It seems that Father Time is catching up with the 21-time All-NBA superstar Los Angeles Lakers forward, LeBron James. The soon-to-be-41-year-old has already missed 15 of LA’s 23 contests, thanks mostly to a sciatica issue affecting his right side and lower back that kept him out for the first month of the season. A foot issue has limited him recently.

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Thus far, James has been averaging a career-low 16.1 points on .464/.333/.454 shooting splits, plus 7.6 assists, 4.7 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks during a career-least 33.1 minutes per. Los Angeles has gone 17-6 on the season, largely thanks to the efforts of five-time All-NBA First Team guard Luka Doncic and likely first-time All-Star Austin Reaves.

The Lakers’ revamped supporting cast, led by center Deandre Ayton, guards Marcus Smart and Gabe Vincent, and forwards Rui Hachimura and Jake LaRavia, has also looked better this season. Ayton, specifically, has had a massive impact when it comes to cleaning up LA’s rim protection and general low post defense.

Although James may miss out on a record-extending 22nd All-Star inclusion this season, the former four-time MVP continues to rack up accolades.

Per the league, James has now leapfrogged Hall of Fame former Boston Celtics center Robert Parish on the league’s list of players with the most regular season victories. James picked up his 1,015th career win in a 112-108 victory against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, surpassing Parish’s 1,014. James is now in solo second place, behind only Hall of Fame ex-Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 1,074 career regular season wins.

“It’s super humbling for sure,” James said when alerted to his new standing on the list. “To be able to be in this position to play the game that I love and still be able to it at a high level and you always get mentioned with like — obviously I didn’t get an opportunity to see Robert Parish in the height of his game in the ’80s… but I mean, you know what he meant to the game in that era especially.”

The On-Court Legacy of Robert Parish

A 7-foot-1 big man out of Centenary, Parish was a nine-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA Teamer while with the Celtics from 1980-94. He began his NBA career in 1976 with a four-year stint on the Golden State Warriors, and wrapped it up with the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls from 1994-97. Parish claimed four championships, three as an All-Star contributor for Boston in the 1980s and one as a deep-bench reserve for Chicago during his 21st and final season in 1996-97.

Across 1,611 career regular season games, Parish boasts averages of 14.5 points on 53.7 percent shooting from the floor and 72.1 percent shooting from the charity stripe, 9.1 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, 1.4 assists and 0.8 steals per.

“Being a historian of the game and being able to appreciate, that’s what’s most important to me,” James added. “Appreciating the ones who came before me because they laid down the stones, they laid down the path and I’m trying to do the same thing for the next generation.”

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