Getty Images LeBron James is expected to return to the Lakers. All signals indicate that LeBron James will return to the Los Angeles Lakers next season, according to noted NBA insider Marc Stein.

That whole ordeal was the start of LeBron slowly losing faith in his head coach and, over time, it trickled down through the locker room and into every Lakers player. By the end of this season, the players were ready to turn on Darvin and Anthony Davis even went so far as to call out his leadership publicly.

LeBron James declined to commit to a 22nd season after the Los Angeles Lakers' season-ending loss to the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, telling reporters he will consider the decision this off-season.