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By the Numbers: Career Milestones

With LeBron James becoming the seventh (and youngest) player in NBA history to score 30,000 points, the feat had us thinking about more Wine & Gold milestones. In this installment of, "By the Numbers" presented by FanDuel, Cavs.com dissects some additional digits of the squad's accomplished or impending career marks during this season.

11,000 … career points by Kevin Love which he passed earlier this season. KLove currently has 11,420 points and counting.

1,000 … triples made by Channing Frye during his 12-year NBA career. Fyre just recently reached this milestone on January 20 at The Q.

1,548 … treys canned by LeBron James, passing Eddie Jones on Tuesday for sole possession of 22nd place in career three-pointers.

2,000 … career assists dished out by JR Smith. Swish dropped his milestone dime against Orlando last Thursday.

8,000 … field goals made mark that future Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade is approaching. Wade needs just 79 more (7,921) to reach that milestone.

10,000 … career points scored by Jeff Green. Green recorded his 10K milestone on MLK Day at The Q.

10,896 … made field goals by LBJ, which is 11 away from surpassing Dirk Nowitzki (10,906 FGM) for 8th all-time in NBA history.

7,000 … career rebounds milestone Kevin Love surpassed on Jan. 12 against Indiana. The now five-time All-Star has snatched 7,037 boards and counting.

27 … more blocks Tristan Thompson needs this season to reach 400 during his seven-year career.

2,154 … career triples netted by Kyle Korver. The Cavs sharpshooter is currently 4th on the NBA's all-time treys made list.

142 … more assists LeBron James needs to reach 8,000 dimes for his illustrious career. LBJ already grabbed his 8,000th rebound just a few weeks ago.

100 … regular season wins that Head Coach Tyronn Lue reached in the Wine & Gold's 109-100 victory against the Utah Jazz on December 16 at The Q.