“I’ve always been a pass-first guy”, LeBron James said when talking about the NBA’s all-time scoring record. As auspicious as the eve of the auspicious landmark was, the basketball gods simply wouldn’t allow a non-scorer to fully savor the moment. The night he broke the record, the Lakers lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Last season, when he became the first man with 40k points, the Denver Nuggets thrashed them. A curse seems to be following the ‘pass-first’ James whenever he achieves a scoring feat.

Even his championship partner in LA, Anthony Davis has begun thinking so. Even though a well wishes, the expense at which such moments came was something that began to test Davis’ patience. “You gotta stop breaking records man. Every time you break one we lose,” he wrote. The curse even spread to the All-Star, where the West lost to the East in the year James marked a record 20th All-Star selection.

The man himself finds the trend “disgusting”, but his extending his already set scoring benchmark isn’t something he views as a groundbreaking record. It prompted one of the crew members to come to a conclusion. His scoring ring will only end on the day he marks his retirement. When’s that? James, like every other time, kept it a secret.

“I’m not telling nobody. I just won’t show up to work the next day. Nobody’s going to know,” he said on Starting 5.

Anthony Davis and the crew decided to take it upon themselves to set a scoring threshold that would satisfy James’ basketball battery. They had a back-and-forth, with the Brow even thinking it was possible for James to get to 50,000 points. Still delivering supernatural production, James would take close to four or five seasons to reach that mark as per his averages.

Is that at all possible?

Retirement is a far thought for LeBron James right now

This season at least is special for LeBron James. It began with an emphatic Olympic run, where he won MVP honors. But just weeks prior to the competition, the 39-year-old saw his dream come true. His elder son Bronny James is a part of the Lakers. Back in training camp, having faced against and shared the practice floor with the 20-year-old, he is still trying to process his feelings,

“Joy” was the emotion that he exuded when speaking to the media. Currently, LeBron James is not entertaining the thoughts of how long he can sustain himself. He is relishing the moments he shares with his son, as they embark on a historic journey of being teammates. The riveting Olympic run and the joyous moments with Bronny assured James of one thing.

“To be able to play at the level I played at, it gave me even more of a sense of, ‘OK, I do have a lot in the tank. A lot.’ And I can help a big part of a team win the ultimate and whatever — if it’s gold, or if it’s a Larry O’Brien Trophy, or whatever the case may be, I can still get it done,” he relayed when speaking to ESPN.

While he doesn’t think much about his scoring feats, nothing seems out of grasp with his current mindset. He has more fuel than ever and now he gets to share it with his heir, working with him every day and preparing him for his NBA story. Given his conditioning, playing for a long time and adapting to a different role is well within his potential.

And if he can, the enjoyment of playing with his son could become addicting. Bryce James doesn’t believe his father can play long enough to share an NBA court with him. But even that is something James has teased in the past. It’s still a pipe dream to not only expect so much from the four-time MVP but even imagine him extending his career for so long.

But if there is anyone who can, it might just be LeBron James.