Entering Year 19 at age 36, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James remains one of, if not the best, player in the NBA.
James entered the league in 2003 as a physical marvel who was able to do everything on the floor, but the most underrated aspect of him is his basketball IQ. James is widely regarded as one of the smartest players in the NBA and it can be seen on a nightly basis with how he is able to dictate the game on every possession.
The days of player-coaches are over, but in an appearance on “Club Shay Shay” with Shannon Sharpe, former Lakers center JaVale McGee believes that James is effectively just that at this point in his career:
“I used to hear things like Bill Russell was a player-coach one year, and I was like ‘how are you a player-coach?