When did LeBron turn 38?
James turned 38 years old on Dec. 30, deep in his 20th season in the NBA. He celebrated by scoring 47 points on his birthday in Atlanta, and the second-leading scorer in league history has been on a vintage roll ever since.
James surpassed the 38,000 points mark with a jump shot midway through the first quarter of the Lakers' game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night, according to CBS Sports. The Lakers lost the matchup 112-113. The 38-year-old scored 35 points in the game with 10 assists and eight rebounds.
LeBron James has 44 games played since turning 38.
LeBron James has averaged 28.3 points per game since turning 38.
This will be the second time James has worn No. 23 during his tenure with the Lakers. He donned the number from 2018 to '21 with the team, then made the switch to No. 6 for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons.
While achieving the latest milestone on Sunday, James retained an interesting record of being the youngest player to breach every major career-scoring landmark from 1,000 to 38,000 points, Fox Sports broadcaster Nick Wright noted on Twitter.
LeBron James is the leading scorer in NBA history. LeBron James has scored the most career regular season points in NBA history, is the youngest to reach every career point milestone from 1,000 to 38,000, and is the only player to reach 39,000.
He says he ran the 40 in 4.6 seconds last summer. "I was just messing around, though," James said, via ESPN.com. "No training."
LeBron James and Michael Jordan were tied for the most games by a 38-year-old player with 40+ points, with 5 games.
LeBron James has played 21 years with 82+ games played.
How many 50 point games does LeBron have after turning 30?
LeBron James has played 4 games with 50+ points since turning 30.
Bronny James is a four-star recruit who, according to the Los Angeles Times' Luca Evans, averaged 13.8 points/game, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.8 steals in the regular season of his senior year. Sierra Canyon won the Mission League title in three of his four years on the team.
| NAME | GP | PPG |
|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 53 | 26.1 |
LeBron is changing back to No. 23. The reason is out of respect for the late Bill Russell, LeBron's agent Rich Paul told Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
James wore No. 23 in high school and when he joined the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003. When he joined the Miami Heat in 2010, he switched to No. 6, stating at the time of his decision that it was in honor of Michael Jordan.
LeBron James to change jersey number back to 23 in honor of Bill Russell. Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.
-- LeBron James has become the youngest player in NBA history to score 20,000 points. James eclipsed the milestone Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors when he made a short jumper with 2:45 left in the second quarter to give him 20,001 career points.
LeBron James, one of the most iconic figures in the NBA's history, sits atop this exclusive list. The youngest player ever to reach 10,000, 20,000, and 30,000 points, James has enjoyed an 18-year career that started when he entered the league at the age of 18.
Throughout his career, Chamberlain was arguably the most dominant force the league has ever seen. To this day only six other players have reached the 30,000-point mark: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Dirk Nowitzki, and LeBron James.
Mitchell recorded his 10,000th career point in the third quarter making Donovan Mitchell the fastest player in history to reach this impressive milestone.
How old was Kobe when he scored 10,000 points?
On March 5th in 2003, Bryant became the youngest player at the time to reach 10,000 career points at 24 years and 194 days, overtaking the likes of Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal.
LeBron James: 23 years, 59 days. Kevin Durant: 24 years, 33 days. Kobe Bryant: 24 years, 194 days.
In 2001, during the summer before his junior year, James was the subject of a feature article in Slam magazine in which writer Ryan Jones lauded the 16-year-old James, who had grown to 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m), as "[possibly] the best high school basketball player in America right now".
The answer is a resounding yes. "The King" should be able to reach 40,000 points this season if he keeps up his current pace of 25.7 points per game. He could accomplish it by the 54th game of the season on Feb. 15 against the Jazz, but this time in Salt Lake City.
