Tonight, among the dozens of stars that will make Salt Lake City shine, one will shine a little brighter than the others…once once more. This star is a bald star and is called LeBron James, LeBron who will therefore participate in his 19th All-Star Game and beat – once more – a very old record held until then by – once more – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
And of… 19.
It’s starting to do there, isn’t it?
20 seasons in the NBA, 19 All-Star Games. Shame on the NBA which therefore prevented the Grand Slam in the past (21/5/6 in the rookie season it would have been deserved, right?), but tonight in any case, it is indeed an all-time record which will be beaten by LeBron, a ten days following he became the most prolific scorer in NBA history. Big month of February there. Record broken why? Because if Jabbar had also in his time been selected 19 times for the all-star game, he will in fact only have played 18 of these games, the fault of a withdrawal for personal reasons in 1973.
LeBron James has earned his 19th NBA All-Star selection, tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most in league history. James and Abdul-Jabbar currently share the record for most NBA All-Star Games played with 18.
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— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) January 27, 2023
Record to come therefore, a record which has every chance of being pushed to 20 and more if affinities given the form displayed by the 38-year-old golgoth, and a record which will not be the only one to belong to LeBron in the All-Star Game category since the King is also the best scorer in the history of the event, logical finally, with 413 points scored. Record holder for minutes played too (509), shots scored, shots missed too, because it often goes together. In short, one more chapter in a rather successful career, as the worst analyst in the world would say.
One more. Another record for LeBron, captain of his team every year since the introduction of this system, captain of… the NBA for almost 20 years. And in a few years, we’ll just wonder what records this guy doesn’t hold.