LeBron James Does Not Age
Data: Basketball Reference
December 2021 was one of the most productive months in LeBron’s career:
Which is remarkable, considering LeBron turned 37 in December, and his monthly averages have been pretty consistent for his entire career:
Plotting his performance over the years using a single-value metric such as Box Plus/Minus gives us another sense of that consistency over his 19 seasons:
But more than anything else, it shows us that:
LeBron James simply has not aged relative to the other greats of the game.
How long will he keep it up?