Regular Season LeBron vs Playoff LeBron | Phil Handy & Gilbert Arenas Explain The Difference 

2018 year 15 Lebron, was probably the best player that I've ever witnessed with my own eyes.

“They weren’t the better team, we got outsmarted by that man”. Imagine if he was drafted to a competent organization who brought in a hall of fame coach. His mind is his superpower, his killer instinct. We need to stop the MJ comparisons, they are completely different players with completely different mindsets and skill sets. But their drive for winning is the same, it just looks different.

Bron boutta go into his 20th season in the national basketball association, and he's still a top 5, top 10 player in the league. Shit is ridiculous.

That 2018 playoffs run made cry deadass.

lebron only missed 2 finals between 2010 to 2020. That is legendary.

YALL ARE KILLING IT. I LOVE HOW y’all actually break down bball

Yoo Phil Handy is the GOAT, great to see him as a guest on the show.

And that’s the thing. Handy had the integrity to do what these other clowns won’t: admit when they were wrong about Bron. They sit on TV and talk a whole bunch of foolishness,only to be quieter than church mice when they are CLEARLY proven wrong. That goes for ALL athletes when pundits and anyone else making outside noise are wrong

Dont let Lebron's longevity work against him. He first decade plus he played all out on both ends of the floor hence the 6 all nba defensive teams. Watch his games first time with Cavs and every year with the Heat. Once he got older when other all time greats had stopped playing well or retired by their 14th, 15th season etc Lebron conserved energy to still remain a top 5, 10 player in the league!

That was the older Bron he had to conserve energy. Smart move. Now he even older but his squad is mediocre at best.

playoff Bron as a Celtic fan i can say its SCARY

He just averaged 30ppg last season. That's at 37 years old. Now, there are still people who think he couldn't average 35ppg in his prime. I'm just like, okay. Nevermind the regular season, in his prime, he did this in the playoffs. It would be easier in the regular season right? Not harder. People really think the all-time scoring list has bad scorers on it though. Like, he's clearly at that level as a scorer and those are the facts. Prime LeBron today? He just gave you 30ppg at age 37. That's 40ppg in his prime. This isn't your 'hypothetical' Jordan talk. No like, that's proof. Hard evidence Bron could do that and we saw it this past season.

Now if this is 100% true for the past 7-8 years of his career look at what he’s done going mid during that time Lebron is my guy and as much as I want to call cap on this I remember that far often he looks like he’s just playing with his food!! Other then those big matchup games! It’s crazy when you hear Lebron haters talk with no real substance and then hear people that really knows what’s going on when it comes to Lebron!!! People need to really listen to what Gilbert is saying……..

I love it when nba guys sit around and give insight to us normal everyday guys about Lebron James greatness!

I mean some players don’t even have 10 years in the league let alone 14+. He’s moving smart

For Lebron to be the ultimate teacher he must be the ultimate student 🔥💯

Just wait till the stories come out when he retires. The greatest ever. The biggest lie ever told in sports history is that: he’s not a killer, he’s not clutch, he can’t shoot, he’s not super skilled, his defense is iffy, etc…no one elevates the way he does.

Best Lebron ever was in Miami when excepted the villain role with the BLACK MASK. Was unstoppable

He went super saiyan in the 16 finals

2018 LeBron is the greatest player to ever touch a basketball. He was just INSANE that year

LeBron on "cruise" has finished practically top 5 in regular season MVP voting for the last 10-15 years damn near. Not bad.

finally someone got Coach Handy on! really forwardd to it!

THAT CHILLING BRON IN THE REGULAR SEASON IS ACTUALLY CANDIDATE EVERY YEAR TO WIN MVP. IMAGINE IF HE REALLY TAKES IT SERIOUSLY JUST FROM THE GET GO.

The playoffs are when superstars in the regular season become legends. If you look at LeBron’s averages, they go up during the playoffs.

That zero dark 23.....😅 Goosebumps

I rather here from phil handy or players more than talk shows or media pundits and their sources 😂😂

This is mind breaking 🔥🔥💯💯

Bro that 15-17 Bron was the epitome of Athleticism!

Yea when you make the playoffs every year for years you have to come up with a way to extend your career and deep playoff play

Imagine how to good you have to be to cruise to the playoffs…

Great show

Need the full one

"Zero dark 23" lmfao

From 2012 - 2020, a nine-year after he lost to the Mavs, here are LeBron's averages during the regular season, playoffs, and finals: Regular season: 26.5 pts, 7.8 reb, 7.8 ast, 1.5 stl, 0.7 blk on 53% FG, 36% 3PT, and 72% FT. Playoffs: 29.2 pts, 9.4 reb, 7.3 ast, 1.7 stl, 0.9 blk on 52% FG, 34% 3PT, and 74% FT. Finals: 30.4 pts, 10.9 reb, 8.0 ast, 1.8 stl, 0.9 blk on 50% FG, 37% 3PT, and 74% FT. So yeah, Playoff LeBron is real.

Release the full EP fast fast 😅

07lebron vs pistons i had tears watchin that game he wasn't human . scored last 25 points of that game just imaging that

If you use all of your bullets in the present war, you have nothing to fight with for future wars.. Bron realized early the secret to longevity. He mastered how to calculate his moves..

Love nba stories

I need that shirt Phil got on lol

Gil was high af this episode 😤🤣😂

I wish I could have seen him play

Work smart not harder !

Playoff Bron the best player ever. Give Bron from 2012-2020. Greatest playoff peak ever. If u know ball it’s not only about wins and loses and he still have 4 chips and 4 FMVP’s.

Wow. Kudos

Regular season Bron = better than everyone else Playoff Bron= can only be compared to MJ

The only player thats going to be 40k 10k 10k and he did it while not going all out.

Imagine if MJ and Bron is playing together. What could have been?

2018 Bron was just crazy I never see anything like it

Was Gil talking about the 2017-2018 Cavs? Kyrie was gone, Love was in and out and the team was in danger of not making the playoffs? Bron had to play all 82 games to ensure they got into the post season. That was more impressive compared to the 06-07 season when he got to the finals the first time considering all circumstances involved.

When I hear not playing hard, that usually revolves playing defense, especially team defense, rotating/helping, making the extra effort. Not sure that’s to be applauded, although the strategy is understood.

If only cavs were serious about winning from the start and actually tried to bring in players and good coaches. Lebron would have at least 8 rings now.

its 2023 and Lebron is still the best and now is the final round be in the NBA finals and it was a mind blowing Lebron is build different 38yrs old damn! 🤯🤯🤯

That playoffs series against the raptors and the Celtics made me a Lebron fan

2008 & 2009 & 10 bron was all in for winning & going for stats & 18 & just last season with Russ

Bron definitely said F everyone, imma get these numbers last season lol

The human body is a resource. Like it's detrimental to workout hard everyday, you gotta take easy days in the regular season especially as you grow older.

Handy from Philly ?

So what happen when u and him and that big conversation

Gilbert did not have that switch

1:03 Zero Dark 23 😤😤😤 that’s a tuff nickname for Playoff Lebron

I love it

They see it.

Bron is year 20 and still top 5 player in the league Dude is honestly the goat

Are you joking? He dont run back on defense, and he plays garbage time til he hits 30 points, once he hits his quota he leaves.

what movie is this ?

4:42 I’ve ALWAYS Said That! That Wizards Team Was WAAAAAY Better Than That Cleveland Team! To This Day, Lol I’ve Never Understood How They Lost To Cleveland. 🤣

That 2015 finals he lead both teams in every statistical category. Just think about that. Wtf

Phil Handy look like an old Gil lol

Lebron haters hate videos and guys talking about him this way. They sick as hell

Luka had it when the mavs played the suns

The playoffs is more of strategy

embiid/harden vs lebron/jimmy reg season vs playoffs this is a proof

Regular season bron = regular bron Playoffs bron = super saiyan

Gil wearing coats now

Bron cruising during the regular season and still putting up historic numbers 😂😂

That jacket one size too big on Gil fr fr

LeBron is cool but that Kobe content fire

This isn't news... lebron doesn't play defense and does load management.

Watch one playoff game and you see why these dudes dont play hard in regular season. If they did they wouldn't last 30 games. I been realized that, thats why i stopped complaining about regular season play hard nonsense.

Did this come out b4 last year? It wasn't exactly prime lebron but with AD injured and russ play terrible old Bron definitely put up buckets

Lebrons never had a selfish year?????? 😂😂😂😂

Mike was zero dark 30 game 1 of the preseason

Jordan was always in gear. Stayed ready never had to get ready…

Basically explaining why he loses so much.. MJ and Kobe didn't have cruise control.. they didn't take games off.

We can appreciate the greatest of Lebron without shitting on James Harden and Kobe. Kobe wanted to prove to the basketball world that he could win without shaq. James Harden wanted to lead his own team to a Championship. It's not stat padding to me, those guys including Lebron did what was necessary for their team to win.

These playoffs comparison for goat status is moot. In the early career of Jordan when he got bounced and so forth. He played in an era where there were 5 game series. If LeBron had played during a 5 game series he would not have made some of those finals...let's think about that.

If they beat u 3 years in a row then they ARE the better team

SO WHY HE DONT PLAY DEFENSE IN PLAYOFFS IF HE COAST DURING OFFSEASOM ? HMMM

LeBron was on top of the mvp list season2021 and Lakers first in the league before he got injured by Solomon Hill!!!

Duh! So LBJ is so good that his down year is like other players' career years.

I’ve been to 1500+ games live center court row 10 since 87-88 season tix + playoffs for Pacers and went to 10 games 85-86 & 86-87 too and some games in Chicago as cousins have season tix. The best players I’ve ever seen MJ LeBron tied Hakeem Bird tied Those 4 at their best imo are the illest since 84-85. Prime Magic Shaq Duncan KG Durant Kobe Giannas Curry Kawhi Wade Pippen Isiah Dirk prob after that but my top4 at their apex def MJ = LeBron followed by Hakeem = Bird!

So it's fact he lebron don't play hard all the time and people wonder why we say it's different levels...Jordan kobe lebron..other two played hard every game

I think Phil Handy was better off being the head coach for the cavs over Ty Lue & David Blatt

Not this guy again, he a friend to popular kids.

That’s why I like Michael Jordan so much and I believe he and Kobe are on another level they didn’t take games off no matter what!Its easy to have a long career when you don’t give it your all every play if I was his teammate hearing this would definitely upset me!

Kobe went hard all the time

Bron is just not the animal that a lot of people see him as. Period. He's just not.

BUT if Lebron went into high gear in the regular season he probably wouldnt be that good in the playoffs especially if hes conserving himself 82 games

Did y’all forget 2007,2012,2017??

Still remember the year he activated playoff lebron and still never made the playoffs 🤦🤦🤦