Los Angeles Lakers icon LeBron James, at 40, is averaging numbers close to his MVP season from 2012-13, when he was 28.

LeBron James becoming the first NBA player to reach 50,000 career points was meaningful because it created another way to appreciate his sustained excellence.

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) -LeBron James reached another milestone in his unprecedented NBA career on Tuesday, becoming the first player to score 50,000 total points after hitting a three pointer in the first quarter of the Lakers' blowout win over the Pelicans in Los Angeles.