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LeBron James' 'greatness' has him on cusp of NBA scoring mark

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set the NBA's all-time scoring mark while wearing a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, but a significant part of that total came from the 14,211 points he tallied while playing for the Milwaukee Bucks. LeBron James will pass Abdul-Jabbar's record donned in purple and gold, too, but he also scored 23,119 points with the Cleveland Cavaliers and 7,919 points with the Miami Heat.

It's a distinction that's not lost on Lakers governor Jeanie Buss.

Whenever James passes Abdul-Jabbar with the 38,388th point of his career - possibly next week at Crypto.