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The 2021-22 NBA season will be LeBron James' 19th in the NBA. What's more impressive about The King's 19th campaign is the fact that he genuinely remains in the conversation for the best player in today's NBA, even when he's going to be 37 years of age in December.
Throughout his durable and illustrious NBA career, LeBron James has broken many molds and achieved some feats that are certainly difficult to match in the future.
5 Milestones LeBron James can reach in the 2021-22 NBA season
James is already third on the NBA's all-time scoring list, even though he is not considered a pure scorer but really a pass-first player. Whether it is strictly true that he is a pass-first player or not is another topic, but LeBron James is definitely a great all-around offensive weapon.
In his 19th year, there's still a lot for him to accomplish, both individually and collectively. As James himself said, there's been some motivational fuel added to him in recent days, and his 2021-22 NBA season could prove a lot of people wrong.
Coming off the first first-round exit of his career, you should expect LeBron James to have a unique season, as long as injuries respect him.
In this article, we will give you five records LeBron James can break in the upcoming NBA campaign.
Without further ado, let us start.
#5 Surpass Karl Malone for second place in field goals made in NBA history
LeBron James is famously known as a pass-first player, but that might not be entirely true, as he has been one of the most consistent scorers in the NBA throughout his career, along with also creating plays for his teammates while the offense goes mostly through him.
James is currently third on the all-time list of field goals made with 12,903, and he is 625 shy of Karl Malone's second-placed tally. 'The King' has reached at least 625 field goals made in a single season 13 times in his NBA career, and it is highly possible for him to do so again.
#4 Most triple-doubles in NBA Playoffs history
Assuming the stacked LA Lakers will be in the 2022 NBA Playoffs and possibly have a long run, we have to take into consideration LeBron James' greatness at that stage.
Throughout an all-time high 266 games in the NBA Playoffs, James has had 28 triple-doubles. Only five-time NBA champion Magic Johnson had more triple-doubles in the postseason than James, and with The King's great all-round performance, we can expect him to at least match Johnson's tally in the 2022 NBA Playoffs.
#3 Oldest MVP in NBA history
Last season, LeBron James looked like a big candidate for the NBA MVP award during the early stages of the 2020-21 NBA season. With James playing at a high level and the LA Lakers putting up a solid regular season, 'The King' could definitely be in contention for the award in the upcoming 2021-22 campaign.
If James wins the NBA Most Valuable Player award next year, it would be the fifth of his illustrious career.
It would put him in second place all-time, tied with Bill Russell and Michael Jordan and one behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sixth.
At age 37, he would also become the oldest winner of the award, breaking Karl Malone's record on the 1998-99 NBA season, when he won the award at age 35.
#2 Become the seventh member of the 10,000-assist club
LeBron James has been a willing passer throughout his NBA career, and that has enabled him to have big passing stats.
Throughout his illustrious 18-year career, LeBron James has an average of 7.8 assists per game in the regular season. In terms of assist total, James is eighth in NBA history with 9,696 career assists.
In the 2021-22 NBA season, James has the chance to become the seventh member of the 10,000-assist club, alongside John Stockton, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Mark Jackson, Chris Paul, Magic Johnson, and Oscar Robertson.
He is 304 assists away from 10,000 and LeBron James has surpassed that number in every season of his career; he even did it last year, when he played just 45 regular-season games.
#1 LeBron James could reach second place in the NBA's all-time scoring list
LeBron James should be considered one of the best scorers in NBA history, and he should also be described as an offensive player whose most dominant ability is, in fact, scoring.
Accordingly, James' scoring dominance has him third in the all-time scoring list, and it is not only a matter of longevity, as he has the sixth-best scoring average in league history at 27 points per game.
James has scored 35,367 points in the regular season and is 1,561 points behind Karl Malone for second place in NBA history. He has failed to reach that number in a single season only twice in his career.
If he plays 70 games next year and averages 22.5 points per game (lowest since his rookie year), he would surpass Malone. He also has a chance to reach 37,000 career points, a milestone only achieved by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in league history.
Also read: Which season did LeBron James become an NBA all-time great?
