look man. lebron is an absolute freak of nature. his size to athleticism ratio is unheard of. not sure why people hate and cant realize that he is maybe the most physically gifted player, and one of the top 3 most talented in nba history.
Because he doesn't have a reliable jumper and shoots sub-.750 from the charity stripe. Driving into the post in the 90s was a big deal because even Rik Smits and Dell Davis would crack your head open.
I’ve heard people say “LeBron is like a combination of Michael Jordan & Magic Johnson” and it’s crazy that LeBron is going to retire with more points than Michael and more assists than Magic.
thats exactly the argument here, he played for his 19th season this year magic got 5 rings in 13 season, his Airness has 6 in 14 seasons( Not including the old Wizards) in term of accomplishment they ve done way more lebron only has 4 rings after almost 20 season lol
@@21gunzsalute Magic had KAJ at the start of his career then Worthy shortly after, Jordan had Pippen early. LeBron came to the league at 18 and spend 7 years in Cleveland where the second best player was Ilgauskas. Cleveland always been a bad franchise with a trash owner and couldn't get good players around LeBron early in his career.
LEBRON IS A COMBINATION OF KARL MALONE AND MAGIC JOHNSON....JORDAN STAT PADDED TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS...LEFLOP STAT PADS FOR HIS OWN SELF EVEN WHEN HIS TEAMS LOSE IN BLOWOUTS. ...JORDAN THE REAL #23 🏀
Exactly! I don't know why he says these things. He was a dominant freak of nature and unstoppable force! His team lost to the G.O.AT like everyone else in that era. If LBJ is so dominant where's the decisive take over! He has everything handed to him and the defense is a lot softer. If he's who they say he is no one but he should have a 💍. MJ made sure of that until he retired and then did it again after coming out of retirement undefeated
I think he would bury Mark Price's career if they were in the same team. This guy always does what PG does, so why he need a Mark Price? He control everything in his team.
If I told you that a player just came in the league who was built like malone, athletic like kemp, played like jordan and magic and has a slice of pippen. What would you say?? Just because you are a fan of another player stop with the games. That man is a once in a lifetime player. And that means any lifetime. You really think Jordan and magic can do what they did, but Lebron couldnt?
More superficial people would definitely get it if one preceded Lebron with "here you go, Magic and Stockton combined with Malone and Kemp, with Sir Charles in the middle, any question?" At least one would hope
@@cel4403 That's the magic of, sure, counting other players and the ambience being dirtier and prone to straight up fight, hurt, cheapshot etc but forgetting the part of James being able to do it too, and exactly like Malone or Shaq could and did. He would also be one to play with that style, not just everyone around him.
@Jacob Hudson its not just that lebron fans cant accept that their favorite player is top 3 all time, thats better then just being top 10 all time. Thats fuckin impressive, but his career aint even finish for us to rank him as greatest of all time.
Even if the fouls are stronger in the 90s, there is no zone defense yet during that time which Lebron could capitalize on. He can definitely adjust from hard fouls by looking at his athletic ability.
Yet haters say he wouldn't be able to keep up with the old era. I'd take these great NBA analysts/coaches/ex NBA-players word over all these keyboard warriors any day of the week.
Uncle Drew23 how shaq can easily man handle lebron. and lebron wouldnt be able to travel and charge like he does today because he wont be the superstar he is today. there a guy name mj that is the star at that time. and the defense and mind games they do that time would kill lebron mentally
Good to great man to man defense is the key. Otherwise, he'll abuse you. A good zone defense is easier, and if Bron's team doesn't have that shot falling from deep, it makes things harder for him obvs since they can play off him and dare him to beat them one on one instead of with breakdowns, bullying, and kick outs for 3.
Any player in the top 100 would do just fine in any era. Some more than others, sure. But otherwise it’s really dumb to question whether Lebron would fit in or not….he’d probably average 50 points in the 50s…..
MJ is the GREATEST OF ALL TIME. I don't dispute or deny that. But at lebrons size and athleticism, I can't see Jordan stopping him more then 4 times out of 10. People who discredit lebron bring up the flopping, but if he played in the older eras, where allegedly nobody flopped (they did), then he wouldn't flop either
Karol Walaszczyk oh stop it dude Jordan toying with lebron? I agree head up Jordan is better, but in a game no way would Jordan " toy " with LeBron lol, if it was a. Seven game series it would go 6 games
Karol Walaszczyk when LeBron came into the league as an 18 year old the NBA still had handchecking. And he still dominated as a teen. Go watch his 41 or game vs New Jersey his rookie year. PURE GREATNESS.
I know man ...imean there will be none from the next generation who can touch lebron s greatness...imean we know the jordan lebron debate ...imean its like a rule that jordan is the GOAT
Nah bro u can’t compare this diva to Kobe. People love Kobe because he was the fucking mamba, a legend in the flesh. Lebrons top ten, but there’s just something about this weak eradefense
And he would have an even better career. 3pts are one of his few weaknesses. Put him back in an era where bully ball reigns supreme and LBJ will dominate even more than he does now.
People forget that if LeBron grew up and played in other era he would not be the same athlete he is now with todays better supplements medical advantages and exercise and nutrition knowledge plus he would not the same stats in other eras with more physicality harder defenses and slower pace
Wrong LBJ would be called for traveling palming double dribble carrying a CRY BABY the list goes on & on & on & on... etc. STEVER KERR: TESTY THE REST: KISSING LBJ ASS... 💋💋💋💋
Lebron would be a star in any era. Yes this era has soft defense and no real rivalries. His physique and athleticism would definitely enable him to succeed even against the most physical defenses, e.g. the Bad Boys. The mentality would be learned, it’s not innate as it was in Jordan and Kobe, but that would still just be a temporary obstacle for Lebron.
THE BAD BOY PISTONS WITH LAIMBEER AND RODMAN WOULD HAVE STOPPED LEBRON SO WOULD HAVE THE CELTICS WITH 7-0 ROBERT PARRISH 6-10 KEVIN MCHALE AND 6-9 LARRY BIRD 💥🏀
If lebron is in dt era...i dnt really care...the 90s era...defend like a man....no blood no foul...personal rvalriea n not lers team up like ths n like dt....sperstars bfore hve a pride in their franchise....the only thng lbj wll do in 90s era is flop.....bt it thnk hnstly he wont be in the top 5 or 10.....its a dfferent jungle n dfferent animals bck in those days....
When LBJ came into the league in that rookie season, his body was like an nba player in his mid-twenties to late twenties. That's how much of a physical specimen he was as an athlete coming into the nba. Compare his body to jordan and kobe at the same age, i mean hands down LBJ has that huggeee advantage. But as 'nique pointed out @ 2:05 ..... he's never been able to develop he's other skills set. Kinda like d. howard, who never really developed some of his.
TBF he has had to become a well rounded player and hasnt been allowed to just focus on being elite at 2-3 things. I mean he is elite overall but he hasnt mastered his offensive game like MJ or Kobe because he needs to be great at everything. He has so many more responsibilities on his teams for them to function at a high level that he cant just focus on Scoring. MJ and Kobe were Assassins and could D up pretty well but they didnt have as many responsibilities as Lebron does to win.
bron is literally just magic but stronger faster more athletic and also a much better defender in his prime.. if magic could do it then y couldnt this freak of nature??
Idk how any fan can with a straight face deny what these all time greats are saying.They played in that tough era and even said in this video he could have possibly been better back then! Yet you guys say no and bring up 3-5 like basketball isn’t a team sport. Yes Jordan is the GOAT hands down but lbj is the best athlete the league has seen since the great Wilt Chamberlain.
I always say look at how great Karl Malone was when he played.... he was a beast and easily an all time great. Also if it wasn't for Jordan he'd probably have a couple rings which would add to his legacy. My point is LeBron James is basically Karl Malone but more athletic and literally better at everything... hahahaha. Yeah he would've done just fine.
The way they foul in the 90s he will develop a jump shot quicker??man I saw the 90s there were no freaking hard fouls stop the B's with eras been more physical..only bad boys were physical and that doesn't mean everyone was
I'm listening how they speaking about atleticism, comparing Lebron James with Oscar , Magic Athelticism... Why they dont compare him with Wilt Chamberlain? Wilt had 52 inches vertical jump, he was running 100m 10,2 sec, he could jump in high jump dicipline, he avareged 48 minutes per game whole career ! WILT WAS THE BEST NBA ATHLETE of all time !
I believe he would be a great player in previous eras but would NOT have had the success he has today. Why? Because a lot of his success comes from him being such a physical specimen in an era where you can't breathe on another player. This makes him unstoppable. In the 80s and 90s he wouldn't be getting open lanes to the basket (where he gets the majority of his points) without getting close lined.
If Kenny Smith can start games in the 90s then it must not have been too difficult back then. Lol 😂 Lebron is a beast in any era. I’m very tired of all the comparisons of players in different eras. The style of play is way different and so are the teams that the players are playing on. You’ll never be able to tell who is better because 1. The style of play is different 2. It is incredibly subjective. Stop the comparisons and recognize they are great. Enjoy the greatness!!!
@@jamalleblanc7328 Nah players nowadays are better because the technology and nutrition has evolved. Kids nowadays have specific programs and diets to help them maximise their natural gifts, back int he 80's I think the kids who were just naturally bigger and more skilled made the nba. Trust me take any HOF from the 90's and have them grow up in the modern era and they'd still make the HOF by the end of their career.
I think the real question is, If his predecessors like Magic, Pippen, Jordan etc did not come before him would he have been as developed and an All round machine as he is today? his physical Attributes would have made him a beast no matter but you put him in an Era with an MJ Pippen or Larry without thoes skills to have watched and learnt from growing up......... thats why its always crazy to compare you dont get 1 now days great without the ones before them
I believe all he wouldve had to see was magic to become current lebron. And imagine ldbron handchecking. Outside of mike he would lock up majority of the league and with illegal defenses. It would be one on one most of the time. And he would be too fast and vertical for most bigs. Dude averages would be right up there with mike. Rings are another story tho. Depends on where he is drafted
Everyone talks about the 90s and 80s in basketball. No offense to the players back then but they were no were near the athletic freaks that we have today and how skilled players are today. Russell Westbrook, healthy Derrick rose LeBron, Giannis Antekoupnmo, Blake Griffin. We now have 7'2 guys that can handle the rock and shoot the ball and can play in the post. Like common stop with the modern league is shit when players are more skilled and athletic then they were ever before. Yeah many greats played in the past but we can't say a great player like LeBron would be trash in the 80s and 90s he is simply too skilled and too athletic. He would a superstar.
Tj's world david thompson. tons or freaks in history, dont get sucked into the modern prideful era that thinks everything 'Today' is better than ever because nothing is new
Yes they are more athletic. But they are also mentally weaker. They play in the worst period of defense, they flop and they shoot long range jumpers. That is the status of your NBA today.
Yes but how long does he last in the league after getting an elbow to the face or head from the likes of a Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason or Karl Malone? Unless people want to tell me hes so strong in his upper body that he would be able to absorb contact like that like there's a fly on him?
If Sir touch Jordan and get a foul lasted as long as he did, then I'm sure Bron will last no problem. You guys act like there are no hoodlums in the NBA that try to injure others today.
And when Lebron takes something personally...that usually means he is leaving the game with 5 minutes to go after getting throttled by the Phoenix Suns. "These shoulders were built for a reason and if it takes for me to put more on top of it then so be it." Apparently playing any defense at all wasn't one of the things that fit on top those shoulders.
Now, having said that LeBron's Game I Q and abilities make him the Greatest Player Ever. Stop thinking about Team and Scorer in which most scorers shoot 34 shots and 12 free throws to score 30.
@@cashmerej9665 Now imagine a scorer who can drop 30 on over 50 fg% play elite defense as well as pass and rebound at a higher rate than anyone at his position. During the playoffs they get even better, who have I just described? MJ. MJ > Lebron unite LeBron retires then LBJ will be the greatest.
@@GameChanger-xi4iy You just don't understand basketball. You are going to shoot 50% if you take shots and missed but get the whistle. Those refs were there for Jordan to succeed ever since Magic, Bird and Isaiah got old. I have never seen a greater Player Than 6 in Miami. They stole 2 DPOY awards from him. So, I can never put a player over LeBron when I consistently see the league do everything they can to stop LeBron from succeeding. Do you think if Brady and Jordan were in the position LeBron was in in Game 1 of the 2018 Finals pitching that gem and the refs had to do their job and stop LeBron from showing everyone who is The Best. Look at that 4th quarter and tell me what player you know that can do that to 3 of the best shooters and scorers in NBA History facing 1 guy on the brink of winning and they handcuffed him. That is what that bytch a$$ league did to keep LeBron 2nd or 3rd in idiots mind.
@@cashmerej9665 Typical fan boy response lol. Lebron is good but you hype him up too much. Get back to me when you stop being bias. Also Lebron after 2014 was one of the laziest defenders ever. He might have been good defensively in 2009-2013 but after that he was below mediocre, how can you be the greatest when you can't even have sustained defensive impact over your whole career.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news here, but truth is Lebron doesn't have the stamina required for 90s ball. He would have to slim down quite a bit, because the 90s game required more intensity and the game wore people out more as a result. So yes sure he would still be great, but i think it would affect him and lower his production somewhat. He would be run off the floor otherwise.
yes also imagine lebron getting an elbow to the face or head while going full speed up the court from a guy like Charles Oakley or Karl Malone. Its tough to win rings when your sitting out because you have a severe concussion or some other injury
Wilkins speakin the truth. Old school ball you couldn't rely fully on a perimeter game and you had to have a solid post game. Hand checking and hard fouls would've forced Lebron to change his game and that's the real question, if he could adapt. In this era, he's proven that he flops more than any other superstar from the old school. He literally has a nickname "Leflop"
In the 90s? No. Just ask shaq, penny, reggie, ewing, starks, barkley, malone, stockton... everyone in dream team 2. If lbj needed wade and bosh to get over the hump, imagine what he would be in the 90s.
People really be asking if LeBron could play in other eras. Can ya’ll just imagine a super athletic 6’8 270lbs who can run like a gazelle hard fouling and hand checking? He might end someone’s career with his hand checking alone lmao
in the 90´s lebron maybe would have been more like a typical power forward....nowadays 6´9´´ guys playing point guard and are playmaking......in the 90´s lebrons role would have been different on a team....imagine karl malone playing point guard
you're right. You can't just time machine him to the 90s as is. He would have grown up not doing guard drills but down in the paint doing big man drills. Coaches wouldn't have had him out shooting 3s or dribbling drills from a young age, so he would have grown up becoming more of a standard power forward.
GEORGE MCGINNIS WASN'T AS BIG WEIGHT WISE, BUT WAS JUST AS STRONG, JUST AS FAST, PLAYED MUCH BETTER DEFENSE......HAD "BIG MAC" NOT GOTTEN HURT, HIS STATS WOULD BE WAAAY UP THERE......PROVE ME WRONG!!!
Think Steve Kerr is just getting tired of Kenny Smith bashing LBJ being like someone else. Lebron is a freak of nature and is the GOAT of our era period
I'm a big GSW hater, but I give them props. My cousin told me that if prime Bulls team played against GSW with KD in TODAY'S NBA (hence today and not the 90's NBA), they would destroy them. There's plenty vids on RU-vid of how 90's star said that today's player are way more skilled than 90's players and that they would be stars in the 90's such as this video with LeBron. I told him No, no matter what, todays NBA with all the skilled players and rules, Bulls would not. I just looked down and said Man your to locked in the past NBA. No way a Ron Harper or Steve Kerr is holding a prime Curry. Or a prime Pippen could hold a prime KD. Prime Pippen never held a 7 foot pure shooter with guard handles. Prime Kawhi has WAY better defense than prime Pippen and KD would still drop 30 on Kawhi. Imagine if Pippen was holding Giannis, Porzingis, or even a Klay Thompson. Dont get me wrong, I understand that 90's era were more physical because of the rules, but no way in hell can they block someones who's screening for a 30 foot jumper. MJ will get his, but no way they're matching player for player with today's GSW team, LeBron's Cavs team, or the today's Bucks. And if you think I'm too stuck in present, same goes for you. You're too stuck in the past
