Tuesday night LeBron James did what few thought anyone could ever do, break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record. There have been many prolific scorers throughout NBA history, but to catch Kareem one needed to be great year after year after year for decades. It felt like an unbreakable milestone until LeBron defied all odds with 20+ years of dominance.
Not only does it take skill, it takes a little luck, particularly on the injury front, to break an “unbreakable” record. That is also the case for a few different statistics in the Kentucky basketball and football record books that will likely never be touched.