"Giannis has taken over the throne of being the BEST PLAYER in the NBA!" - Kendrick Perkins with an emphatic statement for the Bucks' star after OT win vs Nets and passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record
“It still baffles me that as much as love you get, you still don’t get the love that you deserve” - Draymond Green congratulates LeBron James on overtaking Karl Malone, says he will eventually overtake Kareem
“For any individual records, individual games, you almost have to set Wilt aside, LeBron is going to do the exact same thing” - Nick Wright on the importance of LeBron James’ accomplishments this season
“I’ve been putting myself in a position where I’ve been successful for majority of my career” - LeBron James claims surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s scoring record is not on his mind
"Get right for next season" - NBA analyst on LeBron James' load management and 3 things he has left to achieve, including playing with son Bronny James
“He needs something that Michael doesn’t have” - Rob Parker questions whether LeBron James is chasing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s because he knows he won’t catch Michael Jordan’s 6 rings
“When they talk about the best scorers of all time, they never mention my name, it pi**es me off” - LeBron James says he finds it weird to ‘sit at the top of the food chain’ in the NBA all-time scorers list
"To stat-pad with easy garbage-time buckets as he chases Kareem's all-time scoring record" - Skip Bayless takes a dig at LeBron James for playing 36 minutes in a redundant game
"Bron had more shot attempts than points scored" - Shannon Sharpe calls LeBron James' performance "unacceptable" after his historic night is marred by loss
"LeBron's sole focus is now gone on chasing and catching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar” – Skip Bayless criticizes LeBron James’ effort on defense as he chases NBA scoring record
“If he can keep up his consistency, I’ll gladly be there to congratulate him if and when he breaks the scoring record” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar responds to Magic Johnson praising LeBron James
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