LeBron James is about to complete his 6th professional season.  Let's say he retires at age 36 after 18 NBA seasons. If that's true it's reasonable to triple his current totals to get an idea of where he'll end up. It's a conservative estimate because:

1. He might play beyond age 36. Superstars often go beyond 36. Shaq is 37. MJ went to 40 and Jabbar beyond that. Anyway, assuming 18 seasons is not crazy.

2. His current 6 years are hampered by his first NBA  season when his scoring and some other statistical areas were considerably lower than years 2-6.

3. James' next 6 seasons will probably be statistically better than his first six because of 2. above and because most NBA players peak in the 25-30 range which fully encompasses his next 6 years.

Okay so where might James end up in the major statistical categories:

TOTAL POINTS: 1st all time

LeBron will finish this season with 13,000 regular season points for this career. Triple that and you get 39,000 points which would eclipse Kareem's 38,387

TOTAL ASSISTS: Top 6 all-time (possibly 2nd all time)

This is crazy. The list of the top 20 assist leaders is almost entirely point guards. James will end this season with about 3,180 assists. Triple that and you get 9,540 assists which would put James in 6th for his career. If his assists keep coming the way they have this year and last he could finish 2nd on the list. Nuts!

TOTAL STEALS: 2nd all time

Another insane result. LeBron will finish this year with about 838 career steals. He's been very consistent in this category. Triple his total and you get 2,514 which is the exact same career number as Michael Jordan who is 2nd all time. Come on LeBron, you're good for one more steal than that!

TOTAL REBOUNDS: Top 40 all time

This category is dominated by centers. LeBron will finish thsi year with about 3,333 rebounds which projects to about 10,000 even for this career or 37th place overall.

TOTAL BLOCKS: Top 50 all time

He'll end the year with about 415 for his career or 1,245 projected out to 18 seasons. That would put him at 46 on the current list. If he keeps blocking the way he is 2008-09 he could easily crack the top 40 all time.

So there you have it. Quite an impressive collection of career statistics if he pulls it off. No one, including Jordan, has totals like these. Of course Jordan took those seasons off for baseball, but still.