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No one's played more minutes than LeBron James, who passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... again

LeBron James has passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on another all-time list.

This time, in addition to already passing Abdul-Jabbar on the NBA's all-time scoring list, "Just a Kid from Akron" overtook the towering center known for his sky hook in total minutes played.

"Just incredible. Anyone who doesn’t have tremendous respect for this just doesn’t respect the game. It’s that simple," wrote sports journalist and personality Rachel Nichols in a post on Instagram.

Abdul-Jabbar played for 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks. In that time, he amassed 57,446 regular season minutes to accompany 8,842 postseason minutes played.

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Now, King James stands alone atop not only the NBA's all-time scoring leaderboard, but he can now say he's played more NBA basketball than anyone in history as well.

We are all witnesses as LeBron continues to play at a high level in his 21st season at age 38. James will celebrate his 39th birthday at the end of December.

This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: LeBron James becomes NBA's all-time minutes leader, passes Kareem