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By NBA standards, they69制片厂制作传媒檙e not wrong. He was dubbed 69制片厂制作传媒淭he Kid from Akron69制片厂制作传媒� when the Ohio native entered the league with a limitless future nearly 22 years ago. He's now the 40-year-old from Los Angeles with wisps of gray in his beard. He turned 40 on Monday and, in his next game, will become the first player in NBA history to appear in a game in his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s.

Such a feat has happened a couple of dozen times in baseball before. It has happened in hockey 69制片厂制作传媒� appearing in the NHL from his teens to his 50s 69制片厂制作传媒� but never in the NFL or the NBA. Until now. James is making more basketball history and creating a club all of his own.

69制片厂制作传媒淚n some ways he69制片厂制作传媒檚 a freak of nature,69制片厂制作传媒� NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. 69制片厂制作传媒淚69制片厂制作传媒檝e been around a lot of great players and he69制片厂制作传媒檚 one of the hardest-working players I69制片厂制作传媒檝e been around. I mean, he doesn69制片厂制作传媒檛 take a day off. He seems to not take an afternoon off. He69制片厂制作传媒檚 always working on some part of his body. You meet with him and he69制片厂制作传媒檚 always soaking something or eating something or has some contraption attached to him.69制片厂制作传媒�

A 40th birthday, in NBA terms, means the on-court end is near. James will become the 30th player to appear in a regular-season game with a 69制片厂制作传媒�469制片厂制作传媒� as the first digit of his age; only nine logged more than 51 games after that birthday. He69制片厂制作传媒檒l be the 32nd player to play after turning 40 overall; Tim Duncan and Danny Schayes both turned 40 during playoff runs in what became their final seasons.

And for the most part, big numbers are largely nonexistent at that age.

Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who did it three times), John Stockton (twice), Michael Jordan, Robert Parish and Karl Malone have averaged more than 10 points in a season after turning 40. Jordan averaged 22.4 points in 30 games after turning 40 in his final season with Washington; Malone is the most recent to do it, averaging 13.2 points in 42 games after turning 40 while with the Lakers in 2003-04.

James, meanwhile, is still putting up All-Star level numbers: 23.5 points, 9 assists and 7.5 rebounds per game. Forget how doing that at 40 is unheard of. Doing that at 30 is practically unheard of. The only players to have those numbers in all three categories in a season after turning 30 are James (who did it at 33 and 35) and James Harden (who did it at 31).

69制片厂制作传媒淭he size, the strength and the IQ 69制片厂制作传媒� with his frame and the way he takes care of himself, he doesn69制片厂制作传媒檛 have to be the best athlete on the planet. At one time he was,69制片厂制作传媒� Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. 69制片厂制作传媒淲e69制片厂制作传媒檙e not talking about the best athlete in the association. He was the best athlete on the planet arguably, just size, strength, agility, explosiveness combined. But at this size and if he just wants to slow the game down and just play off his brain and IQ, he could do that for another decade. I doubt he69制片厂制作传媒檒l find interest in that. But he could.69制片厂制作传媒�

Nobody knows when James will stop playing. And it surely isn't going to get any easier: and couldn't, was widely criticized when the Lakers went through a slump earlier this season and took tons of backlash when his team drafted his son Bronny in the second round last summer in

He has always been a lightning rod. If his play declines at 40, his naysayers will be lined up to revel in that.

69制片厂制作传媒淚t69制片厂制作传媒檚 a lot harder, physically and emotionally, to face what those guys face night after night after night," Golden State coach Steve Kerr said of top NBA stars getting up in years, like James and the Warriors' Stephen Curry 69制片厂制作传媒� who'll turn 37 in March. "There69制片厂制作传媒檚 a reason players have to retire. You know, they can69制片厂制作传媒檛 do it forever.69制片厂制作传媒�

James won't either.

But even while playing alongside elite 30-year-olds like Giannis Antetokounmpo, James 69制片厂制作传媒� who reportedly spends more than $1.5 million annually on his fitness and has an on-site mechanic of sorts at all times for anything his body needs in personal athletic training guru in Mike Mancias 69制片厂制作传媒� has shown how to play long past what used to be considered an NBA player69制片厂制作传媒檚 peak years.

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The accolades are countless: James is the , has a place in the GOAT conversation, most minutes played, four NBA championships, 20 and likely soon to be 21 All-Star selections, oldest to do this, oldest to do that, generational wealth with a net worth exceeding $1 billion, and .

It begs the question: What does one get a 40-year-old who has everything?

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James has hinted that the end is near. 69制片厂制作传媒淒on69制片厂制作传媒檛 make me feel old right now,69制片厂制作传媒� he said, only half-kiddingly, when asked earlier this month about the looming 40th birthday. He is under contract for next season but hasn69制片厂制作传媒檛 offered any guarantees about how long he will play, saying he isn69制片厂制作传媒檛 69制片厂制作传媒済oing to play that much longer, to be completely honest69制片厂制作传媒� and insisting that he won69制片厂制作传媒檛 be 69制片厂制作传媒減laying till the wheels fall off69制片厂制作传媒� because he doesn69制片厂制作传媒檛 want to disrespect the game.

No player scored more points in his teens than James did. Same goes for his 20s. Only Malone and Abdul-Jabbar scored more points in their 30s than James. And now, here comes his 40s, with James still going strong.

It's the final decade of a basketball career like none other.

69制片厂制作传媒淔ans pay attention every time he steps on the court because they69制片厂制作传媒檙e watching one of the greatest ever and still playing an incredibly high level, despite turning 40 this month,69制片厂制作传媒� Silver said. 69制片厂制作传媒淚 marvel at him.69制片厂制作传媒�

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