LeBron James Celebrates His NBA Scoring Record With Ice Cube’s “It Was A Good Day”

LeBron James has been the NBA’s all-time scoring leader since February 7. He holds one of the most important records in history there. A week later, the superstar, who appeared to need time to process, celebrated the milestone with an Ice Cube quote.

“Get me on the court and I’m trouble, last week – messed around and got a triple double,” Ice Cube raps on “It Was A Good Day” off his third solo album, THE PREDATOR, released in 1992. James adjusts the line, which actually refers to getting double digits in three different stats during a basketball game, to his vastly greater accomplishment.

38,411 and counting

That night, the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder met at Crypto Arena (formerly Staples Center) in Los Angeles. The game ended 133-130 for the Thunder, but that result was a side issue. In the third quarter, LeBron James carved his name even deeper into the annals of the NBA with a high post fadeaway than he has done in his 20-year active career. What had been certain since the beginning of the season (if no injuries would have prevented it) had happened: nobody in the almost 76-year history of the NBA has scored more points than the 38-year-old. For more than 30 years, the 38,387 points that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Lakers until the end of his career in 1989 had been a seemingly unattainable record. Different era, different playstyle. However, James did not score a triple-double that evening.

It is the biggest statistical milestone of an extraordinary career and the meanwhile 38,411 points (as of February 16, 2023) will probably not be the last word for a while. His contract in Los Angeles runs until at least 2024 and the forward, despite his advanced age and several injuries in recent years, is playing basketball more efficiently than ever before. There is also speculation that he may want to delay the end of his career to play one final season in the league alongside his son. 18-year-old LeBron Raymone “Bronny” James Jr. won’t be able to sign a contract until 2024 at the earliest.

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