{"id":126949,"date":"2025-03-04T23:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T04:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=126949"},"modified":"2025-03-04T23:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T04:37:53","slug":"lebron-james-legend-50k-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/04\/lebron-james-legend-50k-points\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Adds To Legend With 50K Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a> entered Tuesday night\u2019s game against the New Orleans Pelicans needing just one point <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/18\/lebron-james-career-points\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">to become the first player<\/a> in NBA history with 50,000 career points. With his first field goal attempt of the game, he scored three. Already the league\u2019s all-time leader in career points, James continues to add to his unparalleled resume.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, for many, the debate about who\u2019s the greatest basketball player of all-time is too ubiquitous. Nevertheless, for all the discussion about San Antonio Spurs center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wembavi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, the chances of fans ever seeing another player like James are also slim to none.<\/p>\n<h2>LeBron James Adds To Legend With 50K Milestone<\/h2>\n<p>At 40 years old, James is the oldest player in the league. He\u2019s played more minutes than anyone and more games than <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/22\/when-will-lebron-james-break-career-games-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">all but two players<\/a>. However, his longevity isn\u2019t the only reason that he ranks first in career points, fourth in career assists, sixth in career steals, seventh in career 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LEBRON JAMES STARTS THE 50,000 POINTS CLUB \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udc51<\/p>\n<p>Counting regular season &amp; playoffs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Another spectacular feat for <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KingJames<\/a>! \ud83d\udc4f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7IP9MeQ0lz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7IP9MeQ0lz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1897132177873408404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s basketball prodigy, seemingly born with a feel for the game that\u2019s become his hallmark. He\u2019s a rare athlete with a prototypical physique and excellent durability. He also has an insatiable thirst for greatness, inspired by his idols and the determination to elevate his family\u2019s status.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s a 21-time NBA All-Star; a league record. He\u2019s a four-time NBA champion and four-time NBA MVP \u2014 just one of four players with at least four of each. Of those players \u2014a list that features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jordami01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/abdulka01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/russebi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Russell<\/a> \u2014he\u2019s considered the most well-rounded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LeBron James tribute during the timeout for reaching 50,000 points (reg season and playoffs). No other player has done so. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pIlKCwVLVj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pIlKCwVLVj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Mendez-Yapkowitz (@Dave_Yapkowitz) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dave_Yapkowitz\/status\/1897132725481644535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Statistical milestones aren\u2019t all the game is about. Really, even winning isn\u2019t all the game is about. Nonetheless, James is now arguably the most decorated player of all-time, and that counts for something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James entered Tuesday night\u2019s game against the New Orleans Pelicans needing just one point to become the first player in NBA history with 50,000 career points. With his first field goal attempt of the game, he scored three. Already the league\u2019s all-time leader in career points, James continues to add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":126951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1608,62,3],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-126949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lakers","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-lebron-james"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126952,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126949\/revisions\/126952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}