NBA all-time leading scorer LeBron James is now NBA’s oldest player. Here’s what to expect from the Los Angeles Lakers great this season
The Kid from Akron – what James still calls himself – isn’t a kid any more, and the 38-year-old enters this season as the NBA’s most senior player. He was only No. 3 on that list last season, behind Udonis Haslem and Andre Iguodala .
James wasn’t the league’s youngest player as a rookie; Darko Milicic, the No. 2 pick in the 2003 draft and taken one spot behind James, is a few months younger than James. Milicic made his debut two days after James did. Here’s a look inside the numbers as James is set to embark on his 21st NBA season, and first as the league’s eldest statesman:Just like last year, when he was pursuing the league’s all-time scoring mark, James is chasing a scoring record held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar averaged 23.4 points in the 1985-86 season. That’s the record for scoring average by the oldest player in the league in a season. Abdul-Jabbar turned 39 that year.
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