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RoadDawg55
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This guy has never played better. He really might overtake MJ. His game has aged so well.
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It's just too bad that so many people dislike dominance today. We are luckier than we will ever know for being able to watch him throughout his career.
I'm a life long Blazers fan.
Can't wait till he gets ahold of GS again. Hope Kyrie or k love show their face for a game or two.
You're fucking insane if you think that LBJ is better than MJ and that it isn't close ...
In complete seasons played, Jordan won 6 straight titles. LBJ isn't anywhere close to that realm.
I'll give credit to LBJ for what he did in the last 2 Finals ... there's no question that the rules today have made it even easier for him. But comparing LBJ in today's no touch NBA against the NBA that Jordan played in that was as close to prison rules as there ever has been isn't fair. And to say that LBJ would beat Jordan 7 out of 10 times is just opinion for one and second basketball is a 5 on 5 game ... not a 1 on 1 game.
To me, LBJ is a better version of Wilt ... genetically superior to anybody that played in his era but when you get down to the idea of championships the numbers have been lacking ... particularly in relation to his talent.
GREAT players in basketball have the ability to influence the outcome of the game more than in any other sport ... LBJ just doesn't have the resume that some of the other greats have had ... and certainly not Jordan.
The smartest player in the league is one of the best athletes of all time.
But he's still a bitch who has asterisks by two his three titles (game 6's when he could have been eliminated saved by Allen 3 pointer and Green suspension). Winners win, and he's a winner. But when comparing to MJ, that stuff matters. MJ's six titles have zero asterisks. He never even went to a game 7 in the finals let alone faced elimination in game 6.
Felix continued as a dominant pitcher for a couple years after he lost his fastball, but shit catches up to you. Bron's lost his fastball. He's adjusted and is still at the top of his game. But he's not going to be dominant for another three years.
He'll never catch Jordan.
MJ and Lebron both won titles with worse teams than any of the other contenders. But MJ also relied on Kerr and Paxson to hit big shots.
MJ also had a pass once he made the finals. He played shit teams like Portland and Seattle and the injured over the hill Lakers. Once the Pistons imploded he had no competition in the east either.
Enjoy Lebron while you can. There is no one on the horizon that we will be having this argument about again anytime soon
If he goes back and plays in the 80s or 90s where you could legitimately walk off the lane with multiple approaches and things change a bit
But the idea that Jordan wouldn't have been as dominating (at minimum) in today's world is laughable ... he'd be impossible to stop
He's just not Jordan.
As a player Lebron is leagues better than MJ ever was in terms of skill/size/athleticism, however, you could argue that a few others since MJ have been as well. It's hard to compare completely different era's as the game and players are always evolving. The NBA now is a pussified offensive stats padding league compared to the MJ era.
It's dumb to just compare MJs total rings to Lebrons at this point just as it is dumb to compare Lebron's modern day inflated NBA stats (he is going to shatter everything Jordan did). You have to look at it from a much broader view. At this point Lebron is #2 but I think he will end up #1 because of how he has evolved his game from an athletic freak to a well rounded floor general, he still has quite a few elite years left.
It's hard.
edit: An interesting question is that if you could pick one player in their absolute prime to anchor a team, who would it be? There is an argument to be made for Shaq or Hakeem in that convo too imo.