As we all know, James was the top pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, and this year is his 21st season in the league. Back then, his former friend Wade had long since retired and been inducted into the Hall of Fame, Anthony and Bosh had also withdrawn from the NBA stage, and the 39-year-old James was still on the road of pursuing his dreams.
To be sure, 39 is an advanced player for a professional basketball player, and even if it's as strong as the NBA, few people can play at that age, let alone stay in good shape. But in the eyes of ordinary people, it seems mediocre in James, just like in the previous game with the Nuggets, the 39-year-old James started 37 minutes, scored 26 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals on 12-of-20 shooting, and also unlocked the "miracle" of 40,000 points in the regular season.
If the Nuggets data explosion is just James' scoring behavior in order to hit 40,000 points, then after the All-Star weekend, he averaged 30 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game, shooting 569%, 50% three-point shooting, leading the team to a 2-1 record to win the best of the week, it's hard to pick a bone in the egg. Moreover, this is also the 68th time in James' career that he has won the Western Conference Weekly Honor, further breaking his all-time No. 1 record.
Not only that, but according to statistics, James has averaged 20+ points per game for 21 consecutive years since he entered the NBA, ranking first in history, in addition to averaging 20+ per game in his rookie season, averaging 25+ points per game in 20 seasons is also the first in history, and there are other things like 1200 consecutive games scoring in the history of double first, and the first in the history of total playoff points. In short, all the all-time records related to scoring, his end is almost all covered by James. Of course, in terms of the total number of irons in history, James can only rank second in history, because the first place is the 14,481 irons created by the "only king" Kobe.
At the age of 39, he has set a shocking all-time first record, and although James is still far from equaling Jordan in terms of championship and MVP honors, in a sense, his personal influence is already well-deserved. Moreover, so far this season, James has played an average of 35 minutes per game, and he can contribute 25 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, and even his three-point shooting rate has increased to 40%, becoming a regular score**.
After all, Pelinka helped the team retain the core lineup of the Western Conference in the offseason, and at the same time added a number of giants such as Dinwiddie and Vincent, and the depth of the bench has been upgraded in an all-round way, although the team is still on the verge of the play-offs, but I believe that as long as James shows his full Zhan state, they can still win the championship like winning the midseason championship. In the end, who do you think will be the next player to break the 40,000-point mark in the NBA's regular season?
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