Bron is still an amazing player and easily top two in the league rn, debatable between giannis. Although his athleticism has gone down over the years, his athleticism is still elite in the league. He had developed a pretty good and more consistent three-point shot in the Lakers whereas it was slightly worse when he was in the Cavs and the Heat. What do yall think?
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Kinda, kinda not
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Not in his prime, still a top player in the league
Edit: but never underestimate LeBron James because we all know what heās capable of in the playoffs
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Isnāt he averaging like 26/8/10 ?
Can he consistently do the over the top athletic things every game he did in his earlier years maybeā¦ maybe not. But those numbers donāt lie. Defensively might be where heās taken a step back if even.
No heās not, but for him itās a very slow decline out of his prime. Heās still going to be better than most Superstars in their respective āprimesā because of his physical gifts, durability and experience
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He takes great care of his body, but there are a lot of miles on that frame. Father Time is undefeated; heāll slip back to the pack eventually, but not for another couple years. Iād say he is on the downside of his physical peak, but just barely. His best bet is to model Kobeās career and start trading some of those body-rattling drives to the hoop for jumpers.
His passing is so elite that he can continue to facilitate as he ages, but heāll need more scheduled rest days from here on out. Heās at the point where he shouldnāt play more than 65-70 games a year just for maintenance and playoff prep, IMO.
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Nope, but with the care he does, I have yet to see anyone like him. Look at the top players of that draft, Bosh, Carmelo, Wade etc. They all done, Lebron still can put shit up if he wishes and is a highly sought after free-agent.
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Bron will past Kareem for the most points ever because heāll be able to play into his 40ās and still produce numbers. He can easily become a PF Malone type with a good PG and PNR, or post fade to 20 points a night when his athleticism declines.
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Heās about where '97-'98 Michael Jordan was. Not peak prime anymore, but still arguably best in the league.
Prime Lebron was basically his entire Heat tenure. Itās been a SLOW downhill from there though.
Iād say heās about at the end of his prime, I would expect him to start regressing from here on out
Iāve always believed LeBron was one of the few players to have 3 different Primes
1st Prime LeBron
2nd Prime LeBron
3rd Prime LeBron
I say all that to say he is no longer in his prime, but he still the 2nd best player in the league behind Giannis
I will say that itās amazed me he hasnāt had to transition to the post yet. I figured he wouldāve lost a step by now. But yeah, he could definitely stretch a productive career a few extra years if he does that.
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I personaly find him better now than he was with the Heat. A little bit less athletic but he is a more established player. Iām not a LeBron fan
LeBron knows Father Time will win but heās given his all to delay that time the longest he canā¦ itās starting to show, he doesnāt dunk as often or as hard as before, he knows when and where to exert his energy, he knows that all his energy should be given in the playoffsā¦ but at the same time, one of the things that never goes away but if anything increases is his IQ, and thatās such an underrated part of the game
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Despite being a Bron stan, I think that heās no longer in his prime. Itās crazy because heās still the best player in the league (I donāt know why people think Giannis is better, dominating the conference that was āweakā when Bron was dominating it, with a far better/deeper supporting cast & coach), but Prime, to me, is the cross-section where Peak Athleticism meets Peak Basketball IQ. I think that was him during his second Cleveland stint.
Miami was his athletic Peak, but as we seen against DAL, his bag was very limited. He is still increasing his Basketball IQ so I think LA Bron is his mental peak, as shown by him being the best PG in the league this year, but Brute Force Bron isnāt as effective as it was in years past. 2nd stint Cleveland LeBron was the best of both worlds.
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Yes, but canāt sustain his top tier level for as long as he did a few years ago. He reaches into his bag when he has to now. Like when they played Zion you could tell he got up for that one. The night before playing Nola they played in Memphis and he looked disinterested. Then the next night he had arguably his best game of the season.
I donāt see it. Heat Lebron was when the mental game and physical peak were at their highest combined. He was otherwordly.
As a LeBron fan, I have to sort of disagree with this, Iāll still say to this day that 2017-18 LeBron was the best offensive version weāve ever seen from him.
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Not in his prime but still better than a lot of stars thatās still in their prime (Westbrook, Harden, Dame, PG, etc.)
Thatās fair. Still elite physically, then mentally he was at a new level
My vote would be 12-13 Lebron
27/8/7 looks like standard Lebron stats, but his efficiency was at its highest.
56.7% fg/40.6% 3P
64% TS
Led the league in PER, VORP, WS, OWS, BPM
League MVP, finals MVP, All NBA 1st team, All Def 1st team.
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