The author is being too harsh here. I don't even follow the NBA, and yet I knew that this dope is no longer good enough to play on the U.S. national team.
You are right, you don't follow the NBA. Otherwise you wouldn't make such a demonstrably false statement.
LeBron James averaged 25.0 points, 7.8 assists and 7.7 rebounds in 45 games in 2020-21. Impressive numbers.