LeBron James surpasses Robert Parish for the most games played in NBA history, cementing his “Iron Man” legacy while still performing at an elite level in his 23rd season with the Lakers.
didn’t just lace up his sneakers — he stepped into history, passing Robert Parish for the most games played in NBA history with 1,612 career regular-season games. Ironically, the “Iron Man” moniker was built for grinders, role players and men who stuck around long enough to outlast the spot.
Parish, known as “The Chief,” was exactly that. He was durable, dependable and quietly relentless. He played until he was 43 years old, and even then he probably could have played another 10 years. “Shout out Chief, man,” James said after the Miami game. “I’ve been seeing some of the things that he’s been saying about me, and there’s not a lot of those OGs that talk like that to the generation after them, and also about me personally, so shout out to Chief. He’s super cool. He’s dope. I like him.”, but Saturday was just another milestone in his legendary career. He’s 41 years old and in his 23rd year, but he’s still playing like a superstar. On Wednesday night in Houston, James scored 30 points on 13-of-14 shooting with six dunks. Less than 24 hours later, he suited up in Miami and recorded his 124th triple-double of his career, breaking his own record as the oldest player in NBA history to record a triple-double. He also made history with Luka Dončić in the process, as the Lakers became the first NBA team to have one player score 60+ points and another notch a triple-double in the same game since the Lakers themselves did it on Feb. 9, 1969 .are the first NBA team to have one player score 60+ points and another notch a triple-double in the same game since the Lakers themselves did it on February 9, 1969 .That’s not just praise. That’s a passing of the torch from one era’s definition of durability to another’s redefinition of it.Recovery routines that sound more like science fiction than sport. And still, it takes more than money to endure. It takes obsession. It takes discipline that borders on paranoia. “It’s not something I set out to do,” LeBron said. “You can’t be a leader … if you’re not available.”In an era of load management and carefully curated absences, LeBron chose presence. Night after night. City after city. Decade after decade. While others preserved themselves, he offered himself — again and again — like a lighthouse refusing to dim. So it was only fitting that he was asked if he wanted to play on Thursday night, less than 24 hours after playing a grueling 34 minutes and he said yes. He said yes again, despite his arthritic foot and ailing elbow to break the record in Orlando on Saturday night. Ticket prices for the game rose from $57 to a get-in price of $318 to witness James pass Parish.Parish broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s mark of 1,560 games played on April 9, 1996, and always figured someone would eventually surpass his mark of 1,611 by the time he retired a year later. Now, Parish believes that James deserves a seat at the table of NBA greatness. “They got to make room for LeBron,” he said. “Pull up an extra chair and tell some guys to slide over.”Legendary tag team wrestler dead at 74Inside George Steinbrenner's infamous feud with Yankees manager: 'Hard to believe he said those things'Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ on Netflix, a Fitting Conclusion to the Stylish Rock ‘n’ Roll Gangster Saga
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