LeBron James breaks Robert Parishs all-time NBA games played record

On Saturday night in Orlando, Florida, Lakers superstar LeBron James didn’t just lace up his sneakers — he stepped into history, passing Robert Parish for the most games played in NBA history with 1,612 career regular-season games. James tied Parish on Thursday night in Miami but now stands alone as the NBA’s all-time “Iron Man.” Ironically, the “Iron Man” moniker was built for grinders, role players and men who stuck around long enough to outlast the spot.Parish, known as “The Chief,” was exactly that.

He was durable, dependable and quietly relentless.He played until he was 43 years old, and even then he probably could have played another 10 years. “Shout out Chief, man,” James said after the Miami game.

“I’ve been seeing some of the things that he’s been saying about me, and there’s not a lot of those OGs that talk like that to the generation after them, and also about me personally, so shout out to Chief.He’s super cool.

He’s dope.I like him.”James already had the all-time games played mark in the NBA including playoffs, but Saturday was just another milestone in his legendary career.

He’s 41 years old and in his 23rd year, but he’s still playing like a superstar. On Wednesday night in Houston, James scored 30 points on 13-of-14 shooting with six dunks.Less than 24 hours later, he suited up in Miami and recorded his 124th triple-double of his career, breaking his own record as the oldest player in NBA history to record a triple-double.He also made history with Luka Dončić in the process, as the Lakers became the first NBA team to have one player score 60+ points (Dončić) and another notch a triple-double (James) in the same game since the Lakers did it on Feb.

9, 1969 (Wilt Chamberlain 66 points, Elgin Baylor triple-double).Parish sees the greatness in James every night he takes the floor, and he respects it.“If anyone is deserving of breaking the iron man record,” Parish told ESPN on Thursday.“I would s...