Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysKareem played most of his career with the 2 point rule no matter how far you was from the basket. A lot of Lebron's points came from 3 point range but not all. So did he really break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar record. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Throw in 4 years of college for Kareem when he clearly could have walked into the league and put up points at 18.
Folks tend to think of Kareem as old man Laker Kareem — they forget the 7ft gazelle Lew Alcindor who was just such a beautiful/graceful athlete.
Knixkik wrote:Hard to deny lebron being the all time great. Jordan is Jordan but man lebron has done everything in this sport.
My thoughts exactly.
Michael Jordan + Kobe Bryant = 1 Postseason triple double combined (Jordan = 1).
LeBron James?
28!!!!
He's the greatest overall basketball player of All-Time once factoring in all of Scoring/Rebounding/Assisting/Defending (combined).
It's not even an argument anymore.
Kareem is from an age of a more Center driven league. Now its a guard driven league. LeBron can excel as a frontcourt, or backcourt player. Which is something we really havent seen at this level.
Giannis, Jokic, with Wembamyana on the way. Centers as the number one option, might be making a comeback.
For LeBron to be ranked #1 All-Time in Scoring, #4 All-Time in Assists, #4 All-Time in Triple Doubles (#2 All-Time in Postseason Triple Doubles) and 35th All-Time in Rebounds (along with his Defensive dominance ala 6x All-NBA Defensive Team) and imo he's the greatest all around basketball player of All-Time.And don't focus too much on LeBron's current All-Time NBA Rankings.
Because he's got at least another 5+ years of NBA action left in his tank; he just turned 38 but yet he's still currently averaging 30 Points/8 Rebounds/7 Assists/1 Steal @ .508% from the field?
This isn't "longevity". This is All-World. And there's a difference. Because LeBron James is STILL IN HIS PRIME and it's nuts because his 2022-2023 production looks exactly the same as it's always been (during his Miami Heat days etc). This isn't "old man stat padding" that we're used to. This is generational greatness.
He's unreal.
Not even Michael Jordan was sniffing this type of production @ 38 years old. Not even @ 33-34 MJ wasn't. This is scary.
Knixkik wrote:Hard to deny lebron being the all time great. Jordan is Jordan but man lebron has done everything in this sport.
Jordan got his scrotum siphoned dry by the refs during the 6 title run which is supposedly why you aren’t allowed to say Lebron is better. Jordan never beat the Bird Celtics and the pistons eliminated him during their run a couple times
Jordan had to retire after 1997 not just because he didn’t along with Reinsdorf he was also getting slow and it was getting harder for the refs to hide it
