‘We are Witnesses to History!’ LeBron James becomes the NBA’s All-Time Leading Scorer

It happened! LeBron James has always been “The King,” and he officially became the king of scoring in the NBA on Tuesday. Late in the third, James sank a 14-foot fadeaway shot to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and become the all-time leading scorer in the history of the NBA.

James, who has amassed 38.390 career-points, finished with 38 points, but the Lakers would fall to the Thunder 133-130 at Crypto.com Arena. After surpassing Kareem, James was emotional and was joined on the court by Abdul-Jabbar, Adam Silver, and members of his family. 

There was a short ceremony where Abdul-Jabbar gave a ball to James, and the 19-time All-Star gave a short speech.

Recently, the NBA compiled some scoring milestones from James’ 20-year career.

Here is a few of them:

10,000:

-He became the youngest player to reach 10,000 career points (23 years and 59 days), achieving the milestone with Cleveland in a game against the Boston Celtics.

15,000:

-James became the youngest player to reach 15,000 career points (25 years and 79 days), achieving the milestone with Cleveland in a game against the Chicago Bulls.

20,000: 

James became the youngest player to reach 20,000 career points (28 years and 17 days), achieving the milestone with Miami in a game against the Golden State Warriors.

25,000: 

The four-time All-Star became the youngest player to reach 25,000 career points (30 years and 307 days), achieving the milestone with Cleveland in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

30,000: 

James became the youngest player and seventh overall to reach 30,000 career points (33 years and 24 days), achieving the milestone with Cleveland in a game against San Antonio.

35,000:

James became the third player (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone) to score 35,000 career points, reaching the milestone with the Lakers in a game against the Brooklyn Nets.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on LaVar Ball: ‘I think he should step into the background’

Hall of Famer and former Laker great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gave his take on LaVar Ball. Kareem gave his opinion about Ball on the His & Hers podcast with Michael Smith & Jemele Hill:

“I don’t think LaVar Ball is doing his sons any good. He seems to be just somebody that’s just out there trying to bring all the attention that he can to himself, and I don’t know what the purpose is for that. His sons are good athletes; let them do their thing. I think he should step into the background.”

I don’t think LaVar Ball is going to the background just yet.