Yahoo Sports NBA writer Vince Goodwill is joined by co-host of Brother From Another Michael Smith on the “Good Word With Goodwill” podcast to discuss how impressive it is what LeBron James has been doing this season in his 21st year in the NBA.
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MICHAEL SMITH: I mean, LeBron is the ultimate outlier for that. Like how long have we been saying like, “Oh, there’s no way LeBron can keep this up. There’s no way LeBron could be a championship level player.” And he’s defied all logic, all history, any sort of–
VINCENT GOODWILL: Reasonable expectations.
MICHAEL SMITH: Expectations. Exactly. Like you know, like what somebody’s supposed to be able to do, what is this year 21? So no, I’m with you, man. Like I am very cautious about writing anybody off. Not just in terms of like the window being open for a championship or somebody’s career, but also just even in a season. Especially early on, like we’re still in the small sample size section of the NBA season.