Lakers' LeBron James reaches 60,000 in this absurd career stat originally appeared on The Sporting News. Longevity has been a large part of LeBron James' image over the past few seasons. Against the Cavs, LeBron played enough minutes to surpass 60,000 career regular-season minutes (via Jovan Buha). MORE: Lakers interested in trading for affordable 3-and-D forward with career high of 51 pointsAnother mark LeBron is close to reaching is 1,600 career regular-season games, which he is nine games away from. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementLeBron recently reached the 72,000-minute mark for career minutes in the regular season and postseason combined.