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Feb 25, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) takes the ball down court in the first half of the game against the Los Angeles Clippers at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

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Feb 25, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) takes the ball down court in the first half of the game against the Los Angeles Clippers at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
At 37 years of age, LeBron James clearly defies the odds and seems to reverse time. At an age when most retire, LeBron continues to perform at a high level. In fact, his meteoric rise has not stopped as he became the first player to have at least 30K points, 10K assists, and 10K rebounds. This is truly astounding as the Lakers’ frontman continues to dominate the league.
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Mar 11, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) reacts after a dunk in the third quarter against the Washington Wizards at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports
Clearly, his achievements put him among the best to have set foot in the NBA. In fact, he is involved in the debate for the Greatest of All-Time with Michael Jordan. Moreover, he was ranked 2nd by the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team. So it makes sense that if anyone were to assemble a starting five, they would include LeBron James. But Nick Adams doesn’t feel that way. His exclusion of the ‘King’ from his list of best players at each position took Twitter by storm.
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Twitter Reacts to the Exclusion of LeBron James
When the ‘Favorite Author’ of former President, Donald Trump, shared his starting five on Twitter, many were taken aback by the exclusion of LeBron James. They questioned Nick Adams for LeBron’s exclusion and even put forth their own starting five that included the ‘King’.
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The best player in NBA history at each position
PG: Magic Johnson..5 🏆s
SG: Michael Jordan…6 🏆s
SF: LeBron James…4 🏆s
PF: Tim Duncan…5 🏆s
C: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar…6 🏆sStockton = 0 🏆
Bird=3🏆
Dirk= 1🏆
Shaq=4🏆— Rodway AKA Roscoe (@GodiswhyIshine) March 7, 2022
ALMOST 😅
PG: Magic
SG: Jordan
SF: LeBron
PF: Duncan
C: Shaq— "DBL WIDE Paradise" (@EricNHouse) March 7, 2022
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PG: Magic Johnson
SG: Michael Jordan
SF: Larry Bird
PF: LeBron James
C: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar— M Tungsvik (@m_tungsvik) March 7, 2022
What about lebron?
— #CertifiedTroll (@MinkahsznS) March 7, 2022
Forgot someone pic.twitter.com/m1QCpmbuRg
— Jojo (@Jojo13573880) March 7, 2022
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Clearly, the Twitterverse strongly feels that LeBron must be a part of the starting five. Moreover, they even included some more changes, such as Tim Duncan over Dirk Nowitzki and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar over Shaquille O’Neal.
In Conclusion
Identifying the greatest set of players to have played the sport is quite a difficult task. People have their own set of views that determine their choices of who the NBA’s All-Time Starting Five must include. Regardless, including LeBron James as part of that list is something that almost every NBA fan agrees upon.
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LeBron has dominated the league for several years and continues to do so even at 37. He really is one to admire, especially after his two 50 point performances this season. Moreover, he has contributed to the success of 3 franchises, namely, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Lakers.
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Even today, he remains one of the few reasons why people watch Lakers’ games despite the franchise’s nosedive performance this season. He clearly is one of the best to have ever played the game and it isn’t easy to simply omit him from the best Starting Five in NBA history.
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