Biden Congratulates LeBron James on Becoming NBA's All-Time Scoring Leader
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President Joe Biden congratulated LeBron James, who became the NBA’s all-time scoring leader with 38,390 career points on Tuesday, February 7.
Biden’s video message played at the Los Angeles arena after James’s historic shot during Tuesday’s Lakers game, news outlets reported. The video was posted to the @POTUS Twitter account on Wednesday.
Biden said that James “challenged and inspired a nation to do better” as he “broke a hallowed record and elevated the game forever.” Credit: President Joe Biden via Storyful
Video Transcript
JOE BIDEN: LeBron, congratulations. With your whole heart and soul, you broke a hallowed record. You elevated the game. And more than that, like Kareem and Bill Russell and others who came before you, you challenged and inspired a nation to be better, do better, and live up to our full promise.
Keep it going, man. Keep the faith. And congratulations to you and your wonderful family-- your mom, Gloria, your wife, Savannah, and your beautiful children, Bronny, Bryce, and Zhuri. God bless you all.
LeBron, congratulations. With your whole heart and soul, you broke a hallowed record. You elevated the game. And more than that, like Kareem and Bill Russell and others who came before you, you challenged and inspired the nation to be better, do better, and live up to our full promise.
Keep it going, man. Keep the faith. And congratulations to you and your wonderful family-- your mom, Gloria, your wife, Savannah, and your beautiful children, Bronny, Bryce, and Zhuri. God bless you all.
