LeBron James is another top milestone in his rise to the NBA All-Time Goal List.
In the first half of Thursday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets, James became the third player in league history to reach 35,000 points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone.
Abdul-Jabbar tops the all-time goal list with 38,387 points, and Malone has 36,928. As it stands this season, James needs a little over 3,300 points to catch Abdul-Jabbar. In every season of his career, James has scored at least 1,500 points and surpassed 2,000 points in a season ten times.
Here are some of the traits that James has accomplished:
With this free kick, LeBron James becomes the third player in NBA history to reach 35,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone.
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LBJ is 8 points away from reaching 35,000 for his career. pic.twitter.com/NuKkOYzP6j
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