James Birthday Conjecture: Can James Hit 40?

Today is December 30th in the United States, and according to Akron time, James is today's birthday.

After the Lakers' game against the Grizzlies yesterday, I did a live broadcast in the Tencent Sports community. That live broadcast, the rear editor originally meant that James's birthday was particularly live, because the Lakers lost, it was a bit awkward, in addition to pulling the basket that recently covered the power of the surge, playing the non-tradable Tucker, there was not much content about James' birthday.

Today a netizen left me a message saying, James's birthday, your public account does not write something?

This question, as if it had appeared in Lu Xun's article, suddenly had a tragic flavor.

Speaking of which, the Lakers' operation this season is also a bit of a waste of James' state. If the Lakers have a better performance, the top four in the West, James is still an MVP-level performance. Now that they can win teams like the Rocket Pelicans, the Lakers have to fight for their lives and add some luck, which is indeed a bit tragic.

What I want to say today is that James is 37 today, so can he play until he is 40?

I'll start with the answer, which I think is possible, mainly with a few considerations.

First, James repeatedly stressed that he hoped to compete with his son.

If it is said once in a while, it may be a whim, such as when the Cavaliers, after a game against the Heat, saw the Heat retire the No. 23 jersey, and James said after the game that the whole league should retire the No. 23. But it was obviously a whim, and he never mentioned it again. To compete with his son, James said many times, then this matter is not a whim, it is considered.

Brownie is a senior in high school this year and will graduate from high school in 2023, assuming that the NBA does not revise the rules for participating in the draft at least one year after graduating from high school, Brownie will not participate in the draft until 2024 at the earliest. Brownie's rookie season is 2024, and by December 2024, James is exactly 40 years old.

According to the current Brownie draft forecast, it is very difficult for him to enter the NBA, and it seems to be more and more difficult, but if he wants to enter the NBA to play, it should not be so difficult, because he is James's son, and now there are so many positions such as two-way contracts, many teams will see that he is James's son, and they will be willing to give him this opportunity.

Second, James and Kobe Jordan have somewhat different personalities, Jordan and Kobe's driving force is not to accept defeat, James's driving force is to want to win.

When I was broadcasting yesterday, I said that when James was 40, he wouldn't mind where he was on the court because he and Jordan Kobe Bryant had different driving forces.

A netizen questioned, do you mean James as a substitute? The first person in the league as a substitute, are you funny?

Indeed, if you look at Jordan and Bryant, they are both in a rapids. Bryant scored 60 points in the retirement game, even if there is a teammate to feed him the ball, but I believe everyone will admit that if Kobe Bryant is willing, not by his name, by strength alone, he can definitely continue to play in the league. But with Bryant's personality, he wouldn't do that.

How entangled was Kobe Bryant during those seasons when the Lakers struggled?

Kobe Bryant, like Jordan, couldn't accept failure. If the team's defeat is the main theme, they will not have the pleasure of playing, especially knowing that they are old and powerless.

Want to succeed, can not accept failure, sounds like a meaning, but there are still nuances, the most important thing is that the driving force is that people who want to succeed can tolerate failure.

Now that the Lakers have lost, they are all suffering and are about to become a paste, James did not come out and say some harsh words, if it is Jordan or Kobe, can you imagine their reaction?

At the age of 40, whether it is the team's achievements or personal position, I think compared to Kobe Jordan, James is more receptive to the possibility of small roles.

Third, James has a chance to be the league's first scorer.

James is already the first player to score in the playoffs and is currently in third place in regular season scoring, more than two thousand points away from Abdul-Jabbar's record. In james' current form of the season, he is expected to reach his goal by the end of next season.

But it's all ideal, and given the back-to-back breaks, the possible injury offseasons, etc., James is likely to need more than two seasons to accomplish this feat, and if three seasons are needed, it will be the 2024 season

A few days ago, I discussed with a netizen, winning another championship, and the historical scoring king, which one can improve James's historical status?

My answer is the latter.

James won one more championship, it is only 5, and according to the current state of the Lakers, it feels like an impossible task. Even if it is 5, it is still worse than Jordan's six, and there will be no qualitative improvement.

If James is the first to score in the regular season and playoffs, then this has a special meaning.

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Fourth, James' style of play, as well as his attention to the maintenance of his body, can also play a positive role at the age of 40.

James' most important role is definitely in the locker room, no matter what team, what situation, James speaks in the locker room, who is in favor of it, who is against it? Unlike Jordan Kobe's harsh demands on his teammates, James is more likely to drink red wine and chat together for Halloween parties, and it is easier to mingle with his teammates.

Even on the court, James is not a way to play with the ball and seek to be blocked by the basket, and now James's shooting, the three-point ratio is getting higher and higher, and the shooting rate is also very high. James' 36.9 percent three-pointers this season are the highest since the 2013 season and a career high of 78.1 percent from the free throw line. With his adaptation to the game and the way he plays, playing until he is 40 years old and playing high-quality ten minutes should be no problem.

Fifth, James' influence off the basketball court, earning power, gives him more options.

James is currently one of the most influential athletes in the United States and even in the world. Unlike Jordan Kobe, James speaks out on many social topics, which is not only his personal image, but also has a certain impact on the image of the NBA. Compared with the past, the NBA is more involved in the American social topic movement, and there are also James and others behind the scenes. The big political environment in the United States is that it is becoming more and more divided, and the NBA cannot be left alone, and from the perspective of the league, they also need a persuasive, publicly recognized and highly accepted face.

In addition to playing ball, James is involved in investment, film and other businesses, and his profitability outside the basketball court is strong enough to give him enough choices, that is, he can go home and lie flat, or accompany his son to play in the NBA.

Then again, if the thick eyebrows suddenly find the state of winning the championship in 2020, Wei Shao's average mistakes per game plus the basket block is not more than 5, Tucker changed his temper, not a word on the backhand of a layup, then the Lakers still have the possibility of winning the championship, click to take two championships, the piggybacker also took the regular season first, and waited until the age of 40 to do what?