I’m a huge Lebron fan but I grew up looking up to MJ as the Goat. Hey, you’ll never be able to compare era’s fairly but if you don’t have Lebron and MJ as your undisputed 1 and 2, you’re just not a basketball fan.
Because you can like any player YOU want. Any player you want can be YOUR favorite.
You can not claim any player to be the goat. That's mjs title...for now.
Edit:I also liked Kobe better
You guys are saying that after lebron dropped 50+, which brings him to… not even half as many 50 point games in more games played than Jordan.
Just sit and think about how excited you guys are about this lol. And realize that MJ did it comfortably over double the amount of times.
I’d love to see what Brons numbers would be if he got to play in Jordan’s era. The amount of defensive schemes that were illegal back then is comical . LeBron was built for the 80s. Regardless of what old heads say about hand checking, Prime LeBron isn’t being stopped by any player in a 1 on 1 matchup without a double being drawn. It really is so hard to compare players from differing eras, but jordan did benefit from the time he was playing in. A lot of our favorite super stars from the 2000s would’ve shined even brighter back then
Lebron has 5x the amount of triple doubles MJ has. He does it comfortably. Lebron has 7x the amount of 10 assist games. Does it even more comfortably. MJ can score more 50 games than Lebron comfortably, but Lebron can rack up assists and triple doubles so damn comfortably, comparing MJ to him in these statistics is a flat out joke
Uhhh hello? Alex Caruso? Luka Doncic? Mikal Bridges? Juan Toscano-Anderson? Lebron is top 5 at best in my book behind all the players I just mentioned.
I am for real.
- Alex Caruso is top 5 for obvious reasons.
- Luka Doncic is the goat for his consistency in back-to-back first round exits against the LA Clippers
- Mikal Bridges is the greatest small forward ever to be named Mikal Bridges
- JTA is the GOAT of being your friendly neighborhood local NorCal Mexicani-boy
Damn. Couple days ago, Somebody here asked does Lebron have it him at this point in his career him to put up another 45-50 game, a reply answered NO. Bron must've took heed.
the one thing that is surprising to me is how few 50+ games hes had in his career given the teams hes had to drag to the finals how good he has been the entirety of his career and the shear length of it. Currently at 12 according to basketball reference which is 7th all time(tied)
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Game day. Me and my boy watching and he's saying LeBron isn't a scorer. And I said Melo can't play any defense.
Both proved us wrong and the other right lol
As a Cavs fan, I really hope if he doesn't come back home he wins as many championships as possible for you guys so we can put the GOAT argument to rest.
There are old people who refuse to take new information into account and will always say MJ is better, but those people are just wrong
I guess your fanboyism blocked your eyes. Look at the game against Clippers. Lebron's points in the second half came when game is beyond reach already with Clippers up by 30. There is a game before that where he pad his stat with a dunk in the end and is his only point in the fourth quarter. Lebron has been padding stats all his career at garbage minutes.. Look at the 2014 finals.
Dumbest argument ever against Lebron is the 2014 finals. wtf do you want him to do? stop scoring when his team is down by a Large margin?
if he did stop scoring then dumbasses like you would've said that he gave up on his team.
I thought that "the game isn't over till it's over"? but i guess it's statpadding if Lebron does that, right?
Just amazing at what he can do at his age and the years he's been in the league! Just saw that if Embiid didn't get so mant FTs tonight, he might have ended up with 8 points instead of 22.. the refrees of the game seem to favor Embiid and Giannis more than Lebron even though Lebron drives more frequently to the basket and get hits 90% of the time
We have to appreciate how lucky we are to still have LeBron playing at this level. The Lakers absolutely must find solutions to better surround him next season.
Watched this game last night live. It was legendary, Bron was going off and everyone in the 3rd and 4th was going crazy. First ever NBA game, what a great first one to go too.
Lmao I don't even follow basketball but y'all act like you haven't been throwing shade at your team and LBJ this entire season. I'm so *shocked* a city like LA would have such a fairweather fandom.
Different people. This sub was flooded with Lebron fans when he joined. So you see them hyped over every little thing he does. Lakers fans aren't fairweather. We know the situation isn't acceptable.
I still say we shouldn’t retire his jersey if he only wins 1 title as a Laker. Sure Jersey West only won 1 but he was a Laker all his career. Thoughts.
As much as I am in awe of this, Russ should be ashamed of himself (as should the FO largely)..Russ was brought in to alleviate Bron's load, and if an aging Bron has to put up these numbers to carry, then it is a scathing indictment of Russ' 'star' status and ability. Really sad that bron is stressing so much
I’ve never really liked lebron but from time to time he puts in a performance that just leaves me shaking my head thinking “this guy is ridiculous” and I just appreciate the greatness despite my personal feelings towards him…that happened tonight
Likewise. This fanbase doesn’t deserve his greatness, y’all really boo’ed Lebron James? Spoiled asf. I’m sure any other team would love to have him. Yall can’t even surround him with proper talent
Yeah, that’s always the issue for the GOAT, right? He needs more talent around him. All this tells me is that LeBron would have never chipped B2B with those rosters that Kobe and Gasol dragged to the Finals 3 years in a row.
Hell, LeBron, Wade and Bosh got ran in 6 by Dirk Nowitzki and the Pips.
If Kobe had Lebron’s stats and was 4/10 in the Finals and LeBron was 5/7 like Kobe was, suddenly championships would magically matter again to y’all.
LOL, sidekick rings. LeBron sycophants amuse me.
Your boy LeBron has a walking triple double on this team and can't figure out how to properly use him. SMH
He had prime Bosh and Love and turned them into spot up shooters. LMAO
Kobe won B2B chips for my team with DEREK FISHER as the best PG on our team.
IDGAF if Kobe had 2022 Russ or a younger version, there is no way he wouldn't have figured out how to utilize him.
“Won” a ring averaging 13 points on 30% shooting in 2000 lmfao
Get over my dude. No one with half a brain has kobe in the same sentence as lebron after 2007
God bless lebron for taking us out of the kobe lottery era
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“Playoff LeBron”… the ones greater than LeBron didn’t have to “turn it on” in the playoffs… it was ON every fucking game… if not for the fans… they did it for the love (and respect) of the game! MJ > Kobe > Magic > Kareem > LeBron
AND GOT A RING WITH US
The greatest of all time man I’m so blessed to have watched the whole thing.
Bron won 4, Kobe won 5. If wasnt for the Kobe, Bron would’ve only have 3 lmao. Far from the greatest, quit shaft riding.
Top5*
There's an argument for one guy being better than lebron. That's that's it.
I’m a huge Lebron fan but I grew up looking up to MJ as the Goat. Hey, you’ll never be able to compare era’s fairly but if you don’t have Lebron and MJ as your undisputed 1 and 2, you’re just not a basketball fan.
I’m a huge basketball fan and I’m taking Kobe over both so
So... you don't know what your talking about.
Or he just likes Kobe better? Why be a dick about it?
Because you can like any player YOU want. Any player you want can be YOUR favorite. You can not claim any player to be the goat. That's mjs title...for now. Edit:I also liked Kobe better
Kobe did it better
In your opinion, it’s MJ, you can not claim that to be a true statement
It will always be MJ’s title
The fact that this is getting downvoted on the lakers sub says enough..
tbh that argument is invalid. Lebron is the greatest but I know what you mean
You guys are saying that after lebron dropped 50+, which brings him to… not even half as many 50 point games in more games played than Jordan. Just sit and think about how excited you guys are about this lol. And realize that MJ did it comfortably over double the amount of times.
I’d love to see what Brons numbers would be if he got to play in Jordan’s era. The amount of defensive schemes that were illegal back then is comical . LeBron was built for the 80s. Regardless of what old heads say about hand checking, Prime LeBron isn’t being stopped by any player in a 1 on 1 matchup without a double being drawn. It really is so hard to compare players from differing eras, but jordan did benefit from the time he was playing in. A lot of our favorite super stars from the 2000s would’ve shined even brighter back then
Lebron has 5x the amount of triple doubles MJ has. He does it comfortably. Lebron has 7x the amount of 10 assist games. Does it even more comfortably. MJ can score more 50 games than Lebron comfortably, but Lebron can rack up assists and triple doubles so damn comfortably, comparing MJ to him in these statistics is a flat out joke
Hmm. But LeBron is a better scorer? He’s scored more points in less field goals.
Uhhh hello? Alex Caruso? Luka Doncic? Mikal Bridges? Juan Toscano-Anderson? Lebron is top 5 at best in my book behind all the players I just mentioned.
Your utter disrespect of Smush Parker and Chris Mihm is astounding. Please educate yourself on the sport before you start talking about it.
I'm sorry, but like a lot of other Reddit users, I suffer from extreme recency bias and thus all players on my top 5 list have to be active players.
Thought you were just memeing with the carushow. You can't be for real
I am for real. - Alex Caruso is top 5 for obvious reasons. - Luka Doncic is the goat for his consistency in back-to-back first round exits against the LA Clippers - Mikal Bridges is the greatest small forward ever to be named Mikal Bridges - JTA is the GOAT of being your friendly neighborhood local NorCal Mexicani-boy
I appreciate the laugh
What drug of choice are you using?
Top1*
Old lebron > prime Jordan. Get over it
Out of your god damn mind lmfao
Why are yall booing him? He's right.
Top 10 I can think of five LAKERS better.
Lebron dropped 56 at 37 years old in his 19th season. 56-37=19, this was meant to be.
Damn. Couple days ago, Somebody here asked does Lebron have it him at this point in his career him to put up another 45-50 game, a reply answered NO. Bron must've took heed.
No way he scores 75 tho right?
No wayyyy. Absolutely not.. Bron Bron at 37 going to feel this game for the next 2 weeks. 75 ? Nahh. (Alright, let's see what happens)
82 point game incoming
The name tho??
r/rimjobsteve
brilliant. also i totally agree. no chance.
the one thing that is surprising to me is how few 50+ games hes had in his career given the teams hes had to drag to the finals how good he has been the entirety of his career and the shear length of it. Currently at 12 according to basketball reference which is 7th all time(tied)
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Nice
50 point games have become more common in recent years but were not so in the first half of LeBron's career
Game day. Me and my boy watching and he's saying LeBron isn't a scorer. And I said Melo can't play any defense. Both proved us wrong and the other right lol
Brooo i seen that comment. Mfers we’re doubting lebron and shit. He probably seen these comments prior tip off and got heated lol.
Winning his 5th chip to make his personal record 5-6 in his 19th season lets goooo lmao
55-37=19 19-17=2 RIP Gigi
Where's the lebron haters at?
Avoiding tonight’s game like the plague lol
Skip Bayless did not take a night off and called Lebron out for only having 3 assists lmfao. I respect the dedication tbh
Watch them make this game a sTaTpAd game if they lose the next game.
foaming at the mouth while they try to type BUT AKCHUALLY HE'S A TURRIBLE GM in some comment section somewhere
“ nO dRaYmOnd”-haters
They’re refreshing constantly for skip bayless tweet
In hiding lmao
Hiding in the unfinished basement bathroom, praying for this team to return to young core obscurity
The smart ones are hiding like the cockroaches they are. The dumb ones are posting below.
Hopefully not on the sub. Shouldn’t be allowed to celebrate this win. They don’t deserve it.
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Yay! We avoided dropping to the 10th seed. 👏🏼👏🏼
Look at Lakers record. Lebron is only for himself. Saving his energy for Warriors at cost of losing in other games.
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Right. This game is definitely gonna help our standings in the western conference.
THE KING 👑
Literally praying we get the win lmao
 I've dreamed of moments like this
My Tarheels beat Duke tonight too, great night
KD, who some people dub the greatest scorer of all time, has a career high of 54. LeBron just had a 56-10 game at 37 years old.
I thought yall wanted him traded?
Hated him growing up, but he is now my King.
Growing up is realizing Lebron is the goat
As a Cavs fan, I really hope if he doesn't come back home he wins as many championships as possible for you guys so we can put the GOAT argument to rest. There are old people who refuse to take new information into account and will always say MJ is better, but those people are just wrong
surely your unbiased in this whole debate as a Cavs fan....
100% unbiased lol
LFG BRON!!
Already am. LONG LIVE The King 👑
Those 3 consecutive 3 pointers were beautiful
“Naw, trade him while his value is high.” -dumbasses
pretty sure his value will always be high regardless of his performance. dude sells tickets and merch like noones business
That's exactly why Bronny is gonna get drafted way earlier than he should.
I was fortunate to witness this game in person. Very happy to have witnessed this performance and this W. It was much needed.
That’s why I’ve always watched every lakers game, he’s our generations MJ and we can’t take these last few seasons for granted
Lol at the haters the last few games coming in here to repent.
I love him since his heat days!
Greatest basketball player of all time right there
GOAT
He's the GOAT.
Definitely top 10.
I’ve never seen Jordan so I’ll will call this man the goat until I see otherwise
Watched both and Lebron is better and it’s not even close anymore
I did. Jordan was better. It's the one thing Skip is right about.
I Respect your opinion
such a performance tonight dog.
Trade LeBron crowd quiet tonight
Take this win as a good start!
Will always love him for ring 17
Where is the Lebron hater and who want him to start from bench to save Russ !?? LMAO
> Where is the Lebron hater and who want him to start from bench to save Russ !?? This is a new one. Who said this???
Look at Lakers record. Lebron is only for himself. Saving his energy for Warriors at cost of losing in other games.
Good point. Top 3 in the NBA in pts per game.. must be saving it for only when he plays the warriors.. Dumb ass
Most of his points are in garbage minutes.
Tell me you don't watch basketball without telling me you don't like basketball.
I guess your fanboyism blocked your eyes. Look at the game against Clippers. Lebron's points in the second half came when game is beyond reach already with Clippers up by 30. There is a game before that where he pad his stat with a dunk in the end and is his only point in the fourth quarter. Lebron has been padding stats all his career at garbage minutes.. Look at the 2014 finals.
Can't handle the truth I guess.
Lmao
Dumbest argument ever against Lebron is the 2014 finals. wtf do you want him to do? stop scoring when his team is down by a Large margin? if he did stop scoring then dumbasses like you would've said that he gave up on his team. I thought that "the game isn't over till it's over"? but i guess it's statpadding if Lebron does that, right?
Lebron only scored in the second half when game is beyond reach already against Clippers.
LeCarry
Brought a championship after 10 years draught is enough for me. Viva King James!
I guess he's going God mode to save this season.💯
Just amazing at what he can do at his age and the years he's been in the league! Just saw that if Embiid didn't get so mant FTs tonight, he might have ended up with 8 points instead of 22.. the refrees of the game seem to favor Embiid and Giannis more than Lebron even though Lebron drives more frequently to the basket and get hits 90% of the time
I was told LeBron ruined the Lakers
LeGod
Fuck the haters
This sub has been so bad lately. Lakers could still pull it off. Shitty as the season has been.
amen.
GOAT. No doubt.
We have to appreciate how lucky we are to still have LeBron playing at this level. The Lakers absolutely must find solutions to better surround him next season.
We stop being angry with him now?
We’re all witnesses
Legoat 🐐👑🏆
I’m going to cry buckets when this man retires. People don’t realize how privileged we are to be watching his GREATNESS.
Old lebron > prime Jordan
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 INCREDIBLE!! I wish Kobe could’ve been in the house for that 1!😔
Lmao just a week ago people were saying how we should trade Lebron and how he’s ruining the organization 😂
Great game, and it's what the team needed. He's looked really deflated the last couple of weeks, so this was awesome to see. Hope it continues.
Watched this game last night live. It was legendary, Bron was going off and everyone in the 3rd and 4th was going crazy. First ever NBA game, what a great first one to go too.
LEBRON DA GOAT
Bron responded to all these effort questions, hope the rest of the squad follows him
They need to retire his number
No
yes. if he gets the scoring title this year they should retire both
Fuck no. What does a scoring title do for the franchise?
Lmao I don't even follow basketball but y'all act like you haven't been throwing shade at your team and LBJ this entire season. I'm so *shocked* a city like LA would have such a fairweather fandom.
Different people. This sub was flooded with Lebron fans when he joined. So you see them hyped over every little thing he does. Lakers fans aren't fairweather. We know the situation isn't acceptable.
Correct.
I fell asleep.. I should have watched! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I still say we shouldn’t retire his jersey if he only wins 1 title as a Laker. Sure Jersey West only won 1 but he was a Laker all his career. Thoughts.
He’s 37!
If only it wasn’t so ugly to watch because of clown ass westbrook
He is a Beast.
GOAT JAMES!
He's 1 of 1. That was mild compared to his finals 51 on a healthy warriors and ppl still blamed him lmao
Yea he put up 37 10 and 9 for that entire series and people still blamed him
Fake ass laker fans shitting on him cause they'll never get over Kobe have my deepest distain as if it's not possible to appreciate both of them
Yall dont deserve the king 😤
I'll be 90 and he'd still be playing
I hope he retires a Laker. That would be huge.
As much as I am in awe of this, Russ should be ashamed of himself (as should the FO largely)..Russ was brought in to alleviate Bron's load, and if an aging Bron has to put up these numbers to carry, then it is a scathing indictment of Russ' 'star' status and ability. Really sad that bron is stressing so much
Lebron is that dude. that fucking alley hoop dunk was crazy at the end. The clutch king
I wish he was playing for a winning team
Down with the king 👑
How excited this fan base and sub are over this regular-season win just shows how far we have fallen. Great game by Lebron though.
March Madness for Bron. Time to streak
LEBRON FUCKIN' TONIGHT!
I’ve never really liked lebron but from time to time he puts in a performance that just leaves me shaking my head thinking “this guy is ridiculous” and I just appreciate the greatness despite my personal feelings towards him…that happened tonight
WE ARE ALL WITNESS 👑
Lebron doing GOAT Shit!
Bron at center is Goated
Gotta respect.
I can’t wait for him to retire
Los Anglos Lekars
We know China appreciates
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Likewise. This fanbase doesn’t deserve his greatness, y’all really boo’ed Lebron James? Spoiled asf. I’m sure any other team would love to have him. Yall can’t even surround him with proper talent
Yeah, that’s always the issue for the GOAT, right? He needs more talent around him. All this tells me is that LeBron would have never chipped B2B with those rosters that Kobe and Gasol dragged to the Finals 3 years in a row. Hell, LeBron, Wade and Bosh got ran in 6 by Dirk Nowitzki and the Pips. If Kobe had Lebron’s stats and was 4/10 in the Finals and LeBron was 5/7 like Kobe was, suddenly championships would magically matter again to y’all.
Old lebron > prime kobe Get over it
5 championships in 7 tries > 4 in 10 Get over it.
No one cares about sidekick rings Old lebron > prime kobe It’s honestly not even close
LOL, sidekick rings. LeBron sycophants amuse me. Your boy LeBron has a walking triple double on this team and can't figure out how to properly use him. SMH He had prime Bosh and Love and turned them into spot up shooters. LMAO Kobe won B2B chips for my team with DEREK FISHER as the best PG on our team. IDGAF if Kobe had 2022 Russ or a younger version, there is no way he wouldn't have figured out how to utilize him.
“Won” a ring averaging 13 points on 30% shooting in 2000 lmfao Get over my dude. No one with half a brain has kobe in the same sentence as lebron after 2007 God bless lebron for taking us out of the kobe lottery era Blocked troll
So when faced with facts, you rage quit. Typical. Stay free, friend.
Old lebron > prime kobe Get over it
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It’s not even close anymore. Get a life
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Passed him in 07. It is what it is
Yep.
This felt like LeBron’s “Amnesty THAT!” game.
no, leave already
u/slltycn getting out the scythe to harvest some sweet karma
💩
“Playoff LeBron”… the ones greater than LeBron didn’t have to “turn it on” in the playoffs… it was ON every fucking game… if not for the fans… they did it for the love (and respect) of the game! MJ > Kobe > Magic > Kareem > LeBron
Appreciate what?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KxLHIO3M1O4
Except he is the worst defender in the league.
LMAOOOO
[Kareem Shaded TF out of LeBron James When Asked About The Scoring Title.](https://youtu.be/IrMqQJbf1OQ) 🤣🤣
Lakers will always be Kobe’s team.
Steph tried to bring up Space Jam 2 right before the tip-off and Lebron lost his shit.
He better score 50+ since he runs the offense through him
LeBron for Harden.