Charles Barkley cash on LeBron’s record: “He was 4 years ahead! »

By the end of February, LeBron James will be officially the all-time leading scorer in the regular season, a feat that all fans look forward to. But for Charles Barkley, who has just spoken on the subject, it is important to put this achievement in a certain context: the King started 4 years ahead of its competitor.

This was one of the big questions of the season: LeBron James could he pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the title of all-time leading scorer? If today the answer seems obvious, the King was not immune to a new big injury, like last year, or a real drop in speed from the height of his 38 years…

But the 20th NBA season of the child of Akron resembles many others: he dominates, walks on the competition, even if the collective results no longer necessarily follow. He has 30.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 7.1 assists, which is one of his best career stat lines! If he maintains this hellish pace, he should break this historic record in the next two weeks.

For Charles Barkley, LeBron was favored for his record!

All specialists are waiting for this moment, and some like Charles Barkley are already starting to talk about it. While on Bill Walton’s “Throw It Down” show during the broadcast of the Suns-Raptors meeting, the consultant gave a new opinion on the issue. For him, we must not forget that LeBron was greatly advantaged by the regulations of the league…

LeBron is set to become the all-time leading scorer in the regular season, but I want to take a minute to talk about the career and greatness of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. We must give him credit for having this record for so long. He had to go through the NCAA box for 4 years. LeBron, as strong as he is, was 4 years ahead!

LeBron James is going to be the all-time leading scorer, but Charles Barkley is right to point out that he had a huge advantage over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: he was able to go straight from high school to the NBA, when the pivot was forced to go through the NCAA box. At the age when Kareem was writing the legend of college basketball and evolving the game, the King was already setting out to conquer his record.

And it is also for this reason that his record should last for years, even decades. Young talents must now do at least a year after High School to register for the Draft, so they start a year behind the Lakers’ No. 6. Concretely, the next leading scorer in the history of the league has probably not been born…

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar arrived in the NBA at age 22, which makes his record even more mind-blowing. Until 40 years ago, the pivot had to demonstrate a regularity crazy offensively to establish this marvelous mark.