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00:00I'm Jill Painter-Lopez for Sports Illustrated, joined by Melissa Rowland.
00:04And Melissa, the newly signed J.R. Smith is reunited again with LeBron James, and he was
00:10discussing the evolution of LeBron's leadership.
00:13What did he have to say about that?
00:14Well, they obviously won a championship together in Cleveland in 2016, and now J.R. Smith was
00:20recently signed by the Lakers after Avery Bradley opted out.
00:24And he said that he's seen LeBron James actually grow a lot in his leadership style.
00:29He said that he's become a little more go-with-the-flow, he's easier to get along with, he lets more
00:35roll off his back.
00:37It's interesting because obviously LeBron James is still a very respected leader.
00:42He's just now more mature.
00:44He's in his 17th season in the league, he's 35 years old, and so he's approaching his
00:49leadership in a different way than he had in the past.