This Tuesday night LeBron James went ahead and scored over 36 points in the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA all-time scoring record of 38,387 points, just a few days later after climbing to the fourth spot on the historic assists leaderboard.

LeBron James takes himself over anyone to in NBA's history

In the postgame interview for NBA on TNT, Shaquille O'Neal pressured James to acknowledge himself as the "G.O.A.T." of the NBA, something that LeBron wasn't to ready to proclaim, instead insisted that he's happy to be at the top with the greatest players to ever set foot on an NBA court.

"I'm gonna take myself against anybody that's ever played this game. ... I always feel like I'm the best to ever play this game," was expressed by LeBron James.

Shaquille O'Neal says LeBron James is the "G.O.A.T."

After interviewing LeBron James live on the postgame show for NBA on TNT, Shaquille O'Neal said that he no longer wants anyone to argue who was the best basketball player to ever play in the NBA because that title know belongs to LeBron James.

James has won four championships with three different franchises and has played in the NBA Finals on ten separate occasions, on top of being among the leaders in assists as well.