Interestingly, Lakers LeBron James talks about the main issues of "burnout" for young athletes

Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward LeBron James doesn't like young athletes working in the same sport all year round.

With the Los Angeles Lakers season coming to an end, LeBron James has more time to devote himself to other aspects of his life, including his recent relaunch of the “Mind The Game” podcast with co-host Steve Nash.

Recently, James and Nash participated in a podcast episode with James' Lakers teammate Luca Doncic, one of the topics is the current situation of a large number of young basketball players participating in basketball throughout the year.

James obviously doesn't like this pattern very much.

"I feel a lot of kids are exhausted," James said on Channel X (formerly Twitter). "You just tell them to do one thing all year round, playing basketball, playing volleyball, playing football. You will get burned out when you are 22, 23, 24 or even younger."

In fact, athlete burnout has long been a criticism of the current AAU-dominated youth basketball landscape, and several basketball superstars are emerging from the AAU.

Athletes usually start playing basketball all year round since elementary school, which is blamed in some cases on the rise in current NBA injury rates, as players enter the league with much more basketball mileage than previous generations. AAU was just emerging when James played basketball in high school in the early 21st century, but as he pointed out in his podcast, even the best players were encouraged to expand their athletics at the time. James himself was a football star while attending St. Vincent St. Mary's High School in Akron, Ohio.

Others pointed out that the current youth sports system in the United States is the reason why the modern NBA lacks local American superstars.

No matter the truth, people tend to listen carefully when James speaks.