“Don’t get emotional my brother!” Kentavious Caldwell Pope hugs ‘emotional’ LeBron James after passing Karl Malone as 2nd All-Time point scorer
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Kentavious Caldwell Pope wasted no time in hugging and consoling his ex-teammate and ‘brother’ LeBron James, who reached yet another milestone in the 19th year of his career in the NBA. LeBron James is a name which is bound to be heard again and again no matter what the time or situation in the league be. Ranging from the GOAT debate against Michael Jordan to now breaking records and reaching milestones, James is always discussed in and around the league. The sheer impact that he has on his team and the way he has led them throughout this season is enough to tell the fans that he has still got it.
Even at the age of 37, when players are way ahead of their peak, James has been playing as dominantly as he did when he was younger, and is in fact averaging career high stats.
LeBron James and Kentavious Caldwell Pope were previously teammates in the Los Angeles Lakers and both of them were now facing off against each other in the Lakers’ game against the Washington Wizards, which was an opportunity for James to reach the second spot in the Career scoring list, passing Karl Malone, and James did exactly that, as he scored 38 points in the game passing Karl Malone, despite which the team wasn’t able to get the much-needed dub.
James now stands at the 2nd position in the list of career scoring list with just Kareen Abdul Jabbar left to pass, as he looks down on everyone else on the list, who are far-far away from the player in terms of the things that they have achieved in the league. Despite James’ legendary career which still continues in a full-fledged manner with the player always performing dominantly, it often gets tough to soak in all of the milestones that you reach, and that is exactly what happened to James, who was seen being emotional post reaching this milestone.
But his ex-teammate Kentavious was there to console him with his actions in heart-warming sequence which was seen by the entire world.
Let us take a closer look at this moment James and Caldwell Pope shared post James reaching the massive milestone after a dominant 19 years in the league.
Emotional LeBron James hugged by Kentavious Caldwell Pope after reaching massive milestone
The entire arena cheered and roared in order to appreciate the legend in LeBron as he passed Karl Malone on the all-time career scoring list, as he now occupies the 2nd position post this sequence. Though the Los Angeles Lakers lost the game toe Washington Wizards, James won the heart of every NBA fan around the world as he reached this splendid milestone after a dominant 19 years in the NBA, which have given us epic moments from his performance every single time that he has stepped on court.
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With 5 minutes remaining in the 2nd quarter, LeBron went driving for a layup which he scored, thus reaching the 2nd position in the grand table, surpassing another legend in Karl Malone and the entire arena roared in order to cheer for him. James was seen being emotional after reaching this brilliant milestone with wet eyes as Kentavious reached in for a hug displaying a heart-warming gesture, which was appreciated by James and the entire crowd.
In reaction to reaching this milestone, James said, “Obviously at some point I’ll be able to look back at this moment, but right now the feeling I have — I can’t separate it,” following which he said, “I will not allow myself to think about it. I’ve always just played the game the way I’ve been playing it over the years, and these things have just happened organically by just going out and playing the game the right way,” expressing his sadness in losing the match, due to which he wont be able to look at breaking this record in the happiest way possible.
The Wizards snapped their six-game losing streak as they handed yet another loss to the Los Angeles Lakers despite a valiant effort by James and Russell Westbrook.
Let us now take a look at the reactions people had to James reaching this marvellous milestone.
Twitter Reacts to LeBron James reaching 2nd position on Career scoring list
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