Does Lebron have sole claim to his own era?

[Flex Grossman]

I usually do it by decade on who ruled the league with Chips and MVPs.

60s - Russell and Wilt
70s - Kareem & Cocaine
80s - Magic and Bird
90s - Jordan and Hakeem with an honorable mention
2000s - Shaq, Duncan & Kobe
10s - Lebron & Steph
20s - Jokic & Giannis?

There’s a case for MJ and Kareem to be honorable mentions in the 80s, plus Duncan one one in the 90s and 10s, and Lebron and Steph both got one in the 20s, but it works out pretty cleanly like this imo. Taking out Jokic and Giannis, that’s my top 12.

 

[KidJSoul]

To be fair, other than Jordan and Russel, who did have their era?

The 80s was split between magic and bird, with isaiah at the end

70s was a free for all

The 2000s was split between Shaq, Kobe, and Duncan

So the 2010s was split between Lebron and Curry

 

[Coli Hoecomb]

To be fair, other than Jordan and Russel, who did have their era?

The 80s was split between magic and bird, with isaiah at the end

70s was a free for all

The 2000s was split between Shaq, Kobe, and Duncan

So the 2010s was split between Lebron and Curry

There’s a case to add Jordan to the 80’s (87-89) and Durant to the 2010 era too

 

[BBG]

Kareem wasn't even the best player on half of the championship teams he was on. Duncan wasn't even a top 10 player in the league in 2014.

I don't know what that man did to you, but he's certainly top 20 of all time and with that you just have to

 

[GreatestLaker]

I don't know what that man did to you, but he's certainly top 20 of all time and with that you just have to

Are you slow?

Duncan is top 10 all time. But I wasn't referring to that.

 

[BBG]

Are you slow?

Duncan is top 10 all time. But I wasn't referring to that.

Debatable, not sure what about my post would lead you to believe im slow though.


EDIT: Oh wait might've read your other post wrong my bad

 

[mastermind]

what an original Coli discussion

 

[Ripp]

No... when he started it Was Kobe's ... then somewhere in between the spurs had that... then by the time you could give it to him curry and Durant was around... so I would say it was always shared.

 

[Ripp]

JORDAN AND BILL RUSSELL
ARE THE ONLY PLAYERS
WHO DIDNT SHARE AN ERA.



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Probably the best post in this thread

 

[Scientific Playa]

Three chips in three zip codes and two time zones. Case closed.

 

[Bop Gun]

Idiots still using team accomplishments to rank an individual's dominance? The only thing Curry had over Lebron was a better roster.

No he didn't. Steph, Klay and Draymond developed naturally over time, and nobody knew these guys would become the players they are.

LeBron continuously sought out future Hall of Famers, All Stars, and Veterans with Playoff experience who would sacrifice money to play for MLEs and also players who were bought out of their contracts to Ring Chase with him. And he continuously pushed the FOs to get rid of Young, Drafted talents for those older, more experienced Vets.

LeBron's Career will always be known as the Super Teams and Ring Chasing Era.

 

[rbksNgirbauds]

How this is even a debate is beyond me

 

[In The Zone '98]

LeBron continuously sought out future Hall of Famers, All Stars, and Veterans with Playoff experience who would sacrifice money to play for MLEs and also players who were bought out of their contracts to Ring Chase with him. And he continuously pushed the FOs to get rid of Young, Drafted talents for those older, more experienced Vets.

Is the goal winning or winning on @Bop Gun's terms?

What's acceptable to YOU as a fan of the sport. Leave it up to the GM or create the spark on your own?

 

[Ozymandeas]

I am a firm Lebron hater and I would say LeBron's era was 2010 to 2016, starting with the Decision and ending with the 3-1 comeback eventhough it overlaps with Steph coming up. Steph's era was from 2016 and onward but, his time is almost up too

 

[spacewraith]

He had to share his era with Kobe and Steph