Los Angeles Lakers celebrity LeBron James, the oldest participant within the NBA, clearly has nonetheless bought it.
The 20-time All-NBA combo ahead was named the MVP in males’s basketball after serving to the Crew USA males’s basketball membership earn its fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal, in accordance with FIBA’s official X account.
In the course of the People’ gold medal recreation in opposition to France on Saturday, the 6-foot-9 celebrity scored 14 factors on 6-of-10 capturing from the sphere (1-of-2 from past the arc) and 1-of-1 capturing from the charity stripe, handed for 10 assists, pulled down six rebounds, swiped two steals and blocked one shot.
James has now received three gold medals on the Olympics, and 4 medals total. 20 years in the past, the summer time after his rookie 12 months with the Cleveland Cavaliers, James was a younger member of head coach Larry Brown’s ill-fated bronze-medal-winning U.S. squad.
Golden State Warriors All-NBA level guard Stephen Curry led the U.S. within the 98-87 win with 24 factors, having made 8 of his 13 3-point makes an attempt (he went 9-of-14 from deep in opposition to Crew Serbia within the semis), 5 assists, two steals, and one rebound.
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Kevin Durant, who claimed a document fourth gold medal, nabbed 15 factors on 5-of-12 capturing from the sphere (3-of-9 from deep) and 2-of-2 capturing from the foul line, grabbed 4 boards, handed for 4 assists, stole one shot and logged one block.
Heading into the ultimate, James had been averaging a team-high 14.2 factors on .674/.273/.714 capturing splits, 8.2 assists, 7.0 rebounds, and 1.2 steals an evening.
The gold medal and MVP are the feather on the cap for James throughout what has been an eventful NBA offseason.
After Los Angeles was ousted by the Denver Nuggets in a 4-1 first-round playoff matchup, the Lakers cleaned home, ditching their complete teaching employees led by two-year head coach Darvin Ham. L.A. employed James’ former “Thoughts The Recreation” podcast co-host, 15-year NBA sharpshooter JJ Redick, and drafted James’ 19-year-old son, Bronny, with the No. 55 choose after a one-and-done 2023-24 season with the USC Trojans, and inked James to a two-year, $101.4 million contract.
James’ new cope with Los Angeles will hold him rostered by means of 2025-26, which might be the four-time league MVP’s record-setting twenty third season.
The 6-foot-9 celebrity may even be making one other form of NBA historical past in 2024-25. When he takes the ground alongside Bronny James, the father-son duo will change into the primary to take action within the historical past of the league.
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