How LeBron James Broke The All Time Scoring Record
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Coach Nick goes through LeBron James’ entire career to break down exactly how he became the scoring leader, from his footwork, to shot selection, to downright dominance.
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Wow I didn't expect such detailed video. I hope potential viewers don't think it's just a recap of the OKC game- and the video gets the views it deserves
Hey bro. Can't wait to watch your content on this topic. Respec
Yeah this was an epic video
Thank you so much, my man!! Maybe I should change the title, lolz!
What up everyone, my name is Stefan and this is Basketball Breakdown, let's get into it...
@@bballbreakdown what about "LeBron James' Journey to the All Time Scoring Record"
His fast breaks are some of the best ever. Especially when he was young and at his athletic peak. The man was incredibly unstoppable.
He's the best transition player ever
dude is straight train
And let's not forget the defense on fast breaks it was must watch tv seeing him chase down players who thought they had easy baskets
Best finisher. People just take it for granted because he makes it look so easy.
@@nerffej finisher is tough. D rose is in there
His record will be untouchable forever. No one will be able to do what he can do. Especially this era of frail players. And to think that he is averaging more points than his younger years is wild. Most star players’ numbers goes down as they age, but Bron is like fine wine. He sucks at defense now but he is lethal as ever in offense. Man is a Legend
Watching these old clips compared to the new its almost hard to believe this is the same player at times. Hes reinvented his game multiple times
Adapting to the changing challenges and obsticalls you encounter is a great skill. To do so successfully so long is a characteristic of a great player.
Steroid boy
Great video. Finally shows the underrated side of adaptability. People forget that the league transitioned quickly and some stars became obsolete because they were slow to or was not able to adapt. Dwight Howard, Rondo, to an extent Wade, Melo, and Rose. Lebron transitioned well into the 3 point shooting era.
Russ!
Fun fact is that LeBron with his dominant drives and excellent court vision generates a lot of good 3pt shots on the kick out so even if he didn't shoot a lot of 3's, his teams excel at that through his carreer (his current non-shooting teammates and his first Cleveland run are an exception to this).
Well said
@Ryan Kayombya definitely Russ, I think throughout his career he wouldn't be as successful as he is if he didn't have the ball so much. He's never been an efficient scorer and is a turnover machine. Can he score? Yes but it takes Russ 30 shots to score 30 points. Scott Brooks was just in awe of his speed and athletic abilities but failed to use him properly as he isn't a true point. The should've paid Harden, he was their playmaker and just let Russ be more slasher like a Dwade.
Rose is not a good example, after he lost his athleticism he actually started to develop somewhat of a jumpshot in 2016-17. I remember in a interview when he was on the wolves or pistons, he said that he would be out of the league if he wasn’t shooting a better clip from 3, and he adapted and succeeded.
One thing we gotta give LBJ credit for is... no one came in with as much hype and managed to get as close to it as him imo.
LBJ by far exceeded expectations even as the most hyped recruit of all time.
Kareem
He exceeded the hype by a comfortable margin I would say.
Kareem played in college and that also happened to be UCLA, the most dominant dinasty, while Lebron came out straight from HS so there was much doubt about whether he'd live to the hype or not.
Mind you this is just his SCORING! He’s also 4th in all-time assists. The scoring opens up so many opportunities for teammates and bron is apt to find them.
Some of those early transition buckets are just insane btw, unreal athleticism, speed, and strength
LeBron is so unique because no method of scoring is above him, mid range, his ridiculous fade aways, his ability to attack the rim, and after 2015 he really developed a logo range shot. And all this is possible cause he plays the right way and used his gifts to their fullest potential
lebeyonce shoots 38% mid range and 75% of his baskets have come inside 3ft in an era with no hand check and no 3 in the key on defense
@@solemagus4761 Will you please stfu about hand checking like he’s not the biggest player on the court 90% of the time. Sure it’ll help with getting some stops but you act like players literally don’t smack hands away now😭and he always makes the shots that count. I’m so sick 🤒 f hearing about handchecking, that shit is a handicap for defenders anyways. Y’all act like these 90s players could bend steel, must be why y’all always fall back on “physicality.” Hard fouls are one thing but intentional hacking is not fucking defense please just play defense and take the ball away, 90s defenders had every handicap available. Plus it’s a different era I could see if you said this about Steph or Luka.
@@solemagus4761 this is true then why did teams on Ave score more points in the 90s than in the 2000’s?Since 1996 scoring went down and stayed down until 2018. Ave scoring in 2018 matched Ave scoring in 1993…. Hand check ended in 2004 and yet scoring levels didn’t change at all and stayed below 90s era for another 14 years…..
@@solemagus4761 so Shaq and all bigs are useless right?
@@nerffej you can't really hand check a big unless it's face up player
That layup at 10:05 is nuts
Lol it's like a mid range layup
even 6:07 was crazy layup
I mean all those layups are pretty nuts
It’s so funny seeing Oldheads/Jordan Fans find a way to discredit becoming the ALL TIME leading scorer, something that was set 4 DECADES AGO !!! And then bringing up longevity as if Kareem/Kobe/Malone didn’t play 19+ seasons just like LeBron. As well as being #4 in all time assists. The greatest all around player in HISTORY.
@@firstnamelastname3lol no it’s not stop it.
@@firstnamelastname3 delusional
I don’t want to discredit it but I just don’t look at total stats, no doubt an impressive feat tho.
and top 10 in steals^^.
@@fury_021 Every player in history has flaws, no one however was as skilled as LeBron was at every aspect of basketball at their peak
Masterpiece - great breakdown of the greatness of Lebron James's scoring prowess throughout the years 💥
Well done Coach Nick - great story telling 👏🏻
Thx so much!! 🙏🏀🙏
Lebron’s bag is so versatile, there’s just no way to stop him.
Lebron is almost never injured. Thats his secret. Most those top scorers took seasons off or months off. Lebron never injured more than 2-3 weeks max.
He’s been injured for much more than that these past few years
@@bobbob6851 yup. But those injuries are day to days only most of the time. Never those kinds that forced players to rest for the months or even a whole season.
Greatness personified!
Kareem and Wilt were the kings of efficiency, exploiting their height to rule the paint, but were very lacking beyond that.
Malone was powerful and luckily played with 1 selfless HOF PG who excelled at feeding him the rock optimally for almost his entire career, but also limited in his catalog of skills.
Jordan was about individual dominance through his athleticism and will to win, heralding the age of the 2-guard and influencing generations to incorporate those elements into all positions. And Kobe was a Jordan clone with a chip on his shoulder.
But LeBron is a freak of nature with arguably thee largest repertoire of skills and moves we've ever seen in 1 player; a jack of all trades and master of some, capable of scoring from anywhere on the court in any way possible, with a team-first mindset, no ego, and a laser focus on preparing his mind and body to win.
Personally, I'm not sure we'll see another player as physically gifted as him who can then build upon those gifts for so long while avoiding drama, scandals and major injuries.
I think Kareem said he was coached not to shoot 3s or from deep and it is one of the things he wished he was allowed to do during his career. To the point where I think he had 9x3pt attempts in his whole career. There is a video of him scoring one on youtube somewhere. Looked good.
What LeBron has done has been impressive.
Coach I can’t believe you said Lebron didn’t use cuts off the ball that much at 11:17! Lebron is a master at finding holes in the defence and cutting into them.
My knees are hurting watching Lebron work his way to the basket. What an athlete!
The analysis in this video is spot on. Great job going back in the archives and digging up all the footage
Another fantastic and engaging video, Coach Nick!
Thx!!
LeBron was made in a lab to play basketball. That's how
There could no one be someone like LeBron James, this dude had such huge hype since he was 16 years old and till now had Delivered that hype and even exceeded it.
Imagine the Mental Toughness you need to have to achieve the things he has done. Thats just really Greatness were or I'm seeing just appreciate it coz not one or anyone in this world could do it none other than this man.
Marquee game for me was game 6 at the TD garden where he went 45-15-5. BEst performance from Lebron for me
Definitely. His Legacy was on the line and after that game it was like he fully understood basketball and how to handle pressure. Never looked back.
Glad to hear this music back! Brings me back to 2016
He simply has been unstoppable throughout his career with shots from everywhere on the court and his incredible finishing ability.
Another great video and cheers to a great career it's been fun watching Bron play
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jams worked on his handles. never was the best ballhandler, but he really worked it out the last years. next to the shooting
Great video coach. Its good you put aside your petty hate for him to celebrate such a prestigious accomplishment that may never be broken in our lifetime.
Wow this is such a great video. And I thought it's only a breakdown of his plays against okc
I may not regard him as the best player in the history of the NBA, but undoubtedly he takes the title of being the best pure athlete the NBA will probably ever see
The video in a nutshell: LeBron James is an incredible scorer. The media has made you believe that because they labeled him pass first must somehow mean the scoring threat from him lessened and that was never the case at all. He is the greatest scorer of all time. I absolutely love how coach takes almost every - let’s call it primes of his career - and shows how he’s always had go to moves. Again, the media made us believe otherwise. And I’ll continue to say it, exactly what Coach Pop said during the Finals; just because you rather have him shoot doesn’t mean he can’t shoot, you just don’t wanna allow easy layups. And wait, did y’all hear that? Killer instinct. In his 2-3rd season he already developed it. Makes you think; what games are all these other media talking heads watching? Almost like they gotta make up shit about him so he can’t pass their favorite.
I applaus your consistency in making great videos day in and day out. Well done
Record ain’t getting broken again. Bron reigns supreme
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His greatest skill is his longevity and ability to adapt in any era
True King and GOAT 👑🐐
Kd better than LeBron
To have all those expectations, that much pressure and still end up this good is insane. Especially when it feels like it's all because of him and not an all time coach.
That's why he's a failure because he coach himself and ended up losing
@@jakelogan4266 he also coach his way into titles
How is he a failure if he has multiple rings? Many great basketball players dont have that.
so many haters said lebron is not clutch as kobe or jordan, and he just broke the scoring record, lebron play bb the right way
38 weeks after Kareem Broke the Record, Lebron was Born
38 years later*, on the
38th day of the year
38 years old Lebron Broke the Record, while scoring
38 points, to a grand total of
38,388 points
* = (38 years, 10 months and 3 days)
That Battering Ram of a body has taken so many hits, and yet Lebron stays healthy. Not even a Lebron fan lol, I can barely follow a season of the lakers these days, but Lebron is always primetime
Absurd player!
PS. Top tier video, coach! Best production of any basketball youtuber.
Thanks so much!!
Reminded me so-called old schools got high on Roadman saying he can shut down LB...dude was 6'7'' and 220 lbs at prime with much much slower speed and stay in the paint...
He was born to do this. The kid from Akron did something incredible and that record might be unbreakable.
To bad the Lakers are gonna miss the playoffs again
@@kapo2012fb 20+ games remaining. There is still hope for them.
@@kaperfield smh yall lebron fans are something else
Lebron has always been consistently scoring more than Kobe, even though Kobe is thought of being the better scorer, despite lower shooting percentages and lower average points. Lebron started plugged so many holes in his game throughout the years. Despite losing athleticism bit by bit each year, he's managed to keep scoring in different ways. Many people did assume he would eventually pass Kareem, but it would be like on his last legs. Haters would say he still playing while being slow and old just to get that stat line. Well he's averaging 30 a game still, so he ain't old and slow yet.
Very well made Homage to the King of the NBA!
I really wonder if anyone can beat this record, maybe Luka can if he plays long enough.
Thanks for making this, I expected a little more about the big trades over the last few days, is any of that planned?
Do you trust luka to be injury free for that long?
@@prodyg So far, in his seasons in the NBA I think he might be a little too injury prone. He also proclaimed himself he didn't wish to play for so long, but time will tell. Theoretically, he can do it, as he's already a little ahead of where Bron was at his age.
I picked the wrong week to be out of town 🤦♀️ but I’ll cover as many as I can once I get back!!!
@@bballbreakdown Sweet, good luck! Now there's no rush.
@@bballbreakdown Coach please no one alive right now will reach the number Lebron will retire with. Especially if no one plays 82 games. Even if they did that person has not been born yet.
Lebron = GOAT = NEW metric of gold standard = Continuous Substance Excellence = Perfect On & Off the court performance, hunger, and spirit.
Great work, coach👍👋
Awesome video!!! Epic
Always love the breakdowns
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LeBron is easily the best all-around player ever. Jordan and Wilt were more prolific scorers; Wilt and Russell were better rebounders, Magic a better assist guy, etc. But no one is even close to LeBron’s range of abilities in all areas, offensive and defensive. He’s fourth best in assists,all-time! If Brady could play until age 45 there’s no reason LeBron can’t. He could end up with 45-50,000 pts.
I get toms success but he was nowhere near the athlete lebron is
“I don’t know what he did in 06-07” like LeBron wasn’t a crazy super dope athlete from 16-21 before that😅.
This was great overall though!
Grateful to have seen 2 Mount Rushmore athletes period (and my Co GOAT🏀🐐) MJ & LeBron 51/53x live respectively center court row 9-13!
6:52 that was breathtaking...
Stat padding. Got it.
7:00 Those Fast Break Points are scary!
To add context, Jordan said to make Lebron stop going right, while Kobe said to make him stop from going to the left, something Lebron himself agrees with. Kawhi said to stay in front of him and let the team take care of the rest, while Pierce and Draymond mentioned to do your best by keeping him guessing and making him uncomfortable which are extremely tall orders.
Triple threats were the most effective way to defend him with the caveat that he had poor scoring teammates (Lakers without AD, the early 1st stint Cavs and late 2nd Cavs stint).
Easy:
1) NBA rule changes to promote more scoring
2) StatPadding
3)Bad defense due to league rule changes among other things
4) MJ said in a ***2003***interview he didn’t care for going for it otherwise he would have had it.
So when Mike got David Stern to change the rules so he could dominate in the lane didn't help Jordan 😂
Jordan wasn't getting that record because he quit twice in his Prime. And Jordan sure ASF wanted it. Oh well at least they gave the Expansion Era goat a trophy at Charlotte for being the 4th player to reach 30k points 🤡 2. Defense 🤔😂 Didn't Jordan cry to David Stern to change the rules in the 90s? Yes he did
3. Stat padding? Bron played less games than Kareem to pass him 😂,Bron played more games than Jordan to pass Jordan But took 2k + less shots 😂
Jordan was told before and during games by bulls staff how many points he needed to win scoring titles and mvps 😅Look it up
JORDAN led the league for 9 seasons in shot attempts 😂 LOOK IT UP. Stat padding was Jordans middle name
A great shooter will more than likely be the next scoring champion. If you're a great shooter right from your rookie year, you can have a long career and barely slow down without having to be a physical phenomenon like James.
The GOAT in my opinion.
Fantastic tribute to the King. Crazy how athletic he was in those early seasons. What a cheat code
It's Ruth/Bonds level insane that the all time leading scorer in NBA history also led the league in assists at age 35.
I need a UA-cam compilation of every lebron point he has ever scored in a game. Can someone way more talented than me please make that 😂
Hell no thats like 1500 games
It would be 6 hours long
I saw a video on IG of all his points compressed into like a minute in a half, you don’t even get to see a shot it’s just blazes past you
Not even Down-To-Buck would be THAT crazy.
@@mattmmixes nah
Bro broke the scoring record w no bag😂😂 LeBagless is truly one of a kind
He just showed a very deep bag versatile scoring silly dude
people forgot how deadly lebron in his younger days. his literally built like a tank but fast like a jaguar nobody can guard him in transition.
Wasnt deadly at all u mfs are just delusional what's so deadly about layups
Amazing Lebron basketball breakdown video. Great look back on his career progression. I honestly forget how great he’s been. We take for granted how great he is.
This was a great video.
you gunna do a kyrie vid or what
It’s on the very long list with all these fricking trades!!!
@@bballbreakdown haha I feel you. Looking forward to it! Hope you can use the cool music you use in your vids, it’s my favorite
This is the greatest trade deadline ever, I never thought anything would top the Melo D-Will deadline but this destroyed it
"Lebron has no bag" 😅
3:34 That was Nice!
Only one thing is universally agreed upon about Bron. He’s got some Hat’ers 😂
Hey Coach would you be willing to do a video on the Lakers offense with Westbrook then post trade deadline. I saw Ham put in more movement with D-Lo and Beasley exspecially in the Pelicans game recently. I thought maybe he wasn't willing to open up the offense with Westbrook but thought the offense looked really nice and I saw some good cutting and movement with D-Lo, Beasley and Vanderbilt. Thanks love the videos
I disagree with Coach Nick's statement that it may take nearly 80 years for Lebron's scoring record to be broken. If you watch how these modern day superstars are consistently putting up insane point totals on high volume 3pt shots, I think this record will be broken within the next generation or two.
also consider lebron is debatably the best player in the NBA in his 20th year hasn't really lost too much of step. He can play 25 years easily. gonna be really tough to beat that record when he's done
I think that the shooting spree is gonna go down.
I bet that in the next season there is gonna be some kind of new rule to limit offense
Lebron isn't close to being the best player in the league. His team isn't even positioned to make the play in games.
The last two seasons has been nothing but stat padding.
The 3 point shot, pacing of games, and emphasis on free flowing offenses absolutely gives someone a chance to break his record, especially if they play as long as Lebron did.
@@biggatorbossman1911 yeah I do agree that Lebron playing multiple more seasons can put some additional pressure on future record chasers, but these guys today are dropping 40 pieces like its nothing. Coming into the NBA in the age of high volume 3pt bombing, gives a lot of stars the advantage of racking up more points on fewer shots. So if we have an incredible superstar shooter that can stay healthy for most of his career, i think someone will do it.
@@shadysif6220 I agree he isn't the best player now. Giannis and Jokic are on another tier entirely.
But your other argument is insane.
It is only stat padding if you're shooting horrible percentages or if you're getting most of your points after you've been blown out.
Kinda like what MJ did on first year of Wizards. Shooting 42% efg and still taking 22 shots a game. He was not the same guy anymore. But kept shooting like he was.
But Bron is shooting 56% efg and is 7th in league in scoring. Last year he was 2nd. What else do you want him to do?
Putting up points on losing teams is not stat padding. That's silly. He can only do his job.
Video's almost 5 mins old and only one LeHater?? You guys are slipping...
Road to 1M 🔥
You may not see this comment, but I think it would be very interesting if you made a video on your top 10 NBA players of all time with honorable mentions
I 👁️👁️ you, and that’s a great idea!!
The Best Ever .
Kareem took 15,837 shots to make the record, Lebron used a cheat code to break the record in just 14,053 shots.
Coach Nick should be hired by Espn....GOAT analyst!
I forgot I was subscribed to this channel. I think the content has gotten a bit stale. Used to focus on ATOs and basic Xa and Os but now just an ESPN highlight summary
this is gold
Great vid! Thanks coach!
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I get that he can still be a force of nature during fastbreaks and open lanes.
But does he have stamina to do that and run back to defend? Would he get that much space down at the paint during the PO for a layup or a dunk?
It would have been a huge advantage for 39-year-old LBJ if he had his post-up game. With his vision and passing skills, plus his power, it makes a lot of sense to focus on developing the skill set, as you are getting older. He could have learned from the greats like MJ and Kobe how they acquired post-up skills in the latter stages of their careers.
Well done Lebron James 👏🏻
Whilst I agree with KD that LeBron is not a pass first guy (that would be Stockton, Kidd, etc), his efficiency and longevity are marvellous and he's someone who's brought a lot to emulate with how he plays basketball
Set the record so high that it takes another 3 decades to break it 💥
Watching James' speed at 6:27 onwards is frightening.
as a mj stan i can not respect the dedication of this man enough....
Sometimes I forget how old LeBron is. Video quality from 2003 reminds me that.
LeBron is Super Freak Athlete that only Wilt, Shaq, Giannis and David Robinson was or are at similar level of.
LeBron is the same size as Karl Malone with his post up ability, but as fast as Allen Iverson with the Athletic Ability of Dominique, then on top of all that LeBron have the basketball I.Q and height of Magic. Which is the main reason LeBron can play until he's 45 Years Old if not seriously injured because LeBron can move right over to Point Full Time and still have more speed and Athletic ability than Magic with Magic Basketball I.Q.
Point is how LeBron wins another championship, wins another MVP base on LeBron averaging 22 to 25 Points and 11 to 15 assist on the right built team with 2 scorers plus 3&D Players (LeBron could even average 20/20 on the right team) and continues to play until he's 45 Years Old.
WOW, probably your best video ever
Wow, thanks so much!!
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I joined the conversation! Are you in?
I AM IN!! 💪🏀👍
I remember the Lebron Coast to Coast skill in 2k14
The haters don't realize that highest turnovers explain his Pass First Philosophy, he was always looking for the pass 🤔🤫 ✊
That's what makes him breaking this record even more impressive in my opinion. Lebron always played with a pass first mentality and still broke the all time points record lol
I think it's the multi-tool problem, surely you can do a lot more things with it than with a knife, spoon, scissors, etc. but it'll be less efficient than any of them individually. Case in point, when Lebron led the league in assists/game his assists-TO ratio was that of a typical PG (about 2.5 or a bit more, >3 is considered very good) but when he's been the primary scorer that ratio isn't that good as he's passing when drriving to the basket or with time running out.
He played for 20years just like Kareem and Malone (19years), and it's getting easiest to score every single year for the last 5-8 years
End of the story
In my humble opinion, LeFlop is an uninspiring, and always self-promoting Shawn Kemp.
LeBron is hands down the GOAT of coast-to-coast transition buckets. I bet he at least scored some 15k points in transition.
Lebron as a roll man, it would be so easy for him. I mean seriously 'Old Man Lebron' could set picks all day for others, get points and assists no problem off the roll. Just as a roll option or off the ball option he would be dangerous.
Next Goal 40K
Appreciate greatness instead of comparing it
They are all great
Pretty good vid
One simple answer: Longevity
LEBRONTO! 🇨🇦
Do a video about the Suns with KD
i miss seeing young Lebron.
especially his unorthodox jumpshot
The greatest basketball player to ever play. The greatest athletic specimen to ever play sports. And the smartest player to ever play. Truly one of a kind. The best there ever will be. GOATTTTT
Interesting analysis
Kobe and magic Johnson better than LeBron fasho 💯💯💯
Can you do a video on Luka and Kyrie