Has LeBron had the longest (high level) Prime of any Professional Athlete in history?

[viktordoomsecretwars]

Also, for those of you who don't watch soccer, both Messi and Ronaldo have had a longer prime than Lebron and both play a more physically gruelling sport and the rules haven't been softened in their sport.

Ronaldo is 37 now and had his 1st season as officially the best player in the world (i.e won the Golden ball and all the big trophies) in 2008 at age 23.

Messi is 34 and was already a top 3 player in the world at 19 in a sport your competiton for world's best is truly global not just from a few select countries and was officially the best player in the world at age 21 in 2009.

What age did Lebron snatch the crown from Kobe? 2011? He certainly wasn't 21 when like Messi was.

 

[BlackMajik]

Tom Brady ?

Ronaldo? Messi? Kareem? Malone? Mayweather? Federer?

And all those guys play either (1) a more physically gruelling sport or (2) in the case of Malone and Kareem played in a much more physical and gruelling era.

Kareem won finals MVP at age 38 in the same series as a prime Magic and prime Bird. How many even know that.

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Lebron benefits a lot from this soft and weak era with no absolutely defense and tons of spacing and no big men. He's the biggest player on the flaw in like 80% of games now.

He finds it much easier to score than 10 years ago despite an obvious decline in his abilities.


Also , improvements in sports science = longer sustained primes.

I'm confident Kobe would have averaged 28+ at Lebron's current age if he didn't blow out his achilles and back then was a tougher era.

I don't think u can read too well

1st of all I made this thread back in 2018. And read the title "longest high level PRIME" Bron is past his prime now. What Kareem did was amazing but again Kareem wasn't in his physical PRIME at 38 years old

nikka wrote all this shyt about Bron for nothing

 

[viktordoomsecretwars]

I don't think u can read too well

1st of all I made this thread back in 2018. And read the title "longest high level PRIME" Bron is past his prime now. What Kareem did was amazing but again Kareem wasn't in his physical PRIME at 38 years old

nikka wrote all this shyt about Bron for nothing

The answer to the question is still no

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

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[High Art]

Gordie Howe had 100 point seasons in the NHL passed the age of 40. He also scored 15 Goals in a comeback season at age 51. Thats insane

Indeed, though the one wrinkle in all of that is how different the game, especially goal-tending styles were in his hey day and later on, even when he made a comeback. Still impressive nonetheless.

 

[MJ Truth]

Mayweather >>

Mayweather is simply a different choice, as would any boxer be, seeing as he could pick and choose when and who he fought. You can’t do that in any other sport.

 

[Jermio]

Nadal is up there. I never thought he'd be winning slams and nearly winning Masters 1000s in 2022. His knees looked cooked 10 years ago.

 

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Brady

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Tom Brady not even close.

It's easy to stat pad, and stay in ur "prime" in the NBA.

 

[BlackXCL]

Gordie Howe. That nikka played in the NHL until 51. Has the record for most games ever, and second most goals all time.

 

[BlackMajik]

Brady

Tom Brady not even close.

It's easy to stat pad, and stay in ur "prime" in the NBA.

How laughable

 

[NormanConnors]

Mayweather >>

Nope, but Floyd is so skillful he was/is able navigate around being past his best

 

[Harry B]

Tom Brady not even close.

It's easy to stat pad, and stay in ur "prime" in the NBA.

Lol at in the NBA.

The NFL KD anything is like a squad of 60 players and 15 coaches, but they praise the QB like he’s got impact like a bballer for team titles.

If you have an alright arm and you’ve got some alright receivers and a goat like o-line an nfl qb probably has the craziest stat padding potential. Ask Texas.

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[BlackMajik]