Up until this season, LeBron James had defeated Father Time. But a historic Year 23 is starting to show a noticeable decline. Despite taking the utmost care of himself, James can’t recover the same way he did when he was 20. And after immeasurable wear and tear, his body is finally starting to act like a human.

He missed the front end of a back-to-back against the Pelicans due to left foot management. Having missed the first 14 games due to sciatica, a reporter speculated that the injury was flaring up again. However, his absence wasn’t related to fresh pain. It was just the body telling James it doesn’t function the same way as before.

“Yeah, it’s called old. You get it. You understand,” James told the reporter . “Yeah, you understand. Just wake up with s–t that you had the night be

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