One of the Los Angeles Lakers’ biggest needs this offseason has been 3-and-D wings, thus one of their free agent signings earlier this summer was Troy Brown Jr.
In four NBA seasons, Brown has shown promise as a role player who has improved his 3-point shooting percentage and possesses the potential to help the team corral superstar wings defensively.
At 6-foot-6 and 215 pounds, he is a decent physical specimen, as he has a 6-foot-11 wingspan, but as a rookie, he once played against someone who greatly dwarfed him and made him realize he wasn’t that special physically.
That someone was LeBron James.
Brown recently recalled the first time he played against him in the NBA.
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“My favorite player growing up was LeBron. The first thing I remember about playing against LeBron was just like standing next to him and seeing how physically bigger he was than me. Size-wise, he’s like 6’8” — and I thought I was tall, I thought I was strong. And it was one of those things like nah, this dude has been doing this his whole life. He’s really built like that for sure.”
Going into his 20th season, James still appears to be one of the better athletes and more physically gifted players in the NBA. It wouldn’t surprise anyone if he came close to his production from last year when he averaged 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.
