Greatest MJ season vs. Greatest Kobe season vs. Greatest LeBron James

[NBAplayoffs2001]

For me
MJ: 1993
Kobe: 2003
LeBron: 2/5

[SamuraiSWISH]

Even in defeat:

Kobe: 2008
LeBron: 2009

For MJ? Too difficult to pick.

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[fpliii]

MJ: Didn't start watching the NBA until 92-93, but 91-92 might be his best season IMO. Was a beast in the post, hit tons of jumpers, and still was a terror in transition/driving to the hole.
Kobe: 2009 (2008 was pretty much the same, but I'm using the championship as a tiebreaker...working with Grover in Summer 07 built up his strength, and he still had a ton of his athleticism)
LeBron: 2012 (better offensively in 13 and 14 but he didn't play defense consistently until the playoffs either year)

[3LiftHeatCurse]

Statistically, MJ's best year was 1987-88.

Jordan won every major honor, including Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, selection to the All-NBA First Team, selection to the All-Defensive First Team, an All-Star Game MVP Award (after scoring 40 points), and the NBA Slam-Dunk Championship. He led the league in scoring with 35.0 points per game and steals with 3.16 per contest.

[3ball]

I think a player's best season usually comes when their game has fully matured or almost fully matured, WHILE they still have most or all of their athleticism.

So Jordan's best year was 1991 imo... he'd fully bought into the triangle, which did suppress his raw numbers a bit, but his game had fully evolved by that year - his pull-up jumper and turnaround became staples in his game, as opposed to previous years, where he had expended too much energy trying to get all the way to the rack against the pistons - if his game had evolved to this point a year or two sooner, he would have been able to beat the pistons sooner imo.

ofc, still had the goat athleticism..

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Jordan_Goat_Ability_ac1e53e3c47372cda8a8f82149579b 4e.gif

Kobe's best season was probably 2009 imo, LeBron's was 2012 I believe, because he'd learned some lessons from 2011, and still had most of the athleticism he had in Cleveland.

[Cold soul]

MJ: 87, 88, 91, 92, 93.
Kobe: 03, 06, 07, 08, 09.
Lebron: 09, 10, 12, 13.

[Bless Mathews]

Statistically, MJ's best year was 1987-88.

Jordan won every major honor, including Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, selection to the All-NBA First Team, selection to the All-Defensive First Team, an All-Star Game MVP Award (after scoring 40 points), and the NBA Slam-Dunk Championship. He led the league in scoring with 35.0 points per game and steals with 3.16 per contest.

Goatmode

[NBAplayoffs2001]

I think a player's best season usually comes when their game has fully matured or almost fully matured, WHILE they still have most or all of their athleticism.

So Jordan's best year was 1991 imo... he'd fully bought into the triangle, which did suppress his raw numbers a bit, but his game had fully evolved by that year - his pull-up jumper and turnaround became staples in his game, as opposed to previous years, where he had expended too much energy trying to get all the way to the rack against the pistons - if his game had evolved to this point a year or two sooner, he would have been able to beat the pistons sooner imo.

ofc, still had the goat athleticism..

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Jordan_Goat_Ability_ac1e53e3c47372cda8a8f82149579b 4e.gif

Kobe's best season was probably 2009 imo, LeBron's was 2012 I believe, because he'd learned some lessons from 2011, and still had most of the athleticism he had in Cleveland.

:applause: For me his 93 Finals performance is just too hard to deny but also he averaged a double double in 91. So this is very tough.:bowdown:

[Akrazotile]

For me
MJ: 1993
Kobe: 2003
LeBron: 2/5



Be lyin if I said I didnt lol

[To4]

I think a player's best season usually comes when their game has fully matured or almost fully matured, WHILE they still have most or all of their athleticism.

So Jordan's best year was 1991 imo... he'd fully bought into the triangle, which did suppress his raw numbers a bit, but his game had fully evolved by that year - his pull-up jumper and turnaround became staples in his game, as opposed to previous years, where he had expended too much energy trying to get all the way to the rack against the pistons - if his game had evolved to this point a year or two sooner, he would have been able to beat the pistons sooner imo.

ofc, still had the goat athleticism..

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Jordan_Goat_Ability_ac1e53e3c47372cda8a8f82149579b 4e.gif

Kobe's best season was probably 2009 imo, LeBron's was 2012 I believe, because he'd learned some lessons from 2011, and still had most of the athleticism he had in Cleveland.


:wtf: :eek: God that hangtime.. always in awe when I see that GIF

[Akrazotile]

http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Jordan_Goat_Ability_ac1e53e3c47372cda8a8f82149579b 4e.gif

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As much as I often bemoan how, in general terms, being able to do stuff like that often causes players to quickly become overrated.... Thats just ****ing spectacular :eek:

[RoundMoundOfReb]

1991 MJ > 2013 LeBron > 08 Kobe

[Akrazotile]

MJ: 87, 88, 91, 92, 93.
Kobe: 03, 06, 07, 08, 09.
Lebron: 09, 10, 12, 13.


Wait how can "rings" count on a resume but you can say a player had his best year when he didnt even make it out of the first round? :wtf:

[BlkMambaGOAT]

'97 Kobe> Bran
'03 MJ> Bran

[Akrazotile]

'97 Kobe> Bran
'03 MJ> Bran


6>4>1

[Cold soul]

Wait how can "rings" count on a resume but you can say a player had his best year when he didnt even make it out of the first round? :wtf:


Regular season matters too, bud. You're a troll anyway.

[Akrazotile]

Regular season matters too, bud. You're a troll anyway.


But they didnt do anything in the regular season. They were a seven seed :facepalm

[Cold soul]

But they didnt do anything in the regular season. They were a seven seed :facepalm


Lol, whatever man. You don't remember the insane scoring Kobe was doing those years 06 and 07 along with the garbage roster he carried to playoffs.

[3ball]

As much as I often bemoan how, in general terms, being able to do stuff like that often causes players to quickly become overrated.... Thats just ****ing spectacular :eek:

Apparently, MJ did a lot of shots that no one else did, or a lot more often than any other player.

Top 15 Hanging Jumpshots by MJ (http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=40750321#p40750321)

Top 15 MJ Dunks Over Multiple Contesting Defenders (http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=40414797#p40414797)

Partial Collection of MJ Dunks Over All-Time Great Centers (http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=40382395#p40382395)

[Magic 32]

Wait how can "rings" count on a resume but you can say a player had his best year when he didnt even make it out of the first round? :wtf:

http://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/2006-07/Upper-Deck-Trilogy/73/Smush-Parker-Vladimir-Radmanovic-Kwame-Brown.jpg?id=75126760-1967-4580-97c3-8d1b1387c57d&size=zoom