WASHINGTON — LeBron James said yesterday he had not decided when to retire from basketball as he prepares to become the first player in NBA history to play a 23rd season in the league.

The Los Angeles Lakers superstar told reporters at a media day that he is “excited” by the prospect of another season in the league alongside Luka Doncic and a bolstered roster.

James will turn 41 in December and plans to savour every minute of the tail-end of a glittering career that has straddled three different decades.

But the four-time NBA champion and all-time points scorer says he has no idea of when he will retire.

“I’m excited about today, I’m excited about the opportunity to be able to play the game that I love for another season,” James told reporters.

“Whatever the journey lays out this year, I’m super-invested because I don’t know when the end is. It’s a lot sooner than later.

“I’m just super-appreciative of the fact that I come up here to do another media day and talk to you guys.”

James, who averaged 24.4 points per game last season, said his love for basketball—and hunger to keep improving—remained undimmed.

“The thing still pushing me is the fact that my love for the game is still high, and the love of the process is even higher,” he said.

“It’s that simple—me training and working my body and trying to get my body as close to 100% as possible every year, it’s a beautiful thing for me...The NBA season is a roller coaster. But no matter the good, the bad, ugly, I still love that process.