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#3 It can be argued that LeBron is not the same that he was a few years ago
There are a lot of firsts for LeBron James in his 'first' season in a Lakers uniform this year. One of them is his first ever 18-game absence from the court at a stretch.
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The guy is 34 years old, and did an 82-game regular season just this past season.
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Seeing LeBron sit at the sidelines for so long is not something the NBA universe is used to. Many attribute the Lakers' poor performance to the King's groin injury during the Christmas day game, but that can be argued.
He carried a relatively playoff-inexperienced Cleveland Cavaliers side all the way to the NBA Finals and averaged 34 points in the postseason while doing so. This year he's averaging the most he has in the past eight seasons but almost seems detached and not-so-driven doing so.
Fueling the unpopular 'No AD to LA' opinion might be the hypothesis that this just might be the beginning of the end for the Kid from Akron.
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