Only 350 goals away! The NBA god-level record is born, and it is difficult for people to come before! But you are indeed old

The NBA has entered a turning point, and the status of young stars in the league has gradually improved. The old generation of traditional superstars has begun to decline. Of course, they have not yet fallen from the altar. Curry opened a career 4,000 three-point milestone this season. Durant can still maintain a 26.6 average score, ranking 6th in the league. Harden has recovered strongly this year's regular season, returning to the All-Star lineup after three years, and scored 50+ points in a single game again after four years. Including Westbrook, although his ability has declined severely in recent years and he has played a bit awkwardly, this year's playoffs, Westbrook has also completed many masterpieces and led the team to save the team at critical moments many times. Speaking of traditional superstars, LeBron James is definitely indispensable. James is undoubtedly the longest river in NBA history. He has set legendary records many times in the past two years. In 23, James surpassed Jabbar in his regular season total score, rose to the first place in history, and officially crowned the NBA historical scoring champion. In 24 years, James' total regular season score broke the 40,000-point mark, and the highly anticipated "411 Project" was completed (the total score exceeded 40,000 in his regular season career, the total rebound exceeded 10,000, and the total assist exceeded 10,000). How difficult is it to achieve this achievement? Not only do you need to maintain a long enough career, but you also have to be extremely comprehensive, scoring, rebounding, and assisting. Except for James, none of the other players in history scored 40,000 points, and none of them had rebounds and assists, but James did it at the same time. In 25 years, James' total score in regular season + playoffs broke the 50,000-point mark, and his total score in the playoffs reached 8,289 points, Jordan, ranked second in history, with only 5,987 points.

Next, James' legendary record will continue, and he will still reach a record number one in history next season. In the NBA's regular season history, Jabbar is currently ranked first, with 15,837 goals, while James' total goals are 15,488 goals, only 350 goals away, James can surpass Jabbar and rise to the top in the goal list in history. Based on James' average of 9.3 goals this season, James can reach this milestone in less than 40 games next season, which is the middle of the season. It is unprecedented. You know, in that ancient times, three-pointers were not developed, and James ended up at the basket, taking all shots from a long distance. It was indeed not easy to surpass those ancient stars in the goal list.

Of course, James is over 40 years old after all, and his personal ability is definitely declining a lot compared to his peak period. In the past two seasons, he has had a clear trend of regression. This season averaged 24.4 points, the lowest average score per game in the season since his rookie season. The biggest factor in the specific regression is that his physical fitness cannot support him to play for more than 35 minutes. Every time he reaches the critical stage of the final quarter, he will struggle a little. In addition, in terms of the impact force of the inside line, it is impossible to easily break through and crush into the inside line to tear the defense, and it is more mainly based on medium and long-distance projection. In fact, James is also very smart and knows how to extend his career life, reduce the frequency of confrontations at the basket in these two seasons, reduce the risk of injury, and focus more on organizational tandem and projection.

The last one is the defensive end. I really don’t have that much energy to take into account defense. It is understandable that the speed and reaction cannot keep up with those young people. Last summer, James signed a two-year maximum salary contract with the Lakers for $100 million. This offseason, he has player options, can choose to execute player options, can choose to jump out of the player option, sign a contract with the Lakers again, or can choose to become a free agent and join other teams. ESPN media Shams said that James will likely execute his $52.6 million player option and play for another year with the Lakers. However, there are two questions here. One is whether next season may be the last dance of James' career. When talking about retirement, he said that he was unwilling to end his career as a role player and felt that he could not play anymore, so he would not play anymore.

Second, do the Lakers still have any prospects for the championship? This season, the Lakers made a shocking deal between Doncic and Davis, which will definitely be beneficial to them in the long run. After all, Doncic is still young, and the Lakers have gained a top team-building core at the active service. However, in the short term, Doncic may not be better than Thick Eyebrow in the Lakers. Thick Eyebrow's departure greatly weakens the depth of the Lakers' lineup, and there are few centers that can be used. Secondly, the duo of Doncic and James has too big defensive loopholes, which are fully reflected in this year's playoffs. The Lakers continue to stick to their current lineup and cannot play in high-end games at all. Just a few days ago, the Bass family sold most of the Lakers' equity, and the Lakers replaced their boss. In the words of the Los Angeles Times Bill, this transaction may be a signal that the Lakers gave up James. If the Lakers' plan in the future is to compete for the championship, they may not necessarily keep James. In short, for James, his career is indeed complete. How many years do you think he can play?