LeBron James has continued to slowly recede into the background of the NBA and the arrival of Luka Dončić may accelerate that process. But how do you ignore a guy who is still averaging better than 20-7-7, and whose merely average free-throw shooting has been the only real barrier between two consecutive 50/40/90 seasons?
- Ian Levy
FanSided Creative Editorial Director
LeBron plays less, does less and wins less than he did at his peak. But he's still inarguably one of the best players in the league and one you'd never want to bet against in a playoff series, a single game or on a single clutch possession.
It may take another evolution and legendary effort to earn another realistic chance at a ring, but James is now alongside another megastar — and still, at 40, nothing is impossible where LeBron is involved.