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MTVA stock touches 52-week low at $2.04 amid market challengesA growing trend has emerged in the aftermath of Florida's historic hurricane season: investors are snatching up hurricane-damaged homes, particularly in neighborhoods like St. Petersburg's Shore Acres. Fox 13 Tampa Bay first reported on this on Dec. 13, highlighting both the opportunities and risks of this phenomenon. While some see this as an opportunity to rebuild and revitalize, others are raising red flags about the quality of repairs – and whether future buyers will unknowingly inherit homes with hidden issues. Don't Miss: Unlock the hidden potential of commercial real estate — This platform allows individuals to invest in commercial real estate offering a 12% target yield with a bonus 1% return boost today! During market downturns, investors are learning that unlike equities, these high-yield real estate notes that pay 7.5% – 9% are protected by resilient assets, buffering against losses. Albert Jasuwan of JAS Builders explained to Fox 13 that many investors are focused on waterfront properties now valued at $800,000 or less. "The main thing investors are focusing on is lifting homes and rebuilding them," Jasuwan said. The emphasis on rebuilding has made these properties attractive to investors hoping to flip them for a profit. In Shore Acres, the numbers tell a clear story. Kevin Batdorf, a local realtor and president of the Shore Acres Civic Association, shared that of the 40 homes sold in the neighborhood since the hurricane, 38 were purchased by investors. "My biggest concern is that investors are going in and, as we say in the business, slapping lipstick on a pig to resell them," Batdorf said. The phrase "slapping lipstick on a pig" highlights concerns that some of these repairs may be superficial, leaving deeper structural or water damage unresolved. See Also: This Jeff Bezos-backed startup will allow you to become a landlord in just 10 minutes, with minimum investments as low as $100 for properties like the Byer House from Stranger Things. For buyers, this could mean costly surprises, particularly when securing insurance for these homes. "The biggest concern is for the person who buys it from the investor because they won't be aware of how bad the damage was and may not be able to get insurance," Batdorf warned. Florida's home insurance market is in a tough spot and recent hurricanes have only worsened things. Homeowners are facing skyrocketing premiums, with some seeing increases as high as 400% over the past few years. The situation has become so dire that many major insurers, like Farmers Insurance, have pulled out of the state entirely, leaving homeowners with fewer options . Trending: Commercial real estate has historically outperformed the stock market, and this platform allows individuals to invest in commercial real estate with as little as $5,000 offering a 12% target yield with a bonus 1% return boost today! Still, there's another side to the story. Real estate agent Paige (last name not provided) offered a more optimistic view to the news outlet, suggesting that experienced investors might be better equipped to handle the complexities of rebuilding. "You can trust what they're doing; they probably have more experience and are going to get it done the right way," Paige said. She contrasted this with inexperienced individuals who might make mistakes that could ultimately impact property values in the neighborhood. This debate emphasizes a larger issue: transparency . Future buyers must thoroughly vet any hurricane-damaged home, ideally with the help of a structural engineer or inspector familiar with storm-related damage. Some experts call for more robust disclosure requirements on the seller’s side to ensure buyers understand the extent of prior damage and repairs. As Florida continues to rebuild before the next storm season, this trend highlights the fine line between revitalization and risk. For now, the advice for prospective buyers is clear: do your homework and don't rely on appearances alone. After all, no one wants to pay top dollar for a home only to discover it's still reeling from the last storm. Read Next: Warren Buffett once said, "If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die." These high-yield real estate notes that pay 7.5% – 9% make earning passive income easier than ever. These five entrepreneurs are worth $223 billion – they all believe in one platform that offers a 7-9% target yield with monthly dividends © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
A hit West End musical based on a beloved TV sitcom is one of the major events to look out for in January. Peter Andre is set to perform at two Suffolk venues (Image: Sisco Entertainment) When: January 15 Where: Spa Pavilion, Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, IP11 2DX Cost: £47 Featuring singer Peter Andre the tour shows the nostalgic musical journey from New Jersey to the West End and Broadway and features hit songs like Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry and Can't Take My Eyes Off You. It is also going to the The Apex in Bury St Edmunds on January 18. READ MORE: 7 of the biggest celebrities spotted in Suffolk in 2024 Sam Lupton takes on the roll of Del Boy (Image: Trevor Leighton) When: January 7 until January 11 Where: Ipswich Regent Theatre, 3 St Helen's Street, Ipswich, IP4 1HE Cost: From £15 Join Del Boy as he sets out on the rocky round to find his soulmate, Rodney and Cassandra prepare to say "I do", and Grandad takes stock of his life and decides the time has finally arrived to get his piles sorted. The musical features cherished material from John Sullivan's much-loved TV show with the original script and score written by his son Jim and comedian Paul Whitehouse. Learn what night is like for wildlife (Image: Gregg Brown) When: January 11 Where: Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HT Cost: £5 The special event will focus on the thousands of birds which fly in to spend a night on the lakes. Learn about the winter birds of Lackford through family-friendly activities, including a bedtime story for children to enjoy in one of the hides. Street food takeovers are coming to Wrights Cafe (Image: Sarah Lucy Brown) When: January 10 Where: Wrights Cafe, Unit 2, 2, Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1BE Cost: subject to trader Wrights in Bury St Edmunds is hosting pop-up events with street food vendors from across Suffolk. It kicks off with Samu Kitchen which will be serving up plant-based dishes to celebrate Veganuary. READ MORE: Two restaurants shortlisted for national kebab award The comedian will make audiences laugh in Ipswich (Image: Gaby Jerrard) When: January 17 Where: Ipswich Regent Theatre, 3, St Helen's Street, Ipswich, IP4 1HE Cost: £30.80 Omid Djalili's new show Namaste will see him peacefully bow to his inner anger as he unleashes a torrent of comedic vitriol upon the state of the world. The actor and comedian's production company was spotted filming around the University of Suffolk earlier this year.Some people criticize the current state of Christmas as the quintessence of capitalism. They argue that Christmas in the modern age has steered too far from the origins of the holiday. But much to the chagrin of contemporary Christmas naysayers, the modern conception of Santa Claus has its roots in the marketing ploys of the soda industry mogul, Coca-Cola. Prior to the 1860s, depictions of Santa were inconsistent — different cultures' and artists' representations of the figure ranged from a small little elf to a slender gift giver. The contemporary image of Santa Claus can be traced all the way back to the Civil War when Thomas Nast designed political cartoons that showed Santa's support for the Union, characterizing him as a short elf. Over the course of 30 years, Nast continued drawing Santa and his work began to eke out the image of a red-coated human. While Nast pioneered the current image of Santa, the Coca-Cola Company perpetuated the look of a hefty, jolly, bearded man dressed in bright red. After the Civil War political propaganda circulated, images of Santa Claus continued to vary. Once Coca-Cola began its seasonal marketing, however, the present day image of Santa truly began to solidify. Where does Coca-Cola fit into the Santa Claus story? In an effort to sustain successful sales in the winter months, Coca-Cola launched its first Christmas marketing campaign in magazines in the 1920s. But it wasn't until the 1930s that the carbonated beverage giant spread a design of a rounded, white-haired older man. Coca-Cola worked with an advertising agency who suggested creating a human-looking, jolly Santa with a red coat. Haddon Sundblom was commissioned to paint the new and improved Santa, and he sought inspiration from "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," a classic holiday poem about Santa's Christmas Eve visit to a family's home. From there, the image of an affectionate, tender Santa was born. Like Nast, Sundblom continued to design images of Santa for Coca-Cola's marketing for 30 years. But after the 1960s, the company decided to remain consistent with Sundblom's first drafts. Today, Coca-Cola and Christmas have almost become synonymous — the company's marketing campaigns are ubiquitous during the holidays and have become some of the . Once November hits, blankets, commercials, billboards, bottles, and cans are all decorated with images of a rosy-cheeked Santa sipping on a coke. So, if , consider leaving out a coke for St. Nick alongside these . Recommended
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party’s last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. Brown, who was a candidate for the leadership at the time, was summoned to a House of Commons committee to answer questions on the 2022 race after a report from a committee on national security cited Indian interference in an unspecified Conservative leadership campaign. “I don’t believe foreign intervention affected the final outcome of the Conservative leadership race,” Brown told a House of Commons committee on Thursday. Brown said he believes it’s important to guard against foreign interference but that he does not want to get drawn into partisan debates on Parliament Hill. On Monday, Brown posted on social media about the committee’s summons to say that he had no new evidence to add, and that the public inquiry on foreign interference was the proper venue to evaluate the allegations. He said Thursday that no members of the Indian government reached out to him or his campaign workers during his leadership bid. Brown was not included as a witness in the public inquiry, which wrapped up hearings earlier this fall with a final report due in the new year. Brown was disqualified from the party’s 2022 leadership race due to allegations related to financing rules in the Canada Elections Act.
Austin, TX, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Digital Brands Group, Inc. (“DBG”) (NASDAQ: DBGI), a curated collection of luxury lifestyle brands, today announces the first 45 day results since it entered into a marketing partnership on October 21, 2024, with VAYNERCOMMERCE, https://vaynercommerce.com/ . VAYNERCOMMERCE is a full service digital growth agency created by Gary Vaynerchuk, also known as GARYVEE. VAYNERCOMMERCE’s services aim to help digital companies scale their online presence and revenues. This partnership has already led to a 224% increase in daily digital revenues during the 45 day period (October 22 nd , 2024 to December 5th, 2024) after VAYNERCOMMERCE began providing DBG with digital marketing services versus the prior 45 day period from September 6th nd to October 21 st . “We made the decision to outsource digital marketing services to VAYNERCOMMERCE based on their reputation in the industry. We felt that we could benefit from an outside performance driven marketing solution team that can focus its efforts on improving our marketing campaigns. We have just begun this journey with them and are already experiencing an increase in our results,” said Hil Davis, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Brands Group. Forward-looking Statements Certain statements included in this release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are made based on our expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting DBG and therefore involve several risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “should,” and “may” and other words and terms of similar meaning or use of future dates, however, the absence of these words or similar expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. All statements regarding DBG’s plans, objectives, projections and expectations relating to DBG’s operations or financial performance, and assumptions related thereto are forward-looking statements. We caution that forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. DBG undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Potential risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations or financial condition of DBG to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: risks arising from the widespread outbreak of an illness or any other communicable disease, or any other public health crisis, including the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic; the level of consumer demand for apparel and accessories; disruption to DBGs distribution system; the financial strength of DBG’s customers; fluctuations in the price, availability and quality of raw materials and contracted products; disruption and volatility in the global capital and credit markets; DBG’s response to changing fashion trends, evolving consumer preferences and changing patterns of consumer behavior; intense competition from online retailers; manufacturing and product innovation; increasing pressure on margins; DBG’s ability to implement its business strategy; DBG’s ability to grow its wholesale and direct-to-consumer businesses; retail industry changes and challenges; DBG’s and its vendors’ ability to maintain the strength and security of information technology systems; the risk that DBG’s facilities and systems and those of our third-party service providers may be vulnerable to and unable to anticipate or detect data security breaches and data or financial loss; DBG’s ability to properly collect, use, manage and secure consumer and employee data; stability of DBG’s manufacturing facilities and foreign suppliers; continued use by DBG’s suppliers of ethical business practices; DBG’s ability to accurately forecast demand for products; continuity of members of DBG’s management; DBG’s ability to protect trademarks and other intellectual property rights; possible goodwill and other asset impairment; DBG’s ability to execute and integrate acquisitions; changes in tax laws and liabilities; legal, regulatory, political and economic risks; adverse or unexpected weather conditions; DBG's indebtedness and its ability to obtain financing on favorable terms, if needed, could prevent DBG from fulfilling its financial obligations; and climate change and increased focus on sustainability issues. More information on potential factors that could affect DBG’s financial results is included from time to time in DBG’s public reports filed with the SEC, including DBG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Forms 8-K filed or furnished with the SEC. About Digital Brands Group We offer a wide variety of apparel through numerous brands on a both direct-to-consumer and wholesale basis. We have created a business model derived from our founding as a digitally native-first vertical brand. We focus on owning the customer's "closet share" by leveraging their data and purchase history to create personalized targeted content and looks for that specific customer cohort. Digital Brands Group, Inc. Company Contact Hil Davis , CEO Email: [email protected] Phone: (800) 593-1047 SOURCE Digital Brands Group, Inc. Related Links https://ir.digitalbrandsgroup.co
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New Mexico's two national laboratories are banding together with higher education institutions to bring the state to the national forefront of artificial intelligence development. The seven-member New Mexico AI Consortium is the first of its kind to unify industry with educational institutions, according to Melanie Moses, computer science professor at the University of New Mexico and the university's leader within the AI Consortium. Its aim is to combine the research and education of the state's universities and colleges with the experience and computational power of Los Alamos and Sandia national labs. While many educational institutions have AI programs — including state-funded AI-literacy programs for K-12 students — the new partnership represents an expansion of the state's AI’s capabilities in regard to science, specifically, according to a UNM news release Monday. “We think New Mexico can be a real powerhouse in AI research and AI education by combining the universities with the labs' long history of working in AI and high performance computing,” Moses said in an interview. The consortium isn't interested in making the next ChatGPT or any other traditional language model. Instead, it's focused on using AI’s strength to recognize patterns among large amounts of data for research purposes — such as designing improved antibiotic drugs, or conducting material analysis on energy technology like batteries and solar panels. The newly formed union brings together Los Alamos and Sandia with UNM, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute for Mining and Technology, Central New Mexico Community College and the educational research nonprofit New Mexico Consortium to create a “pipeline,” to bolster the state’s AI research and employment opportunities. The consortium was formed during a recent meeting held by LANL that brought educational institutions together with lab leaders to discuss the state’s future in artificial intelligence. “In that meeting, it became clear that if we want to invest specifically in AI in the state, we really need to pool resources,” Moses said. It was a natural partnership, Moses said. Industry has the resources to develop AI for profit, while universities need more resources to research AI’s ethical and social implications. “So, we said, ‘Why don't we just see what we can do to pull people together?’ And everybody was excited to join this,” said Moses, who said she expects more colleges and institutions to join the coalition as it expands throughout the state. At the meeting, Moses sat alongside Los Alamos National Laboratory's AI Office Council Director Jason Pruet and Sandia's Director of Computing Research Jennifer Gaudioso, who testified in June before the congressional Joint Economic Committee on “artificial intelligence and its potential to fuel economic growth and improve governance.” In that hearing, Gaudioso said data from the U.S. Department of Energy would go a long way in training AI models. Moses, whose specialization is in biology-inspired computation, cited another recent example. The use of AI to predict the protein shape produced by a string of DNA, what she called, “an open problem in biology for the last five decades,” which was solved in just a few years by AI. The discovery came about as a result of an AI tool called AlphaFold, made by the Google Deep Mind team, which successfully mapped the predicted shape for all 200 million known proteins, earning the team the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. “That’s millions and millions of hours of human labor just taken care of. It’s done. The problem is essentially solved,” she said. There are some drawbacks to using AI, though. One of the largest is the lack of transparency, or the “black box” effect, referring to the fact that most AI models are unable to explain exactly why they arrived at a given conclusion. “It's a huge problem,” said Moses. “As a scientist, you're not very satisfied when it just says, ‘The answer is 42.’ You want explainability. Everyone understands that this black box nature of AI is not ideal.” Elimination or reduction of this black box effect is an early top priority for the consortium, said Moses, and for good reason. Not only is AI being looked at for hard scientific research applications in areas such as biomedicine and chemistry, but also within social sciences. Political scientists using AI to examine election infrastructure and law specialists using it to analyze legal codes and deliver proposed verdicts are just a couple of examples of the about 60 faculty members that Moses said are engaged in AI research at UNM. That expansion of AI applications has also given rise to those raising caution. Specifically in the form of an algorithmic justice team between UNM and the Santa Fe Institute, developed before the consortium, which is focused on ensuring AI provides tangible explanations, especially if an AI decision could affect a person’s livelihood. As one consortium-proposed solution, Sandia is “looking to the architecture of the human brain for a better model of how to build these sort of artificial neural networks,” said Moses, both as a method of reducing the black box effect and aiming to reduce the traditionally high energy expenditure of AI models. While the coalition is focused on bringing AI-interested students to the labs, it is also trying to expand the labs' role in the classroom, adding to the already-strong cohort of adjunct faculty with a background in the labs. While Moses recognized some jobs could be threatened by AI, having AI skills will “empower people to be more productive and to have secure, interesting jobs in the future,” she said. "This consortium is trying to foster all of us being able to apply for very large grants that will really bring funding into the state and to build this kind of ecosystem that'll attract AI startups and things of that nature," said Moses. "This right now is the seedling stage, and I'm hoping that we'll really grow into something that benefits all of the state."WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after the Jan. 6, 2021 , U.S. Capitol attack, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department was committed to holding accountable all perpetrators “at any level” for “the assault on our democracy.” That bold declaration won't apply to at least one person: Donald Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith's move on Monday to abandon the federal election interference case against Trump means jurors will likely never decide whether the president-elect is criminally responsible for his attempts to cling to power after losing the 2020 campaign. The decision to walk away from the election charges and the separate classified documents case against Trump marks an abrupt end of the Justice Department’s unprecedented legal effort that once threatened his liberty but appears only to have galvanized his supporters. The abandonment of the cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats he was facing as he returns to the White House. It was the culmination of a monthslong defense effort to delay the proceedings at every step and use the criminal allegations to Trump's political advantage, putting the final word in the hands of voters instead of jurors. “We always knew that the rich and powerful had an advantage, but I don’t think we would have ever believed that somebody could walk away from everything,” said Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law professor and former Justice Department official. “If there ever was a Teflon defendant, that’s Donald Trump.” While prosecutors left the door open to the possibility that federal charges could be re-filed against Trump after he leaves office, that seems unlikely. Meanwhile, Trump's presidential victory has thrown into question the future of the two state criminal cases against him in New York and Georgia. Trump was supposed to be sentenced on Tuesday after his conviction on 34 felony counts in his New York hush money case , but it's possible the sentencing could be delayed until after Trump leaves office, and the defense is pushing to dismiss the case altogether. Smith's team stressed that their decision to abandon the federal cases was not a reflection of the merit of the charges, but an acknowledgement that they could not move forward under longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. Trump's presidential victory set “at odds two fundamental and compelling national interests: On the one hand, the Constitution’s requirement that the President must not be unduly encumbered in fulfilling his weighty responsibilities . . . and on the other hand, the Nation’s commitment to the rule of law,” prosecutors wrote in court papers. The move just weeks after Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris underscores the immense personal stake Trump had in the campaign in which he turned his legal woes into a political rallying cry. Trump accused prosecutors of bringing the charges in a bid to keep him out of the White House, and he promised revenge on his perceived enemies if he won a second term. “If Donald J. Trump had lost an election, he may very well have spent the rest of his life in prison,” Vice President-elect JD Vance, wrote in a social media post on Monday. “These prosecutions were always political. Now it’s time to ensure what happened to President Trump never happens in this country again.” After the Jan. 6 attack by Trump supporters that left more than 100 police officers injured, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and several other Republicans who voted to acquit Trump during his Senate impeachment trial said it was up to the justice system to hold Trump accountable. The Jan. 6 case brought last year in Washington alleged an increasingly desperate criminal conspiracy to subvert the will of voters after Trump's 2020 loss, accusing Trump of using the angry mob of supporters that attacked the Capitol as “a tool” in his campaign to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence and obstruct the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory. Hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters — many of whom have said they felt called to Washington by Trump — have pleaded guilty or been convicted by juries of federal charges at the same courthouse where Trump was supposed to stand trial last year. As the trial date neared, officials at the courthouse that sits within view of the Capitol were busy making plans for the crush of reporters expected to cover the historic case. But Trump's argument that he enjoyed absolute immunity from prosecution quickly tied up the case in appeals all the way up to the Supreme Court. The high court ruled in July that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution , and sent the case back to the trial court to decide which allegations could move forward. But the case was dismissed before the trial court could get a chance to do so. The other indictment brought in Florida accused Trump of improperly storing at his Mar-a-Lago estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, enlisting aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showing off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and classified map. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case in July on grounds that Smith was illegally appointed . Smith appealed to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but abandoned that appeal on Monday. Smith's team said it would continue its fight in the appeals court to revive charges against Trump's two co-defendants because “no principle of temporary immunity applies to them.” In New York, jurors spent weeks last spring hearing evidence in a state case alleging a Trump scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. New York prosecutors recently expressed openness to delaying sentencing until after Trump's second term, while Trump's lawyers are fighting to have the conviction dismissed altogether. In Georgia, a trial while Trump is in office seems unlikely in a state case charging him and more than a dozen others with conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The case has been on hold since an appeals court agreed to review whether to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she had hired to lead the case. Associated Press reporter Lisa Mascaro in Washington contributed.
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Kijan Robinson scored 28 points off of the bench to lead Hofstra past Saint Joseph’s (N.Y.) 114-46 on Friday. Robinson added five rebounds and seven assists for the Pride (7-3). Eric Parnell scored 19 points, shooting 6 for 7 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line. Khalil Farmer shot 5 for 7 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line to finish with 16 points. Alec Tabada finished with 14 points for the Golden Eagles. Robinson led Hofstra with 20 points in the first half to help put them up 53-27 at the break. Hofstra pulled away with a 26-3 run in the second half. Parnell led the way with a team-high 15 second-half points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is set to celebrate his 40th birthday on Dec. 30. However, he has not shown signs of slowing down despite being on the older side of the NBA. The fact that James has remained a top basketball player has left his current head coach, JJ Redick, in awe. James has tied basketball legend Vince Carter for playing 22 seasons in the league. However, unlike Carter, the 6-foot-9 forward is still putting up All-Star numbers, setting him apart from other aging stars in the league. One person who has witnessed James’ longevity from the start is Redick. When the former Duke star entered the league, the Lakers star was already an established star, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers . The head coach still can’t believe how the four-time champion has continued to dominate and stay at an elite level. “I played against LeBron in high school so I knew that he was gonna be great in the NBA,” Redick said. “I don’t think you could ever predict, no matter how much the prognosticators label people that 16, 17, 18 years old whether or not they’re gonna be all-time greats, which he turned out to be. And to be clear, it hasn’t gone quickly for me the last 21 years.” “It’s kind of mind-boggling just to be in this position coaching him, playing against him for 15 years, taking three years of calling his games and then he’s still playing at this level. Feels like he’s just been doing this forever and not a small stretch in human history, but forever. And that just speaks to his competitive stamina and love for the game.” JJ Redick called it 'mind-boggling' that LeBron James is still this good as he gets set to celebrate his 40th birthday. https://t.co/bydJaXWJe0 — Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) December 30, 2024 For the 2024-25 NBA season, James is averaging 23.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 9.0 assists. The numbers he’s putting up this season aren’t usually what 40-year-old players have. However, the star continues to perform like a star and has gone above and above. Anthony Davis reveals what gift he’ll give his Los Angeles Lakers teammate While the NBA world is waiting for the Los Angeles Lakers star to turn 40, his teammate must not have the date circled on his calendar. Following the Lakers’ 132-122 win over the Sacramento Kings , Anthony Davis was asked about his plans for what to give to James as a gift. “He is turning 40, huh?” reflected Davis, per ESPN’s Dave McMenamin . “It is a big milestone. I’ll probably get him a bottle of vino or something... thank you for reminding me. I’m a bad friend.” One does one NBA star get for another as a 40th birthday present? Can never have too much wine. pic.twitter.com/V2GZg3PXRB — Dave McMenamin (@mcten) December 29, 2024 With the star’s birthday a day away, Davis can prepare something special to give to the player who helped him win his first championship. This article first appeared on Hardwood Heroics and was syndicated with permission.