American professional basketball is considered a sport of giants. “Giant” here means both literally and figuratively. It is the sport of the biggest and tallest athletes in all team sports and also the sport with the most… millionaires in the world. And among them, American basketball legend LeBron James has just become “the giant of giants”.
Playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, the 39-year-old shooter scored 9 points against defending champion Denver to reach a historic number in the American professional basketball league (NBA).
During his professional career, LeBron James scored 40,000 points, breaking Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s record set two years earlier to become the all-time leading scorer in NBA history.
More importantly, in this LeBron James personal highlight, Lebron’s Los Angeles Lakers won the championship and turned Denver into a former champion.
After the match, Denver coach Darwin Ham exclaimed: “It was Lebron James who turned us into former champions. He alone “balanced” the entire team’s play. At 39 years old, LeBron James is in such great form.”
LeBron James has been selected as the best player of the tournament four times and won the championship with his club four times. This year, LeBron James is the oldest player.
The NBA has the most “millionaires” per player per sports league.
