Lakers’ LeBron James sets another all-time NBA record to improve GOAT case originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
LeBron James continues to make the case that he is the greatest basketball player of all time.
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The all-time record he set on Tuesday night while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers against his former Cleveland Cavaliers is just one more notch in the GOAT argument for King James.
This record: the most wins ever.
LeBron has won more NBA games in the regular season and playoffs combined than anyone else ever.
He entered the night tied with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at 1,228 wins and counting. The King is now at 1,229.
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This is just one stat, and by itself maybe it wouldn’t make LeBron the greatest.
But think about the rest of his feats, too, and the case gets more and more compelling.
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He’s the league’s all-time leading scorer, and he’s putting that mark in a place that it’ll be tough to ever catch. Mind you, James is known for his all-around game, not just for his scoring, yet nobody has scored more points than him.
James ranks fourth all-time in assists, sixth all-time in steals and 23rd all-time in rebounds.
He’s even sixth all-time in 3-pointers.
And now no one has won more than James. This is a guy who made it to 10 consecutive NBA Finals. In an era when a different team keeps winning the title every year it seems, that’s quite astounding.
Some will always argue for Michael Jordan, and that’s fine. But it’d be tough for LeBron to have made a better case than the one he has.
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