LeBron would also dominate in the 1980's and 1990's

[Lebron23]

He is LeBron. I don't see those skinny small forwards shutting him down

[warriorfan]

bron needs an open paint to operate

dude would get straight exposed

[fsvr54]

Lebron (Like Giannis) has no actual finesse ball skills. He was rewarded by God with a brick body and is allowed to travel and push-off with the forearm in 99% of his career drives.

You would probably smoke prime Lebron on any random Filipino ball court

[warriorfan]

Lebron (Like Giannis) has no actual finesse ball skills. He was rewarded by God with a brick body and is allowed to travel and push-off with the forearm in 99% of his career drives.

You would probably smoke prime Lebron on any random Filipino ball court

if jj gave him the work imagine what Lebron23 would do to him

[SATAN]

Michael Derozen would be remembered in a similar way that Drexler is if LeBron was around back then. Nike and NBA wouldn't promote a degenerate weirdo like MJ so heavily and LeBron would have at least 7 rings in the 90s. There would be no "the shot". Craig Ehlo would be replaced by LeBron James. Let's be real here.

[Full Court]

LeShrivel wouldn't have been able to handle the '80s and '90s. If Devin Booker, Jamal Murray, and Jason Terry broke him, just think what the bad boy Pistons would have done. :roll:

[Axe]

Michael Derozen would be remembered in a similar way that Drexler is if LeBron was around back then. Nike and NBA wouldn't promote a degenerate weirdo like MJ so heavily and LeBron would have at least 7 rings in the 90s. There would be no "the shot". Craig Ehlo would be replaced by LeBron James. Let's be real here.
He wouldn't need to be shackled to someone useful like scottie pippen just to make it past the first round as well.

[Full Court]

Just think, Lebron had two HOFers in AD and Westbrook, and his fluffers were literally in tears begging for him to get more help. :roll:

[ArbitraryWater]

How many chips on the 90s Jazz?

[Xiao Yao You]

How many chips on the 90s Jazz?

With Stockton/Malone/Horny? Assuming Sloan didn't get in the way they would have been the team to beat for sure

[Full Court]

With Stockton/Malone/Horny? Assuming Sloan didn't get in the way they would have been the team to beat for sure

We are talking about the player who has accomplished the least with the most help though...

Very good possibility he'd lead the super team Jazz to the lottery.

[Axe]

With Stockton/Malone/Horny? Assuming Sloan didn't get in the way they would have been the team to beat for sure
What's the problem with sloan? Them pick-and-rolls? :ohwell: (https://i.ibb.co/9sM1BRX/IMG-20230123-110228.jpg)

[Airupthere]

First time we’ve heard this sentiment from the OP. Surprising thread.

[nayte]

Where's the yearly LeBron championship thread OP.
I miss those bangers

[sdot_thadon]

Old bron needs an open paint to operate

dude would get straight exposed

Corrected, Young Lebron was blowing by guys on the perimeter with a basic standing dribble. Prime Lebron was leveraging that ability into a whole offensive system. He'd be fine in any era just like Mike would be....except maybe the 60s they'd be called for carrying/traveling constantly lol.

[Johnny32]

he dominates either era with wiltesque stats. 80s is laughable athletes playing fast pace style but with zero transition defense. 90s is a 1v1, no double cuz of dino rules, isolation era. lil mikey would be an afterthought if legoat was born 20 yrs earlier.

[Full Court]

he dominates either era with wiltesque stats. 80s is laughable athletes playing fast pace style but with zero transition defense. 90s is a 1v1, no double cuz of dino rules, isolation era. lil mikey would be an afterthought if legoat was born 20 yrs earlier.

"What if..." "Woulda coulda shoulda....."

Fact is, he has the most choke jobs of all time and is widely known as LeShrivel.

[Johnny32]

hurrr, this thread is a "what if" you fat window licking tard.

[tpols]

It would be much more difficult for Lebron with the lack of stretch 3 pt shooting bigs and packed paints with dominant rim protectors like Ewing, Hakeem, Robinson, Zo, Shaq, Mutumbo, etc. We see guys like Giannis crumble to 8 seeds because Bam is there. Bam is like a child compared to those guys. You needed a midrange jumper to be a super star in that era if you weren't a center. MJ, Malone, Barkley, Clyde, Reggie you name it... they all had little jumpers to contend with the packed paints.

[Full Court]

hurrr, this thread is a "what if" you fat window licking tard.

I have a serious question for you. How does the below clip make you feel, like way deep down inside?

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia1.tenor.com%2Fimages%2F90b1f f34bd0fdf62413257486f23181d%2Ftenor.gif%3Fitemid%3 D4990632&f=1&nofb=1

[ILLsmak]

He'd be a beast, but he wouldn't be breaking the points record. The Bron that has been putting up 30 lately would def not be doing that in the 90s. In his prime, he would be good, yeah... maybe like 28 8 8.

Funny you guys mention the Jazz cuz that's one of the good teams I don't think he would do well with.

-Smak

[Bawkish]

80's? Nah

Why? Bill Laimbeer

90's? Nah

Why? Knicks frontcourt

[Baller789]

It would be much more difficult for Lebron with the lack of stretch 3 pt shooting bigs and packed paints with dominant rim protectors like Ewing, Hakeem, Robinson, Zo, Shaq, Mutumbo, etc. We see guys like Giannis crumble to 8 seeds because Bam is there. Bam is like a child compared to those guys. You needed a midrange jumper to be a super star in that era if you weren't a center. MJ, Malone, Barkley, Clyde, Reggie you name it... they all had little jumpers to contend with the packed paints.

Bingo. LBJ has one of the worse midrange games of all time perimeter players.

He's not bulldozing over 80s and 90s defenders. He wasnt able to do that with JJ Barrea in his prime, no way hes doing it to Mason and McKey.

[Johnny32]

Do we need to post the height and weight of the bad boy pistons again lmao. These tards are beyond delusional.

[Johnny32]

Oh and fun fact. The JJ meme is a flop. There's a reason the window lickers only post an image of it... because he flopped seconds later. That's the only way any era is stopping the L-Train, flopping like lil bitches.

[Axe]

hurrr, this thread is a "what if" you fat window licking tard.
:roll:

[8Ball]

I have a serious question for you. How does the below clip make you feel, like way deep down inside?


Lmfao how many times does this retard get banned?

7th time in 4 months?

Imagine how much stupidity has to spew from his brain to get banned on this forum :lol that many times.


3ball levels of brain deadness.

[Full Court]

Lmfao how many times does this retard get banned?

7th time in 4 months?

Imagine how much stupidity has to spew from his brain to get banned on this forum :lol that many times.


3ball levels of brain deadness.

:roll: Toilet boy.

[Axe]

Lmfao how many times does this retard get banned?

7th time in 4 months?

Imagine how much stupidity has to spew from his brain to get banned on this forum :lol that many times.


3ball levels of brain deadness.
:oldlol:

[Full Court]

:oldlol:

[Axe]

It would be much more difficult for Lebron with the lack of stretch 3 pt shooting bigs and packed paints with dominant rim protectors like Ewing, Hakeem, Robinson, Zo, Shaq, Mutumbo, etc. We see guys like Giannis crumble to 8 seeds because Bam is there. Bam is like a child compared to those guys. You needed a midrange jumper to be a super star in that era if you weren't a center. MJ, Malone, Barkley, Clyde, Reggie you name it... they all had little jumpers to contend with the packed paints.
Bam is just lucky to have a useful teammate in jimmy butler lmao. (https://i.ibb.co/9sM1BRX/IMG-20230123-110228.jpg)

[Full Court]

It would be much more difficult for Lebron with the lack of stretch 3 pt shooting bigs and packed paints with dominant rim protectors like Ewing, Hakeem, Robinson, Zo, Shaq, Mutumbo, etc. We see guys like Giannis crumble to 8 seeds because Bam is there. Bam is like a child compared to those guys. You needed a midrange jumper to be a super star in that era if you weren't a center. MJ, Malone, Barkley, Clyde, Reggie you name it... they all had little jumpers to contend with the packed paints.

Yeah, just shows how flukish the Mickey Mouse bubble was in 2020.

[Axe]

Corrected, Young Lebron was blowing by guys on the perimeter with a basic standing dribble. Prime Lebron was leveraging that ability into a whole offensive system. He'd be fine in any era just like Mike would be....except maybe the 60s they'd be called for carrying/traveling constantly lol.
:cheers: (https://i.ibb.co/g4tnXnv/IMG-20230626-052542.jpg)

[tpols]

Bingo. LBJ has one of the worse midrange games of all time perimeter players.

He's not bulldozing over 80s and 90s defenders. He wasnt able to do that with JJ Barrea in his prime, no way hes doing it to Mason and McKey.


Good point I missed. In addition to the towering 7 foot center defensive rim protector class you had to deal with bully goons on the way like X-man, Mason, Oakley, Rodman, Malone, Kemp, Mahorn, LJ, the Davis bros, etc. It goes on and on. The most annoying tough guy today is probably Dillon Brooks. There really are no enforcer types anymore. Maybe dray? And that's it. The goonmanship of the 90s was absurdly tougher.

[Full Court]

Good point I missed. In addition to the towering 7 foot center defensive rim protector class you had to deal with bully goons on the way like X-man, Mason, Oakley, Rodman, Malone, Kemp, Mahorn, LJ, the Davis bros, etc. It goes on and on. The most annoying tough guy today is probably Dillon Brooks. There really are no enforcer types anymore. Maybe dray? And that's it. The goonmanship of the 90s was absurdly tougher.

In the 90s Lebron would be a more athletic and less handsome Patrick Ewing.

[SATAN]

If you think any players of GOAT-esque caliber wouldn't dominate in other eras you're an idiot. Like tpols.

[Full Court]

If you think any players of GOAT-esque caliber wouldn't dominate in other eras you're an idiot. Like tpols.

If you think that the guy with the most choke jobs of all time is GOAT-esque, then you're an idiot.

But we already all knew you were. :lol

[Reggie43]

He would be as dominant as Shaq for his position but just like 90s Shaq he wouldnt be as successful.

[8Ball]

https://www.lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Pace-by-season-1-768x558.png


LeBron averaged 30ppg in the mid 2000s, the slowest paced era of basketball ever.

The 80s was one of the highest paced eras.

[sdot_thadon]

Its crazy to me to see some of these guys saying he couldn't do this and that with that eras bigs. We dont remember that in miami Lebron was rumored to weigh 260ish pounds, thats more than almost any 90s center save Shaq. Put it in perspective Embiid outweighs the great 90s center class by around 30 lbs, so does Joker.


It would be much more difficult for Lebron with the lack of stretch 3 pt shooting bigs and packed paints with dominant rim protectors like Ewing, Hakeem, Robinson, Zo, Shaq, Mutumbo, etc. We see guys like Giannis crumble to 8 seeds because Bam is there. Bam is like a child compared to those guys. You needed a midrange jumper to be a super star in that era if you weren't a center. MJ, Malone, Barkley, Clyde, Reggie you name it... they all had little jumpers to contend with the packed paints.
Lebron played before 3pt shooting stretch bigs and was pretty unbelievable. And crazy as it sounds would be more dangerous from 3 than the majority of the 90s stars. One last thing, Bam is roughly the same size as Zo was in the 90s and he fared just fine.

[Xiao Yao You]

Its crazy to me to see some of these guys saying he couldn't do this and that with that eras bigs. We dont remember that in miami Lebron was rumored to weigh 260ish pounds, thats more than almost any 90s center save Shaq. Put it in perspective Embiid outweighs the great 90s center class by around 30 lbs, so does Joker.


Lebron played before 3pt shooting stretch bigs and was pretty unbelievable. And crazy as it sounds would be more dangerous from 3 than the majority of the 90s stars. One last thing, Bam is roughly the same size as Zo was in the 90s and he fared just fine.

you don't know that he would have been more dangerous from 3. Likely he would have been working on mid range and post game more not taking 1000's of 3's

[aj1987]

Good point I missed. In addition to the towering 7 foot center defensive rim protector class you had to deal with bully goons on the way like X-man, Mason, Oakley, Rodman, Malone, Kemp, Mahorn, LJ, the Davis bros, etc. It goes on and on. The most annoying tough guy today is probably Dillon Brooks. There really are no enforcer types anymore. Maybe dray? And that's it. The goonmanship of the 90s was absurdly tougher.
You do know that LeBron's first game was in October 2003, right?

[sdot_thadon]

you don't know that he would have been more dangerous from 3. Likely he would have been working on mid range and post game more not taking 1000's of 3's
Right and in that same hypothetical he's a good mid range shooter from dedication basically only to that and he still dominates lol. Same end result with maybe less points? Who's to say.

[aj1987]

you don't know that he would have been more dangerous from 3. Likely he would have been working on mid range and post game more not taking 1000's of 3's

Missed this post.

Since we're doing hypotheticals, LeBron would've worked on his post game and mid range game more. He would've been significantly better from those areas, according to your logic.

[Xiao Yao You]

Missed this post.

Since we're doing hypotheticals, LeBron would've worked on his post game and mid range game more. He would've been significantly better from those areas, according to your logic.

would be my guess

[aj1987]

would be my guess

Reasonable post.

[3ba11]

He is LeBron. I don't see those skinny small forwards shutting him down


https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-26-2022/SHB07h.gif


In addition to lacking the jumpshooting touch to shoot over the packed paints of previous eras, Lebron would cower from the physicality (shown below), which would make him a passive facilitator like Magic or Kidd.

So those are 2 pretty good reasons why Lebron wouldn't be as good in the unspaced eras of yesteryear (1) lack of jumpshooting touch to shoot over packed paints and 2) cower from the physicality and be a passive facilitator instead

[ILLsmak]

https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-26-2022/SHB07h.gif


In addition to lacking the jumpshooting touch to shoot over the packed paints of previous eras, Lebron would cower from the physicality (shown below), which would make him a passive facilitator like Magic or Kidd.

So those are 2 pretty good reasons why Lebron wouldn't be as good in the unspaced eras of yesteryear (1) lack of jumpshooting touch to shoot over packed paints and 2) cower from the physicality and be a passive facilitator instead

I do think he's struggle to get a J going, moreso than he did already, because of how the game was. Plus every team would play him like the Spurs and once he became able to hit, they'd stay close enough to bother him, but he'd def get to the rim well, even if he did get clubbed. I think his ability to get inside, nohomo, is prol the reason he'd get good scoring, but I don't think he'd be as good. He wouldn't get 30 imo. You kinda needed a J to get 30 back then.

-Smak

[8Ball]

LeBron averaged 30 ppg a few seasons in the slowest era ever in the mid 2000s.

But he would struggle in a faster era in the 80s and 90s?

Laughable.

[TheMan]

Michael Derozen would be remembered in a similar way that Drexler is if LeBron was around back then. Nike and NBA wouldn't promote a degenerate weirdo like MJ so heavily and LeBron would have at least 7 rings in the 90s. There would be no "the shot". Craig Ehlo would be replaced by LeBron James. Let's be real here.

This is one of your dumber takes, and that's really an impressive feat :applause:

[TheMan]

I do think he's struggle to get a J going, moreso than he did already, because of how the game was. Plus every team would play him like the Spurs and once he became able to hit, they'd stay close enough to bother him, but he'd def get to the rim well, even if he did get clubbed. I think his ability to get inside, nohomo, is prol the reason he'd get good scoring, but I don't think he'd be as good. He wouldn't get 30 imo. You kinda needed a J to get 30 back then.

-Smak

That made me lol :lol

[red1]

yeah I dont see him not being the GOAT in any era


agreed

[TheMan]

yeah I dont see him not being the GOAT in any era


agreed

Except for the fact he isn't

[SATAN]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/image.php?u=160288&dateline=1456794266

[Full Court]

yeah I dont see him not being the GOAT in any era


agreed

Most choke jobs of all time.

He's been out of running for GOAT since 2011.

Truth hurts, doesn't it.