Cleveland Cavaliers reunion with LeBron James chances revealed

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It would be a storybook ending.

LeBron James already returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers once, and he won the city an NBA title. Could he come back once more?

It sounds like a distinct possibility.

James is a free agent at the end of this season with the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 41-year old will have to decide upon retirement. If he keeps playing, he'll have to sign somewhere.

The Athletic's Dan Woike and Sam Amick broke down James' future in a new article on Friday, and there are a bunch of different possible outcomes.

This is what they wrote about the retirement possibility:

"Team and league sources granted anonymity to speak openly say James has made no decisions regarding his future; that retirement remains a real possibility. The notion that James would want a farewell tour — long cited as evidence that this season was not his last — is false, those sources said, with several sources even hearing that directly from James himself."

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If James keeps playing, he could join the Cavs, or potentially link up with Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. The  would remain in the picture, too.