LeBron James’ Pursuit Of Kobe Bryant, And Other Milestones That May Be Hit This Season

This NBA season will be full of milestones, and LeBron James is set to claim the biggest. LeBron can reach career milestones of 33,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 9,000 assists, 2,000 steals and 1,000 blocks. He has one huge record to chase this season. With 1,082 points, LeBron will pass Kobe Bryant and his 33,643 points to move into third on the all-time scoring list.

LeBron has scored at least 1,500 points in every season, including the last campaign. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone are on the top of this list. LeBron may catch up with Malone in 2020-21, and Abdul-Jabbar’s record is four seasons away.

“LeBron can also move up several spots in a number of other statistical categories. He is currently 391 career assists shy of eighth all time, 45 steals shy of 13th, 102 3-pointers shy of 14th, 194 rebounds shy of the top 50 and 43 blocks shy of the top 100,” Ben Rohrbach from Yahoo Sports wrote. “An average season would give him all those marks. He then would have more assists than Isiah Thomas, more steals than Allen Iverson, more threes than Klay Thompson, more rebounds than Larry Bird and more blocks than Scottie Pippen. And, yes, LeBron would rank ahead of Kobe in every single one of those statistical categories. (Here is where you say, “But rings.”).

“On the advanced statistical side, LeBron needs 8.1 win shares to surpass Malone and move into third place all time behind Wilt Chamberlain and Abdul-Jabbar. He has long since passed Michael Jordan and recorded double-digit win shares for 14 straight seasons before falling well short of that mark each of the past two years. (“But rings, but rings,” you say, and now I hear you.)”

LeBron and his team are getting ready for a tough season Anthony Davis is here to land a hand, but the Lakers will have to try really hard to achieve anything more than expected. LeBron and his teammates will do their best to win a title this season. They should make the playoffs first. It’s a big season for every NBA team. They will all try really hard.