Inside the LeBron numbers: The 'kid from Akron' is now the NBA's oldest player
LeBron James was the youngest player on the floor when he made his NBA debut 20 years ago. The Kid from Akron — what James still calls himself — isn’t a kid anymore, and the 38-year-old enters this season as the NBA’s most senior player. James wasn't the league's youngest player as a rookie; Darko Milicic, the No. 2 pick in the 2003 draft and taken one spot behind James, is a few months younger than James.