Preface
This season against the Nuggets, James became the first player in history to score 40,000 points in the NBA regular season, and he also became the only player to reach 40,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists.
From the time James entered the league, everyone predicted that he would become one of the most well-rounded players in the league in the future, but even so, no one would have thought that he would not only become the all-time scoring champion at the time, but also have 40,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists.
As the "chosen son" of the year, James averaged 20+5+5 data per game in the first season of entering the league, and it was basically stable at about 27+7+7. This shows that James's strength must be up to standard, and then his attendance, in the early stage of his career, James is also considered an "iron man", he needs to do a lot of things on the court, and his average playing time is basically more than 40 minutes per game, and his appearances per season are also maintained at about 80 games.
Finally, there's the length of James' career, and since he entered the draft right out of high school, he entered the league earlier than most players. Coupled with James' unusual physicality and absolute self-discipline, he has had a fairly long career, so he was able to score 40,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists in his 21st season.
From these, you can see the gold content of James's record, just look at the difficulty, this record is no less than his four MVPs and four FMVPs, after all, the latter two can be found in history and others have done it, but he is the only one who can get 40000+10000+10000. Like other very well-rounded stars in history, there are stars such as "Big O" Robertson and Magic Johnson, but they are all far from this record for various reasons.
So are there any players in the current squad who can come close to or even break this record? Let's take a look at the following people, who have also been very well-rounded in their careers.
The "historical triple king" Wei Shao has no chance
As one of the most well-rounded guards in NBA history, Wei Shao has 199 triple-doubles in his career, which is also the only one in history, and Robertson, who is in second place, is also 18 times away from him. In Wei Shao's career, he has played an average triple-double in four seasons, and each time it is at least 20+10+10 data, of which in the 2016-2017 season he played 30+10+10 against the sky.
However, Wei Shao's current three total statistics are only "just" 25207 points, 8307 rebounds and 9468 assists, and he has no chance to continue to catch up with James now, for many reasons, first of all, Wei Shao entered the league later than James, and he was not the only core selected by the Thunder at that time, Durant had already sat in the core of the team before he entered the league.
And then there is Wei Shao, after all, he is just a guard, and his rebounds are hovering around 5 per game in many seasons except for four seasons with an average of triple-doubles. In addition, after Wei Shao got older, his physical fitness began to decline, which also led to his inability to be the core of the team as before, so the data accumulation speed behind him became slower and slower, otherwise even if he couldn't get 40000+10000+10000, he could still at least hit 30000+10000+10000.
"James' successor" Brother Alphabet loses hope
Although Brother Alphabet's style of play is also very comprehensive, he didn't show too much talent when he first entered the league, and he averaged 6.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in the first season of his career.
Up to now, Brother Alphabet's three total statistics are 18,502 points, 7,732 rebounds and 3,855 assists, and it can be seen that the gap between him and James is still quite large, especially in points and assists, and there is a Hall of Fame level player in the middle. But it can't be helped, after all, Brother Alphabet's rise is too late, and his level of playmaking cannot be compared with James, and his average of 6.5 assists per game this season is already a career high.
Although he is only 29 years old now, he is destined to decline a lot later in his career due to playing style problems, and if his projection is not developed, it will be difficult for him to play until his 20th season. However, Brother Alphabet's current state is still very good, although he can't hit James's record later, but when he retires, he will still be very promising to get 25,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 6,000 assists.
Durant scored strongly, but his style of play was not well-rounded
As the second-highest scoring player on the active roster, Durant has scored 28,881 points, and he is not far from becoming the 8th Mr. 30,000 points in history, and with his current state, he can basically achieve it next season. Although Durant is now 35 years old and has suffered a major Achilles tendon rupture, his scoring ability is still very good, and his average of 27.3 points per game this season is still high in the league.
If it weren't for his previous injury, Durant would have surpassed 30,000 points by now, and he even has a chance to become the second Mr. 40,000 points. In addition to scoring, Durant has a harder time catching up with James in rebounds and assists, and he has now grabbed a total of 7,445 rebounds and dished out 4,641 assists, which shows that he is a pure scorer from the data. As Durant gets older, his final focus will definitely be more on scoring, so he could potentially score 35,000 points.
Active Doncic is the only hope
On the whole, only Doncic may have hope now, he entered the league in 2018 and averaged 21.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 6 assists per game in his rookie season, and he is stronger than James that year. And Doncic is also catching up with the era of data explosion, his personal data has become more and more exaggerated in recent years, this season he can average 33.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game, and then give him some room to grow, he even hopes to become another player who averages 30+10+10 per game since Wei Shao.
Doncic has played six seasons in the NBA, and his three total statistics are 11,470 points, 3,472 rebounds and 3,085 assists, and in terms of his strength, he has a lot of hope to achieve 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists.
And whether Doncic can catch up with James, the most important thing is whether he can have a long career, looking at the style of play, he does not rely on his physical fitness, so even after 10 years, it is entirely possible that he will continue to play at a superstar level, so he is likely to be the only player in the active team who has a chance to touch James's record.