At Worse, LeBron Retires As the 2nd Best Player in NBA History

[Dagouch]

He is already top 10.

Top ten all time? Just curious how would you rank them? Not a slam but just curious from your point of view.

[SilkkTheShocker]

"At worst", Lebron retires a top 10 player. Passing Kareem, MJ and Russell is almost out of the question.

Bill Russell in today's era: car salesman.

His era can't be taken seriously.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Top ten all time? Just curious how would you rank them? Not a slam but just curious from your point of view.

When you factor in 4 MVPs, 2x Finals MVPs, Scoring Title, Olympics, ROY, etc. you can still name 10 players that were definitely better than LeBron?

[PotOdds]

He's definitely headed towards number 2 but needs to get to 4-6 chips. If say he did 4 chips and had 7 MVPs, yeah he's #2. But if for some freak reason, he had to retire today, you could argue top 10 but there would be debates.

[DMV2]

#2 All-Time isn't out of the question especially if he can get a 4-peat of rings and F-MVPs, along with possibly 1-2 more MVPs.

5-peat puts him at #1 GOAT to me and I'm not even a fan of LeBron. Might even put him at #1 if he gets two 3-peats.

[riseagainst]

the title should be, "At BEST, LeBron Retires As the 2nd Best Player in NBA History."

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

#2 All-Time isn't out of the question especially if he can get a 4-peat of rings and F-MVPs, along with possibly 1-2 more MVPs.

5-peat puts him at #1 GOAT to me and I'm not even a fan of LeBron. Might even put him at #1 if he gets two 3-peats.

None of this is likely.

[sportjames23]

I'm gonna let ya'll fill in the blank:

OP is a _______

[scm5]

Lebron will never match what MJ did. MJ's story reads like the stuff of legends. Lebron's story is just... meh.

[D-Wade316]

#3 at best IMO. Russell and Jordan seems destined to be locked forever at #1-2 until another player comes close to their dominance. Lebron has too many black marks for him to surpass both.

[DMV2]

None of this is likely.

Yeah, I know.

[kNicKz]

[kenuffff]

top ten after this year's finals

jordan
magic
kareem
wilt
russell
bird
shaq
kobe
duncan
lebron

[7_cody]

2nd best player at worst. It will be a coin flip by the time they are retired. With LeBron having more overall career accolades.

Does LeBron have a DPOY award? How many FMVPS does he have?

It is very highly unlikely that LeBron will have more career accolades than Jordan. At least the most important ones.

[Le Shaqtus]

2nd best player at worst. It will be a coin flip by the time they are retired. With LeBron having more overall career accolades.

If LeBron carries on his dominance well into his 30's like MJ did while racking up those accolades, I would be inclined to agree with you.

Can he do it though? He's going to be 29 soon, and he has to make sure tailors his game to his age, while still being dominant AND winning. Wade is only getting worse and Bosh isn't the allstar he used to be. They were a shoe in to win in 2013 (Although it was close), I'm not so confident they can pull off a 3 peat.