James: I can average 50 points in high school as long as I want, but I insist on playing the right way

May 13th News Today, Lakers forward James' podcast program "The Brain of the Field" aired in the sixth episode of the second season, and James and home guest Nash talked about many topics.

When asked how he responded to his early career criticism of his choice of passing at a critical moment, James said: "I just insisted on the belief that I got to that point. I knew I was taught since childhood to play the right way because we won that way, and that worked. I won three-time state championships in high school. When I entered the NBA, I thought that was something all NBA players had ever done. I thought, if you were the best ball in the world One of the players, or you are one of the best players on your high school team, then you should be able to win the state championship. When I entered the NBA, I found that there were a lot of guys who never won the state championship, never won the AAU National Championship. I sighed, ‘Oh my god, it seems I was really taught to play the right way since I was a kid.’ We all succeeded and were all very happy during this period.

“Being able to play the right way really makes people have too much fun. I never averaged more than 30 points per game in high school, and I feel that my average score of 27 or 28 points per game in high school. Scoring is not the point. If I wanted to, I could average 50 points per game in my senior year and senior year seasons. But that has never been the most important thing, the key is how can I maximize my teammates? How can I get the best performance from my teammates? This way we all succeed. We are here to win state championships, or to win the AAU National Championships.

"I just felt that if I finally wanted to win at the professional level, even if the game level was different, I couldn't give up the elements that made me fall in love with the sport and the way I learned to play - even with criticism."

"(If I were just pursuing scoring) I wouldn't be who I am today, and I wouldn't have played until all these years of my career," James said.