Danny Green Discusses LeBron James Progression From Rookie To Now

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00:00 I'm Melissa Rowland with Sports Illustrated and we're here with Jill Painter-Lopez.

00:06 Now Danny Green recently went on The Herd and he talked about how he saw LeBron James

00:12 when he was a rookie and then seeing him now at age 35 in his 17th season, he talked about

00:17 how he's matured and how things have changed.

00:19 What did he say?

00:20 Well, Melissa, they do have such a unique perspective.

00:24 They both won championships with two different teams.

00:26 They both started their careers as rookies on the Cleveland Cavaliers team, obviously

00:30 a much different experience for LeBron and Danny Green.

00:34 Danny was talking on The Herd with Colin Coward and he's like, "I didn't play much my rookie

00:38 year," but he certainly had a great bird's eye view of LeBron.

00:41 And he said back then he was obviously using his athleticism a lot.

00:45 He said he's still obviously a very athletic guy.

00:48 He said, but now he could pick and choose his spots.

00:50 He can pick his angles.

00:51 And he said he thinks he's such a smarter player now.

00:54 Obviously LeBron has won championships with two different teams with Miami and Cleveland,

00:59 trying to make it a third team with the Lakers this year.

01:01 Lakers atop the Western Conference and obviously doing very well with LeBron, AD, the veteran

01:07 Danny Green.

01:08 So it just kind of an interesting perspective from someone who saw it that first season

01:12 and who's seeing LeBron now at 35 trying to win a championship with a third organization.

01:17 It's incredible his longevity in this league.

01:21 It's like he just seems to get better.

01:23 It's like it must be the fine wine that he drinks or probably those two workouts a day

01:29 I think have something to do with it.

01:31 We need to get our hands on some of that wine.