I'm old enough to remember when people were pronouncing James as the next Magic Johnson. And then, sometime after his first championship in Miami, everyone started noticing that he's one of the most prolific and consistent scorers ever. Now he'll have the record.
Here's something kind of interesting about the top 5 scorers in NBA history: MJ has 10 scoring titles, Kareem and Kobe both have 2, Lebron only has one, and Karl Malone, sitting at #3 now, never won a scoring title. Dirk, at #6, also never won one.