Los Angeles Times

7 LEBRON JAMES

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407 POINTS (TIE)

Lakers career: 2018-present Acquired: Free-agent signing in 2018

NBA championsh­ips: 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020

MVP: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 All-NBA first team: 13x All-Star: 18x

Likely to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer this season, he led the Lakers to a title in the second of his four seasons in L.A. The 6-8 forward’s averages with the club match that of his younger days: 27.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He has been selected an All-Star and AllNBA player in each of his seasons with the Lakers as he’s played nearly every position from the point to small-ball center.

NOTABLE STATS

▪ Currently among the NBA’s all-time top 10 in career points (37,311, second), assists (10,114, seventh), and triple-doubles (105, fifth)

▪ 26.9 points per game as a Laker (fourth in franchise history) 8 8.2 assists per game as a Laker (second in franchise history)

 ?? ?? LeBRON JAMES has helped the Lakers win their most recent title, but his contributi­ons to the organizati­on fall short of Lakers all-time greats who spent most, if not all, of their careers in the purple and gold.
LeBRON JAMES has helped the Lakers win their most recent title, but his contributi­ons to the organizati­on fall short of Lakers all-time greats who spent most, if not all, of their careers in the purple and gold.

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