Dodgers Star Mookie Betts Congratulates Lakers’ LeBron James for NBA Scoring Record
On Tuesday night, Lakers forward LeBron James scored his 38,388th career point to pass former Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer in NBA history. Kareem, who held the record for 39 years, was in attendance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to congratulate LeBron on the accomplishment.
Abdul-Jabbar, of course, is an LA legend, having played the final 14 seasons of his 20-year career with the Lakers and leading them to five NBA titles. James is a relative newcomer to the city, playing in just his fifth season with Los Angeles after 11 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers (in two different stints) and four seasons with the Miami Heat.
After LeBron set the record, another relative newcomer to Los Angeles had a special message to share with the king. Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts, eight years younger than James but also a former MVP and among the best at his craft, shared a message of congratulations on social media through the Dodgers’ Twitter account.
“Yo Bron, congrats on the scoring title, man. That’s huge. You already know how big that, is especially for a pass-first guy, so for you to get this scoring title is huge. Like I said, I wanna congratulate you on your success and thank you for laying out the blueprint for all the rest of us, man. We’ll be watching you for forever. You’re a legend, and I think you know that. It’s been a pleasure to watch you from high school all the way to now, and you maybe got a couple more years left in you. Again, man, I wanna say congrats and I’ll see you soon.”
It was a big night in Lakers history, so it only made sense for the face of the Dodgers to be involved in a small way.
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