LeBron James turns 40, and while he's achieved everything else imaginable in basketball, the question remains: will he win his fifth NBA championship?
On LeBron James' 40th birthday, there's really just one question left to ask. Will he win his fifth title before he retires? He has accomplished everything else. He won four championships with three different franchises. He declared himself the greatest player of all time after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to overcome a 3-1 series deficit in the 2016 Finals.
He led the Los Angeles Lakers to their first championship in 10 years in 'The Bubble' in Orlando in 2020, which, depending on whom you ask, was either the hardest title to win in NBA history or should come with an asterisk. He led the Miami Heat and the Cavaliers to the Finals eight years in a row. He surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the league's all-time leading scorer. He became the first player to play alongside his son, Bronny, whom the Lakers drafted with the 55th pick last summer. He has played the most minutes, ever. He's playing at an unprecedented level for someone in his 22nd season. James has long said he will play as long as both his mind and body are up to the task. Well, it's clear his body is holding up its end of the bargain. He has had eight triple-doubles this season, and he's averaging 23.5 points on 49.6 percent shooting from the field and 35.7 from beyond the arc, nine assists and 7.9 rebounds a game. Only one other player has played 22 seasons, Vince Carter, and he averaged five points, 0.8 assists and 2.1 rebounds. But what about James' mind? We got a temperature check of sorts at Monday's practice. James told reporters when he first entered the league, he never expected to play until he was 40. 'Of course not,' he quipped. He called playing 'extremely fun still.' He made it clear he plans to end his career with the Lakers and called them 'a very good team,' but added, 'Can we win a championship right now? No, I don't think so.' When asked if the Lakers were able to win, if he'd be inspired to stick around longer, he said, 'I don't know. Possibly
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