
If the number of an NBA player’s birthday candles were proportionate to his point total, then Miami Heat star LeBron James would need help putting out the fire atop his red velvet cake..The four-time MVP turns 29 on Monday, with 21,819 points..No other NBA player has ever scored more points by that age..
Miami Heat forward LeBron James, who did not play, celebrates after the Heat won an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013. The Heat won 108-107. (AP Photo/Don Ryan).Granted, the youngest-to-score comparisons are a terrible measure because not everyone enters the NBA at 18 like James. It took James 726 games to score 20,000 points; it took Wilt Chamberlain a mere 499. Michael Jordan had nearly 4,000 fewer points on his 29th birthday, neither Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nor…
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