LeBron James was already the oldest participant within the NBA this season even earlier than he turned 39 years previous on the finish of Dec. James is by some means nonetheless taking part in at an All-NBA degree for the Los Angeles Lakers, and each every so often he provides us an emphatic reminder that he’s nonetheless among the finest athletes on this planet.
The Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers met on Sunday evening, and James turned again the clock for a ferocious dunk early the third quarter. James pushed the ball in transition and launched himself from exterior of the dotted line by means of visitors for the slam. How is that this man 39 years previous?
The Lakers have been a tailspin as of late, dropping 9 of their final 12 video games. In some way, James continues to be taking part in like a top-10 participant within the league, Anthony Davis is having a dominant two-way season, and the workforce continues to be two video games beneath .500 coming into the Clippers sport.
Can the Lakers make a transfer to save lots of their season? LeBron continues to be taking part in at such a excessive degree — he can nonetheless be the perfect participant on a championship workforce. Darvin Ham is likely to be out of buttons to push to enhance this offseason — it’s potential solely a commerce is doing that. The Lakers are so, so lucky that LeBron continues to be this good, and so they can’t let it go to waste.