why has the most attempted fg in nba history

LeBron James has the most career shot attempts, with 30,583 attempts.

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Why has the most attempted fg by a player in NBA history?

	NAME	FGA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	30,583	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28,307	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	26,210	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26,200	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	24,537	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
6	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	24,272	1,303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	8.4	45.2	0.0	0.1	14.7	4.1	6.1	67.0	49.1	3.1	7.8	2.4	50,000	27,313	16,279	2,398	864	1,771	1,358	4,193
7	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	23,930	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	46,471	26,395	8,007	6,114	476	117	204	3,281
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23,734	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23,497	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	22,643	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	28,289	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	21,589	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21,498	1,238	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.5	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,191	26,211	8,683	9,926	1,955	407	4,831	3,157	+3041
13	Vince Carter V. Carter	21,339	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,367	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
14	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	21,142	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
15	Alex English A. English	21,036	1,193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	8.9	50.7	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.6	4.3	83.2	55.0	2.3	3.2	2.5	38,063	25,613	6,538	4,351	1,067	833	2,821	3,027
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21,016	1,124	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	50.2	1.9	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,283	30,594	7,837	4,911	1,173	1,273	3,557	2,143	+4732
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	20,991	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20,334	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	20,171	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	19,906	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
21	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	19,620	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	19,465	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19,457	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	19,332	1,188	34.7	21.3	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	46.9	0.5	1.7	30.1	5.5	6.6	84.2	55.6	0.7	3.7	2.0	41,266	25,321	5,214	4,878	1,172	394	2,380	2,661	+213
25	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	19,241	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412