LeBron James has aged remarkably well. He turns 32 years old on Friday and is still the most dominant player on the planet. How has he maintained such impressive longevity? Not by studying Michael Jordan, he revealed to the media prior to Thursday’s shootaround at Cleveland Clinic Courts (as transcribed by theScore):
Reporters inquired about whether or not LeBron has studied Jordan to see how he was able to prolong the skill and athleticism that he had prior to leaving the game in 1993.
“No I haven’t,” James told reporters on Thursday. “He was much more of a scorer. At that point he did a lot of post work (later into his thirties). Our games are just different. His body is different, my body is different than his. You recognize the dominance that someone had at that age, but there’s no similarities in our game, at all.”
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“Nah it’s different,” the 2016 Finals MVP continued. “He has much more lift in his fadeaway than mine, and he was able to (use it as a) go-to move.
“Our games are completely different.”
Now in his 14th NBA season, James is still playing at an extraordinarily high level, averaging 25.5 points, 8.6 assists, and 7.9 rebounds while shooting 51.3% from the field and 37.9% from three-point range.
