This season as the Lakers superstar LeBron James career 19 years, he also ushered in a number of milestones this year, and at the end of his career, in order to continue his basketball life, James actually intends to increase his outside shots, since joining the Lakers, James's average three-point shots per game have come to more than 5, and this season's average of 7.9 three-point shots per game is a career high. As of now, James has hit 2068 three-pointers, only 76 from Lillard (2143) who surpassed 10th, and given that Lillard has received abdominal surgery this season, it is likely that he will be reimbursed this season, which means that James has enough time to make himself in the top ten in three-point shooting history this season.
So far, the Lakers have played 43 games, which means that there are still 39 games to play, and according to the progress of James' average of 2.9 three-pointers per game this season, almost 26 games can surpass Lillard and Pierce (both of them have the same number of three-point shots) and rank among the top 10 in the history of three-point shooting. As a player who didn't shoot many three-pointers at the beginning of his career, it was indeed not easy for James to keep up with the trend of the league and make himself seek to change the emphasis on three-pointers.
James, who has scored points through strong breakthroughs and inside the line, has averaged only 4.5 three-pointers per game and a decent shooting rate of 34.6% in his entire career, but he can force himself to change and strengthen his offensive aggression on the outside, which is also the main reason why he can fight in the league for 19 years.
Throughout the 2003 draft, there are only two who are still fighting on the field, in addition to James, only Cameron Anthony is left, and the latter would have left the NBA with hatred if he had not been taken in by the Blazers. While melons continue to gallop on the NBA stage, compared to James, he has become a veritable role player, averaging points per game and has never reached the threshold of 20+ since leaving the Knicks.
On the other hand, James, at the age of 37, still maintains his peak skills, and throughout the history of the NBA, special cases like him are definitely rare. At present, his 2068 total three-point shots are likely to continue to improve his ranking on this list before he retires, but it is basically unrealistic to surpass Ray Allen's 2973, but it is still very likely to be in the top five and leave his former teammate Korver behind. At present, he is only 382 three-pointers away from the fifth-place Korver (2450), according to James's average of 2.9 three-pointers per game this season, it is almost 131 games, even without full attendance, James may successfully surpass Korver in the next 2 seasons, making himself in the top five in the league's history of three-point shooting!
I have to sigh, this is the super giant adaptability, can let themselves not be good at three-point shooting to become the league's three-point shooting history of the top ten level, but also "deserve" James can continue to maintain the peak in the twilight of his career. Looking at Jordan averaging only 22.9 points per game at the age of 37, Kobe Bryant only 17.6 points, and even Duncan is as low as 15.1 points, we can witness the growth of a superstar like James in our lifetime, it is indeed a great blessing,