Lebron James is a current Forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, and is in his 21st season of being an active player in the NBA. He is known worldwide for his greatness and magnificent aura. He was drafted with the 1st pick of 2003 NBA draft, by the Cleveland Cavilers. Taking a high schooler with the 1st pick is a risky move because you never know if they are a bust, but this was not true for high school superstar Lebron James. Lebron came into the league dominant. His rookie year he struck the league by storm and averaged a whopping 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.9 assists. These stats are incredible for a rookie but the thought of him being a bust remained. He silenced all his critics after he won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. During his 5th year with Cleveland, Lebron had reached a milestone of 10,000 points. He did this at the age of 23, this made him the youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 points.
After spending seven seasons with Cleveland, Lebron James left and joined the Miami Heat along side superstars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in 2010. This is where he won back-to-back championships. Even though he was on a different team, his dominance was still felt across the National Basketball Association. He averaged a fierce 26.7 points per game, 7.5 rebounds, and 7.0 assists. On January 16th of 2013 Lebron James passed 20,000 points, he was also the youngest player to hit 20,000 points. He passed 20,00 in the second quarter against Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. He broke the legend Kobe Bryant’s record for the youngest player to reach 20,000.
After having spent four seasons with Miami, Lebron was traded back to Cleveland. I spent a total of 8 years with the Cavs. In those eight years he won one championship and his third finals MVP in 2016. This year he averaged 25.3 points per game, 7.4 rebounds per game, and 6.8 assists. During this season on January, 23rd, 2018, the Cavs played against the San Antonio Spurs. This game he took a seat next to players like Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, and Dirk Nowitzki as some the few players to reach a total combined points of 30,000. Lebron James said “It’s a special moment…For me to sit here and be the youngest player to reach 30,000.” When he said this, you can feel how much this game meant to the king.
James had many magnificent seasons with the Cavs, everybody was under the impression that Lebron would re-sign instead of entering free agency. In 2018 Lebron had decided that he would sign with the Lakers. Lebron was aging, the dominant thought was that Lebron’s stat average would drop drastically. Lebron once again proved everybody wrong and averaged 27.4 points per game, 8.5 rebounds, and 8.3 assists. Continuing into Lebron’s fifth season with the Los Angeles Lakers. King James passed Abdul-Jabbar as the leading scorer in the NBA against the Oklahoma City Thunder on February 7th of 2023. Abdul-Jabbar had held the record for almost four decades before the King himself surpassed him.
Currently this is Lebron James’s sixth year with the Lakers. Even though he is almost 40 years of age the king is still the most feared and dominant player statistically to play the game of basketball. His stats prove this, he averages 25.2 points per game, 7.1 REBOUNDS, and 7.9 assists. On March 2nd of 2024, Lebron solidified himself as the number 1 scorer of all time by passing 40,000 points scored in his career. Lebron’s record will never be broken for a long time, until another high school prodigy comes along and takes over the game of basketball for himself and becomes the face of the NBA.