LeBron’s peers don’t respect him

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Lebron is in my view the greatest player of all time to be elite over two decades in the league and to still be a top 10 all nba caliber level player about to 40 is impressive. Its clearly lebron or jordan or vice versa, those are the undisputed two of the greatest players
 

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Lebron is in my view the greatest player of all time to be elite over two decades in the league and to still be a top 10 all nba caliber level player about to 40 is impressive. Its clearly lebron or jordan or vice versa, those are the undisputed two of the greatest players
It’s just Mike, Stevie Wonder could see that clearly
 

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1) James Worthy played with Magic and Kareem from the very start of his pro career and by the time he didn't he was washed. His ceiling was a 21 PPG guy. I don't know why you even brought him up :mjlol:
Irrelevant. The point is he got to play towards his strengths when he played with Magic. Kevin Love and Chris bosh had to move away from their strengths to fit in with Lebron...
Bosh went from a 22 PPG guy in Toronto to a 18 PPG guy in Miami playing with two 25 PPG scorers. Bosh is on the same tier as a Pau Gasol and went from having a team centered entirely around him to being the #3 guy. Stop comparing apples to oranges. And Bosh HIMSELF said that he was the one who decided to start shooting threes and even had to tell LeBron to start looking for him behind the arc. It's almost like guys take a look at the roster they have around them and decide where they fit.
Bosh and Love said it was difficult fitting around Lebron. Thats not something that's said about players that supposedly make everyone around them better...
The Cavs reupped most of the supporting cast from 2009-10 the next season and proceeded to go 8-32 without Bron BEFORE the injuries fukked them up. That supporting cast was roleplayers and a couple of good defenders just like what MJ was working with, but Bron was a better defender than MJ was in 89 (I alreayd know you're about to bring up steals and blocks and sact like that's the only facet of defense that matter :mjlol:) and better at elevating his teammates, which was he was more successful at that style of play than MJ. Bron averaged 30-7-8.6 on a team that was 6 possessions slower than the 89 Bulls; do you really think MJ's 89 numbers are actually more impressive? Because per 100 possessions:

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In case you don't read numbers that well, what these stats are showing is 2009-10 Bron on a team as fast at the 89 Bulls would've put up 32.5-8-9.3...or even better than MJ on the same efficiency at that :mjgrin:

:unimpressed: Yea and the Rockets sucked after Harden left. If you completely build a team to revolve around 1 player's abilities of course when you remove that 1 player from the equation that team sucks. You think that's a flex? Line up the players Lebron played with(1st Clev stint) and the ones MJ played with(pre Phil) and Lebron had the better players around him. Its undeniable so you can't just say LBJ is more successful when he had better players that meshed with what he was doing while Jordan played with a bunch of randoms.

Oh and I don't care about your nerd babble either. Just because a player averages 10 pts in 18 mins doesn't mean if you give him 36 he averages 20. Thats not how life works. What player has LBJ elevated after being a teammate of his? KLove wasnt made better and neither was Bosh. Wade went down in production and Kyrie was on his already on his way up (and got even better after) and AD was considered top 5 (or near it) before even playing with Lebron. So what good player has elevated after coming to play with Lebron?
 
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Irrelevant. The point is he got to play towards his strengths when he played with Magic. Kevin Love and Chris bosh had to move away from the strengths to fit in the Lebron... and

Bosh and Love said it was difficult fitting around Lebron. Thats not something that's said around players that supposedly make everyone around them better...


:unimpressed: Yea and the Rockets sucked after Harden left.If you completely built a team to revolve around 1 player's abilities of course when you remove that 1 player from the equation then of course that team sucks. You think that's a flex? Line up the players Lebron played(1st Cle stint) with and the ones MJ played with(pre Phil) and Lebron had better players around him. Its undeniable so you can't just say LBJ is more successful when he had better players that meshed with what he was doing than Jordan did.

Oh and I don't care about your nerd babble either. Just because a player averages 10 pts in 18 mins doesn't mean if you give him 36 he averages 20. Thats not how life works. And what player did LBJ elevate? KLove wasnt made better and neither was Bosh. Wade went down in production and Kyrie was on his already on his way up (and got even better after) and AD was considered top 5 (or near it) before even playing with Lebron. So what good player has elevated after coming to play with Lebron?
About 80% of your basketball talk is about Lebron James. Give it a rest bro
 

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I already said Kobe is the natural successor to MJ, so we agree.

Magic is about the only player you can compare to Bron since we've never seen someone that size with his play-style. Most guys his size are much slower/plodders (Luka) while the smaller guys simply aren't as strong.

Bron vs MJ is a comparison ONLY because they're so different. Kobe played almost exactly like MJ but wasn't as good....Bron wasn't as successful as MJ and I think MJ >> Bron....but I also think if you're starting a team from scratch, Bron might be the better #1 pick. More of a floor raiser than MJ.
I think we also agree on the only comparison between them is being 6'8/6'9 and having PG skills. But other less successful examples of that are Lamar Odom/Anthony Mason. The big difference between LBJ/Magic is that it was easy to play with Magic while being difficult to play with Lebron. And this comes from the words of Bosh/Wade/Love.

LBJ a better floor raiser than Jordan who took the bulls from nothing to a dynasty that had 2 3 peats? t'hats with him retiring to play baseball and having the team broken up in 98 while on their second three peat. The only time Bron has won is when he got to hand pick players that fit his playing style. Then as soon as things got tough he jumps ship to another team with another set of hand picked players. You're literally saying that you think a player who has never raised a team from the floor to the top over a player that has lol
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About 80% of your basketball talk is about Lebron James. Give it a rest bro
Bro it comes across as desperate even rob parker who no body can argue sanely is a fan of the man, has lebron ranked as 2 only behind jordan, his resume , rings, championship and consistent high level of play puts him squarely in that conversation with jordan as the two greatest of all times, i have bron as the greatest player ever but i have no issue if people have MJ 1a and lebron 1b. No other play comes close to their resume, high peak and longeviity.
Lebron is nearly 40 years old and is still objectively a top 15 player in the league its not even debatable
 

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Bro it comes across as desperate even rob parker who no body can argue sanely is a fan of the man, has lebron ranked as 2 only behind jordan, his resume , rings, championship and consistent high level of play puts him squarely in that conversation with jordan as the two greatest of all times, i have bron as the greatest player ever but i have no issue if people have MJ 1a and lebron 1b. No other play comes close to their resume, high peak and longeviity.
Lebron is nearly 40 years old and is still objectively a top 15 player in the league its not even debatable
Top 15? Not top 10? What changed for you
 

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Bro it comes across as desperate even rob parker who no body can argue sanely is a fan of the man, has lebron ranked as 2 only behind jordan, his resume , rings, championship and consistent high level of play puts him squarely in that conversation with jordan as the two greatest of all times, i have bron as the greatest player ever but i have no issue if people have MJ 1a and lebron 1b. No other play comes close to their resume, high peak and longeviity.
Lebron is nearly 40 years old and is still objectively a top 15 player in the league its not even debatable
The difference in between what MJ accomplished and what LBJ has accomplished is the career of KD. Thats how far ahead MJ is. Only a fan(atic) could call that 1A and 1B.....
 

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why even compare lebron to anything when he doesnt have an argument against spurs or warriors alone?
everything people are saying he does, the teams who destroyed him for decades do better without trying to compare him to an actual winning peer

these discussions only elevate him for no actual reason or proof behind the words
 
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