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Across sports, he points out, family dynasties have been celebrated, not scorned. “LeBron got it right,” said Haywood. “EVERYBODY wanted to play with their son. Everybody wanted to use their power for them and their family and for the growth of their kids. I mean, isn’t it a great thing? I mean, I look at hockey; I look at Gordie Howe and I look at all the people that played with their sons and why is he being branded like, ‘Oh my god, he did a bad, bad thing!’ And the guy can play!”

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His milestone birthday comes Monday, one that will make him the first player in NBA history to play in his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s. Such a feat has happened a couple of dozen times in baseball before. It has happened in hockey — Gordie Howe was a five-decade player, appearing in the NHL from his teens to his 50s — but never in the NFL or the NBA. Until now. James is making more basketball history and creating a club all of his own. “In some ways he’s a freak of nature,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “I’ve been around a lot of great players and he’s one of the hardest-working players I’ve been around. I mean, he doesn’t take a day off. He seems to not take an afternoon off. He’s always working on some part of his body. You meet with him and he’s always soaking something or eating something with some contraption attached to him.”

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Tim Reynolds: All-Stars in 20 or more seasons ... Gordie Howe, Henry Aaron, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, LeBron James.

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