More than a decade after leaving Cleveland to join the Miami Heat, LeBron James offered a surprisingly candid reflection on that moment during a recent episode of Amazon’s Mind The Game with Steve Nash and Timothée Chalamet.

With 15,837 career field goals made, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been the standard bearer for field goals made in the NBA for nearly four decades. But just as James passed Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time scoring leader on Feb. 7, 2023, “The King” is now poised to pass “The Captain” in field goals made.

Close your eyes for a second and picture this: A packed NBA arena somewhere far from Los Angeles — maybe it’s in Milwaukee, or Memphis, Orlando, or Indianapolis — and out of the tunnel walks the most recognizable basketball player on the planet wearing your team’s jersey.

LeBron James is slowing down at age-41, and it’s becoming clear that his NBA career is reaching its conclusion. James will be an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2026. The Los Angeles Lakers are now Luka Doncic’s team, and James doesn’t fit ...