Is there a current NBA Player that can be as big as MJ, Kobe and Lebron?

[cartierhoe]

I don't think any of these guys will be on those guys level tbh, I hope and pray Zion does I truly do. But I don't see it happening in this era. If Giannis wins in Milwaukee I might put him up there.

 

[DLaren]

This conversation is pre-mature...

History will not be kind to Kobe (carried by Shaq for 3 of his rings and only 1 MVP) -- and history will be equally harsh on Lebron if he retires with an embarssaing Finals record.

Jordan's icon-status has gone unblemished for 30+ years (pre-and-post retirement) with only Kareem having an argument to join his tier -- we'll see if the basketball community allows Kobe & Lebron to share his pedestal 20 years from now when we're no longer prisoners of the moment.

If Magic Johnson can't get into Jordan's tier with all of the goodwill he's built-up for the past 30 years, I don't see how Kobe or Lebron get there either.

 

[theflyest]

With MJ,Kobe and LeBron they were known before NBA. Jordan had the shot in college .Kobe was prep to pro ,took Brandy to prom .Lebrons games were shown in high school,Chosen One cover etc . The average casual has to know these players in advance . This may come off hilarious to some and I know he isn't current yet but if Lamelo Ball starts his career hot and is in right market he could be one.

I don’t understand this post. We’re in the YouTube era. All the top tier guys are known nowadays before they even go to college.

 

[010101]

mj was the last athlete to rise up before the media switched to the gossip centric exposure model of covering entertainers

no more idealizing players & pumping out propaganda

the brand mj was promoted while the actual man was kept more private but in today's media it'd be fukkery fukkery fukkery ha

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[MustafaSTL]

This question is not really hard. It’s clearly Zion.

 

[The Special Man]

 

[Marc Spector]

Zion or Luka imo.

 

[darius19]

barring injury, Zion. Easily.

close thread, it’s not even close

he has crowds buzzing 15 games into his career. Also a very likeable and marketable personality if you seen him off the court

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

Lebrin and kobe not on mj level.

So let's eliminate them too.

None of these guys will be mj.
As they laxk thr skill level. Plus will not do the discoveryzone needed to ramp.
Plus have no real attention to playing above the rim.
Or technical mastery oland full conversion of every shot in basketball.
from being open to getting open under extreme duress.

Plus no willingness to showcase their above the rim ability consistently.
From the multiple dunk contests wins to actual in game actualization.
To defeat the eastern seaboard misappropriation of erroneously placing bird over bill russell.


Art Barr

You post like your brain is under water....

I dont know if this is purposely or part of your schtick

Either way its shyt.....

 

[Kinguno]

Lamelo Ball

It will be hard the NBA is trying to be like euro league soccer and they are bad at promoting

At this point everything feels worthless because there is so much from the points scored, the skill level, the schedule (2/3 of the season done and all Star was a week ago they have lowkey ruined the schedule with talks of changing it more), the fake fashion, the fake culture, the giving of superstar qualifiers to everyone, the shift to stats that are upheld by whites who don’t understand the players, media using technology to creep too much, and Adam Silver not being David Stern

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

The obvious answer is Zion....

The nikka was must see tv last year at duke....and is the same this year....

I watched every duke game I could last year and haven't bothered with one game this year....

Anecdotal I know but telling

 

[MJ Truth]

I think Bron is a step below MJ/Kobe level. does Bron really have obsessive fans overseas like the other two? Maybe I’m selling it short.

You are.

 

[SuavePrince]

The question is about popularity, not skills or accolades and they both absolutely are up there with Jordan in that department

Absolutely!

 

[SuavePrince]

I think Bron is a step below MJ/Kobe level. does Bron really have obsessive fans overseas like the other two? Maybe I’m selling it short.

Definitely does breh

 

[Reggie]

Luka and Zion are being groomed to be the next two icons in the NBA so whichever one has the most success team wise will be the bigger star obviously. But it's still going to take a lot for either of them to get as big as those 3 are. Emoni Bates has a chance too once he actually plays in the NBA and if he is as good as he is supposed to be.