LeBron James is the oldest active player in the NBA, something that apparently even shocks him.
"Oh my gosh," Hayes said Thursday."Did you guys just see that? LeBron just threw a crazy bounce alley-oop to himself, like windmill. I was not ready for that. Sorry, that kinda caught me off-guard.""Six preseason games, so hopefully I can get to at least half of them," James said."But we'll see. I think every game will dictate it. I will not be playing in Saturday's game, that's for sure, in The Bay. But we'll see after that.
Nearing his 39th birthday in December, James is now the oldest active player in the NBA, something that apparently even shocks him. In a video posted by the NBA on Twitter on Thursday, James was asked to react to that information. He put his hands next to his face, shrieked like the"Home Alone" scene and ran away. The next clip was of him throwing down a one-handed dunk.
Last season, James became the league's all-time leading scorer and shattered stats for a player in his 20th season, averaging 28.9 points on 52.4 percent shooting, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists. He led the Lakers to the Western Conference Finals, where they were swept by the eventual-champion"The beautiful thing about the way we move forward is one, he's in phenomenal shape," Ham said.
James missed 27 games last season, including 13 straight because of a right foot injury. He said during Lakers Media Day on Monday that he"pretty much tore the whole tendon" on his right foot, but added that it"has been reacting very well on my offseason workouts."Melissa Rohlin is an NBA writer for FOX Sports. She previously covered the league for Sports Illustrated, the Los Angeles Times, the Bay Area News Group and the San Antonio Express-News.
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