With a mid-range jumper, LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time scoring leader. Breaking one obstacle means that he will advance another obstacle. LBJ is definitely a great star, but the so-called “GOAT”, the greatest star , Is it also his honor?
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At the end of halftime of the 2023 All-Star Game, an award ceremony was held for LeBron James to pay tribute to his career scoring record that surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The NBA career scoring record has been held for 39 years since Jabbar surpassed Wilt Chamberlain in 1984. No one surpassed until the appearance of LBJ. He was favored as “The Chosen One” before the draft. LBJ became the main force of the team as soon as he debuted, maintained a high level every year, and did not have many illnesses in his career. There are still factors such as cumulative scoring strength in ten years, and finally completing his personal career this season is also a milestone in NBA history. The importance can be seen.
“Score” on the basketball court is still the most important, largest, and most indicative personal data. Now LBJ has accumulated the most career total points in the highest basketball hall in the world, and his greatness is beyond doubt.
However, in the discussions in recent years, LBJ is great enough, but can he be called the “greatest”? The “Goat (Greatest of All Time, GOAT)” battle that always becomes a topic, why are there still many opinions that LBJ has become the greatest basketball player in history? Sports Vision invited Hall of Fame authors such as MIND, Chun Shao, Zhongli Sports Car, Zan, Thousand, AhUtopian, Xiaotie, Matterhorn, etc. to discuss the big question between the scoring champion and GOAT in history.
Q1: What do you think is the most important significance of LBJ breaking the “Jabbar barrier” in his career total score?
MIND
For LeBron himself, it is undoubtedly that he has gained another achievement that is unique in history and has a considerable status. Although we don’t know whether this is important to LeBron, who has at least half a goat, we can stand in the fans’ position. When talking about those NBA historical records in the future, LeBron’s scoring champion will definitely be the first few that come to mind.
For the NBA as a whole, every time an old record is broken, it undoubtedly symbolizes the progress of the times, and the same is true for LeBron surpassing Jabbar. He proved with his actions what it means to say that the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead, and he also set a new benchmark for future generations.
It is worth noting that in the era of the big data explosion and the concept of sports protection is becoming more and more advanced, whether new stars such as Doncic can write a new page in history in the next two decades is also a place to pay attention to.
Chun Shao
LBJ broke Jabbar’s scoring record. From a historical perspective, I would be more inclined to interpret the evolution of basketball as a whole. Of course, LBJ is a player with high self-discipline. Maybe he has never seen Los Angeles at 4 o’clock in the morning, but he He has been eating and training at an exemplary level for a long time. At the same time, his physical condition is indeed unique. However, in the past Jabbar era, even stars with elite physical fitness maintained a high degree of self-discipline. It is still difficult to compare with the current LBJ. Including the advancement of sports science, changes in rules, and changes in the concept of protecting players. To say that LBJ’s comprehensive evaluation has surpassed anyone other than Jabbar or Jordan, this may be more biased towards his personal affirmation, and can break the cumulative scoring record, The influence of the environment may be more.
The other is the evolution of basketball tactical thinking. In fact, there is no turning back. It is common to recognize a few cumulative traditional data like now. It is more difficult to break through Stockton’s assist and interception records. The main reason is that the current Tactical thinking cannot accommodate players who specialize in these two items. Strictly speaking, LBJ cannot be regarded as the most priority beneficiary of the change of the times (only in terms of scoring). From his growth to maturity, he did not particularly improve three-pointers. In the 2011-12 season when he won the championship for the first time, he averaged less than 1 hit per game, but he at least caught the train of the era when everyone reduced the lineup because of the need for speed, allowing his tanks to cut into less resistance.