As one of the elder statesmen in the NBA, it’s hard to avoid the feeling that everyone around you is getting younger. With his oldest son in high school now, the feeling of everyone getting younger was heightened for LeBron James and his wife Savannah, over the summer as they were hosting some of the newest Klutch Sports athletes.
The story came up during LeBron James’ postgame media availability when he was talking about how rookie guard Ja Morant is actually closer to his son in age than he is to him. Then James recalled a moment from the summer, when Klutch Sports rookies Darius Garland of the Cavaliers and Darius Bazley of the Thunder, spent more time hanging out with LeBron’s sons at their house than with LeBron himself. Then, after spending the afternoon over at their house, one of the players, LeBron did not specify, wanted to thank LeBron and “Auntie Savannah.” According to James, his wife Savannah didn’t take too kindly to the formality.
"One of them said … 'Thank you Auntie Savannah.' … She didn't like that because you know, my wife has been 21 for the last 20 years."
These rookies have @KingJames and Savannah feeling old 😂 pic.twitter.com/JoT6wdRA9v
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 1, 2020
Even though James is old enough to be an uncle to a lot of the new players in the league, his season has reaffirmed he still has a lot left to teach the next generation.
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