Yang Yi: James almost deceived me. I thought he was a decent person. Put the legend first.

Basketball 10:31am, 10 October 2025 91

Today Yang Yi talked about James in his latest podcast.

Talking about James' decision 2, Yang Yi complained: "I really, apart from scolding, apart from saying that I am convinced, what else can you say? Let me talk about my deep understanding. I still regard him as a decent person. The various situations that James is facing at this time, why did I see his warm-up film, I never I feel in my heart, hey, is it possible that he is going to retire and announce a retirement tour in the last season? Why do I believe it? Why, how could he fool me?

"In fact, James can obviously still play. Don't look at 40. He played 70 games in the regular season last season, and in the end he was basically 2. 4+8+8, shooting rate 51%, this data is very impressive. Besides, he is not very defensive. Sometimes he stands with his hands open. His data is here. This is the data of a top athlete. He has adjusted his own way on the field, and his performance on the field is relatively stable. Given his physical condition, he can maintain Based on the way his body is doing, and based on his performance last season, I think James will play for three more years and reach 42-3, which means he can continue to survive in the league. As long as he can accept the decrease in his salary, or accept the change in his role on the field, as a role in the team and the existence of core players, then there will definitely be no problem.

"But why do I think that this may indeed be James' last season? Why may he make a decision to announce the start of his retirement tour? It's because I think Lao Zhan is a decent person. When he reaches this level, this identity, this age, this status, when he considers anything, he should put his legend, dignity, legend, and his influence in this league for more than 20 years, and put these all at the forefront."