CLEVELAND — For most of LeBron James’ career, there’s been one question—will he ever do it?
The “it” was bringing a title to Cleveland, and last June, the kid from Akron had his crowning moment. So now a new question arises.
How much longer can he do it?
But now, for the near 32-year-old James, the “it” is very different. The “it” is: How much longer can he play?
James has logged 13 seasons, 11 of which have included playoff appearances and seven of which have ended in the NBA Finals. Entering the 2016-17 campaign, James has played 46,861 minutes of professional basketball. That’s 5,532 minutes more than Larry Bird’s entire career.
While James “only” ranks 39th in career regular-season minutes played, according to Basketball-Reference.com, he's already fourth on the list of career playoff minutes logged.
For comparison's sake, we took the top six players from each of the career regular-season and playoff minu ...
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Article written by David Cassilo