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MichMan

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7. Since they both played 20 years, that means Jabbar was 4 years older in the 20th year.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 5, 2023, 05:38 PM

Feb 2023

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Probably easier to score more points in your early 20's than it is in your 40's. Plus like was stated earlier, three pointers made a huge difference. Kareem has a higher FG %

Wonder how many more free throw attempts James has? Seems like the star players get favorable treatment by the refs. Don't remember it being like that nearly as much before.

Of course, James is likely not yet retiring.

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LeBron set to overtake Kareem as the NBA's all-time leading scorer [View all] True Dough Feb 2023 OP

Lebron has accumulated his points True Dough Feb 2023 #1

Interesting fact about Kareem True Dough Feb 2023 #2

Another thing about Lebron True Dough Feb 2023 #3

James got a 4 year head start in the NBA on Jabbar, who played 4 years in college first. MichMan Feb 2023 #4

That's overshadowed by the number of games played True Dough Feb 2023 #5

True, but I notice in the stats above that Jabbar played more games rurallib Feb 2023 #6

Since they both played 20 years, that means Jabbar was 4 years older in the 20th year. MichMan Feb 2023 #7

These are some amazing records that I did not think could be broken LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 #8

And don't mean to trash the party but the Greek Freak from Milwaukee will kill both of them.... a kennedy Feb 2023 #9