Ayton added that James\u2019 approach continues to resonate throughout the Lakers locker room, with his routine setting a benchmark for teammates.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s contagious,\u201d Ayton said. \u201cJust seeing him in his 23rd year, how many reps he puts in, how early he gets to the gym \u2014 it just amazes you. Of course you want to put some of this stuff in your bag as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Center Jaxson Hayes echoed those sentiments, pointing to preparation as the defining factor behind James\u2019 sustained impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefinitely his preparation,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen someone so prepared. He has his whole schedule lined up, he sticks to it every day. He\u2019s the first one in the gym every day, and that\u2019s just a testament to him and how great of a player he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the court, James has continued to contribute across the board, averaging 20.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game this season.<\/p>\n
The Lakers enter Monday\u2019s matchup against the Pistons with a 20\u201310 record, sitting 5th in the Western Conference standings with the February All-Star break fast approaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ayton added that James\u2019 approach continues to resonate throughout the Lakers locker room, with his routine setting a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-381299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}