IMPRESSED: LeBron James surprised Maxey in NBA training sessions

20 years ago LeBron James arrived at the NBA. But, when it was thought that he was on the downhill of his career, the forward is having a great season. He is even among the 10 candidates to win the prize Most valuable Player (MVP for its acronym in English), according to the ranking published by the league.

His 25.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.5 steals are no coincidence. It is a consequence of hard work in the preseason. This is what he commented Tyrese Maxeyone of the young references that has Philadelphia 76ers.

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Maxey trained with LeBron James prior to the start of this season and tells about the ethics that the player has Los Angeles Lakers when training:

“Training was at six. But I always go a little early to stretch so I arrived at 5:30. The next time we had training at six, he went at five. When I arrived, he was already drenched in sweat. I asked him what he was doing and he told me ‘I can’t let you get to the court before me.’ “He is crazy”said Maxey in statements that were collected by the portal NBAmaniacs.

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Training with LeBron James has helped Maxey improve

Maxey was key in the historic victory by a 44-point margin (138-94) that Philadelphia 76ers a Los Angeles Lakers. The 23-year-old guard finished with 31 points and eight rebounds in 36 minutes of play. While LeBron James He recorded 18 points and five sacks.

The trainings with LeBron They may be the reason for its great improvement in 2023-2024. In these first 17 games, Maxey has averages of 26.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 6.9 assists with 40% accuracy in triples. An improvement from what was exhibited in 2022-2023, when he finished with 20.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

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“Their numbers speak for themselves. His work ethic hasn’t dipped one bit. He has four MVPs and unattainable records. But even so, he wants to be on the court before a young man who has achieved nothing. I have to take my hat off to that.”commented Maxey.