Tyrese Maxey has known LeBron James for a long time, but he has admitted that being teammates with him at the Philadelphia 76ers has been a different experience.
Looking from the outside, everyone would put James on a pedestal because he is one of the greatest players of all time. He definitely has that aura around him as well.
However, since becoming teammates, Maxey has realised that The King is just normal, like the rest of us.
James is a role model for many young basketball players in the world.
The 41-year-old has just begun his 24th season in the NBA. Maxey wasn’t even three years old when James made his debut for the Cavaliers in 2003.
Before this season, Maxey and James played against each other seven times, with the former winning four of those fixtures. During those games, the 25-year-old’s perception of the NBA icon was different, but after sharing the locker room with him for a few weeks now, he has realised that James is just a normal guy.
Maxey said on ESPN: “Yeah, it’s definitely different being a teammate with him.
“His attention to detail, as far as just knowing what the other teams are going to be able to do, knowing what we can do to be successful, the film sessi...