Will LeBron James break the record for highest scorer?

LeBron James passed Karl Malone for second place on the NBA's career highest scoring points list.

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He now has his sights set firmly on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's current all-time leading scorer.

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Currently #2 on the list, James is only 1,325 points away from dethroning Kareem as the NBA’s all-time scoring leader.

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He is projected to cross the 38,387-point mark sometime late in the 2022-2023 season.

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James, however, prefers not to put too much pressure on it throughout the season.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said in an interview that if LeBron James breaks his record, it will be one last record he won’t have to worry about.

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LeBron James is an American professional basketball player and entrepreneur with a net worth of $600 million in 2022.

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He is the sixth-highest paid player in the NBA in terms of salary alone and his annual base salary is $41.1 million.

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