James is one of the most perfect superstars in NBA history, he is the king of basketball and the emperor of basketball in this era, but he is not a hero, because heroes are usually irrational in the face of some problems, and James can always make very logical and rational decisions that cannot mobilize people's emotions.
Especially when James is older, just like Yue Buqun's position in the martial arts in Jin Yong's novel "Laughing Proud of the Jianghu", he has become the Taishan Beidou of the NBA, and naturally he should pay attention to his words and deeds, especially the performance on the field, because James's every move will be related to his status and commercial value in the NBA, and the NBA, which essentially belongs to the commercial alliance, has always given James face.
Although the NBA has been praising doncic, Embiid, alphabet brother and other newcomers in recent years, this can be seen from the number of free throws and shots, but James's heat is still high, which is not unrelated to the NBA executives. However, this season' James, although still a sword, has set a career record, and the only thing that can save face is the title of scoring king.
Clear-eyed people can see that James saw the future of the team in the middle of the season, so he worked hard in the direction of the scoring king, in fact, he did have this ability, even if a star of Davis's level, it is not to say that he can brush as many points as he wants, but James is limited to age reasons, and he can no longer dominate the offensive and defensive ends, so it is inevitable that he will lose sight of one or the other on the court.
The problem comes, the advantage of only attacking and not defending is that the conventional data will look good, and even brush the scoring king, but there is a disadvantage that the unconventional data will be very ugly, such as plus-minus value, defensive efficiency value at the bottom of the league, and the final price is that the team that runs to the championship at the beginning of the season can't even enter the playoffs, no, no, no, even the playoffs can't go in.
The result that determines this result is the game between the Lakers and the Suns, which hinders the deterrence of the Lakers' big three, implements the means of "taking advantage of your illness to kill you", resolutely does not release water, and kicks the Lakers out of the playoffs in one fell swoop. The Lakers gave up this season, but the Lakers fans did not give up, because James still has the title of scoring king to take, his average scoring data per game is very close to Embiid and Alphabet Brother, but when the Lakers faced the weak team Thunder, James did not come back, which means that he quit the competition for the scoring king, because the number of games is not enough.
So why is that? I have to say that James's move is very exquisite, you can think about it, if the scoring king is selected between Embiid and Alphabet Brother this season, then things will evolve to such a result, the title of scoring king has been given to them by James, because James's average score per game is at the top of the list before and after the Lakers play the Sun, if the Lakers next face teams without big centers such as the Warriors and Thunder, then the scoring king title is very promising.
But James did not do this, because he wants others to think that the Lakers have withdrawn from the playoffs, and it is no longer meaningful for him to come back in the game against the Thunder, "reverse the goods" himself, give up the scoring king to others, rather than making people think that they are too old to fight, so invisibly consolidating their position, so it seems to be a bit of a villain's heart, but if you pay attention to James's attendance in the back of the season, it is inevitable that you will think so.
However, James can't say that there is anything wrong with doing this, and maybe he really can't play because of injuries, in any case, James is the deserved king of basketball in this era.