Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James turned 36 yesterday and reminded us that even as time goes on, he’s still delivering greatness on a nightly basis. He did more of the same in Wednesday’s win over the San Antonio Spurs in which he led the Lakers with 26 points and eight assists to help L.A. improve to 3-2 on the season. After the game, James also vowed to do what he has done more of in recent years, make sure that in the time that he’s not training, he’s enjoying himself.
As part of that, James told reporters on Wednesday how he planned to celebrate his birthday with the team: good wine and possibly some tequila. The Lakers do happen to have today off before playing the Spurs again on New Year’s Day.
“I have some wine waiting on me,” said James after posting a team-high 26 points. “Probably some teammates will stop by. There is a meal room we have our meetings at. We might stop down there and watch some TV and drink some good wine. Maybe have some tequila.”
Our own Mark Medina also noticed that were James still in California, such a gathering with the team in the hotel meal room would have been prohibited. But since he was in Texas and testing across the league since Dec. 24 has come back clean, he could feel pretty safe doing so as well.
