In the earlier game between the Lakers and the Grizzlies, even if the old Zhan Tianshen was incarnated as "Meat Curry" in this game, shooting an excellent performance of 8 of 14 outside the three-point line, cutting a quasi-triple-double of 37 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists, but still failed to help the team to achieve a victory, in the case of a 14-point lead, it was successfully reversed by the opponent and lost by 5 points. Counting this three-pointer, James has shot a total of 2048 three-pointers in his career, temporarily ranking 11th in the league's history three-point list, according to his average of 2.9 three-pointers per game this season, the fastest 32 games, James will surpass Paul Pierce in ninth place (2143) and officially enter the top ten of the three-point list.
In fact, early in his career, James was not a player who was good at three-point shooting, more relying on his tank pressure breakthrough to seek scoring, but in the case of the league's increasing emphasis on outside projection, he also began to force himself to seek scoring opportunities on the outside, and after joining the Heat in the 12-13 season, he once shot the best 40.6% three-point shooting rate of his career. And from the beginning of the 17-18 season, the average number of three-point shots per game of old Zhan has exceeded 5 at one point, and joining the Lakers in these seasons, he can hit at least 2 or more three-point shots, to know that the entire career James's three-point shooting is only 1.5, can be transformed into a three-point shooter in the late career, old Zhan This adaptability, there is really nothing to say.
According to James's current state, as long as he wants to play, fighting for 3 or 4 years should not be too much of a problem, but it is a bit far-fetched to chase Ray Allen's 2973 three-point record in his lifetime, but if he tries hard, James has a good chance to surpass Reggie Miller in third place, who is currently ranked third in the league's history with 2560 three-pointers, and the gap between James and him is 512. If you average 2.9 games this season, almost 170 games, that is, three seasons, the elder Jan can surpass Miller, the legendary shooter, and continue to leave his name on the historical three-point list.
There is no doubt that James is definitely one of the most versatile stars in the history of the NBA, 19 years of professional he can average 27 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game, no season of average points per game is less than 20, and in addition to the rookie season, he can maintain the data of the 25+5+5 threshold, especially at the age of 37 this season, James's scoring has not deteriorated at all, and he can now score 28 points, if it is not enough attendance, he should have ranked second in the league. Second only to Durant's 29.7 points.
And the reason why he can always maintain such a peak of skill, to some extent or related to his super adaptability, early in his career, because the league did not pay much attention to the three-point shot at that time, James can rely on his own breakthrough and half-intercept basket to dominate the world, but with the Golden State Warriors blowing up the projection whirlwind, James also began to let himself change, it is true that the outside line is not stable, but at least he dares to shoot, and it is precisely with his own decisiveness that he can play against the Grizzlies today. Shoot a career-high 8 three-pointers.
What is less well known is that James has averaged 2.9 three-pointers per game this season, even higher than the number of shots from pure shooters such as Hiro and Bogdanovic, and if he can continue to play such a stable outside line, his career may be further extended.