Twenty years in the elite of the NBA. That is one of the brightest aspects of the legacy of LeBron James, who begins his twentieth season with a new Los Angeles Lakers project and with the close possibility of surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s historical record for points in the league.
LeBron James increases his contract with the Lakers for 2 more years and will collect $97.1 million
“Being here and knowing that I’m about to probably break the most wanted record in the NBA, something that people said could possibly never be achieved, it’s super overwhelming for me and super cool,” he said Monday at a press conference for the NBA Media Day of the Lakers (official open day for the media for the new NBA season)
“Any time my name is mentioned among the greats, like Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or others, it’s super overwhelming,” he added.
Abdul-Jabbar, with 38,387 points in the regular seasonis the top scorer in NBA history while LeBron appears in second place with 37,062 pointsso this season could exceed the center’s mark.
Last year, LeBron became the leading scorer in NBA history if you add the points scored in the regular season with those from the playoff games, but the official NBA record does not take into account the scores from the playoffs .
Regardless of the record, LeBron, who will turn 38 in December, will once again be the leader of some Lakers who will try to forget the resounding failure of last year, in which they opted for a very veteran team and united in the same squad LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, and Rajon Rondo.
Considered one of the great contenders for the ring in the preseason, the Lakers crashed in one of the biggest failures that are remembered in the NBA and They were left out of the playoffs and the “play-in” by finishing the regular season in eleventh position in the Western Conference (33-49)..
On this occasion, LeBron will be accompanied by Davis and Westbrook in a Lakers with news both on the bench (Darvin Ham has replaced Frank Vogel as coach) and on the track (players such as Patrick Beverley, the Mexican Juan Toscano-Anderson, Dennis Schroeder or Lonnie Walker).
Asked why the purple and gold should improve, LeBron was clear: “Defense.”
“Obviously you have to be able to put the ball in the rim, of course, and in our league there are great teams that can do that, but the teams that can defend and stop attacks when they need to are simply the most successful in our league. “, plot.
After a year in which injuries only allowed to play 56 games out of 82 in the regular seasonLeBron underscored that one of his goals for the new course is to “be available” for his team.
“Obviously, there are some injuries that you can’t control (…). But as one of the leaders of this team, being available is the most important thing,” she said.
Finally, LeBron, that in the summer LeBron James increases his contract with the Lakers for 2 more years and will collect $97.1 million, showed his confidence that Davis will have “an extraordinary season” and that Westbrook can enjoy “a great year” . (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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