The 2022-2023 season has been pretty horrific for the Los Angeles Lakers. Having lost 4 of their last 5 games, LeBron James and the Lakers are currently placed 12th in the Western Conference holding onto an awful 11-16 record.
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While things have not been looking any great for the LA-based franchise, one of the more highly anticipated moments of their campaign is LeBron James clinching the all-time scoring record.
Entering Year 20, Bron was merely 1,325 points away from surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabar as the #1 scorer in league history. 27 games into the season, James has scored 530 points. This means ‘The King’ is less than 800 points from achieving this historic feat.
LeBron James is 795 points away from being the NBA’s All-Time Leading Scorer
With his current scoring average of 26.5 PPG, he would break it in 30 games
30 games from right now for the Lakers is @Warriors… but obviously Bron won’t play in every game
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While the entire league, analysts, and basketball enthusiasts get ready to see the 4-time MVP accomplish the highly impressive achievement, Dwyane Wade reveals how the Lakers star always wanted this prestigious record in his name. The reason behind it? To prove his naysayers wrong.
Dwayne Wade discloses that LeBron James wants the scoring record more than the assists record
Recently, Dwyane Wade made an interview appearance on “Sports Illustrated”. During the must-read, Q&A, Bron’s longtime teammate spoke about the 18-time All-Star and how he always wanted the scoring record… more than wanting the assists record.
Apart from answering a varied series of questions, The Flash revealed:
I can’t use the word surprised if I’m going to say LeBron James’s name in anything. I think sometimes we’re living in the LeBron James era of life, and we haven’t had the chance to step back and look at it just yet. And as we step back and look at it, it’s going to get even better than it is right now with what he’s done. Obviously what he’s done away from the game, definitely what he’s done on the court.
And so I’m not speaking for him when I say this, but I will speak as someone who spent a lot of time with him. He’s not a selfish individual on a basketball floor. But I feel that if there is one record that LeBron wants to walk away with more than the assist record, it would be the scoring record. And it’s because of what people say he cannot do, right?
And because he’s so great at other things and it comes so natural to him, just the one thing that was not necessarily natural, he now has an opportunity to be what we know it’s going to take somebody another 40 years before they are able to even come close to, right? So it’s amazing.
Can LeBron bring the Lakers out of their misery?
So far, it has been Anthony Davis who has been the best player for the Purple & Gold. Averaging a staggering 28.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.2 blocks in his 11th season, AD has been having one of the best campaigns of his pretty illustrious season.
However, LBJ’s contributions for the Lakers isn’t all that shabby too.
Having suited up for 20 out of the team’s 27 games, the 37-year-old has been recording a sensational 26.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 6.5 assists.
Sure, the 2020 champs are having a diffcult time in grabbing wins. However, the team needs to use a more one-game-a-time mentality. Currently sitting merely 2 games behind the #10 GSW, LeBron and co. should aim to rise up the standings and aim to enter the play-in tournament seedings. There is still ample of time remaining for the Lakers in order to change their fortunes and jump up several spots in the standings.
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