Looking at the 37-year-old James, what else do you expect? Lifting the 5th championship trophy of his career, or waiting for a good play of "father and son on the same stage", the past 19 seasons have been on the Stage of the Finals 10 times, James can only rank fourth in the NBA historical Finals appearance list, and the current Purple Gold Lakers' poor record and state, I am afraid that James in the 21-22 season will not qualify for the Finals.
James played in the record of 55 Finals, tied for fourth place with Jerry West who played for the Lakers for 14 years, as a man in the NBA League LOGO, West has not missed the playoffs since entering the league, although 9 Finals only won 1 key, but it does not hinder his greatness, after all, it is the only player in NBA history who lost in the Finals, but honored the FMVP award, James can be tied with West for the fourth place in the NBA Finals appearance list, it can be said that it is quite an honor.
Also as the Lakers' "magic" Johnson, as the youngest FMVP player in the history of the NBA, he helped the Lakers complete the great cause of 5 crowns in 9 years, although he only played 50 finals, but the efficiency of winning the championship was very high. Another champion who has played for the Lakers, "Tiangou" Abdul-Jabbar, with 56 Finals appearances to beat James and Jerry West, exclusively the third place in the NBA Finals appearance list, from bucks to Lakers' Jabbar, bringing 5 championship trophies to the purple and gold country, worthy of the statue that the Lakers set up for him.
As the first green army in the NBA league to win 17 championships, there are also famous stars selected for this list, Tom Heinthorn, who has lifted the championship trophy 8 times in his NBA career in 9 years, ranked fifth in history with 52 finals, and Sam Jones, the jersey owner of the Green Army No. 24, who won the championship 10 times, he ranked second in history with 64 finals, of course, it must be mentioned that his teammates, with a record of 70 Finals appearances, ranked first in the NBA Finals list of "Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell, The honor of the 11 championship rings is also an achievement that future generations cannot hope to achieve.
James's record of 55 games in the Finals is 15 games away from the "Lord of the Rings" Russell, which means that james, who is now 37 years old, must play in the finals 3 more times before retiring, so that it is theoretically possible to tie with Bill Russell for the first place in history.
If the old Zhan chooses to stay in the Lakers, waiting for his son Brownie to land in the NBA, then the pressure on the "thick eyebrow brother" Davis can be imagined, James's performance at this stage is obvious to all, although it can still hand over an excellent personal data, but for the control of the game to win, the label of "full strength Zhan" seems to have long fallen, so the Lakers want to extend the so-called championship window period, can only pin their hopes on Anthony Davis, otherwise want to pass James's own strength, The hope of returning to the Finals stage again is too slim.
There are always some fans who will question the current James, in the case of such a bad team record, but only for personal data and honor, but for fans need to be clear, to be able to stand in the NBA league for 19 seasons, this is itself a very difficult thing, if you hope that the 37-year-old Zhan can continue to stay in the championship ranks, and continue to improve the number of 55 Finals appearances, then his teammates obviously have a decisive role, because the outside world has long recognized James's state decline, And accepted the fact that James was getting old.