James has averaged 23.5 points, 9 assists and 7.9 rebounds in 28 games played this season.From NFL plays to college sports scores, all the top sports news you need to know every day. He will continue his climb up the list of the league's oldest players ever during the 22nd season of his career.

Or athletics. LeBron James has stood the test of time, like all the greats. You turn 40 on Monday, LeBron. What a life. Incredible. Unreal. Surreal. A kid from Akron, Ohio, with modest means but a ton of support and talent. But you also knew you had to work.

With LeBron James turning 40 this week, here's a look at some statistical milestones for players in their 40s in NBA history.

Lakers star LeBron James missed Saturday night's 132-122 win against the Sacramento Kings with an illness. It was James' third missed game of the season. Gabe Vincent started in James' place, going scoreless in seven minutes before being ruled out with an oblique strain.