 games with the Lakers, who acquired him from Cleveland in February. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Lakers’ Isaiah Thomas to have hip surgery, ending season

Associated Press

Detroit Pistons forward Stanley Johnson (7) shoots over Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 26, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Jackson leads Pistons past Lakers 112-106

By DAVE HOGG - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma (0) drives against Memphis Grizzlies forward Jarell Martin (1) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Kyle Kuzma leads 4th-quarter surge, Lakers beat Grizzlies

By CLAY BAILEY - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers' Brook Lopez, left, goes to the basket against Indiana Pacers' Myles Turner during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Oladipo helps Pacers rally past Lakers 110-100

By MICHAEL MAROT - Associated Press

Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic, right, goes to the basket while defended by Los Angeles Lakers center Brook Lopez during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 16, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Dragic lifts Heat past Lakers 92-91

Associated Press