LBJ now gearing up for his 21st season. LBJ was on his sophomore season when Wemby was born. Think about that.....
List of players who played for 21 seasons are the ff:
Vince Carter
Robert Parish
Kevin Willis
Kevin Garnett
Dirk Nowitzki
Average PPG of those players on the list during their 21st season was around 7ppg-8ppg. Understandable since they were on the tail end of their careers. Most or if not all of them came off the bench. Some were like mummified fossils when they played during their 21st season.
Now here come's the latest member of the year 21 club: LBJ's numbers last year -
28.9PPG / 8.3 RPG / 6.8 APG. LBJ will be playing his 21st regular season but here is an eye popping stat:
If you count the number of games he has played in the post seasons and finals...it sums up to an additional 3 seasons total in terms of games played. So technically, he might have played in 20 seasons already but the total games he has played in his career amounts to a staggering 23 regular seasons total already.
All those seasons played...without a significant drop in his performance each game.
Was never a fan of the guy specifically because of the way he handled his free agency business in his early years but I have to give this guy his due when it comes to his dedication to his craft. The man is a Billionaire. He could just pack it up, slack off from the game and enjoy life but nope...trabaho pa din.