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The real secret to James s everlasting life lies in his personal playing style?

4:33pm, 25 May 2025Basketball

After entering his 22nd season in his personal career, James still maintained a quasi-triple double-double average of 20+ points per game. This is completely different from all the stars in league history who have played until their 22nd season. What is the reason for this?

The general saying is that there are three reasons: First, James has a super top physical talent and is strong; Second, James is very self-disciplined off the court, has a very good diet and work day, and is willing to spend a lot of money to maintain his body every year, which has created his explosive body shape for more than 20 years; Third, he has never suffered a destructive major injury in his career. In fact, these statements have very good reasons and are all correct, but these are all seen on the surface. The secret to James' true body keeping his body green lies in his personal playing style.

Then what kind of play does James play? This is divided into two parts: offense and defense. Let’s talk about offense first. Those who are familiar with James know that first of all, James lacks shooting ability, but he is very good at using his body to make breakthroughs. Moreover, his breakthrough is unique, almost pushing the defender forward. This kind of breakthrough will cause a large number of physical collisions between players, but James is smarter. Due to his lack of skills, he uses his own weight, strength and speed to make breakthroughs. Usually, he uses his elbows and unique footsteps to directly open the circuit and launches offensive layup space. In James' way of breakthrough, the probability of defensive players being injured is much higher than that of James. Most of this collision injury is a serious injury, and its harm is not as fatal as tendon injuries such as Achilles tendon and knees that can affect your career. Secondly, James' offense is known as a violent aesthetic, with many powerful dunks, but if you observe carefully, almost all of James' violent dunks are completed during offense and defense conversion. There are almost no defenders in front of him or only a small guard retreating. James hedging cannot form a defensive deterrent at all, and the difficulty of dunking is not high. So far in his career, there are few shots of James dunking players, and there are only a handful of inside players dunking. Old Duncan, who only once dunked, could barely count.

As a comparison, many of Kobe's dunks were played in positions and beat the outside defense, and rushed into the inside with dunks. Tall insides such as Yao Ming, Howard, and Mooning were all Kobe's dunks. Rose Rose, Wade, Morant and others also have this kind of confrontational deduction, so these people have much more injuries in their careers than James.

Many times, after James has passed the ball with the ball through half the game, he mostly controls the ball or passes the ball at the top of the arc or at two 45-degree angles, and occasionally sinks to two zero degrees left and right angles when he is out of the ball. On the offensive end, James rarely ran, which was a manifestation of his lack of ball ability, but changing direction saved him a lot of physical loss and physical confrontation frequency of running, which was also a way for his body to be passively and effectively maintained. Furthermore, James is relatively intelligent in personal injuries, and he decides his appearance or quit. He has played for more than 20 years, but his attendance rate is not high for most seasons. He only has one season in his career and can fully recuperate his body.

After talking about the offense, let's talk about James' defense.

James, who claims to be able to defend from 1 to 5, what is his actual defensive ability?

1. Except for the beginning of his career, James hardly entered the inside top defense, and used more effortless outside cruising defense and assisted defense and chase the hat.

2. The outside defense skills are very lacking. Because of his height and weight, his center of gravity is too high, and his horizontal movement is slow, he is often taken by a dexterous defender in one step.

3. James' so-called defense from one to five seems feasible in terms of height, weight and strength, but in fact, the defense has not shown significant results, regardless of the inside or outside.

In the later stage of his career, James even gave up on defense and focused his limited energy on the offensive end. This is also the main reason why his teammates often go 4 to 5, and James did not retreat at all. Of course, there is no defensive ability if you don’t retreat.

In summary, in addition to personal strong physical talent and self-discipline, James can play more in his personal playing style and avoid heavy weight. Of course, the development of modern medicine and technology can also be of great help, such as the treatment of injuries, physical recovery, etc. There are still many elderly athletes in the world sports world that can be witnessed. For example, Ronaldo, who plays football, still maintains a high personal competitive level in his nearly 40 years old. Even in the NBA, James is not a single version. Earlier, some players had their careers until more than 20 years; many players who are 2-3 years younger than him and 3-4 years younger than him still maintain their competitive skills, such as Curry, Durant, and Harden. If these players are willing, they can also play until they are 40 years old and maintain their careers for more than 20 years.

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