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- LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers 112-111 last night. LeBron scored 26 points and is now 63 points away from passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the all-time scoring list. After the game, LeBron talked about the magnitude of the record is, saying quote: 'I think it's one of the greatest records in sports in general. I think it's up there with the home run record in baseball. It's just one of those records you just don't ever see or think it'll be broken. You end up seeing guys like Sammy and Mark McGwire start climbing and you think oh this can really happen..' Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe react to LeBron's comments.
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When Lebron breaks the record I would like to see him pay homage to Kareem by giving him the game ball. That would be a show of humility and honor and respect all wrapped up in one.
@@tyronewilliams2007 😊p
How come no one ever blames the players when team loses. Would Phili lost the game if Hurts doesn't fumble resulting in a KC touchdown does Phili lose. Probably not. Of course, if the Chiefs had lost by 3, do you think anyone would have blamed the FG that hit the upright? No, it would have been the scoop and score that got called back.
Lebron could end world hunger and Skip would say I’m still hungry no big deal 😂
😆 😆💯
Lmao "I'm still hungry" 🤣 😂
Speak that Truth!!😂
Truth...
🤣 🤣. Oh I hate you 🤣 🤣 🤣
It’s wild to me that people look past the fact that he became the all time scorer(including playoffs) last year.
Nobody cares...Karl Malone was the 2nd all time leading scorer and he's barely in anyone's top 20.
@@christopherhorn1161 He aint Karl Malone
So....
Yall acting like this Scoring Record is better than a championship!!
It seems like yall want to put LeBron above Jordan so bad. I want LeBron to be this generations best but can he earn it? Him winning in Cleveland they say is worth 2 Championship. Him beating Miami they said was the Hardest championship ever. Now him doing this makes him what? So we suppose to forget he is 4-6 in finals? We suppose to forget all the times he jumped ship?
They acknowledged that. But they're talking seasonal play. Because media and the league separates season and playoffs
@@JOHN-zl5kw you speaking nothing but the Gospel!!!
I don’t think anybody thought Kareem’s record would be broken
Micheal Jordan played five seasons without Scottie Pippen
84-85 38-44..First round exit
85-86. 30-52..First round exit
86-87. 40-42...First round exit
01-02. 37-45..out of playoffs
02-03. 37-45..out of playoffs
LeBron james carried an absolutely horrific 2007 Cleveland Cavaliers team to the nba finals
In the modern NBA era (post 1960) only eight NBA top 75 players have won a championship without another top 75 player as a teammate
Rick Barry (1975)
Hakeem Olajuwon (1994)
Tim Duncan (2005)
Kobe Bryant (2009) (2010)
Steph Curry (2015) (2022)
LeBron james (2016)
Kawhi Leonard (2019)
Giannis Antetokounmpo (2021)
As you can see, LeBron James is on the list and Micheal Jordan isnt
Lebron james has won 17 playoff series, without an nba top 75 teammate. Michael Jordan won ZERO
In the year before Micheal Jordan and LeBron James joined their team and the year after they left their team, their records were
83-84 bulls 27-55
84-85 bulls. 38-44
92-93 bulls 57-25
93-94 bulls 55-27
98-99 bulls 13-37 without Scottie Pippen
00-01 wizards 19-63
01-02 wizards. 37-45
02-03 wizards 37-45
03-04 wizards 25-57
02-03 cavaliers 17-65
03-04 cavaliers 35-47
09-10 cavaliers 61-21
10-11 cavaliers 19-63
09-10 heat. 47-35
10-11 heat 58-24
14-15 heat 37-45
2013-14 cavaliers 33-49
2014-15 cavaliers 53-29
2017- 18 cavaliers 50-32
2018-19 cavaliers 19-63
2017-18 lakers. 35-47
2018-19 lakers were 20-14 when LeBron James got injured on Christmas day.
As you can see When LeBron James joins a team, the team improves more than Michael Jordan and when LeBron James leaves a team, the team always goes into the tank.
Micheal Jordan, excluding the 94-97 seasons, when the NBA moved the three point line to 22 feet, was a career 28% three point shooter. LeBron James is a career 34% three point shooter
Micheal Jordan was a great defensive player, in an Era where you could handcheck. Playing defense is much easier when you can handcheck. For nearly 6'9 250 LeBron James' entire career he wasn't afforded the opportunity to handcheck.
THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR..LEBRON JAMES IS THE GOAT!!!!!
@@vicepresidentmikepence889 brah u got this saved to ya notes app? 😂
For sure
@@vicepresidentmikepence889 finna save this
@@vicepresidentmikepence889 lebron lost 6 times in the finals, with all stars, with hofers. Jordan never lost 2 games in a row for 8 years when he teamed up with at least 1 all star.
Lebron isn’t the goat.
it’s insane to think this unbreakable record is about to be broken by a person who people consider to have no offensive bag
I don’t actually think people think he has no offense… he’s just so unworldly good at passing / playmaking, him as a scorer just doesn’t first come to mind but yeah regardless it’s astounding
bro WHO thinks that? literally no one lmao lebron has always been a scoring machine what are u talking about 🤣
@@skhetan1 I see people hating on him and saying he has no bag all the time. 😂😂
Kareem holds it and he doesn’t have an offensive bag. He has a small pouch with one move.
@@zacharygodfrey874 mmm yeah you're prob right hah.... I see more folks saying he travels a lot and charges a lot tho i dont think he actually does and certainly no more than any other driver
The fact a show is debating whether LeBron knows the exact number is a testament of the pressure and scrutiny he’s been under his entire career
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EXACTLY MY THOUGHTS....it's as if this topic is to question the sincerity of his comments....🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂
Skip comes up with these questions
This really the best comment under this post smh the amount of pressure he had in his entire career is unmatched by anyone in sports
Facts. And tbh this younger generation doesn't celebrate baseball like they do football and basketball. Nobody I knew growing up cared about all time baseball records compared to NBA and NFL records. Times are changing skip.
I love how skip thinks scoring 30 to 40 points a night is easy. Like only certain players can do that and the fact that Lebron can do it with ease and when he chooses is impressive.
He averaged a whopping 1.4 ppg 😂😂😂
Half of those are from free throws
@@kalin1786 LeBron shoots 15 free-throws? Tf
And he 40
@@Gball1405 right bro he can't buy a ft
Just think LeBron's one of the only people left from his draft class in the league and he's still the face of a team damn near still the face of the league
Ikr
He stilll is the face according to the public as he has the most fan votes in all star
You're kidding yourself. Others from his draft class accomplished more in less time , with longetivity hes bound to break records
@@kalin1786 who? Melo? Wade? U can't be serious
@@kalin1786 Casual hater spotted.
Stockton’s assist record and the Miami Heat’s 41-41 FT record are the two records that may not be touched *ever*
And so will this
Wilt Chamberlain 100 point record
Or Lebrons record if he hits 40K
Yeah that assists record is crazy
But they are boring records
Skip is in pure agony. History and greatness is about to be witnessed no matter what you say Skip!
It doesn't matter they're not winning anything. Literally no one cares about this record. 😂
@@tommygun3176 cope harder
@@donjuan2371 😂 Karl Malone is second on that list NO ONE considers him in the GOAT debate. Been paddling stats for 20 years. Took him 15 to get past Jordan and he played college and retired twice..... RECENCY BIAS THATS ALL
@@tommygun3176 damn you actually coped harder. Respect.
@@tommygun3176 Karl Malone is 3rd 😃
Did Skip really say it's not an all time memorable record to him..lmao boy this dude just don't take off days from hating
I said the same thing he the goat of hating
Haters are gonna hate. Once Lebron breaks the record..hes gonna have it for the next 40 years....(at least) that's not memorable??? Smh
Stockton has 2 unbreakable records but people swear he was a bum
@SideshowBobSaget never say never. It took someone almost 40 years to break this record.
@@wajahatjafri7246 I think the scoring record will be broken before the assist or steals record. And not one person is gonna break both records
Moral of the story sports fans can’t remember a number that’s over 1,000.
It also helps that Lebron has taken supreme care of his mind, body, health and fitness to be able to still perform at this level in year 20
The steroids helped him a lot too
💉💉💉💉💉💉
Hgh
👊👊✊✊👏👏🙏🙏
@Joseph Macias you mean to say other pro athletes don't use steroids and peds? Lmao gtfoh normie
I'm enjoy lebrons greatness while I still can. This dude is 1 of 1
27 years old here. Been watching and playing basketball for 20 years. Kobe Bryant was always my go to and my idol. And I never thought this record would be broken. Just happy that I'm gonna get to witness it.
One thing about LeBron nobody conditions themselves like him he is the greatest pure athlete the NBA has ever seen!
The way he's been available for his whole entire career and avoided any major injuries is unreal especially at that high of a level!
1,000,000 dollars a year on his body...money well spent 😉
Slacking off on defense helps too
@@GreaterThanSolomon there’s always one negative guy
@@GreaterThanSolomon that happened when he’s turned 35. but do you expect the all time leader in minutes played to be a 2 way player all star?
Wilt Chamberlain was the greatest pure athlete the NBA has ever seen.
40,000 points! If he plays two to three more seasons he's gonna push that record to 40,000 plus that's wild. I think this time it will actually never be broken. 🐐
@fhds fhds LeBron is not top 3 in total minutes.
He’ll hit 40k next year
Wake up yall. Lebron James = 66. Los Angeles = 66. Lakers played in the 1966 NBA finals. Lebron won his first NBA title in the NBA 66th season and the season was shortened to 66 games while Bron changed his number to 6. Now the entire NBA has to wear #6 on their jersey because of Bill Russell and Lebron goes back to #6 to become the all time leader. Wake uppppp
Next season he will reach 40k easy
He will be close to 50k when its all said and done
Did skip just talk about baseball for 10 minutes instead of lebron James amazing.
Yeah lol
🤣🤣🤣 I won't lie I did enjoy the story though but your right
Lebron brought up baseball.... why wouldnt u talk baseball records when lebron compared it first.
In my living room in San Diego, CA, threw my fists in the air when Hank Aaron hit 715. Great memory in my teenage sports era. Loved he broke the record for my generation.
Who, what 🤔🤣🤡😂we are talking about lebron James okay thanks
Is it Lebron's fault Kareem, Malone or Jordan couldn't shoot three? So being at least good at everything isn't relevant because your favorite players weren't. I will never understand the hate towards Lebron.
Diffrent league dude.. they didn’t shoot 3s because the defense could hand check yiu back in the day.
Oh by the way Jordans got five threes and a half and threes wasn't even a thing back then you better be glad they killed his father he would have had nine rings y'all talking stupid s***
Also that argument gets washed away because he also top 4 in assist all time also.
I might have something to do that when it came out at a high school it proclaimed myself the next Michael Jordan had the chosen one tattooed on his back and wore a number 23 like MJ and stole of powertoss routine
Assist are a very deceiving stat
I feel like Skip doesn't think its that impressive because MJ didn't break it lol
That’s exactly why lol. If Jordan had this record, he’d call it the best record in sports
@@owtkvst yup that's so true 👍💯
Most definitely 😂. The funny thing is they don’t ever even talk about how great Kareem was either. They just talk about MJ and Lebron.
MJ did more unless it's not even close you think you're Jordan would have play 20 years how many points would he have. Think about it LeBron's never led the league in scoring but he's got the most points 😂
@@jeremyrogers6871 that's been my question this whole segment could MJ have went on a 20 year plus span???
*LeBron eats a granola bar
“LeBron said that Quaker bars are the best ever?, next on Undisputed”
This is about to be -for me- one of the greatest sports achievements in history. I remember when people started saying that he could end up top 3 in scoring all time, and people thought that was unlikely me included !! And that was years ago. But wow what a pleasure its been to watch this man hoop for 20 years and can't wait to watch this historic moment. No Lebron fan just a fan of the game!
How tf is having the most points in NBA HISTORY not an all time memorable record. I swear skip be on some other stuff smh 😂😂😂
Bc its just about longevity… if u play 20 seasons ur going to have alot of points lol. Not to mention a league where defense is non existent and not physical at all
@@2fast4u818 So then why doesn't Vince Carter or Dirk Nowitzki have the record? You are minimizing the accomplishment by saying it's JUST a longevity record, when it's only part of it. How close would you be to the record if in 20 years you only avg 10ppg? There IS excellence to this.
@@fhdsfhds1533 Uhhhh yea it does, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO SCORE AT AN ELITE CLIP!!....RIGHT?!! Just being on the court means nothing until you DO what is needed to be done. Right?!. So again, it's not JUST a longevity accomplishment, because LBJ is STILL doing what 90% of the league ISN'T doing, and that's playing at an all pro level at age 38.
@@fhdsfhds1533 Oh ok. I misunderstood my guy, my bad on that. You are correct in your statement, it is all about an elite resume for the career as a whole, and Malone did come close, but injuries robbed him of the opportunity.
with all respect, Kareem will always be a Legend and LBJ is about to join him. Love to both.
If MJ had this record Skip would feel different
He'll be calling him the best up and down player on the planet 🌍🤣😂💯
@@castlejrichardson6308 he already does that, so? LeBron getting the scoring record is just proof that dimmer bulbs last longer than the brightest
@fhds fhds no Lebron fault MJ wasn’t good enough to come out of high school and he could only play 14 years and he quit the NBA twice
@@fhdsfhds1533 Said the guy whose main goal was always to lead the league in scoring, and who took the most shots in the league every year to get there, with the highest usage rate for a career in the NBA.
MJ wasn't desperate enough to chase a longevity record lol. Literally conquered the NBA, got two 3-peats and had nothing left to do to dispute his Goat status.
The IQ of these two guys is phenomenal. Much love for these guys.
Not really
For real, they're sports knowledge runs deep. I kinda got lost in the baseball convo.
Tom Brady: Breaks Drew Brees record, but it was because of longevity
Skip: “That’s why he’s the GOAT”
Lebron: About to break Kareem’s all time scoring record
Skip: “I can’t say it’s a memorable moment”
What people fail to understand or look over is Kobe was #3 on the all time scoring list when he retired and this is from him not starting the first 3 years of his career and being injured in the last 3. That's pretty impressive. In year 17 he was averaging 27 ppg before he tore his achilles.
Don't talk facts, they don't care. Ppl forget that, they forget Jordan missed 3 years as well. They forget a lot of superstars had injuries and missed a lot of time
@@MoonMoon-fx1op lebron got injured in his first year w Lakers and after the Bubble as well. He could have broken the record earlier. Also, since we’re on the topic of what ifs, what if Lebron didnt have to pass to his teammates that much? He could have broken the record much earlier had he taken 30 shots per game like Jordan.
@@SirCharles824 you don't get what is being said here. Bron starting missing time at the age of 34 35. Many other superstars, by that age had missed SEASONS. SEASONS. And then went on to miss more at that age or ended up retiring. His longevity is impressive don't get me wrong, but it ain't the same.
And you act like Bron didn't play with a lot more HOFs 😒
@@MoonMoon-fx1op We have long since seen that having players perfectly suited to you is vastly more valuable than a stacked team. Look at harden, kyrie and KD
@@MoonMoon-fx1op bron has played with 4 hofers, the time shaq was in Cleveland and Wade & bosh Kyrie isn’t a hofer and neither is AD. And then you have Dwight. I wanna say russ but he hasn’t been inducted yet but they say he will be so if you wanna count him that’s 5. MJ had Scottie, Rodman, kerr, John paxson, toni kukoc, Ron Harper. That’s 6. Kobe had shaq, pau, harper, Gary payton, Dwight Howard, Steve nash, Malone, horace grant. That’s 8. So as you can see, bron hasn’t played with more HOFers😂. If I’m missing anybody you can feel free to do ya research and inform me🤷🏾♂️.
John stocktons steals and assists is the greatest nba records
Will never be broken
Only skip can turn a segment about lebron into talking about himself ....the hate is enormous
That wasn't hate. I liked the stroll down history with Skip
@@FaceFamous defo was hate when he said it not a memorable record
@@abzda1700 yea I can see your point as well. I'm good with that
Skip's math is wrong. It's only 2,000 more points. Because those are still made shots and without the 3pt line they'd still be worth two.
And it just proves that Lebron is a better shooter than Kareem, what's wrong with that?
@fhds fhds makes no difference whatsoever. Kareem was 1 for 18 on 3 pointers in his career. He wasnt shooting or making them either way
I promise you this scoring record will not be broken once LeBron breaks it it is so hard to last as long as he did and play at that high of a level every single year you've played never having one year where you're like average or a little above average
Michael Jordan retired for 2 seasons Twice. And Missed a whole Season due to injury. Thats 5 years. And he still is 6th all time in Scoring....
Had he played those 5 years Averaging what he was Averaging 30pts. He would of been broke Kareem record and past it. He would be at 45,000 pts Kareem is at 38,000
Never say never but if it is it will be another 1 of 1 player
@@dezzyschannel3078 that's true
@@JOHN-zl5kw no one forced mj to retire tho 💀
@R4nk3rz
No one forced LeBron to lose 6 times in the Finals! 💀
In this day & age, anybody & everybody both will & can break long-standing records in sports...
Skip: “Who knew?”
Every hardcore basketball fan: ✋🏾
Correct! Thank you.
Honestly, I don't care what game LeBron gets this on; what LeBron is about to do is truly amazing. When I first started watching basketball, I did not imagine any player would pass this record. I will always remember the moment that LeBron James eclipsed the scoring record, just like these records being eclipsed that Skip was talking about.
Nothing LeBron has or will ever accomplish will be appreciated by certain people. For those who do, just enjoy this journey.
Well if you're arguing about the 3 point line, then Wilt Chamberlain should've been the all time blocker, because when he played back then they didn't count blocks and when they did started counting them he average 8.8 BPG. If Wilt Chamberlain only averaged 4 BPG for his career, he would have 5220 total blocks and be the all-time leader in blocked shots (Hakeem Olajuwon holds that record with 3830).
Say what you want. I'm not even the biggest Lebron fan myself. But you have to give the guy his respect. It's an incredible accomplishment.
He travels every time he goes up for a layup or dunk. If refs called travelling, he'd be no where near any scoring record
Did Skip just say that the NBA scoring record ain't that big of a deal??!! REALLY??!!
Never forget, Karl Malone was the 2nd all time leading scorer and absolutely nobody remembered or cared. We barely cared that Kareem had it, I will search CZcams and Google to find any mention of anyone talking about Kareem and that record...I won't take your word for it, I'll check the reciepts and see how much the internet has cared about this record.
Don't @ me, I'll bet money nobody has mentioned Kareem and this record for nearly 40 years.
Facts!!
Exactly. You’re on the money with what you said.
what's your point
Super casual take my guy lol. Most basketball enthusiasts are very aware that Kareem had the record. It was always part of his goat case. It may not have been mentioned a lot because no one that it would be broken.
Literally every time Kareem is brought up ppl reference his scoring record. What are you talking about 😂
I remember about 6 years ago KD was in the running to get the record as well but he started missing too many games.
KD was never in the "running". It was a Stephen A hype train!
@@danielabraham5901 nah it was real. KD has 4 scoring titles. He was off to a great start
@@dwainfrett5385 look at you throwing this damn scoting title. During some.of the years KD got scoring title, Lebron scored more points in total. Lebron was always ahead of KD. AND then KD started missing seasons with injury.
@@danielabraham5901 Well yeah. LeBron was in the league 4 years before KD so he was ahead. But that doesn’t mean KD wasn’t on pace to pass the record at one point in time.
Not NBA related but I think the hardest records to break are Barry’s 762 and Jerry’s 197 TDs and 22,895 receiving yards
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I would put the NBA scoring record in with those, especially after LeBron breaks it because even if he slows down he'll realistically push it to 40,000 if he doesn't retire or get injured and plays out his contract. They're still insane records, though. The MLB record is a 10/10 on the difficulty scale and I'm glad you brought up Jerry because even though Moss is my GOAT reciever, if football is played 100 years from now I literally can't see anyone sniffing that record.
And the 55 game hitting streak
The hardest records to break are golf. Also, LeBron is the greatest athlete we’ve ever seen. This record is a major deal.
Jack Nicklaus 18 majors is very tough record to beat too
This is how hard baseball is. In 1920, George Sisler had 257 hits in a single season record and that record was broken by Ichiro Suzuki of 262 hits in 2004. It took 84 years to break that record.
Who cares about baseball 😂
@@brilliancewinz81 you do enough to make a comment.
@@RPGPiixe If you say so buddy 😆
@@brilliancewinz81 yeah I know. That’s exactly what I just said
It’s crazy to think that whoever breaks the record after lebron might not even be born yet
Luka Don
Lol damn that’s true
Luka or Trae if he holds up.
@@ikimanwilson9970 BINGO
Luka gonna break it
I'm surprised nobody mentioned how much American Sports' History Skip knows 😂😂😂
Skip has over 30+ years of knowledge in the sports he's covered. I think ppl tend to look past it because of his takes and his TV personality, but skip is very knowledgeable.
He was born when tvs were black and white 😂
Skip knows sports he just trolls for a living. He wouldn’t be as famous if he just talked about sports with an unbiased logic.
@@datsapaddlin No one has ever put it better than this. It’s the last reason why I respect him. I understand the game…
@@Only_One_Veezy I mean the fact he knows sports and trolls is annoying but he’s making his money.
Not only on scoring record, he can reach to top 2 in assists. John Stockton’s assist record is tough to break.
I feel like stocktons assist record is just as untouchable as lebrons scoring record will be
He won’t pass Chris who’s still playing and averaging 10 assists a game still
LeBron is nba all time turnovers leader and he finna be #1 all time in most miss shots all time
@@geraldtaylor8712 what's your point
@@MickeyEntertains that LeBron trash
The NBA assist record is the only record that's never getting broken anytime soon.
Still can hear Barry cracking that ball out of the field 🔥
Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s scoring record is enormous!! Skip still tripping 😊
This record will never be broken .
Yea never i don’t see it
Yea it will
@@renerivota952 someone would have to have 20+ years of consistent play (barely getting injured) I just don’t see it happening
Lebrons turnover record will never be broken that’s for sure
I agree unless there is another player that can play 20 years
Ken Griffey Jr had the prettiest swing I've ever seen !
What a great show. I never seen anything like it..
It is the greatest record in all of sports!! I'd never thought anyone would break Kareem's all-time scoring record in my lifetime!!
Well hell........I don't know if anyone else can play basketball for 20yrs with little to no injury history
I think wilts 100 pt game is just as impressive.
Or 80 home runs
Or the perfect season 16-0 and winning the championship
not just 20 yrs of health but atleast 18-19 years of above average scoring, meanwhile Bron is assisting and rebounding as well
@@Hey_Its_Dom2818 I agree. LeBron is a different breed
@@JOHN-zl5kw no one is going to break that record
Stockton's records are far more unattainable. No one will score 100 in a basketball game ever again. Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak will never be broken.
MLB records are more impressive let's be honest.
Skip is the most unbiased analyst on the television.
I love you brother.
Skip "I never seen anything like it" Bayless LMAOOOO
Also climbing the ladder in assists. Lebron knows how to play basketball
he has 4800 turnovers he's turnover prone
Lebron also has the benefit of travelling not being called anymore.
@David Williams how often does it get called on him never,?
@@ricardolozano5356 never. And he travels on EVERY layup or dunk.
@David Williams he has two top 75 players and he needs more help
He is just Bigging it up for when he Breaks It …. 🤷🏿♂️. 🏀
True but hes still right lol
Its still the truth tho lmao 🐐👑
@Constable, I said the same.
He always does that. After the 2016 Finals he declared himself the GOAT and it the greatest championship ever won, forgetting that the 2011 Mavs caused the greatest upset in NBA history, that the Rockets won the championship as the 6th seed etc.
@@LakeShow2408 they hate him so bad😂😂😂😂😂
This is so compelling; I love when these two talk history. Their bread and butter
I can watch Skip and Shannon talk sports all day! cheers 🍻
Thats a dedicated athlete to be ready every season at the highest level
he's played 82 games once
@@ricardolozano5356 lol oh shut up he's dedicated 9 straight finals
@lamar lashley second place finishes don't count
Lebron could walk on water and Skip would say "it's because he can't swim"
David Goggins 💯
The greatest record in US sport is Bill Russell’s 11 championships. For basketball, the craziest number for me is averaging 50 points and 25 rebounds PER GAME by Wilt Chamberlain over an entire season (when he had not missed a single game in that season) - that will never be broken. I believe that’s a harder record to break than 100 points in a game.
Once skip said "football practice " I didn't believe the rest 🤣🤣
It makes me genuinely happy someone from the same city as me will break this record. Never could imagine such a thing growing up.
Breaking Kareem’s scoring title against the Bucks, who drafted him, would be pretty iconic.
LeBron is nba all time turnovers leader
One of skips best takes! Even tho he disagreed it was detailed and informative. So informative I agree with him! Keep it up skip! Go Shannon and Skip!
I can tell skip is a real friend he’s been working on keeping Shannon feelings in consideration
Lol what is Skip talking about 😂 This record is beyond great. It’s so impossible achieve that most people done think about it. It is so inconceivable to think someone would pass it that it seems unreal.
There is no other record that comes to mind that is remotely close to this, aside from the record for all time games played without a miss by A.C Green.
The dedication, skill, and luck it would require for this record to be cleared again is inconceivable. And this is being done by a “pass first” player.
This right here is beyond words.
Did you just learn the word inconceivable today? Also how many months pregnant are you with lebums baby? The whole essay you wrote is cringe just know that
Lebron ain’t a pass first player that’s a myth. If he’s a pass first player Luka is a pass first player. They’re both scorers before anything else. He’s just an excellent passer so he gets the assists.
@fhds fhds a player maintaining production levels enough to even get those minutes late in their careers makes achieving the record unrealistic.
Even with modern advances in medicine and treatment, it doesn’t seem likely another player will come close to this record barring incredible health, offensive skill set and luck.
Malone was able to play all those minutes and “seemed” likely to break it but what happened? Break down and attrition. It’s not a simple matter of playing the most minutes; a player averaging over 20ppg and not being seen as a liability late in their career (ie: past 15 years) is extremely rare.
People like skip don’t understand how hard it is to break a record that’s been held by one player for 15+ years until you have to
15+?😂 try 30+😂😂
@@mariechambers7917 try 40 ➕
Kareem and LeBron scoring that much is insane. . it's like how Jerry Rice has 22k receiving yards
@fhdsfhds1533 nah bro the top ten longest careers in the NBA does not match the top 10 scorer list that's b.s
Gretzky points record is nuts as well. No one is beating that.
Moving the goalpost at it’s finest
From the time they realized the LeBUM was not going to catch Michael Jordan they switched the narrative to stats
100% facts
Rent free in your head😂😂
Why didn't Jordan catch Bill Russell; if it was that easy then?
@@roybabineaux5353 Michael Jordan played 13 seasons and won 6 Championships in 6 Finals appearances Michael Jordan is the GOAT they are no flaws in his game Kobe is better than LeBUM
@RebelDaSoundz okay, again why didn't Jordan catch Bill Russell if it was that easy then, Russell played 13 years and won 11 championships, so why didn't Jordan win more championships, why Jordan has never gotten out the second round without Pippen and why didn't Jordan win any championships without Phil Jackson?
I bet Skip and others knew exactly what KAJ's record was when MJ was trying to go for it.
Nobody tries for any records. Im sure lebron knew what mjs finals record of 6 and 0 when he made his first appearance in 2007....
@@krump743 He did. Just like MJ knew the records of his favorite players. BTW, 11-1 is better than 6-0.
@@MrBeatboxmasta 11 an 1 against 8-10 teams. 6 and 0 and 11 and 1 are both better than 4 and 6 btw
@@krump743 I know 6-0 is better than 4-6 because I can count. Those who think 6-0 is better than 11-1 are the ones who need schooling.
Since you want to talk difficulty, that means Montana's 4-0 is better than Brady's 7-3 because they didn't have a mic in their helmet when he played. I know you have Montana as the GOAT, so where do you rank Brady?
Ladainian Tomlinson had 28 rushing touchdowns in one season, that's another record we'll never see broken
LeBron has the passing of Magic Johnson, the Scoring and activism of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the body and durability of Karl Malone, the basketball mind of a HoF coach, the leadership of Bill Russell, the star power of Michael Jordan, the philanthropy of Lebron
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“I don’t wanna diminish what lebron is about to do” proceeds to diminish what lebron is about to do
How did this record sneak up on Skip when for two years Skip has been saying “that’s all Lebron cares about that’s why he’s shooting so many threes he doesn’t care about winning he only cares about the scoring record”
This may be the best I've ever heard Skip talk about Lebron. It was super weird hearing him talk about how great he is, even if he did try to discredit him with the 3pt analogy.
Also I'm glad that he still speaks highly about the greatest baseball player ever in Barry Bonds. No batter/great in history saw as few pitches with the numbers as BB. I remember him playing an entire week and only seeing 6 pitches in 5 games. It was better for your team to walk him than to pitch to him
Not only did they think his record would never be broken they for damn sure didn't think that it would be LeBron James they thought it would be a Kobe or MJ or AI wrong lmfao
It’s a more athletic achievement then the home run record.
Unc was almost right on Emmitt Smith’s rushing record when he said “I don’t know if it’s 18,255 or 18,300” because it’s 18,355 lol so he was so close to being right.
this was actually a really good watch, props to this
MJ 🐐 🙏🏾
Always will be never see anything like MJ again
If the NBA continues at this pace or gets even worse. LeBrons record will stand a lot shorter than Kareem had it. It certainly has helped lebron to play his older years in this pace and space era statistically. Inflated stats did get Kareem there for the first part of his career in the weak 70s too though
Interesting points, especially about Kareem. He had a lot of talent out of the league over in the ABA, plus an expansion watered down league.
Still, I tend to disagree, because of the money these days (and human limits). Any players who could potentially do it are making over $40 million a year now (more in the future), and can have lucrative post-career money also. Will they have the will to grind out all the years necessary (even if they may be slightly less, it will still be 15 or more), and do the multiple rehab comebacks from injuries, if they are so rich? Remember, when the Big 3 Heat came together, the max salary was $18m a year.
Also, in all the NBA history, only two players averaged at least 25 ppg more than 12 seasons (and only 3 had 12-- Kobe, Jordan, and Karl Malone). KD is working on his 14th, and LeBron is getting his 19th in a row now.
@@phillipschuman4307 Funny thing about KD is he averages 25ppg but he scored points are much lower that Lebron's because he misses to many games.
@@danielabraham5901 Yes, 'the Slim Reaper' has, well, a somewhat fragile body, even now at 240 pounds or whatever he is.
That's bad luck, and/or a problem with genetics, I guess.
He's right. Baseball is still way bigger than the NBA and makes way more money. Te steroids hurt MLB for sure but baseball records are more cherished in America.
Probably the only record that'll break through and get regular media coverage is if someone scores 100 points again. Since nba doesn't play defense anymore I'd say it's possible
This is more of a shout out too Kareem’s greatness than a bragging point by LeBron
Well it can be both!
I know if you were born in the 80's this record is a huge deal to most. I never thought this record would ever be broken. especially, when you see the list of greats 1-10 behind Kareem.
It’s insane Lebron is breaking this and setting it even higher than the atmosphere. I don’t often agree with skip but even I a Mexican kid who’s only watched a couple number of baseball games know those record numbers. Something about it is just so magical and historical.
Those records were more publicized because of baseball’s past popularity whereas Basketball wasn’t popular until mid 80s-90s! Not to mention the racial narrative surrounding the baseball records annnnnd the steroid issued as well! Kind of hard to ignore it when there’s so much more it than just the record being broken. Bron passing Kareem isn’t mired in some sort of controversy.
@@gregharper6382 100000% agree, growing up in Mexico we would always hear about the rampant drug use that the Americans use in their sports not just baseball. But Lebron doing this in the most purest way possible isn’t getting talked about enough. I feel very fortunate to be witnessing it. Who knows when someone will come ever so near it.
@@CoochiesaurusX damn that’s crazy but I’m not surprised. And yeah the closest active player is KD
@@gregharper6382 yeah but I don’t think he’ll play for as many years as Lebron, plus he seems to be Injured most of the time now unfortunately
Great conversation guys real positive
Roger Maris what a legend
I will never forget watching ichiro breaking the single season hit record. It stood for 80 years and my 04 mariners were awful
People that say nobody cares about this record or are hating on this record just never seen anyone pass the record before so they are trying to downplay such a great achievement. P.s longevity is a weapon .
I knew that number just by being a Lebron fan to see gore close he was for the past 7 years when it even started looking possible that he could catch it
Whether LeBron would get there has been a legit discussion for at least 5 or more years. A frequent sports talk discussion.
And of course, the number he needed to reach was always discussed in those talks, as well as how many seasons he'd need to play to get there.
But a professional sports talk guy had no idea? Please, what BS is that?
few sports records compare to baseball's most hollowed records: HR (762/73), single season game hitting streak (56), most hits, most wins (511)....
The 3-point argument is silly because Kareem would’ve never expanded his range to 3 even if it was available the first 10 years of his career.
Knowing the numbers doesn’t mean anything. When it’s all said and done, you will KNOW LeBron is the all-time leading scorer in NBA History. The game is about a bucket & he has the MOST buckets.
Karl Malone is the 3rd best player all time because he is the 3rd all time leading scorer logic...
The game is actually about winning not buckets.
It's about winning. Brady broke Favre records but no one said Favre was the goat. They said it was Montana cause of winning. You play to win the game
@@SuperSonic_868 to win u have to score more buckets 🤦♂️
@@R4nk3rz I'm not saying that scoring isn't important. I'm saying that winning (which includes a lot more than just "a bucket") is MORE important.
Lucky To Be Alive to See Lebron James beat Kareem’s Record while being a Laker as Well
People gotta stop disrespecting the man, Lebron has been the league's all time scorer long before. He broke the All-time playoff points record seasons ago, still doesn't have his respect. He'll break this record just for people to disrespect him some more. If everybody was honest and agreed on the same thing, these shows wouldn't get their coin.
You don't have to be a sport savant to know that players today don't compare to players of the past.
The game of basketball gets better and more difficult each year, yet LeBron has been the best since 2008.
This guy could play for the Sacramento Kings with a losing record and still be in people's mouth everyday.