Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will join Vince Carter as the only player in NBA history to play more than 21 seasons. But while Vince looked like he was running on fumes at that stage of his career, LeBron will enter his Year 22 campaign coming off an Olympic campaign where he won MVP honors and still looked elite.
Despite King James still playing at superstar level at the age of 39, former Washington Wizards No.1 pick Kwame Brown says that Bron’s game has not evolved after playing two decades in the NBA.
“That’s the same way he’s been playing,” said Kwame. “He’s a cutter, slasher, and he’s developed a bit of the three, but the problem is, when he plays teams like Chicago or Boston, who have real solid principles, he has trouble. And so the old-school players wouldn’t have any trouble with LeBron because, at 39, he should have developed a mid-range and a post-game, and he still hasn’t yet.”
LeBron still has elite athleticism
Brown and the co-hosts of the Role Player podcast talked about how LeBron remains unstoppable when he attacks the basket, just as he did during the Paris Olympics. LeBron averaged 14.2 PPG while leading the team in FG% at 66.0% and efficiency at 23.5…