Ironically among wildly hyped high school phenoms I’d say the other guy who fulfilled seemingly impossible expectations was Kareem.

Good call.

Playing at this level at his age, in his 20th season, when you consider that he has been in the crosshair with incredible pressure since he was a kid, is really unreal (maybe Captain America’s super-soldier serum is a thing).

And he still has 2-3 full seasons to go, so when this will be over his final numbers would be untouchable for centuries…

I’m also very happy that the Lakers lost the game, in a team sport I find the coincidence amusing.

Is that the first time a game has been paused for a celebration like that? I’ve seen, like, momentary celebrations, but the game literally paused so that LeBron could celebrate in style, like, during the game?! That’s weird, right? It is much easier to do in baseball, so it happens often, but even in baseball, it tends to get over with faster than that LeBron thing (for instance, when Derek Jeter hit his 3000th hit, they took a five minute break in the game to celebrate it). This was about a 10 minute break, all said and done, right? In a game that is not designed for breaks like that. Just seemed very weird to me.

That said, wow, congrats to LeBron. Amazing achievement. Have you ever seen a guy get as much hype as LeBron and actually live up to it? Perhaps even exceed it? It’s insane.

The U.S. military really got their money’s worth on LeBron. From a humble little government lab to the scoring champ just a few decades later — really shows you how far science has come.

I agree and I think this is the best way to settle the greatest of all time narrative.

It’s an unbelievable achievement any way you look at it. What a career.