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? asked in SportsBasketball · 6 years ago

Is it Fair to say lebron is top 3 or 5 all time if he wins it all this year?

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    looking at LeBrons career and watching his constant domination and realizing look at the teams hes played with

    1.Never been coached by a dominating coach like popovich or phil jackson mostly by new coaches like spolstra who had 2 years experience as head coach, david Blatt this year and mike Brown who well lets face it hasnt done anything

    2.He's never had a dominating center like Kobe,Magic, or Bird.yes he got Shaq for 1 year but Shaq was 37 way past his prime and barely able to average 12 ppg and 6 rebounds, bosh was a powerforward and big Z was labeled a bust before LeBron.look at Mozgov this year great shot blocker but hes going to be forgotten in 3 or 4 years.Kobe has had Shaq, and Gasol, magic had Kareem and Bird had Parish

    3.look at the impact hes had on teams he left Cleveland and they become a Lottery team.He leaves Miami after they where STACKED and they miss the playoffs. now hes led a team of Knick outcast, others who have never made the playoffs and a Coach whos never coached in the NBA and is 1 series from the Finals and has played most of the playoffs without Love and with Kyrie hurt

    In the End 5 Finals appereances in a row and 3 rings would set Lebron easily top 3 all time hes overcame to much and dominated for to long not to

  • 6 years ago

    I think Lebron will be Top 5 or top 3...If he wins 5 i will have to consider him being the best of all time. Im going with 5 because his lack of teams his younger years. No he will never rival Jordan greatness But we are taking about the best basketball player and what he can do on the court...you will have to consider it. If he wins this year He is top 3 or 5 no doubt he is doing it with very little help..FIrst time home no help and wins it.No one that starts on that team is a legit star or starter on most other teams besides kyrie and his hurt. If he gets 5 championships, He In my opinion is the best basketball player to ever walk the earth sorry. I think MJ will be ranked number because of his greatness level and his ability to play. But if were talking just basketball skill and talent and what they brought to the floor im going with lebron james.

    People talk about the 80s and 90s and the teams and physical play back then...But lebron could have easily played in that day in age. His 6 8 and a half..260 and runs a 4.4 45 to 48 inch vertical. Sorry but his steam rolling through everyone bud. And if he was aloud to hand check and push off going to the lane jeeze sorry. He plays softer than he is cuz has to and it the rules

    Please lets not talk about special treatment MJ was the king of special treatment...and created the hand check foul. How would Mj fair with rules that are in the league now.

    Lebron has stayed out of trouble off the court with all the media and such there is now and everyone has a camera phone ..amazes me...im about 100 percent jordon would have had his gamble addiction blowup his career or atleast effect it in a great deal. If he had to deal with the camera lebron has. You cant do anything now days without being on social media or having a camera on you.

    Lebron is succeeding with more hate than mj and kobe combined. More pressure more eyes on him the more critics talk about him. IF he misses a shot he hears about it. But yet he still gets it done..that amazes me dude has pretty thick skin if you ask me.

    The talent Level in the Nba is way way way deeper than it was in the 80s and 90s the talent athelticism from 1 to 5 bench players role players is alot deeper. Its very tuff to defend now days with the limited physical play and trying to contain people as athletic and skilled as there is now days. I think even jordan his self would have a very difficult time guarding players like this

    I compared jordan in alot of these cuz his the best ever...compare greats with greatest

  • Jacob
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    Absolutely not. He'll be a top 5 player by the time he retires, but if he won the championship this year and then retired, I would only have him in the top 11 or 12 all time.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    6 years ago

    He'll never be in the top 3. Top 5 may be possible, though. He'll never rank ahead of MJ, Wilt, or Kareem. Magic, Bird, and Kobe are probably ahead of him, too. LeBron is probably in the top 10. At this point, he might be somewhere around 6 or 7. He'll never be ahead of MJ, Wilt, or Kareem, but could pass Magic, Bird, or Kobe.

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  • David
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    He still won't be top 10 all time if the Cavs win the championship.

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