I never watched the movie Benjamin Button. But I’m pretty sure we all remember at least the trailer. It’s about a boy who ages backwards. He starts off looking like an 80-year-old man through childhood and as he gets older, he starts to look younger and younger, looking like a 20-year-old man in his eighties. (This could be completely wrong as I said earlier, I’ve never even seen the movie.) In case this is not ringing a bell, here’s the trailer (I’m not watching it I’m going off my memory, right or wrong)
But it seems we have a curious case of Benjamin Button syndrome going on in the NBA at this current moment. Everyone always says father time catches up to everyone, but there’s one man who seems to be eluding him. We’ve been watching this man kill everyone in the league for a long, long time, and he is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. His reign has lasted two decades now! That’s right, I am talking about the greatest basketball player to ever grace the NBA, Lebron James.
HE’S 38!
Lebron turned 38 on December 30th and while his hairline may not be looking any better, it seems he decided it was Daylight Savings Time the way he turned the clock back. Just look at his stats from above since his birthday… This doesn’t even include his 46-point game last night against the Clippers! Not to mention he has been playing 40+ minutes in almost every game lately! That is ridiculous! And he isn’t showing any signs of slowing down either. We are witnessing a real-life Benjamin Button ladies and gentlemen. People thought he’d start to fizzle out at 30! 8 years later Lebron is literally averaging 30! How could you deny this greatness?!?
YEAR 20!
I don’t believe there is a single athlete in the history of any sport that is producing at the level that Lebron is this late in his career. Just think of the greats, Jordan’s stint with the Wizards he was fizzling out. Brady this year looked like a shell of himself down the stretch. Father time catches up to everyone, except for Benjamin Button. Lebron is aging backwards, and he is dominating your favorite players like nobody else could. Don’t believe me?
HOW? HOWWWWW?!?!?!? He has to be some sort of alien. Every single one of these feats is somehow more impressive than the last. It’s just more bullet points on an ever-growing resume of greatness. If you are getting a chance to witness this greatness, you should be appreciating it. We will never see someone like Lebron James ever again. Records are meant to be broken, but I highly doubt someone will be able to break ALL of the records he set. And I highly doubt they’ll be doing it in year 20 of their careers. If they even make it there! Side note: Dillon Brooks said he knew how to guard Lebron, “by making him go left.” You got cooked Dillon. When will these youngins learn not to come for the king…
CHASING HISTORY
IT WILL NEVER BE DONE AGAIN! You all need to understand this. It will literally never be done again. Do you understand how ridiculous this stat is? There are some players who make it to the NBA (this makes them top .01% of players in history to play the game of basketball) and they have never scored 10 points in an NBA game, let alone 40. THIS MAN HAS 40 POINTS AGAINST EVERY SINGLE NBA TEAM! Just look at how he got his final 40 against the clippers.
A Career high in threes, for someone labeled as “a non-shooter” in year 20. Lebron is less than 200 points away from breaking Kareem’s all-time scoring record (he technically already holds the all-time record for season + playoffs.) He will break it in the next few weeks. He has the chance to break it against the Bucks (the team Kareem started with,) how fitting would that be. And I thought year 20 makes him old?!?!? But he’s been the youngest to all of these mile stones:
LeBENJAMIN BUTTON
Being the oldest and youngest to do things makes Lebron James an enigma. It just breaks my brain. Time is relative everyone. We are watching a movie happening in real life. Everything in Hollywood gets a reboot nowadays, I may have to give them a call and give them another idea. The footage is already out there. Lebron James is a real-life Benjamin Button, I rest my case. He is LeBenjamin Button. And if after all of this you still don’t believe me… just take a look at this commercial already confirming it.
