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USA Today via Reuters

USA Today via Reuters

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has been quite busy during the ongoing NBA regular season. Despite this being his 21 year with the league, the pressure to do well does not seem to be evaporating anytime soon. With his team is currently positioned as the 9 seed on the Western Conference points table, the 39-year-old is working hard to ensure that the Lakers luck could overturned over the next few games. In the midst of this work and pressure, however, he is also ensuring that he takes some time off to enjoy the things he likes.

James recently took to his official Instagram account to share a story with his 159 million followers. The NBA player seemed to be taking his interest beyond the confines of a basketball court, as he shared a picture of himself trying his hand out at EA Sports’ recent video game ‘Madden NFL 24’. The 39-year-old highlighted that he is not a novice with video games, as he managed to achieve a pretty high stat during his recent online pull-through. If that wasn’t enough, the pull-through also helped to mark a momentous occasion, as the Los Angeles Lakers star had managed to win his 500 game!

Sharing his excitement about his recent achievement, James wrote a caption alongside his picture that read “Just got my 500 W in @eamaddennfl online. Pretty cool moment”.

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James seems to have returned back home after his team’s recent game against the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center in Arizona. Despite the player putting up a score of 28 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, the Lakers could not manage to get the better of their rivals and ended up registering their 28 loss of the season. Despite the player doing well, fans on social media did not let him forget the sting of the loss that easily.

LeBron James wants to live stream his ‘Madden NFL 24’ Gameplay

LeBron James’ obsession with the Madden games is a well-documented fact. From highlighting his important milestones to his followers to playing the game on the jumbo screen at the SoFi Stadium once, the basketball legend seems to have done it all. It was only recently when he decided to take the next big step and share his love of the game through a larger platform.

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Back in December 2023, James took to his official X (formerly Twitter) account to state that he is thinking of live streaming his Madden Games whenever he gets the chance. He wasn’t able to decide which streaming platform to go with, and posed the question to his followers.

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No sooner had James posted when he started to receive hundreds of responses. Amongst them was a response from Computer Scientist and Twitch CEO Dan Clancy. The 60-year-old offered his platform’s services to the NBA player by stating that while he may hold a biased opinion, he believes that “Twitch is the best platform for engaging with your fans”.

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