The basketball star took advantage of a press conference to send a message to commissioner Adam Silver

Basketball star LeBron James said he wants to own an NBA team in Las Vegas. During the press conference, following a preseason game against the Phoenix Sun, players took the opportunity to send a message to commissioner Adam Silver, asking him to expand the franchise to the city.

“He’s probably watched every NBA player interview. So I want to own an NBA team here [Las Vegas], Adam! Thank you,” he said.

This isn’t the first time the star has expressed interest in acquiring an NBA team in Las Vegas, mainly because the city is one of the most popular targets for franchise expansion speculation. “I want to own a team in Las Vegas,” LeBron said.

However, according to Adam Silver, “that is no longer up for discussion at this time.” “As I said before, it is inevitable that the league will expand, but we will not discuss that at this time,” Silver said.

To take over an NBA team , LeBron must come out of retirement and team up with an ownership group to buy the team. The 37-year-old star is entering his 20th season and is under contract with the Lakers until the 2024/25 season.

Let’s look back at LeBron James’ 40,000-point journey with 40 statistics and special indexes that the “39-year-old young talent” has achieved in the NBA.

This morning (March 3), LeBron James officially reached the milestone of 40,000 points in his NBA career. This is a 21-year journey, a testament to the class of one of the greatest basketball players in history.

More importantly, it hasn’t stopped yet because the more James plays, the more points he scores and the greater his advantage over his pursuers becomes.

But before discussing the future, let’s look back at LeBron James’ 40,000-point journey with 40 statistics and a special set of indicators that the “39-year-old young talent” has achieved.

These points are looked at by the CBS website through many aspects, from unmatched durability to special ways for LeBron to “pile up points” throughout his 21 years of playing in the NBA.

DURABLE AND STABLE: Let’s start with what LeBron James left the most impression on, which is his ability to maintain peak performance for a very long time.

1. LeBron has scored at least 10 points in 1,204 consecutive games (and counting), breaking the previous record held by Michael Jordan of 866 games. The last time James scored less than 10 points was in January 2007, when he was only 22 years old.

2. LeBron James has been in the top 20 players with the highest average score of the season for all 21 years of competition. This series of seasons spanning more than 2 decades far exceeds the old record of 17 seasons belonging to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

3. James is both the youngest player (21 years old) and the oldest player (37 years old) to average more than 30 points per game in a season in the NBA.

4. LeBron is the only player in history to have scored 40 points on all 30 teams in the NBA.

LeBron James’ career-high list is ahead of all 30 teams in the NBA

5. In 21 NBA seasons, LeBron James has always had at least one 40-point game except for exactly one season, 2015-16 (with the Cleveland Cavaliers).

6. NBA has 6 players who played 21 seasons in the NBA. LeBron James alone averages more points per game than the other 5 players combined (25.3 PPG vs 24.0 PPG)

7. Although he is 39 years old this year and playing the 21st season of his career, LeBron James is still scoring an average of 25.3 points per game, ranking 15th in the entire NBA this year.

8. LeBron James has scored the most points 13 times for the Los Angeles Lakers this season, an NBA record for a player in his 21st season or more.

While other players in the 21st season only play “flowers and care for old age”, LeBron James still leads the Los Angeles Lakers in scoring 13 times this season, an NBA record number.

9. Seattle SuperSonics, New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets and Charlotte Bobcats are teams that have changed their names or moved to other cities. But before turning into the new names they are now, these four teams received 2,566 points from LeBron.

10. James is the only player in NBA history who is both in the top-10 in scoring and the top-10 in total number of games played.

11. LeBron James has played with at least 10 father-son pairs in his entire career, such as Gary Payton and Gary Payton II, Rick Brunson and Jalen Brunson, Kenyon Martin and Kenyon Martin Jr…

Young LeBron James confronts Gary Payton the father (left photo) and current LeBron confronts the younger Gary Payton (picture right)

12. LeBron is the oldest player in the NBA and averages more than 25 points per game. The last time the NBA had the oldest player in the league and averaged double-digit points in points was John Stockton in the 2002-03 season but only achieved 10.8 points/game.

13. Looking to the future, LeBron James could become the first player in history to both score in his teens (under 20 years old) and score at the age of 40. He will be 40 years old later this year. .