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USA Today via Reuters

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is the latest talk of the town for accomplishing one of his most grand achievements. On Tuesday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, James became the new All-Time Scoring Leader in the NBA after he dethroned NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the 20th season of his league career. Evidently, fans and celebrities, including Lindsey Vonn, from the sports world have been sending their congratulatory wishes to the Lakers superstar ever since and it has yet to stop coming.

On February 8, LeBron James took the sports world by storm when he became the new scoring leader. The Akron Hammer finally surpassed NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after almost four decades and now proudly sits on the throne with 38,390 points.

LeBron James is feeling all the love

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It’s only been a day since LeBron James took the record-breaking fadeaway shot and the appreciation posts on social media for the 4X NBA champion are only increasing with each passing hour. Evidently, King James reshared a few of the posts uploaded by 3x Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, soccer superstar David Beckham, rappers Lil Dicky and Lil Wayne, and former Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade.

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Vonn uploaded a photo of LeBron in a Cleveland Cavaliers jersey about to take a slam dunk with a goat emoji below the picture. Whereas, Lil Dicky shared a video of James embracing his family with a caption that read ‘Congratulations @kingjames on continuing to redefine what greatness means to an entire generation’.

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Similarly, former NBA superstar Dwyane Wade uploaded the video of James’ fadeaway shot as he and thousands of NBA fans bore witness to an iconic moment.

Anthony Davis keeps his distance from LeBron

While LeBron James fans were busy cheering and celebrating the 19x NBA All-Star’s memorable event, they also noticed Anthony Davis sitting quietly on the courtside bench. A short video of ‘The Brow’ keeping his distance from his teammate quickly went viral on social media, raising several questions from fans.

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Given that it was an important night for James, fans had expected Davis to join in on his teammate’s celebration. However, witnessing the lack of enthusiasm in AD left fans bewildered and furious.