2021 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: Media Day...SHENANIGANS

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www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/pquf89/lebron_james_records_to_watch_for_next_season_all/

Full post at the link. Excerpt below

  • LeBron is 3rd all-time in points, with 35367. He needs 1561 exactly to pass Karl Malone for 2nd, which is likely to happen. He just needs 19.5 points per game for the season (or 24 per game if he only plays 65 games). He needs 3020 to pass Kareem for 1st.
  • LeBron is 3rd all time in made field goals, with 12903. He only needs 625 baskets to pass Karl Malone for 2nd all-time, and 2934 to catch Kareem for 1st.
  • LeBron is 13th all-time in 3-pointers made, with 1979. This one is harder to predict because players will be moving up and down a lot, and LeBron's 3-point shot comes and goes. But he only needs 4 3's to pass Dirk, 10 to pass Jason Kidd, and 164 to pass Paul Pierce and move into the top 10. If he hits 2-3 long balls a game, that's do-able. He is still way behind Curry and Harden and will never catch up to those two, and is also behind Lillard, who he probably won't catch either.
  • LeBron is 46th all time in total rebounds, with 9751. Interestingly, 45th all time is his new teammate, DeAndre Jordan. LeBron would need 350 boards to pass Shawn Marion for 44th, which will probably happen, but he needs 450 to pass Zach Randolph and over 600 to pass Otis Thorpe for 42nd. LeBron would have to play every game and average 8 boards to do that, so it probably won't happen this season.
  • LeBron is 8th all-time in assists, with 9696. He needs 191 assists to pass Oscar Robertson for 7th (easy), 445 to pass Magic Johnson for 6th (harder: 6-7 assists per game), and 638 to catch the 5th place guy, Mark Jackson (impossible: he would need to play all 82 games and average 8 assists). At his current rate, LeBron will pass 10,000 assists around his 40th game this year, and will probably pass Magic Johnson (10141) around his 60th game. I
  • LeBron is 14th all-time in steals, with 2063. He needs 13 to pass Mookie Blaylock, and 23 to pass Karl Malone for 12th. Easy peasy. He also needs 49 to pass Alvin Robertson, and 99 to pass Hakeem Olajuwon for 10th. LeBron averages around 1 steal per game, so he will probably pass Alvin but not Hakeem, and end up 11th at the end of this year.
  • LeBron is 107th all-time in blocks, with 982. These rankings move around a lot, because many current players are shaking up the list. Kevin Durant is 105th all time in blocs, and Andre Drummond is 104th. LeBron needs 23 blocks to pass Emeka Okafor for 103rd, and 53 blocks to pass Bill Walton and cement himself in the top 100.
  • LeBron is 5th all-time in made free throws, with 7582. He needs 112 makes to pass Oscar Robertson. He will get that. LeBron needs 796 free throws to pass Kobe for 3rd.
  • And finally, LeBron is 1st all time in career turnovers, with 4592.
 

That’s especially funny in this case because the literal meaning of “stallion” is this:

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