Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard Kyle Korver believes Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is “going to be dunking a basketball when he’s 70.”
Korver played with James on the Cleveland Cavaliers and knows first-hand how diligently LeBron takes care of his body:
“In his mind, playing every game, playing those minutes, he wanted to give Cleveland everything he had just in case (he left as a free agent),” Korver said, via Joe Vardon of The Athletic. “Last year, I just think there was the frustration of not winning, and I think that wore on him more than anything.”
Korver also pointed out LeBron's unbelievable recovery skills and claimed that he's pretty much like Vince Carter:
“He is unbelievable, his ability to recover. I don’t know when he chooses to stop playing, how old he is, I feel like he still has a bunch of good years at this level. At some point you get older and your body doesn’t recover quite as fast as you want it to. But he’s still going to be dunking a basketball when he’s 70. He’s like Vince Carter in that way. They are going to be able to jump and dunk as long as they’re alive.”
James has played in every game this season for the Lakers. The four-time MVP is averaging 25.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 10.6 assists while shooting 49.6 percent from the field, 35.6 percent from beyond the arc and 67.7 percent from the free-throw line.
The Lakers, after losing to the Bucks on Thursday, are now 24-5 on the season. They are still in first place in the Western Conference standings.
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