Africa-Press – Botswana. LeBron James could soon become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. The Los Angeles Lakers star ended last season with 37062 points and is expected to overtake Kareem Abdul-Jabbar soon. It remains to be seen when.
Abdul-Jabbar scored 38387 points. That is, 1325 more than LeBron. Therefore, for the Lakers number 6 to surpass the current owner of the position, it is necessary for him to score only 16.2 points on average, if he plays in 82 matches. However, James has only been in every game in a season on just one occasion, in 2017/18. In the last two years, he has been left out in 53 matches (34.4 percent absent).
Although the athlete has missed many games due to injuries, the fact is that he recorded 30.3 points in 2021/22, the second best mark of his career. Also, since the 2004/05 season, James has at least 25.0 points per game.
If LeBron James averaged 25 points, he would reach that mark with 53 games and be the all-time leading scorer in NBA history. Last season, for example, the Lakers played their 53rd game in early February. So, if James isn’t injured or spared with some frequency, he’s likely to be the top scorer between the second half of January and the beginning of the following month, at age 38. Although LeBron is close to the brand, Abdul-Jabbar supports the competitor. “I’m excited for him to break the record. I don’t see records as individual feats, but much more as great human feats. If one person can accomplish something that has never been done before, that means we all have a chance to achieve that accomplishment. source of hope and inspiration for sportspeople,” said the Hall of Famer,
To exemplify his vision, Kareem used the example of one of the greatest middle-distance runners in track and field history. “Roger Banister was the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, in 1954. About 1,400 runners have beaten that time since then and the world record is already 17 seconds faster than that. We all win when a record is broken And if LeBron beats mine, I’ll be there to congratulate him.”
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