Draymond Green recently announced a day of special leave. LeBronJamesleague superstar and friend of Green for years, just had Karl Malone overtaken and second place in the all-time scorer list NBA conquered. James is still 1,325 points short of the record of Kareem Abdul Jabbar to reach.
Many experts expect that the 37-year-old will also be able to do this. When the time comes, his buddy will quit Green already at ESPN, unfortunately he won’t be for them warriors can run up. But to lakers-Go to be there live when James to be the best scorer in history.
This anecdote, widely told in the US media, shows that the lakers been about one topic for weeks: their leader’s hunt for the title of “All-Time Leader” in the NBA-scorer list.
LeBron James – Playing for the “Legacy”
Even James occasionally gave the impression on the floor that he was primarily concerned with his historical balance sheet, his “heritage“, which plays a special role in US sports.
the lakers-Leader also averaged more than 30 points this season. If he was playing. The 37-year-old superstar was once again in the penultimate home game of the record champions in the NBA main round Jeans and hoodie on the sidelines, an ankle injury forced him to sit out.
But even if James could have played in the 118:129 against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday – at the end of this bankruptcy, bad luck and breakdown season of the glitter club, almost certainly nothing would have changed: If it was in the playoffs gets down to business, the record champion is probably not there. And neither does the most important basketball player in the league.
Three wins behind Spurs – playoffs probably gone
There are four games left in the regular season lakers in eleventh place, two games behind San Antonio Spurs. To the Spurs still to overtake and at least reach tenth place, with which the lakers at the play in are allowed to participate, they even have to win three more than the Texans, who are ahead in direct comparison.
Because the Spurs on Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers won, the situation is even worse than on Friday, when only two wins had to be caught up. And already said James after losing to the New Orleans Pelicans: “The overall picture is that that was pretty much a must-win for us – and we didn’t get the job done.“