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NBA stars and legends hail scoring king LeBron as greatest

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (R) stands with the basketball after becoming the all-time leading scorer in NBA history. Allison Dinner, EPA-EFE." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/02/08/11288860-lebron-james-epa.jpg"/><figcaption>Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (R) stands with the basketball after becoming the all-time leading scorer in NBA history. <em>Allison Dinner, EPA-EFE.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States - NBA legends and current stars hailed LeBron James as the league&#x27;s greatest player on Wednesday after the 38-year-old Los Angeles Lakers superstar became the competition&#x27;s all-time scoring leader.</p><p>James eclipsed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA points record by sinking a fadeaway jump shot late in the third quarter of a 133-130 home loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday to reach 38,388 career points, one more than iconic big man Abdul-Jabbar&#x27;s total.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/08/23/watch-lebron-breaks-nba-scoring-record">WATCH: LeBron breaks NBA scoring record</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/08/23/james-vows-to-keep-playing-after-surreal-scoring-record">NBA: James vows to keep playing after &#x27;surreal&#x27; scoring record</a></li></ul><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a towering achievement that speaks to his sustained excellence over 20 seasons in the league,&quot; NBA commissioner Adam Silver said.</p><p>&quot;And quite amazingly, LeBron continues to play at an elite level and his basketball history is still being written.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2VtODwCeX14?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Retired Lakers legend Magic Johnson, a former Abdul-Jabbar teammate on LA&#x27;s &quot;Showtime&quot; championship clubs of the 1980s, was amazed to see James topple the scoring mark.</p><p>&quot;Wow, never in my lifetime did I think I would see two NBA athletes score over 38,000 points!&quot; Johnson tweeted. </p><p>&quot;I still remember when my Showtime teammate, the legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, broke the record. It was an honor to be the guy to pass it to him and cement his legacy!&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/08/23/lebron-james-the-man-who-would-be-king">LeBron James: The man who would be King</a></li></ul><p>Kevin Love, a former Cleveland Cavaliers and 2012 US Olympic teammate of James, used the &quot;goat&quot; emoji -- for Greatest Of All Time -- in heralding the feat.</p><p>&quot;True greatness. Incredibly grateful to have witnessed and been a part of your journey,&quot; Love tweeted. &quot;History made. 38,388 (goat).&quot;</p><p>&quot;It can&#x27;t be contested that LeBron has been the greatest for the longest time,&quot; Love said in a social media video from James&#x27;s former club. </p><p>&quot;The fact he has been able to do what he has done for 19 years, I don&#x27;t think anybody will be able to do that again.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS/photos/10160966229565168" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Brooklyn&#x27;s Kevin Durant, who twice beat James and the Cavs in the NBA Finals while with Golden State, said James has motivated others in his journey from a poor youth in Akron, Ohio, to a global sports icon.</p><p>&quot;Coming from where you come from, how hard you grinded for this long, it has been an inspiration from day one,&quot; Durant said. &quot;Much love and keep setting the bar high.&quot;</p><div><strong>&#x27;Greatest of all time&#x27;</strong></div><p>Other current NBA stars tweeted their congratulations and made it clear they consider James the best player the NBA has ever known.</p><p>&quot;Congrats @KingJames ...legendary stuff right there,&quot; tweeted Golden State superstar Stephen Curry, a four-time NBA champion like James.</p><p>&quot;One of one. Congrats bro,&quot; tweeted Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden.</p><p>&quot;Greatest of all time,&quot; Memphis standout Ja Morant wrote on Twitter.</p><p>&quot;This WILD!!! Unreal,&quot; tweeted Golden State&#x27;s Draymond Green. &quot;Actually doing this like THE (goat) should.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The greatest,&quot; tweeted Boston&#x27;s Jaylen Brown. &quot;Congrats to @KingJames.&quot;</p><div><strong>js/imm</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

NBA legends and current stars hailed LeBron James as the league's greatest player on Wednesday after the 38-year-old Los Angeles Lakers superstar became the competition's all-time scoring leader.