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Top Song, Show, Movie When LeBron James Scored His First NBA Points

How much was a gallon of gas when LeBron James made his NBA debut in 2003? Here's what things looked like back then

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Much has changed over the course of LeBron James' career, including the record books. 

James rewrote those himself on Tuesday night, becoming the NBA's all-time leading scorer by recording his 38,388th career point to break the record long held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The record-breaking bucket came nearly 20 years after James scored the first points of his NBA career on a 16-foot jumper against the Sacramento Kings.

Let's take a look at just how different things were back when LeBron scored his first points compared to when he became the league's all-time leading scorer. 

LeBron's age:

2003 - 18

2023 - 38

LeBron’s starting lineup:

2003 - Ricky Davis, Darius Miles, Carlos Boozer, Zydrunas Ilgauskas

2023 - Dennis Schroder, Patrick Beverley, Rui Hachimura, Anthony Davis

Reigning champions:

2003 - San Antonio Spurs, Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Jersey Devils

2023- Golden State Warriors, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Rams, Colorado Avalanche

Reigning NBA MVP:  

2003 - Tim Duncan

2023 -  Nikola Jokic

U.S. President

2003 - George W. Bush

2023 - Joe Biden

Donald Trump

2003 - Future star of soon-to-premiere reality show “The Apprentice”

2023 - Former U.S. president

Popular TV shows

2003 - "The Wire," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "American Idol," "Friends"

2023 - "The Last of Us," "Yellowstone," "White Lotus," "Wednesday"

Top song

2003 - "Baby Boy" by Beyonce featuring Sean Paul

2023 - "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus

Top Movie in Theaters

2003 - "Scary Movie 3"

2023 - "Avatar: The Way of Water"

Number of Blockbuster video stores

2003 - 5,586

2023 - 1

Number of Netflix Subscribers

2003 - 1.41 million

2023 - 220.6 million

Reigning Best Actress and Actor at Academy Awards

2003 - Nicole Kidman ("The Hours") and Adrien Brody ("The Pianist")

2023 - Jessica Chastain ("The Eyes of Tommy Faye") and Will Smith ("King Richard")

Average price of gas

2003 - $1.65

2023 - $3.50

Average cost of a gallon of milk 

2003 - $2.76

2023 - $4.43

Median price of a U.S. house 

2003 - $194,100

2023 - $543,600

NBA's highest paid player

2003 - Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves ($28 million)

2023 - Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors ($48.1 million)

Michael Jordan

2003 - Six months removed from final NBA game with Washington Wizards

2023 - Owner of the Charlotte Hornets

Sports Illustrated cover

2003 - LeBron James

2023 - Nikola Jokic

Popular cell phone

2003 - Nokia 1100

2023 - iPhone 14

Phones used for…

2003 - Calling people

2023 - Everything (and occasionally calling people)

Popular Apple products

2003 - iPod, iMac personal computer, iBook laptop

2023 - Apple Watch, Airpods, Apple Music

Popular Social Media Platform

2003 - MySpace

2023 - TikTok

Amazon Stock Price

2003 - $2.70

2023 - $102.11

Alexander Ovechkin career goals

2003 - 0

2023 - 812

Tom Brady's career passing yards

2003 - 8,334 

2023 - 89,214

Dallas Cowboys’ championships

2003 - 5

2023 - 5

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