The NBA legend questioned how much time it will continue to play basketball, after completing its 22nd season in the US League at 40.
At the end of its 22nd season in the NBA, After eliminating Los Angeles Lakers In the first round of Playoffs, LeBron James He did not confirm if he will continue playing basketball.
“I don’t have the answer to that”James said before the media in the early morning of Argentina on Thursday, when asked how much more time he will continue playing.
“It is something that I will sit down with my wife and my support group, and simply speak it, and see what happens. Just have conversations with myself about how long I want to continue playing. I don’t know the answer to that at this time, to be honest.”he said, leaving his continuity in the NBA.
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However, throughout the year the player of 40 years He never gave a public clue that he is thinking about retiring. The king of almost all statistics in the NBA He has a contract for one more season, with a player option, for 56 million dollars.
If he continued, it would be his eighth consecutive season with the Lakers, The longest period of his career in a team (overcoming his first step Cleveland Cavaliers).
LeBron He closed his talk with the press with a clear and forceful message: “I think the only thing that depends on me is whether I want to continue playing or how much more I want to do it. In the end, it depends on me. So it has nothing to do with anything or anyone else.”
THE GAME LEVEL OF James He kept high in his 22nd season, challenging all previous notions of longevity in basketball. Averaged 24.4 points by game (his lower figure since his rookie season, but the highest for a player of his age), along with 8.2 Assistance and 7.8 rebounds. His team won 52 games and finished 3rd at the West Conference.
It should be noted that his great motivation to continue in sports will be to play with Your son Bronny James in the Lakers Another season, waiting for the boy to have some more prominence. In addition to sharing more play time with the Slovenian star Luka Doncic.
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