Age: 33

Type of Free Agency: Player Option

2017-18 Per-Game Stats: 27.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.9 blocks
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2017-18 Advanced Metrics: 589.57 TPA, 28.6 PER, 13.8 WS, 14.02 RPM Wins
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Age can’t bring LeBron James down.

He’s the oldest of our top 10 free agents, but he’s been so marvelous for the Cleveland Cavaliers that he’s still the No. nfl hats 1 finisher with room to spare. That’s what happens when you lead the NBA in TPA, trail just James Harden and Anthony Davis in PER (among qualified players), accumulate more win shares than everyone but Harden and sit behind only Harden and Russell Westbrook in RPM Wins.

James might be 33 years old, but he’s doing things he’s never done in his NBA tenure. His rebounding and assist averages are career highs. He’s tracking toward the first 82-game season of his professional life. He’s putting up triple-doubles more frequently than ever. The highlights just won’t stop coming. nfl shirts

Perhaps he’ll decline by the end of his next contract, though even that’s unlikely while he keeps signing short deals with opt-out clauses to maintain financial upside and roster flexibility. That won’t stop every team from coveting his services and understanding that the extreme value he provides in the official nfl football near future will make up for whatever happens on the back end.

Will James stay with the Cavaliers? Will he team up with Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid on the Philadelphia 76ers?nfl wholesale  Are we ready to see him thrive alongside Harden and Chris Paul as a member of the Houston Rockets? Could he begin a new era of Los Angeles Lakers basketball?

That’s a conversation mired in uncertainty. This one isn’t.

James is the leading member of this free-agency class. Period. End of story.