LeBron James is the NBA’s all-time scorer in the regular season as well as the playoffs, no individual star has scored more points than the King in the league’s history.
Despite this, some many media members and fans don’t rate LeBron James highly as a scorer. In a recent conversation with Paul Pierce though, Kevin Garnett said that James is worthy of that title.
“We look at LeBron as a great all-around player, but is he the greatest scorer ever,” Paul Pierce asked. “Yeah,” Kevin Garnett simply said. He added, “Yeah, numbers say it, the f**k. Yeah, f**k yeah. Technically, literally.”
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LeBron James hasn’t been the most aesthetically pleasing scorer ever, but his effectiveness is impossible to deny. Throughout his career, he has scored on all three levels and done so with ease over a longer period than anyone else. People may not want to believe it, but as Kevin Garnett said, the numbers do all the talking for King James.
LeBron James has 38,652 regular season points, 265 more than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who previously held the record. In the playoffs, the margin is even higher, LeBron has 8,023 points, a whopping 2,036 more than Michael Jordan in second place. The one place he falls short is scoring titles, James has only one, compared to MJ’s 10.
Paul Pierce has made his fair share of controversial statements regarding LeBron James, but even he was simply reduced to laughing along to Garnett’s answer. Leading the league in total all-time points means that it’s impossible to deny James’ greatness as the best scorer ever.
LeBron James Himself Thinks He Is The Greatest Scorer Of All Time
While he has the most total points, LeBron James doesn’t lead the NBA all-time when it comes to points per game. That’s Michael Jordan. And several facts and stats show that saying James isn’t the greatest scorer ever isn’t a bad argument. But as far as the man himself is concerned, he thinks he has that particular title in the bag.
“I see it and I smirk. When they talk about the best scorers who ever played the game, my name never comes up. They have no choice now. They have no choice.”
LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the all-time leading scorer. And despite having played 20 seasons, his points per game average in the regular season sits at an incredible 27.2. He has done it while averaging good efficiency as well, 50.5% from the field and 34.3% from the three-point line. When it comes to clutch ability, LeBron is almost underrated. Even his biggest rivals have to agree at this point, LeBron James is the greatest scorer in NBA history.
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