Chris Paul and LeBron James have been good friends for a long time. Both have played at the pinnacle of basketball for quite a while and, in that time, have developed a strong bond with one another. Though the two have never teamed up or anything, they tend to spend some time with one another off the court, something that can’t be said for too many of the best athletes in the game.
The major question looming over both of them is one of retirement. Paul and James are both 37, an age by which players generally start to decline. However, neither is showing too many signs of slowing down, with James consistently performing at a high level and CP3 finding a late-career resurgence to lead the Phoenix Suns to unexpected levels of success over the last two seasons.
And so, while talking about James and the possibility that he hangs it up at some point, Paul was quick to shut down any of that speculation. Knowing everything that LBJ does to keep himself in the best shape to compete at the highest level, Paul dismissed the idea that the King will be going anywhere anytime soon on the Old Man and The Three podcast.
“Bron ain’t slowing down no time soon, so everybody be cool.” —Chris Paul
Watch the full conversation around LeBron's longevity from Episode 30 of the show: https://t.co/w96MUhZ7oO pic.twitter.com/snHgZg7yFu
— TheYoungManAndTheThree (@OldManAndThree) August 26, 2022
“I’m not surprised by it because I know how he trains,” Paul said. “I know his discipline. … All that stuff you’re seeing, that’s not going away anytime soon. Everybody can stop.
“Once you find something that works, and you know that getting a little older or whatnot, it doesn’t matter,” Paul said. “Bron ain’t slowing down no time soon, so everybody be cool.”
LeBron James is now very close to toppling a record that was thought to be unassailable. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time regular season points total is something James can surpass as early as February next year. And beyond that, King James is chasing the title of GOAT. Sitting at 4 championships, James will need at least 2 more to have a real shot at taking Michael Jordan’s place in public discourse as the greatest to ever do it in the NBA.
