“Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic will never have a body like LeBron James”: Shannon Sharpe

Former NFL veteran Shannon Sharpe has said Luka Doncic or Nikola Jokic can never have a body like NBA star LeBron James or former NBA player Dwight Howard, who was called “Superman” for his athletic prowess. This doesn’t make Doncic or Jokic any less athletic than LeBron or Howard, but Sharpe tried to make his point clear by stressing why that was the case.

What Shannon Sharpe said about Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic

During his appearance on the Nightcap show, Shannon Sharpe went on to compare Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic’s body types with that of LeBron James. He said, “The thing is, with Luka, you look at his body. He’s never going to have a body like LeBron James. He’s never going to have a body like Dwight Howard. Neither is Jokić. That’s not their genetic makeup. That’s not how they’re gonna be built.”

LeBron James has seen Luka Doncic evolve from a kid to a man

LeBron and Luka Doncic may have different builds, but the senior NBA player has always been very supportive of Doncic. After a recent game in which the Lakers defeated the Dallas Mavericks, with Doncic scoring 45 points, James had said in his praise, as per Sports Illustrated, “It was an unbelievable moment, something I will probably never forget to be a part of that moment. The kid had seven amazing seasons here, from a kid to a man, and for all those moments to come together today, it's pretty cool... He did that. You can call it an out-of-body experience."

LeBron James’ fitness secrets

Both LeBron James and Dwight Howard are known for their fitness in the NBA. Such is James’ fitness that he is still a force to reckon with on the court, and after 22 seasons, he has even been joined by his 20-year-old son, Bronny James, on the court while playing for the same team, the Los Angeles Lakers.

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On the Netflix documentary series Starting Five, LeBron had shared the secret of his fitness even at 40. He had stressed the importance of sleep for recovery of the body, besides revealing how he uses hyperbaric and red light chambers, plunges in a hot tub followed by a cold tub, and cryotherapy to keep the body injury-free. “Sleep is the best recovery that you can have. It’s basically equivalent to you putting your phone on a charger when you go to bed. Am I able to do it every single night? Of course not. But if you try to get the most sleep that you can get, that is the only way you’re gonna get back to 100 percent,” James had said on the show.






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