Lakers' LeBron James reveals how he plans to spend his time after retirement

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Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James might not know when he's going to retire from basketball, but he knows what he's going to do once he does. 

In an interview with ESPN, James revealed that his retirement plans include a lot of family time, and some time to himself. 

LeBron James plans to spend a lot of time with his family upon retirement 

"My wife is going to get a lot of f--king time because I've had to sacrifice not being with my wife a lot because I wanted to be the greatest player that ever played this game," James said. "My daughter, I'm going to spend a lot of time with her because I spent the first 11 years of her life— or 12, whenever this s--t is over, 13— being away from her. My youngest son is in college.

"My family deserves all my time. And then, me. I deserve my time, too. Because I've dedicated to this sport for so long that I'll be happy as f--k when it's all done to get the f--k away and give myself some grace."

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Some of James' contemporaries like Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade have transitioned into television in retirement, but James doesn't plan to follow in their footsteps in that regard. 

"D-Wade, T-Mac, Melo, all of those guys are different. I don't really look at none of those guys [as examples to follow]. My journey is going to be my journey," James said. 

"I respect everything that they all got going on, it's pretty cool, I love seeing Melo on TV now. He knows the game. I love seeing D-Wade do his thing. But, yeah, I am not really looking at them like that." 

To be clear, no one is rushing James into retirement. He's still playing the game at a high level and certainly appears to still have some gas left in the tank. But, whenever James does decide to call it a career, we know how he'll be spending his time. 

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