LeBron James enters Year 24 with Philadelphia 76ers, chasing records and a fourth franchise title LeBron James begins his record 24th NBA season with the Philadelphia 76ers, chasing a championship with a fourth franchise and climbing several all-time statistical lists. LeBron James is entering Year 24 of his NBA career, another record he took sole possession of last year because nobody ever topped 22 seasons before he came along. He is now with the Philadelphia 76ers, and there is not much for him to chase statistically. He is already the NBA career scoring leader, and the leader in games, minutes, field goals and field goals attempted. James said he hopes to bring his experience and knowledge to younger players. I have a lot of experience in this game, obviously, James said.LeBron James Motivation Beyond Money And LegacySo, I hope that I can bring that experience, bring that knowledge, bring the blueprint to guys that are trying to accomplish some things that they haven't done in their career. So why is he still playing? He is not playing for money, as he is estimated to be a billionaire. He is not playing for legacy, which was secured long ago, and not for records, since he has enough of those.He plays for rings. He will never catch Bill Russell's 11 titles and would need two more crowns to tie Michael Jordan's six. But if James wins one in Philadelphia, he would be the first player to be part of championship runs by four franchises. He has already won with Cleveland, Miami and Los Angeles.Adding Philadelphia to the list would be quite the capper. Nick Nurse will be the 11th coach of James' career, excluding interim coaches and events like the Olympics and All-Star Games. James enters this season having gone up against 141 head coaches in his regular-season career. Four new names are set to join that list: Dallas' Dusty May, Orlando's Sean Sweeney, Portland's Micah Nori and the Lakers' JJ Redick.LeBron James Two Pointers And Three Pointers StatsJames took Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's points title a few years ago, but he will not catch Abdul-Jabbar in 2-pointers, where the gap is more than 2,500 baskets. He could move up to No. 2 on the 2-pointers list this season. James enters the season with 13,325, or 118 behind No. 2 Karl Malone. With 302 attempts from 2-point range, James would pass Elvin Hayes for third on that list.He likely will not catch Abdul-Jabbar or Malone in that department. James is sixth on the 3-pointers list for now and will probably stay right there this season. He could actually fall one spot to No. 4 on the 3s attempted list. Portland's Damian Lillard is back this season and trails James by only nine 3s tried for that third-place spot.It is reasonable to think Lillard will try more 3s than James will this season. It is possible, possible, that if James plays both of his contracted seasons in Philadelphia, he may catch Malone for the most free throws attempted in NBA regular-season history. Malone has 13,188; James is at 12,051. James is No. 2 in free throws made behind Malone and would need to make 905 more to tie for the top spot there.LeBron James Assists And Steals Career RecordsThat would not seem likely. James enters this season No. 4 on the assist list with 12,016, or just 75 away from No. 3 Jason Kidd. The question then becomes if James can reach the No. 2 spot, currently held by Chris Paul with 12,552. Forget moving to No. 1 here; John Stockton had 15,806 assists, and James will not be anywhere near that when he retires.One of the awards James never won was defensive player of the year, despite many of his teams and coaches lobbying hard for that recognition over the years. History will say they had a case. There is more to defense than just steals, obviously, but James enters this season within reach of No. 5 Gary Payton, 28 steals away, and No. 4 Michael Jordan, 97 steals away, on the NBA's list in that category. That would likely be his ceiling.LeBron James Career Averages And Statistical QuirksStockton, Paul and Kidd hold down the top three spots on the steals list, probably all out of James' reach even if he plays two more seasons. James' career averages are 27 points, seven rebounds and seven assists per game. Officially, he averages 26.8 points, 7.45 rebounds and 7.4 assists. A weird quirk to all that: James has never finished any of his 1,622 NBA games with exactly 27 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.He has had 82 games with exactly 27 points, 232 games with exactly seven rebounds and 222 games with exactly seven assists. But he has never put up those exact numbers in all three categories in the same game.