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    LeBron James Sets Timeline on Possible NBA Retirement, Says He Won’t Play ‘Until the Wheels Fall Off’

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    LeBron James found yet another way to make history on Wednesday night, setting the record for the oldest player to record three straight triple-doubles as the Los Angeles Lakers came from behind to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 128-123.

    After the game, the NBA superstar laid out a timeline for his possible retirement.

    “I’m not going to play much longer, to be completely honest,” James told reporters on Wednesday.

    “I don’t know how many years that is. Whether it’s one year or two years, whatever the case may be.

    ‘I said the other day: I won’t play until the wheels fall off. I’m not going to be that guy. I’m not going to be the guy who disrespects the game because I just wanted to be on the ground. I won’t be,” he said after the win.

    James, who turns 40 next month, is still one of the best players in the league.

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    Lebron James and son Bronny will make NBA history

    He dropped 35 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds against the Grizzlies, adding to his triple-doubles against the Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors in the two previous games.

    It means the NBA’s all-time leading scorer has broken his own record as the oldest player to achieve the feat, which he set in November 2019 when he was 34 years old.

    Last month, James and his eldest son, Bronny, became the first father-son duo to appear in an NBA game together.

    In addition to playing with his eldest son, he previously expressed that he would still like to play in the NBA if his other son, Bryce, a high school student, had the opportunity to play in the league.

    When asked about the possibility of still playing in the coming years and a chance to play at the same time as his youngest son, he told Sports Illustrated’s Chris Ballard in 2022, “So it all depends on my body, but more importantly, my mind. If my mind can stay sharp, fresh and motivated, then the sky is not even the limit for me. I can go further than that. But we’ll see.”

    Before the Lakers’ Oct. 30 game against his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, James was asked again if he was sticking with playing with his youngest son.

    “I don’t know,” James told cleveland.com. ‘We’ll see. That would be pretty cool. It’s all about my mind and then seeing how my body responds over the next few years.”

    Despite his age, James is averaging 24.3 points, 8.1 rebounds and 9.4 assists in 11 games played this season. The Lakers are currently 7-4 on the season.

    James will look for his fourth straight triple-double when the Lakers open their Emirates NBA Cup slate on Friday and travel to San Antonio to take on Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs.

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