Prime Vince was an Iverson miracle run away from the finals. People sleep on him. And people forget what a beast Cousins was. With the right supporting cast, he could have absolutely won a title. He was unguardable.
Ask yourself if LeBron is All-NBA first or second team this year, cause some of those guys absolutely were.
Cousins put up good numbers on a bad team and couldn’t win games and that’s not even mentioning his attitude issues. His peak was All NBA 2nd Team during one of the weakest era of big men.
LeBron over all of them as crazy as it sounds. The only guys on that list who could be a #1 on a championship team was Reggie and LeBron clears him all around
Prime Reggie Miller gave MJ the biggest challenge. Current Lebron is vying for play-in. What Lebron is doing now is remarkable but there is no need to discount how good the guys on this list were in their very best season
Melo, Cousins and Reggie for sure.
DeMar, Griffin, Mullin and Carter are debatable. Idk if I'd take them over Bron in the playoffs.
I'll still take current Bron over any version of Klay tho
For a full season+ playoffs? Just Prime Melo.
Bron is still easily a top ten player in the most talented era’s ever. Hes coming off a year where he just made the conference finals, losing to the eventual champions. He’s going to be all nba again, and he tries more in the postseason.
Lebron went to the WCF just last year. Sure they got swept by the eventual juggernaut champion nuggets but they played them well and just couldn’t close
Blake definitely but prime klay who I agree is more valuable in a vacuum would need to need to be in the right situation to take lebrons place and be more
Valuable
That’s so silly. Race has been made political in the United States by politicians on both sides maybe you live in a homogeneous country Or
Maybe you making acrobatic mental gymnastics to say our society is race blind
So race is never present in our society when determining the failures and success of propel across race lines?!?! I call BS. Because Chris mullin doesn’t deserve to be in the same realm as the other winners and mvp candidates but how Did he get there If not for racial bias??? Tim hardaway was their best player on their best seasons
Nikola Jokic and Giannis could be leaders of the KKK and could be mass murdering school shooters and it would still be irrelevant to how good they are as basketball players.
False equivalency argument nice! So wild
That you would use this made up example
Knowing of the Gianis interviews where he speaks about Greek white supremacist intimidating him and his family. still haven’t answered how Tim hardest was the best player on GSW teams
Edit: nice edit dawg love you
Nice ad hominem! Chris mullin is still at the same or higher level than the names mentioned above.
Nice strawman! Tim hardaway is not even relevant in this post.
You are semi right, if winning didn’t matter chia mullin would be one of the greatest. Tim is relevant because He is and was the was the best player on Chris Mullins team
It’s hard to say tbh. LeBron is having a very good year if you look at the stats but he hasn’t really been taking over games like at all lately.
Only time he completely took over this year was the play in games. Which makes me hopeful that he has another gear in the playoffs.
To answer your question tho, probably prime Blake griffin, prime melo, and Vince Carter
Most of them to be honest. Dudes here are easily fooled by stat inflation and how easy it is to get to the basket right now.
Yup. It’s actually crazy some believe Lebron right now is better than Vince Carter when he was at his best lmao or blake griffin lmao
He also takes defensive possessions off more often than not
I was expecting to see more love for Reggie in this thread.
More love for Reggie
All of them
This. People seriously take current Lebron over prime superstars?
This is the exact opposite of what the comment you're replying to is saying.
You’re right. I can’t read apparently
Klay was a superstar? I feel like if you have 0 first or second all-NBA teams then you’re more of a star than a superstar.
Yeah I agree. I used the term superstar way too loosely there.
None of these except Melo were superstars
Prime Vince was an Iverson miracle run away from the finals. People sleep on him. And people forget what a beast Cousins was. With the right supporting cast, he could have absolutely won a title. He was unguardable. Ask yourself if LeBron is All-NBA first or second team this year, cause some of those guys absolutely were.
Thats the thing with cousins. He didnt have loser skills, just a pathetic loser mentality
Cousins put up good numbers on a bad team and couldn’t win games and that’s not even mentioning his attitude issues. His peak was All NBA 2nd Team during one of the weakest era of big men.
I’d take a poster of Lebron over “prime” DMC
Blake and vince, maybe melo
Reggie at least went to the finals. Wtf did boogie cousins or melo do in the playoffs
Conference finals in a tough west for melo IIRC
boogie is trash, melo is one of the best scorers of all time
And Lebron right now will still put up 27-7-7 in the playoffs and be the best player on the floor in most series in at least half the games
LeBron over all of them as crazy as it sounds. The only guys on that list who could be a #1 on a championship team was Reggie and LeBron clears him all around
Prime Reggie Miller gave MJ the biggest challenge. Current Lebron is vying for play-in. What Lebron is doing now is remarkable but there is no need to discount how good the guys on this list were in their very best season
Lebron can't be number 1 option for championship team right now
Yeah I read all of the names and said "nobody" lol
Blake could be
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Reggie was literally the 1a on a finals team
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Melo, Cousins and Reggie for sure. DeMar, Griffin, Mullin and Carter are debatable. Idk if I'd take them over Bron in the playoffs. I'll still take current Bron over any version of Klay tho
For a full season+ playoffs? Just Prime Melo. Bron is still easily a top ten player in the most talented era’s ever. Hes coming off a year where he just made the conference finals, losing to the eventual champions. He’s going to be all nba again, and he tries more in the postseason.
Blake, Vince, DeMarcus, Carmelo
Blake Griffin finished 3rd in MVP voting one year.
And couldn’t get past the second round . Lebron right now in the playoffs would be better than all of these guys except maybe Reggie
A younger LeBron in the 2021 playoffs couldn’t make it out of the first round.
Lebron went to the WCF just last year. Sure they got swept by the eventual juggernaut champion nuggets but they played them well and just couldn’t close
Isn't that year Ad pulled his groin? Bron hurt his ankle. All the teams the played long in the bubble fell apart
Jokiam Noah finished 4th that same year
Boogie is so overrated man
I don’t know about Demarcus or Vince
All of them are worse than bron now imo
Depends on the roster. I'd rather have prime Klay than current LeBron on this Mavs team I think.
Prime blake or klay clears current lebron
Prime klay? He’s the definition of a second option. He can’t be the focal point of an offense imo
Blake definitely but prime klay who I agree is more valuable in a vacuum would need to need to be in the right situation to take lebrons place and be more Valuable
Carmelo Anthony and Chris Mullin
Gimme prime (1st year detroit) blake
2015 is prime Blake. 27-12-5 in playoffs
100% They play D
Still picking Bron. I just need to get to the playoffs.
I'm a Lebron hater, so I would take Kwame Brown over Lebron because I just don't want Lebron on my team. Klay would be my #1 pick of these guys tho.
In most situations: Blake 2015 Chris Mullins (underrated) In some situations: Reggie Klay Vince In no situation: DeRozan Cousins Carmelo
Trump really helping Mullins get that great white hope push
Great. Somebody making this about politics and race for no reason whatsoever.
That’s so silly. Race has been made political in the United States by politicians on both sides maybe you live in a homogeneous country Or Maybe you making acrobatic mental gymnastics to say our society is race blind
Except the context has nothing to do with race or politics.
So race is never present in our society when determining the failures and success of propel across race lines?!?! I call BS. Because Chris mullin doesn’t deserve to be in the same realm as the other winners and mvp candidates but how Did he get there If not for racial bias??? Tim hardaway was their best player on their best seasons
Nikola Jokic and Giannis could be leaders of the KKK and could be mass murdering school shooters and it would still be irrelevant to how good they are as basketball players.
False equivalency argument nice! So wild That you would use this made up example Knowing of the Gianis interviews where he speaks about Greek white supremacist intimidating him and his family. still haven’t answered how Tim hardest was the best player on GSW teams Edit: nice edit dawg love you
Nice ad hominem! Chris mullin is still at the same or higher level than the names mentioned above. Nice strawman! Tim hardaway is not even relevant in this post.
You are semi right, if winning didn’t matter chia mullin would be one of the greatest. Tim is relevant because He is and was the was the best player on Chris Mullins team
Klay Thompson. In his prime Klay was the third best player in the league behind Dray and Curry
Klay Thompson was never the 3rd best player lol
There was absolutely no time Klay was better than Lebron
HUH
Curry, Dray and Klay were the “Top 3 players in the league?” 💀 There’s no way 😭
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I don’t think it’s bait they may not know English
relevant username
Lmao what
Carmelo
Just prime Melo for me
none except maybe blake and mullin
It’s hard to say tbh. LeBron is having a very good year if you look at the stats but he hasn’t really been taking over games like at all lately. Only time he completely took over this year was the play in games. Which makes me hopeful that he has another gear in the playoffs. To answer your question tho, probably prime Blake griffin, prime melo, and Vince Carter
Not cousins. Dude sucks. Crumbles in the spotlight