LeBron James is now the NBAs all-time leading scorer after breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbars record of 38,387 career points on Tuesday.
James has garnered many accolades during a career in which he was drafted first overall by his hometown Cavaliers, took his talents to Miami, returned home to win Cleveland a championship and went west for a potential Hollywood ending. Setting the scoring record – an achievement that requires longevity, consistency and availability – might be his greatest.
James averaged 20.9 points per game as a rookie and has topped 25 points per every season since, including more than 30 points per game three times. He has scored 10-plus points in every game he has played in since Jan. 5, 2007, setting an NBA record of 1,139 consecutive games and counting . He entered Tuesday’s game averaging 30.0 points per game in his 20th NBA season, needing 36 points against the Thunder to set the mark in what was his 1,410th career game.
It was the start of a trend for each of the NBA’s round-number scoring milestones. In 2006, a 21-year-old James topped Kobe Bryant as the youngest ever to 5,000 career points. In 2008, the youngest to 10,000. And so on, and so on, until he becomes the first player to reach 40,000 points, which barring injury, will happen next season.
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