Taking a Moment to Appreciate the Greatness of LeBron James
Scoring leader. Basketball savant. Master of reinvention. LeBron James has been a pleasure to behold for the last 20 years.
38,390. That is how many points LeBron James has scored (so far) in his illustrious NBA career. This week he passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the league’s all-time scoring leader, a record that many thought would never be broken. The unfortunate reality for LeBron James is that he came of age in the social media era, where everything is put under a microscope. Throughout his career, he has been compared to Michael Jordan, which has been fodder for sports debate shows like First Take and Undisputed for years. Lost in all the superlatives of Finals records, killer mentality, and era strength is the fact that we may be taking him for granted. That we may be ignoring the presence of one of the all-time greats to ever pick up a basketball. In the days before he passed Kareem for the scoring record he also passed Mark Jackson and Steve Nash for 4th in all-time assists as well. So let’s take a moment to reflect on the greatness that we have witnessed from LeBron James over the last two decades.
