[Basketball Reference] To put LeBron’s 39,012 career points into perspective… Steph Curry and Paul George COMBINED have 38,766 points. 👀
To put LeBron's 39,012 career points into perspective…
Steph Curry and Paul George COMBINED have 38,766 points. 👀 https://t.co/F6vUHFIGgS
— Basketball Reference (@bball_ref) November 22, 2023
by Kimber80
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Me and Lebron > Steph and PG
Ok, but what if you add Terance Mann and Jonathan Kuminga?
The more impressive stat someone posted in another thread, that his overall points (reg season + playoffs) is coming close to eclipsing the combined points totals of Magic and Bird.
If all of Stephen Curry’s 3 point shot was worth 7 points, he’d still have less points than LeBron
If all of Kawhi’s Field Goals were worth 8 points, he’d also have less points than LeBron too
If we are doing combined regular and playoff point totals, LeBron is at 47,035 pts and the next closest active player is Kevin Durant at 32,209 pts (9th overall).
Him being 15K pts over the 2nd active player is wild.
Top 2-3 talent of all time, with a lot of luck never having a major injury. Also didn’t hurt he was able to jump right into the NBA from High School, where guys like Karl Malone and Jordan played 3 years of College and started their careers later in life.
To put that into even MORE perspective… Luke Walton, Ronny Turiaf, Chris Mihm, D. J. Mbenga, Jordan Farmar, Javaris Crittenton, Brian Cook, Kwame Brown, Smush Parker, Shammond Williams, Laron Profit, Von Wafer AND Kobe Bryant COMBINED have 58,863 points. 👀
I think Lebron is going to enjoy the scoring record for as long as Kareem did if not longer.
I am certainly not a Lebron fan but I would hate to have spent the last 20 years hating and not appreciating how great he is
Additionally, Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, and Derrick Rose combined have 38,944 points.
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But what about playoffs?
Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler, and Derrick Rose have combined for 6,609 points in the playoffs.
LeBron has 8,023 points.
You can combine Steph’s career points w/ Kumgina and Moody and they don’t beat a singular Westbrook, Harden or KD career point total.
Lebron has 1 scoring title. Jordan had 10.
However, Steph Curry, Paul George, and Victor Wembanyama combined have 39,016 points.
The race is on
Bad ankles bad knees
Will LeBron + Bronny have the most father / son points before Bronny plays a second?
Lebron James>the entire nba class of 2023 combined
Can’t deny greatness here, but both Curry and George have had about 12 seasons of healthy playing each. LeBron is at 20, the fact the he has been injury free for so long and good for so long is impressive.
How many minutes played for Curry+PG?
The number of points really doesn’t need any “context” anyway.