LOS ANGELES — Dillon Brooks isn’t wrong, but being right doesn't always matter in a court of law, let alone a basketball court.
LeBron James isn’t the same player he was in Cleveland or at his height of heights in Miami. The ability to dominate a 48-minute game isn’t there anymore, as there are more signs of physical slippage that confirm he is indeed 38 years old.
But this version is still good enough in spurts, in those moments where he can leverage his greatness against his body and hope the former wins — and he’ll pay the price another day.