Like sharks sensing a presence in the water, Rich Paul's cryptic statement that accompanied LeBron James' decision to opt in to his $52.6 million salary for next season led some teams to call the Los Angeles Lakers about the four-time NBA MVP's availability.

LeBron is the master of offseason passive-aggressive statements to get his team to spend. This is more of the same.

The company is backed by Rich Paul, and was tagged by James in a one-word post on Friday: "Yessir," James wrote, tagging the company's two affiliated accounts on X.