Is luka better than bron at the same age?

[NBASTATMAN]

Luka is a bit better than Lebron offensively and Lebron better defensively at similar age.. CONSIDER THAT LUKA IS ALREADY TAKING MJ CLONE KAWHI TO SCHOOL...


LEBRONS HEIRS will be much better than MJ's Heirs.. ALready true

[HoopsNY]

Luka might be better than anybody ever at his age. This Mavs team is a lotto level team without him QB'ing everything.

Overrating Luka a bit here. Better than MJ, Kareem, Wilt, Duncan? The Bucks were a lottery team without Kareem (won 27 games). Became a 56 win team his first season.

[HoopsNY]

LeBron took the worst team ever to the finals at 22

If you think 22 year old Luka can take that garbage team he had past the Pistons in 07 in place of LeBron then sure

Luka has been lighting it up against PG, Kawhi, and co. What makes you think someone like Rip Hamilton would be able to stop him?

[Lebron23]

Lebron is better.

[kenneth_griffin]

what's up kenneth griffin we haven't heard from you in a while is this the same kenneth griffin who posted before

[Bronbron23]

Diff nba though tougher defense when lebron played

True good point

[NBASTATMAN]

Lebron put up similar numbers with no spacing .. Imagine what he does with this spacing.. I mean I love LUKA but Bradley Beal is putting up Kobe numbers.. He isnt on Kobes level.. SORRY

[Bronbron23]

Luka has been lighting it up against PG, Kawhi, and co. What makes you think someone like Rip Hamilton would be able to stop him?

In his defense it was definitely a much harder era. Luka like everyone who's ball dominating on the perimeter today enjoys the rules that makes it near impossible to defend anyone

[mehyaM24]

Lebron put up similar numbers with no spacing .. Imagine what he does with this spacing.. I mean I love LUKA but Bradley Beal is putting up Kobe numbers.. He isnt on Kobes level.. SORRY

that's an extreme example. luka has savant basketball iq & a great feel aka change of pace. clearly a better shooter too. you don't need numbers to tell you that. same with bradley beal who kobe was a lot more skilled than.

[NBASTATMAN]

that's an extreme example. luka has savant basketball iq & a great feel aka change of pace. clearly a better shooter too. you don't need numbers to tell you that. same with bradley beal who kobe was a lot more skilled than.

Lebron has SAvant iq at an early age as well. Matter of fact I would say even higher than Luka's considering he did it without PRO experience coming into the NBA..

LUKA going to be a top all time player .. Tough to say who was clearly better as LUKA is really bad defensively but offensively I will say he is a bit better than Bron at 22..

[Axe]

No.

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Mods, lock it up.

Nani? Wtf happened to retirement??

[Manny98]

Luka has been lighting it up against PG, Kawhi, and co. What makes you think someone like Rip Hamilton would be able to stop him?

Because he would get doubled like crazy

No 5 out with Porzingis spacing the floor, no Hardaway and Brunson to share the burden

Tougher rules make it harder to score back then, 07 LeBron is averaging 40 on these Clippers, especially with shooters all around him

[Thenameless]

Luka might be better than anybody ever at his age. This Mavs team is a lotto level team without him QB'ing everything.

Magic Johnson was 20 years old when he won his first championship and won Finals MVP. Kareem Abdul Jabbar got hurt during the Finals, so Magic had to really carry the load against a very good 76ers team. That's the best I've ever seen a really young NBA player play in a high pressure situation.

[dankok8]

Luka isn't better than prime Lebron but he may well be better than Lebron at the same age which is 2007. Luka just put up 35.7/7.9/10.3 in this series albeit on league average efficiency and 4.6 topg but that's still crazy impressive. He faced the brunt of that Clippers defense. Bron for all his greatness only put up like 26/7/7 when he beat the Pistons and then completely struggled against the Spurs. Even with the advantages of this era, that's still a huge statistical edge for Luka.

[Micku]

I dunno. Luka seems more skilled except for the FTs on the offensive end. Lebron a bit better on defense, but not that much at that age.

As someone said, the nba was better defensively when LeBron was 22. And not as much shooting and offensive freedom. But Luka got some moves that LeBron didn't have and better footwork, but LeBron was the better driver and athleticism.

Ppl saying Luka got to win a playoff series, eh. While it is true, they played in different conference and different eras. There's no guarantee that a 22 LeBron would beat this Clippers team with the Mavs roster and who knows how far Luka would take that Cavs team. He could get out in the first round or not. And who knows how good/bad the stats will be.

I would say Luka is, but it's tough. Luka got some crazy skills at his age.