“Kobe, Magic, Shaq….” LeBron James snubs All-Time Great from his starting 5 for LA Lakers
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar and LeBron James
Recently, NBA and Los Angeles Lakers great LeBron James was asked to choose his starting five line-up for the LA Lakers. LeBron was talking to Allen Sliwa and ESPNLA when he gave out his starting 5. Surprisingly, he left out NBA legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar from his line-up. However, he included himself in the list.
LeBron James said, “All-time starting five for the Lakers? I’m going Magic at 1, Jerry West at 2, Kobe at the 3, myself at the 4, and Shaq at the 5.” This line-up looks formidable and can defeat any other line-up built in from the NBA world. This can arguably be called the best of all time line-up.
LeBron James explained why he left out one of the Lakers’ great, Kareem Abdul Jabbar. He specified, “I mean Shaq is so dominant, man. I mean, I love Kareem too, I can’t even front on that, but Shaq’s so dominant, we need a big cuz I’m playing at 4, so we need a big. AD already put himself in the top 5? Well put AD in, take me out.”
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LeBron James is on the verge of breaking the NBA scoring record
NBA legend LeBron James is on the verge of playing the 20th season of his career. James is awe-struck by the fact that he’s so close to breaking a record that’s stood for nearly four decades. James was talking on the Lakers media day, where he said, “To sit here and to know that I’m on the verge of breaking probably the most sought-after record in the NBA, something that people said would probably never be done, it’s just super humbling for myself. I think it’s super cool.”
On the other hand, analyst Shannon Sharpe has similar views on James breaking the record. He commented, “I didn’t think it was going to be broken. I’m old enough to remember when Kareem set the record. The record is over 40 years old. Nobody thought this would record would be broken. It’s the home run record in baseball. I’m sure nobody thought Hank Aaron’s record was going to be touched — they didn’t think Babe [Ruth’s] record was going to be broken. When Hank did it, they didn’t want him to break it.”
He added, “What’s so amazing about this record is there’s one guy in the top 20 in scoring and top 20 assists, that’s Oscar Robertson. LeBron’s about to be the all-time leading scorer and about to be top five in assists all time. This man is not a score-first point guard and he’s doing this! Just imagine if he said, ‘The hell with facilitating,’ or, ‘The hell with getting everyone else involved, I’m just going to do what somebody else did.’ The man would have 40,000 [points] right now.”
He further added, “The man has just given you for 18 consecutive seasons 25 points or better per game. Let that sink in. Not 10. Not 17. The man just gave you 30 in Year 19. It’s an unbelievable accomplishment. … LeBron James has exceeded every expectation someone might have had for him.” Everyone is eager to see James breaking another record.
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