All his career, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has emphasized that he is a playmaker first and that he is always looking to help his teammates succeed.

However, James is so talented and gifted that he is also able to score almost at will, especially when he has his jumper going. Entering Year 19, James is currently third on the NBA’s all-time points list with 35,367 points.

He’s only behind Karl Malone and fellow Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the leading scorer in NBA history.

No one has come close to Abdul-Jabbar’s record (38.387 points) since he retired, but James has a realistic chance of breaking that in the coming years. Even though it is likely that James can overtake Abdul-Jabbar in the next couple of seasons, the Lakers great is actually looking forward to the day it happens, he told NBA insider Marc Stein:

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