LeBron James and his weight loss was a big story during the summer. Everybody was pondering why he did it.
Well in today’s NBA Media Day he shed light on it all. The quote written via ProBasketballTalk.
It had nothing to do with basketball. I should have wrote a letter about that, too, to stop the speculations of why I did it.
Every summer, I challenge myself to do something different that’s outside the box. I stopped eating candy last summer, just no candy for a whole summer. Just to try to challenge myself to see if I can do it.
So, I decided to do this particular diet this summer for two months. It had nothing to do with basketball, nothing at all. Once I set out a goal, I like to accomplish it.
In the process, I lost some weight. Then, in the process, stories came out I did it because of this juncture in my career.
I’m 29 years old, and I can still fly above the rim. I don’t need to lose weight to do that, not at this point in my career.
The great thing I got out of it was to see, how can my body transform? So, as I get older in my career, if I need to lose some weight or shed some weight, I know exactly where I can get down to. But it had nothing to do with basketball.
But it did make me quicker, so it helps our team.
Jesus. Imagine LeBron James quicker than before and still have the same strength. I’m scared for the league after that statement.
I would love to have time on my hands just to challenge myself. A summer can be quite boring and I guess LeBron James likes to keep himself busy.
Besides, if the weight loss does affect his play, he could easily pack it back on. He is LeBron James after all.
