What about LeBron?

The Warriors won the title, the NBA had its draft … yada, yada, yada … but in the big story on Action News, just seven days until LeBron James is a free agent!

Not that everyone’s necessarily waiting until midnight of July 1, even if the NBA keeps sending out memos on tampering, according to an Eastern Conference GM.

“Meanwhile,” said the GM, “LeBron is doing what we does – calling players on other teams he wants to play with.”

There have been no specific reports, but there’s no mystery about who’s involved. At this point, the surprise would be finding out some fave LeBron has kept secret.

Kawhi Leonard.

Chris Paul.

Paul George.

George might be third but looms as the likeliest sidekick for James with the fewest issues … younger (he just turned 28) and healthier than the 33-year-old CP3 … easy to bring in as a free agent with Kawhi under contract to the arch-rival Spurs.

Happily for the Lakers, with two maximum slots already saved and tradable prospects, they have the most flexibility to bring in the most faves. As James’ presumed favored destination, they’re now the favorite to land James among NBA people.

Here’s how it looks.

• Everything starts with what James wants. Opinions abound. With the Cavs reportedly intent on getting something and willing to take on salary, half the league can create enough room to sign LeBron as a free agent.

• It’s not Cleveland. If he was staying, the press people wearing a path to his entourage’s door would have been issuing hourly bulletins on all the communication back and forth as LeBron and the Cavs planned their future before the draft.

Instead, radio silence.

• Whoever gets LeBron is turning over the franchise to him. Happily, he’s already hard at work on behalf of whoever it turns out to be! Related Articles ‘Three-Ring Circus,’ part 4: Shaq stars, Kobe sits in their first Lakers training camp

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If it’s the Lakers, a prospect or two would be ticketed to Cleveland … with Lonzo Ball in special peril because with LeBron accustomed to assuming his playmaker role.

The possibility reached the sensitive ears of … you know who … Lavar Ball, who railed, “It’ll be the worst move they ever made.”

Yeah, Lonzo for LeBron. Who would want that?

Happily, Cleveland is warmer than Lithuania, where LaVar and sons spent the winter, although, like the Lakers, Vytautas Prienai wouldn’t let him take over their team, either.

Unfortunately for those of us yearning for the end of LaVar’s Laker career, the Cavs, who must be aware they can get Lonzo, used their No. 8 pick for Alabama point guard Collin Sexton, whom they surely regard more highly after Lonzo’s struggles as a rookie.

Lonzo probably stays, and, if James comes, gets to handle the ball when LeBron kicks it to him on the weak side … but he had better start knocking down those jumpers — in the exhibition season – or the Lakers will find a better shooter (assuming LeBron doesn’t already have one in mind.)

• The Lakers’ wish list starts with LeBron and Kawhi.

Duh.

• The Spurs will resist trading Leonard to the Lakers, at the minimum. After decades of covering this stuff, I’m used to saying this is likelier than that, but I have no idea where Kawhi will end up.

However, the Spurs’ intentions, with the bad news having only begun to sink in, are easy to anticipate. Coach Gregg Popovich went hat in hand to San Diego last week for his long-awaited talk with Kawhi in the hope of wooing him back. Everyone said the talks were “good” – until more reports that Kawhi had asked to be traded again.

Two days later, all but confirming the worst, Spurs GM R.C. Buford noted, “None of us would wish we are where we are.”

Not that this means that they will now let Kawhi decide their fate as well as his.

If Popovich, the Spurs’ boss, likes the idea of rebuilding around Lonzo, Brandon Ingram and/or Julius Randle, a deal would not only be possible but quick.

Otherwise – far likelier – the Lakers, who will be moving at warp speed to lock things down, will turn to the next name on their/LeBron’s list.

• Houston, we have a … oh, you’ve heard that one.

As likely a LeBron destination as the Rockers are, they have no young players to send the Cavs (no, Clint Capela’s not going anywhere.) Even if LeBron decides on Houston, the Cavs could fight him on making a trade, hoping that he turns to a team with more to offer.

As with the Lakers and Spurs, if that just slows the process down, it’s less likely to happen.

• Boston has a problem, too. GM Danny Ainge is interested, but with sign-and-trades no longer possible, he would have to gamble on re-signing Kawhi in a year.

Ainge has the best prospects and the highest No. 1 picks to offer, but he has to factor in the risk of winding up with nothing.

The Celtics have a longstanding dislike of players who don’t treasure being there, like Sidney Wicks, whose stay – in the 1970s – is still remembered with loathing.

Without assurance from Kawhi – which he doesn’t seem to want to give anyone but the Lakers – it’s hard to see Ainge staying involved.

• The Clippers could get in the hunt for Leonard.

No one talks about them … but what if Popovich is willing to trade Kawhi to them, which wouldn’t be like pairing him with LeBron on the Lakers … and would take DeAndre Jordan with one year on his contract … and Kawhi decides it’s his best option after finding out he’s not Laker-bound?

All we’ve heard, second-hand, since the sphynx-like Kawhi has inexperienced, inaccessible advisers — including an uncle – is that he wants to come home to Los Angeles.

The Clippers were here last time I looked, technically, anyway.

Welcome to the summer of 2018: Megastars. Many moving pieces. No time. Coming soon.