The NBA legend is set to make history on the court this season by featuring for the Lakers - who was drafted by the team in the summer - and says that featuring with his 19-year-old son gives him even more motivation to continue his 22-season career.

James said at the Lakers media day: "It's a lot of excitement, a pure joy, to be able to come to work every day, put in hard work with your son every day and be able to see him continue to grow.

"We push each other. He pushes me. I push him. We push our team-mates, and vice versa.

"So it's just a very joyous moment not only for myself, but for our family. So it's pretty awesome. Gives you a lot of life."

James enters the season on the back of helping Team USA to win basketball gold at the Paris Olympics and discussed how playing alongside fellow greats like Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry at the Games had given him a new appreciation of being on court at the highest level.

The star, who will turn 40 later this year, said: "When you're with 11 other unbelievable, great talents, some of the best talent we've ever seen, it gives you a lot of joy to be able to play the game, play it at a high level.

"For myself individually, to go out there at my age, the miles that I have, and to be able to play at the level I played at, it gave me like, 'Okay, I do have a lot in the tank, a lot, and I can help a big part of a team win the ultimate.'

"It felt damn good to play meaningful basketball at the highest level.

"So to have that feeling again where you're playing like meaningful basketball, every possession means something - if you make a mistake it burns you. That was good to relive that moment."