LeBron James ties another record held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / News - Basketnews.com

LeBron James has matched Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only 19-time All-Star selection in NBA history.

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One of the NBA's most hallowed records is likely to fall this season as LeBron James nears the all-time points record set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points).

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LeBron James is currently 158 career points from passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Based on his career scoring average of 27.2 points per game, James would need 6 more games to break the record. That would put him on pace to reach the milestone on Feb. 7 against Oklahoma City.

However, the current Lakers star has equaled another of his Lakers predecessor's record-setting achievements.

James was named an All-Star game starter Thursday, matching Abdul-Jabbar as the only 19-time All-Star in the league's history.

His selection as a starter and captain follows what has been a superlative individual season for the 38-year-old Lakers forward: 29.9 points per game, 8.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists. With 7.4 million votes, James earned the most votes of any player by a margin of 700,000 over Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo.

In the Western Conference, James will be joined by starters Nikola Jokic of Denver, Luka Doncic of Dallas, Golden State's Stephen Curry and Zion Williamson of New Orleans, whose availability to play is in question after the Pelicans said that Williamson’s right hamstring injury will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

Antetokounmpo will captain the East and be joined by fellow starters Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving of Brooklyn, Jayson Tatum of Boston and Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell.

Although it is difficult for LeBron to break Kareem's record for most NBA MVPs with 6, he is showing that he can match and even surpass him in other aspects.

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