NBA regular season Lakers home game against the Wizards, although the Wizards ranked last in the East, but do not forget that this is also an NBA team, a group of NBA players playing, as the saying goes, there are no weak teams in the NBA, the Lakers dare not slack off at all, showing the main lineup to play.
In this game, James played for 35 minutes, scoring 21 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, and 2 steals, surpassing Pippen with these 2 steals to reach a total of 2309 steals in his career, rising to seventh place on the historical steals list.
So far this season, James averages 0.9 steals per game, which translates to about 80 steals per season based on this data. Taking into account James' contract situation and his own willingness to play, we will still see him next season.
That is to say, with the remaining forty games this season and eighty-two games next season, he can get around 110 steals, surpassing Morris Cheeks, who ranks sixth, without any suspense. However, it will be a bit difficult to surpass Gary Payton, who ranks fifth.
Therefore, James' final steal count will rank sixth in history, an achievement that is worthy of admiration. After all, as a forward, he relies on his excellent ability to read the game, predict the opponent's passing intentions in advance, and ultimately complete the steal. It is not easy to accomplish such a feat that many outstanding guards have failed to achieve.
The top five players are:
1st: Stockton 3265
2nd: Kidd 2684
3rd: Chris Paul 2669
4th: Jordan 2514
5th: Payton 2445