After James retires, can he compete with Kobe and O Neal? The Lakers also set up a statue

In the blink of an eye, LeBron James has been joining the Lakers for seven seasons. Seven years are not long, but short. You should know that the average career of NBA players is only 4.5 years. Judging from the various signs of this year's offseason, James will basically choose to end his career after playing the next season, and the Lakers have already expressed that they will retire the No. 23 jersey he has worn. So the question is, will the Lakers, who have such a high historical status in the NBA, be like Kobe in the future, let the Lakers set up a statue for him like Kobe!

The Lakers have repeatedly set up statues for retired stars in history. In addition to Kobe, who won the five championship trophy in the Lakers in 20 years, he also played for the Magic Johnson, who won the five championships in 22 years, Tiangou Kareem Kareem, who played for the Lakers in 22 years, and Jerry West in 26 years of his management career. All the stars above who were sculpted by the Lakers led the team to establish a dynasty. On the other hand, James had no other achievements in the Lakers except for one championship.

In fact, whether James will be placed in a statue by the Lakers should not be compared with Kobe. The two are not comparable at all. The one who should be compared the most is Chamberlain, because he and James are almost the same as the honors in the Lakers! Chamberlain won the championship trophy in his five-year career in the Lakers and won the rebounding champion four times during this period. Although he ranked seventh in the Lakers' history star selection, he did not enjoy the treatment of being sculpted by the Lakers in the end.

To sum up, although James is the first active player in the NBA, his contribution to the Lakers in the last eight years of his career is far from reaching the level of Kobe. Of course, the Lakers will not set up a personal statue for him. It is interesting to be able to retire his No. 23 jersey in the future.