'If I really wanted to': LeBron James says he could 'probably' play at a high level until he's 47



LeBron James says he could still be one of the NBA's top players for another five to seven years ... if he wanted to.

James boasted about his skill level after recovering from an unknown illness, calling it "laughable" to see the "high level" he is playing the game at, despite being "such a young man but old" in terms of time spent in the NBA.

"I had a decade of the 30s, so to just wake up and just be like, 'Oh shoot, oh damn, you're 40?'" James said, per ESPN.

James is the NBA's all-time leader in minutes played, field goal attempts, points, and turnovers, while still putting up shockingly good numbers at 40 years old.

The forward recently became the 32nd player in NBA history to play a game in his 40s, as well, and is the second player after Vince Carter to play 22 seasons

"To be honest, if I really wanted to, I could probably play this game at a high level probably for about another — it's weird that I might say this — but probably about another five to seven years, if I wanted to," James added. "But I'm not going to do that."

The Ohio native added that he would love for his career to end in Los Angeles with the Lakers and said he didn't have any other goals left to achieve after sharing the court with his son LeBron "Bronny" James Jr. on opening night of the 2024-2025 season.

LeBron James (left) and son Bronny James (right).Photo by Harry How/Getty Images

'I came here to play the last stage of my career.'

James admitted he didn't think his Lakers could win an NBA championship but stated that a championship-caliber team likely wouldn't change his plan, either.

"I don't know if that determines if I stick around longer because it doesn't change my career in any sense or fashion," James continued.

"I would love for [my career] to end here. That would be the plan. I came [to Los Angeles] to play the last stage of my career and to finish it off here," James clarified.

Despite saying he didn't plan on extending his career that half decade, in 2024, James is still averaging 23.5 points on 49.6% shooting, along with 9 assists and 7.9 rebounds per game. He is also just two years removed from putting up 28.9 points per game in 2022-2023 and 30.3 the season prior.

As for his recent illness, Lakers coach JJ Redick said it was "no concern," adding LeBron was "just a little under the weather."

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Jason Whitlock HAMMERS Stacey Abrams for making abortion her 'fundamental issue'



Feminism is arguably one of the most influential movements of our time. From voting rights to so-called reproductive rights, feminism rejects the idea of family and rebels against the leadership of man.

BlazeTV's Jason Whitlock pointed out how God made man to lead. but once man is disempowered, entire societies will be destroyed. But is feminism the culprit for the disempowerment of men?

Royce White joined this episode of "Fearless" to discuss the feminist issue of abortion and how Stacey Abrams made abortion her fundamental issue. Whitlock explains why in the video below.


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Former NBA player slams LeBron James as a sellout for his silence on China's concentration camps, blasts Barack Obama



Former NBA player Royce White ripped LeBron James for his silence on the Chinese government locking up Uyghur Muslims in concentration camps. White also dunked on former President Barack Obama, and called him a "sellout."

White said, "LeBron James was given a billion dollars by Nike – the establishment, the anti-human neo-liberal, Marxist, globalist establishment – which is also the church of the LGBTQ."

In 2016, Nike gave James a contract said to be worth more than $1 billion.

"He was given this billion dollars to keep his mouth shut about the single greatest humanitarian crisis of our generation," White declared on the "Free Game Sports" podcast. "And that is the 2 million people being placed in the concentration camps in China for no other crime than being Muslim."

Gay McDougall – a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – estimates that 2 million Uyghur Muslims were forced into "political camps for indoctrination" in the western Xinjiang autonomous region, according to Reuters.

White – who unsuccessfully ran for Congress this year in his native Minnesota – said LeBron took that "payoff to shut his mouth."

He said LeBron's massive contract came with a quid pro quo.

"And the quid pro quo is you are the new house negro," White said of James.

White slammed LeBron as a "radical materialist."

White described LeBron and former President Barack Obama as "black bourgeoisie sellouts."

He added, "They are the go-between to the black community, They are the ones that are going to negotiate the terms of our social contract with the establishment from now until whenever."

\u201cFormer NBA Player Royce White Calls Lebron James a Sell Out For His Stance on Hong Kong\u201d
— No Jumper (@No Jumper) 1665284235

Last year, White played in the Big3 League. During one of the basketball games, he made a public protest against the Uyghurs being detained in the concentration camps.

White was drafted 16th overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2012 NBA Draft. However, due to mental health issues White only played three games in his NBA career with the Sacramento Kings in 2014. White suffered from an anxiety disorder that caused him to have a major fear of flying – which is a necessity when playing in the NBA.

LeBron has been extremely vocal about social issues, but has been silent about the Uyghur Muslims in internment camps run by the CCP.

A 2020 report claimed Nike and other large American companies had taken advantage of slave labor in China's concentration camps.

LeBron has also been criticized for his silence on China's atrocities by professional basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom.

In October 2021, Freedom challenged LeBron and Nike to confront the Chinese Communist Party for its enslavement of Uyghur Muslims.

Freedom trolled the Los Angeles Lakers legend by wearing sneakers with an image of LeBron bowing to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Enes Kanter Freedom informs LeBron James that he is 'free to leave' America after Brittney Griner remarks



Enes Kanter Freedom slammed LeBron James over his perceived knock on the United States regarding the detainment of WNBA player Brittney Griner in Russia.

In an episode of LeBron's HBO show "The Shop," the Los Angeles Lakers star discussed Griner being detained in Russia after authorities at a Moscow-area airport allegedly discovered hash oil in vape pens stored in her luggage. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, pleaded guilty to the charges and faces up to 10 years in a Russian prison.

James asked, "Now, how can she feel like America has her back? I would be feeling like, 'Do I even want to go back to America?'"

After blowback for seemingly anti-American sentiments, LeBron walked back his comments.

"My comments on 'The Shop' regarding Brittney Griner wasn’t knocking our beautiful country," James wrote on Twitter. "I was simply saying how she’s probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions, thoughts, etc inside that cage she’s been in for over 100+ days!"

Freedom ripped LeBron for walking back his comments.

"You call it a step back, we call this a walk back," Freedom wrote on Twitter. "You are free to leave buddy or you can even volunteer for an exchange for her."

"Some people literally have NO idea what is it like to live in a dictatorship," Freedom continued. "Keep taking your freedom for granted."

Freedom was hit with backlash for his pro-U.S. tweet he sent to James, and followed up with a clarification.

"Sad to see so many people bashing U.S. when they have no idea what’s happening on the other side of the world. I’m not saying the U.S is perfect but if you ever visit China, Turkey, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, Qatar, Myanmar, Rwanda ... Then you will appreciate what you have here," Freedom said on Twitter.

This isn't the first time that Freedom and James have butted heads.

In October 2021, Freedom challenged LeBron and Nike to confront the Chinese Communist Party for its enslavement of Uyghur Muslims.

The following month, Freedom wore shoes with an image of LeBron bowing to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

LeBron dismissed Freedom's criticisms.

"I think if you know me you know I don't really give too many people my energy and he's definitely not someone I will give my energy to," James said in a post-game interview. "Trying to use my name to create an opportunity for himself. Definitely won't comment too much on that, if any. That will be where I lay that at."

"He's always kind of had a word or two to say in my direction, and as a man, if you got an issue with somebody, you really come up to him," James added. "He had his opportunity tonight. I seen him in the hallway, he walked right by me.

Freedom – an 11-year NBA veteran – was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Houston Rockets last season. He was waived by the Rockets in February and has not played ever since. Freedom claims that the NBA is trying to silence him for being an outspoken critic of China.

LeBron James forced to backtrack, clarifies he 'wasn’t knocking' America in controversial Brittney Griner remark



NBA superstar LeBron James is backtracking after suggesting that WNBA player Brittney Griner should question whether she actually wants to return to the United States.

Griner has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17. Russian officials arrested her after they allegedly discovered hash oil in vape pens that she was carrying in luggage at a Moscow-area airport. At a trial last week, Griner pleaded guilty to the charges against her. She faces 10 years in Russian prison.

What did James say at first?

In a trailer for the upcoming episode of his HBO show "The Shop," James questioned why Griner would want to return to America.

James appeared to be referring to the Biden administration's unhurried response to Griner's detainment, which the State Department considers a wrongful detainment.

"Now, how can she feel like America has her back?" James said. "I would be feeling like, 'Do I even want to go back to America?'"

At the time of the comment, James said Griner had been detained for more than 110 days. As of July 13, Griner has been in Russian detainment for nearly 150 days.

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But what did James say later?

After his comments generated strong criticism, James said that he was not, in fact, bashing America.

Instead, James said he was referring to the range of emotions Griner must be experiencing in long-term Russian detainment.

"My comments on 'The Shop' regarding Brittney Griner wasn’t knocking our beautiful country," James wrote on Twitter. "I was simply saying how she’s probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions, thoughts, etc inside that cage she’s been in for over 100+ days!"

\u201cMy comments on \u201cThe Shop\u201d regarding Brittney Griner wasn\u2019t knocking our beautiful country. I was simply saying how she\u2019s probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions, thoughts, etc inside that cage she\u2019s been in for over 100+ days! Long story short #BringHerHome\u201d
— LeBron James (@LeBron James) 1657675955

The Biden administration says officials are working tirelessly on Griner's case, describing the situation as an "absolute priority."

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) is expected to travel to Russia in several weeks to help secure the release of Griner and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who has been detained in Russia for more than 3.5 years.

Celebrity men accidentally expose the DIRTY TRUTH behind male pro-abortion ideology



As a movement, feminism holds an aggressive position on where the decision-making authority for abortion lies. But what if the "my body, my choice" mantra that appears to have empowered so many women has only benefitted the pro-choice men?

Often women are indeed pressured into having abortions by their parents, baby daddies, political worldview, etc.; a woman is the person who ultimately decides to climb onto the medical chair, place her feet into the stirrups, or take an abortion pill to end her baby's life.

But women's willingness to assume all responsibility for choosing abortion allows pro-choice men to escape the guilt and criticism associated with the decision. As scumbag men pursue their endeavors to have as much unprotected and consequence-free sex as possible, women enable these weak men by mimicking their hideous behavior.

Over the weekend, celebrity men took to Twitter and addressed the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Samuel L. Jackson, Dave Portnoy, and O.J. Simpson were among those who sounded off in a show of solidarity with feminist ideology. But while their words might have seemed to be "pro-women" rhetoric, they were more than likely "pro-men."

in this episode of "Fearless with Jason Whitlock," Whitlock tore into the scumbag nature of "weak and selfish men who care more about having consequence-free sex" than "her body, her choice." "Most of these guys want to get laid," Whitlock explained.



How’s Uncle Clarence feeling about Overturning Loving v Virginia??!!
— Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) June 25, 2022


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— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) June 24, 2022


My Tweet, My Opinion pic.twitter.com/xWcW1Q5DlG
— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) June 26, 2022

America has a become matriarchal culture rife with quick fixes and minimal personal responsibility. And while weak celebrities make their disingenuous Twitter stand in support of "women's rights," their silence on the reality of the 65 million babies who never got the chance to experience life or weigh in on the abortion issue is deafening.

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'It just looks stupid': Unvaxxed NBA star Kyrie Irving can't play Brooklyn Nets' home games over city mandate — but can sit courtside and unmasked in home arena



Brooklyn Nets' star Kevin Durant — who dropped 53 points in a home game against the New York Knicks on Sunday — is asking New York City Mayor Eric Adams why unvaccinated teammate Kyrie Irving is barred from playing in Brooklyn's home games but is allowed to watch his team's home games in the Nets' arena, ESPN reported.

Which is exactly what Irving did Sunday. In fact, Irving sat at a courtside seat, the network said.

What are the details?

"It's ridiculous," Durant said after the game. "I don't understand it at all. There's a few people in our arena that's unvaxxed, right? They lifted all of that in our arena, right? So I don't get it ... I don't get it. It just feels like at this point now, somebody's trying to make a statement or a point to flex their authority. But everybody out here is looking for attention, and that's what I feel like the mayor wants right now, is some attention. But he'll figure it out soon. He better."

Durant added, "But it just didn't make any sense. There's unvaxxed people in this building already. We got a guy who can come in the building, I guess, are they fearing our safety? I don't get it. We're all confused. Pretty much everybody in the world is confused at this point. Early on in the season people didn't understand what was going on, but now it just looks stupid. So hopefully, Eric, you got to figure this out."

What's more, Nets' coach Steve Nash said Irving was with the team in the locker room at halftime and added that he didn't understand the city rules enough to explain why Irving could be on the floor and in the locker room but barred from sitting on the bench with his teammates.

Durant also told the mayor that he has to "figure something out, man, because it's looking crazy. Especially on national TV, and [Irving] can come to the game, but not play — come on, man. Hey, yo, Eric."

What else?

It's not as though Irving is completely barred from playing — when the Nets are on the road, he can play, and he has been. It's just the pesky New York City mandate that's keeping him from playing home games.

What's more, the Daily Wire pointed out that the night before the Knicks game, Irving attended the ACC Championship Game between Duke and Virginia Tech at Barclays Center — the Nets' home arena.

So why wasn't he allowed the next day to move down a few feet, suit up, and play for the Nets in the same arena? It's a question that even iconic opponent LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers posed:

FACTS FACTS FACTS!! It literally makes ABSOLUTELY ZERO SENSE!!! They say if common sense was common then we\u2019d all have it. Ain\u2019t that the truth. #FreeKyriehttps://twitter.com/cuffsthelegend/status/1503033007506182145\u00a0\u2026
— LeBron James (@LeBron James) 1647195237

“This law in New York, the oddity of it to me is that it only applies to home players," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told WABC-TV. "I think if ultimately that rule is about protecting people who are in the arena, it just doesn't quite make sense to me that an away player who is unvaccinated can play in Barclays but the home player can't. To me that's a reason they should take a look at that ordinance"

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Bill Maher dunks on LeBron James, Eileen Gu, and John Cena for kowtowing to 'totalitarian police state' China



Bill Maher did not hold back in his recent rant targeting athletes and entertainers who have kowtowed to China. The "Real Time with Bill Maher" host blasted LeBron James, Eileen Gu, and John Cena for allegedly putting profits over principles when it comes to speaking out against China's human rights abuses.

Maher highlighted American-born freestyle skier Eileen Gu who decided to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics for her mother's home country of China. Gu, 18, has reportedly pocketed at least $31 million from sponsorship deals with more than 20 deals with Chinese companies, including the Bank of China.

Maher accused Gu of choosing to "represent a totalitarian police state over America."

"The Olympics pretends to only be about sports but of course, the games have always been a bit of a proxy war for which country has the best system," Maher said on Friday night's episode. "And by choosing Team China, Eileen Gu became a living symbol of China's triumph over the West, which wouldn't bother me so much if I thought China had triumphed over us in the ways that really matter. But they haven't."

Maher admitted that the United States has some human rights issues, but explains that the U.S. is a "democracy based on freedom" compared to China, which he described as an "authoritarian surveillance state based on 'How would you like to disappear for a few months?'"

The HBO talk show host spotlighted the situation involving Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai who previously accused Chinese Communist Party member Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Shuai went missing after making the accusations.

"Like that tennis player [Peng Shuai] who recently vanished for a while when she said she had been raped by a government official," Maher continued. "We do still throw too many black people in jail, but perspective matters."

"China has basically jailed an entire ethnic minority, the Uyghurs, a situation that both the Trump and Biden administrations have called a genocide," he noted. "America is not close to that. And it's a cynical dodge to pretend China's sins should be overlooked because we all do it. No."

Maher recalled when Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said he stood with the pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. In 2019, LeBron James said Morey was "misinformed" about calling for democracy in Hong Kong. James reportedly questioned NBA Commissioner Adam Silver as to why Morey wasn't punished for his support of pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong, which damaged the league's relationship with China.

"In America, we're supposed to root for democratic government, not apologize for it," Maher declared. "But the NBA has a television deal with China worth a billion-and-a-half dollars. So LeBron James said Morey needed to be ‘educated on the situation,' the situation being, 'I've got some shoes to sell.'"

Maher slammed Google for enacting censorship in order to access the Chinese market.

"'Kowtow' is a Chinese word but boy, Americans have gotten good at it," Maher claimed.

"That's the deal China offers American companies and celebrities: 'We'll give you access to our billion-plus consumers as long as you shut up about the whole police-state-genocide thing.' John Cena took that deal."

"China accounts for 34% of global box office and he's a movie star now," Maher said of Cena. "So, like the Uyghurs, last year, he learned he needed to get some re-education. You see, John referred to Taiwan as a country as if [it] were a separate country from China, which it is! But China would like to do Taiwan what it did to Tibet and what it's doing now to Hong Kong."

Cena – the wrestling star-turned actor – issued a video apology in 2021 to the Chinese government for referring to Taiwan as a "country."

"When a country can make your big muscly macho man action star grovel in their language, you know you're somebody's b*tch," Maher joked.

Maher remembered how the trailer for the "Top Gun: Maverick" movie deleted the Taiwan flag from the bomber jacket of Tom Cruise's character Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. CNN reported, "Several Twitter users quickly pointed out that Chinese tech giant Tencent is one of Paramount's partners on the movie, which is slated to release next summer."

Maher continued, "The definition of 'woke' was supposed to be being alert to injustice in society. But because the 'woke' now see race first and everything else never, fear of being accused of racism has given a free pass on human rights abuses to China and any other places that are perceived as non-white. If China was in Europe, would they get away with having concentration camps without more of an outcry from America?"

"Someone has to tell me where we got this rule that you can't criticize China because I suspect we got it from China. Because after all, it's where we get everything else," Maher concluded.

(WARNING: Explicit language)

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Bob Costas tees off on the NBA, LeBron James, and Colin Kaepernick for brushing aside China's human rights abuses



The White House announced Monday that the U.S. will engage in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics in response to China's "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, and other human rights abuses." After the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China declared, "The U.S. will pay a price for its practices."

Bob Costas — who was the prime-time TV host for a record 11 Olympics — appeared on CNN to discuss the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Hall of Fame announcer also ripped the NBA, LeBron James, and Colin Kaepernick for their lack of criticism of China's record of human rights abuses. Costas also questioned why the International Olympic Committee is cozy with authoritarian nations.

"The Chinese say we'll pay the price for our wrongdoings, but they never want to pay the price or acknowledge their monstrous wrongdoings," Costas said of the Chinese Communist Party.

"What is it with the IOC and their affinity for authoritarian nations? There will be an Olympics — a Summer Olympics — in 2028 in Los Angeles," Costas told CNN host Michael Smerconish. "It will have been since 2002 when the Winter Games were in Salt Lake, since there has been an Olympics on American soil. And yet, American television is the single greatest source of revenue for the IOC."

"Many IOC delegates remain ticked off at the U.S. because a free press blew the cover off the Salt Lake bidding scandal. ... They have long memories about this stuff," Costas added. "And, the IOC and many of those delegates act in a high-handed way. And in that sense, you can see where the affinity for authoritarian nations comes in."

Costas claimed that the CCP attempted to have him fired for remarks he made about China during commentary on NBC at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

“Beginning in 1996, when I ran afoul of the Chinese because I said as they came in during the opening ceremony in Atlanta, 'You’re looking at the one nation that has the means and the motivation to replicate what the old Soviet Bloc and the Eastern Bloc did with their sports machine,' with all that implies and a few other things," Costas said. "Orchestrated from Beijing, there was an effort to have me fired. NBC would have none of it. Then they said we’ll accept a full public apology in prime time, and I wouldn’t do that. Eventually, it went away.”

Smerconish then mentioned that the NBA is in bed with China. "I have to believe that there are some guys holding their breath watching this, because if this is sufficient grounds for there to be a diplomatic boycott, then what does it say about the NBA doing business in China?"

Costas replied, "The NBA is up to its neck in China. China is a huge sports market. Basketball is especially popular there. But they will put up with not even the slightest criticism. They reject it out of hand. And when they can ... they exact a price."

"Back a couple of years ago when Daryl Morey — then the GM of the Houston Rockets — tweeted 'Stand with Hong Kong,' Rockets games were suddenly off the air for an extended period in China," Costas explained. "And the Rockets are one of the most popular teams there because Yao Ming was the first big Chinese star in the NBA."

"More recently, Enes Kanter, who grew up in Turkey ... he spoke out against China," he continued. "Same thing. Celtics games, like that, gone. I guarantee you that the feed of this conversation is gone in China right now."

Enes Kanter Freedom — who plays center for the Celtics — has been extremely critical of the Chinese Communist Party. The basketball player has delivered pro-Tibet remarks, condemned China's brutal oppression of the Uighurs, and slammed Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "brutal dictator." China removed Celtics games from Chinese TV in October.

Smerconish theorized that "most Americans are not dialed in on the issue" of China's record of human rights violations and "just want to make sure there is an iPhone under the tree in three weeks."

Costas noted that the United States is dependent on China for products, including Nike — which has pushed progressive agendas in advertisements, but CEO John Donahue said in June, "Nike is a brand that is of China and for China."

"By the way, a lot of Nike’s goods that benefit the likes of Colin Kaepernick and LeBron James — made in China," Costas said of the athletes who have been outspoken social justice activists. "And those outspoken individuals, and in many cases, I think millions of Americans would agree with their positions on domestic issues, but they are conspicuously mum when it comes to China. And no matter what the issues are here, and they are serious issues, in terms of dimension, they pale alongside what’s going on there."

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