LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – LeBron James, the Lakers resident greybeard is now, officially, a greybeard, a thick, a silver splashed mane growing from James’s face, a rare sign of aging for L.A.’s 35-year old star. The COVID-19 pandemic, which shut down the NBA season on March 11, stalled the Lakers, winners of 11 of its last 13, and James, the four-time MVP who was surging toward his fifth. On Tuesday morning, two days before the start of the most unpredictable finish in NBA history, James settled into a high backed beige chair, his legs ankle deep in an ice bucket, a microphone extending out from a stand in front of him so the dozens of reporters dialed into a Zoom interview could hear him.
140 Days Later: Re-Previewing the (Rest of) the NBA Season
