Los Angeles (AP) – Lebron James reached 40,000 points on Saturday night, yet getting stronger in his 21st NBA season as he tries to get career scoring records out of reach.
James crossed Michael Porter Junior and a trimmed with 10:39 in the second quarter of Los Angeles lax, which for the loss of 124 to Denver Nuggets for the historic basket.
“Being the first player to do something, this is great in this league, just knowing the history, the great person coming through the league, and then you tonight look at some great people on the floor, it was great to compete,” James said. “But for me, the main thing, as usual, to win, and I hated it to be in a necklace.”
James did it in 1,475 regular-Sector Games, each of them to reach a double-point points in each of them. He has avoided large -scale major injuries at the time, while the 10 NBA plays for four titles in the final playoff n and 3 1/2 season, all play with incomplete pressure on them to be the next transdant player before being a professional as a professional.
“For the first time for a long time, I have seen the commercial that was played before my first game,” James said. “I think he mentioned all the great people to play the game of basketball, such as Big O and Michael and Karim and Kobe, and forgot that everyone else was in that commercial. And then it was so, ‘Next one, Lebron James.’
“I did not see the commercial when it happened, but when I was looking at it today, I was like hell? It was crazy to think on an 18 -year -old child of that kind.”
Even with all that, James has served and has now completed something that seemed impossible.
James’s tireless march saw him passing the previous record of 38,387 points of Karim Abdul-Jabbar on 7 February 2023 against Oklahoma City Thunder.
But James did all that was scoring without scoring that he had a trademark. He ranks fourth in career with 10,847, lifting another nine against Denver, and average of 7.35 assistants per game in the top 25.
Nagets coach Michael Malon, who spent five sessions with James as an assistant to Cleveland cavaliers from 2005–2010, saw an initial dedication from James in all fields. It was already a priority for James to keep themselves in extreme physical position, even though the march was an unexpected result for the scoring title.
Malon said, “I remember being in Cleveland, he is in the weight room with our weight and strength coaches, and there is no way that he is doing in this stage of his career, if he is not putting a ton in his body, his diet, his sleep, all things that really matters,” Malon said before the game.
James’ combination of longevity and continuous excellence is that it is completely likely that he may be the only player to reach 40,000 points.
To keep the feat in perspective, Nugets Center Nicola Jokik will require an average of 25 points in its next 1,057 performances to join James at 40,000 points. This would be about 13 full weather without injuries or any other unexpected situation, all routes of 41 years of age without falling production for two -time MVP.
The Dallas Mavricks Guard Luka Donic seems like the most appropriate candidate to give a serious push, as his career average in league history behind Michael Jordan (30.12) and Wilt Chamberlane (30.07) is 28.51 points per game in league history. But Donic will need to maintain 1,022 to match James and to maintain it for games, which is a time -line preventing interruptions in the 2036–37 season.
“There are some things that you don’t think this is going to happen,” James said. “I think for years people said that Karim’s record will not be broken. I was able to receive it. But as I said, you must have something really good luck, you will have to play the game at a long time, and then we see. ,
As James can ever live in a 50,000-point club, a conservative estimate of 25 points per game from here-an interruptly matching of what he is producing in his 21-year-old 21st professional campaign-while playing 55 outings in each coming season, it will be put on the door in 2031-32.
Malon will not exclude it.
“In fact, when you take one step back, you just have to do miracles in longevity. But he is not just playing on it. He is playing effectively, ”Malon said. “I am sure to him, it will probably be his decision under the road in five, six years.” I’m still playing effectively? ‘ And that is.
If anyone dare to make an allegation on the impossible, it can only be King James.
He said, “I come to work and prepare and prepare, mentally, physically, spiritually, every night when it is time to play, and I just try to go out and contribute,” he said. “He was able to do this for 20-plases including this year. When I come to the floor and feel great, I think I can play.
“Still is able to do things that I was doing 10 years ago. And some things that I was doing 20 years ago, which is strange to say. ,
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