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LeBron James Speaks On Why He’s Still Hitting The NBA Courts After 19 Seasons

<p>First rule to being a goat is you have to believe you’re the goat&excl; And that seems to be no issue for top NBA &lpar;National Basketball Association&rpar; player LeBron James&period; In the season five premiere of the series <em>The Shop&comma; <&sol;em>LeBron openly spoke on why he&&num;8217&semi;s not ready to leave professional basketball yet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>What Bothers LeBron<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The answer to this stemmed from a part of the 31-minute episode where LeBron explained how not playing bothers him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The only thing that bothers me is when I&&num;8217&semi;m not able to play cause of a injury&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;That bothers me when I&&num;8217&semi;m not able to be out on the floor&&num;8230&semi;I never know if it was like&comma; that game or that city&comma; that a kid was coming to&comma; that was coming to see me and I&&num;8217&semi;m not playing in that game&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>LeBron continued on saying that his coaches have suggested he &&num;8220&semi;sit down&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;take off games&comma;&&num;8221&semi; but he refuses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;tv&sol;CaysmH3F7zC&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;tv&sol;CaysmH3F7zC&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h6><strong>What Keeps LeBron On The Court<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>At this point&comma; Paul Rivera asks LeBron what&&num;8217&semi;s the reason behind his refusal to slow down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Why is that&quest; I&&num;8217&semi;ve never asked you that&period; You have MVPs&comma; championships&comma; All-Stars&comma; all the money&comma; all the commercials&comma; movie&period; You have everything&period; Why do you still have that 19 years later&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Paul asked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>LeBron&&num;8217&semi;s follow-up was straight to the point&colon; he likes the game and he&&num;8217&semi;s really good&comma; even 19 years later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s just in me man&period; I love competing&comma; I love winning&period; I love&comma; just like&comma; playing the game&period; Cause&comma; I mean&comma; I know at some point I ain&&num;8217&semi;t gon be able to play it no more at that level&period; So&comma; sh&ast;t&comma; why not like&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m trying to squeeze as much juice out of this motherf&ast;&ast;&ast;ing orange as I can&period; While I can&period; Why not&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just a day after the release of the new episode&comma; LeBron put up 56 points in the 124-116 Los Angeles Lakers victory over the Golden State Warriors&period; So&comma; his continuing point of &&num;8220&semi;and I&&num;8217&semi;m still good&&num;8221&semi; holds its own weight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;If I was out there on some bullsh&ast;t&comma; like nasty-looking Bron&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;d have been quit&period; But I&&num;8217&semi;m still nice as f&ast;&ast;k out there&&num;8230&semi;I feel like every season for me it&&num;8217&semi;s just like a movie&period; Every season is like a movie&period; And I&&num;8217&semi;m like living in it&period; Like&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m the star in the movie&period; It feels dope as sh&ast;t&period; I be feeling like Batman&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Retirement Plans<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>And it looks like fans may still have some years with the superstar player&period; LeBron is hoping to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lebron-james-suggests-his-last-year-in-the-nba-will-be-played-with-son-bronny&sol;">play alongside his son<&sol;a> and high school basketball player Bronny&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My last year will be played with my son&comma;” LeBron <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;theathletic&period;com&sol;3138844&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;19&sol;could-lebron-james-return-to-cleveland-again-the-doors-not-closed-on-that-he-says&sol;&quest;source&equals;emp&lowbar;shared&lowbar;article">told Jason Lloyd of <em>The Athletic<&sol;em><&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Wherever Bronny is at&comma; that’s where I’ll be&period; I would do whatever it takes to play with my son for one year&period; It’s not about the money at that point&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe title&equals;"YouTube video player" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;x&lowbar;l0P2xMquU" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"84691" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lebron-james-speaks-on-why-hes-still-hitting-the-nba-courts-after-19-seasons&sol;" data-secure&equals;"48a9db8d67"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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