Lebron saying he can play a couple of more years “for any franchise”. Good for him, he should try to leave if he can. _________________ “You have to dance beautifully in the box that you are comfortable dancing in.” - Kobe Bryant
Havent been around in years, life has gotten in the way of my love of Lakers basketball. How has it been fans? are you guy loving LBJ? You proud of him?
This record very likely never gets broken, especially considering he likely has another 4,000 - 5,000 points left in him before it's all said and done.
Think of all the things that had to go right:
1. Be a top 2 greatest player of all time
2. Play 18 years at an all-NBA level (may end up with 20 total)
3. Never suffer an injury more significant than a strained groin in 19 years
4. Actually have the desire to play in to your late 30's/40's
5. Come in to the NBA while they were letting kids come straight from HS
And lastly, it's likely the NBA shortens the season by 10 games or so sometime in the next 10 years.. No one's ever going to pass him. Someone might get to Kareem's mark, but I doubt anyone gets to where LeBron ends up.
^^agree with everything you are saying but the game has changed a lot too. When he first came into the league 195 points was the average..it’s around 235 now. So that’s an extra 40 points ppg for teams and he’s been playing in this 3pt era for towards the end of his career/2nd half of his career.
So a new guy coming in playing their whole career where there are 40 more points per game and in a time where averaging 30 is like 20 or is perhaps possible. Would probably need someone to play at a high level for about 18 years to do it.
Basically: it’s impossible but the new style of game makes it possible.
Havent been around in years, life has gotten in the way of my love of Lakers basketball. How has it been fans? are you guy loving LBJ? You proud of him?
You haven’t missed anything. I’m in a similar boat but end up coming on here and being a negative Nancy. I should just take the break too.
This record very likely never gets broken, especially considering he likely has another 4,000 - 5,000 points left in him before it's all said and done.
Think of all the things that had to go right:
1. Be a top 2 greatest player of all time
2. Play 18 years at an all-NBA level (may end up with 20 total)
3. Never suffer an injury more significant than a strained groin in 19 years
4. Actually have the desire to play in to your late 30's/40's
5. Come in to the NBA while they were letting kids come straight from HS
And lastly, it's likely the NBA shortens the season by 10 games or so sometime in the next 10 years.. No one's ever going to pass him. Someone might get to Kareem's mark, but I doubt anyone gets to where LeBron ends up.
The NBA will add a 4 point line in the next 10 years. Lets see how that changes the game.
^^agree with everything you are saying but the game has changed a lot too. When he first came into the league 195 points was the average..it’s around 235 now. So that’s an extra 40 points ppg for teams and he’s been playing in this 3pt era for towards the end of his career/2nd half of his career.
So a new guy coming in playing their whole career where there are 40 more points per game and in a time where averaging 30 is like 20 or is perhaps possible. Would probably need someone to play at a high level for about 18 years to do it.
Basically: it’s impossible but the new style of game makes it possible.
The new style also lends itself to the body breaking down sooner rather than later. Basically, kids coming in today will be able to sustain 5-6 years of high level play before their bodies start deteriorating and running into chronic degenerative issues (see Kawhi, Zo, etc). Then you add in load management and rest days, and it becomes even more impossible to break the record. For all of the technological and medical advances we have today, they still have not addressed kids playing basketball every day of the year before entering the NBA. The body is not a machine. I would assume the record is set in stone for at least 4-5 more decades, as I just can't see anyone lasting long enough. Kobe might have been able to do it if CP3 was in the equation...
Anybody who is good with statistics. How is LeBron doing defensively this year? _________________ Nobody in the NBA can touch the Laker brand, which, like the uniform color, is pure gold.
Impossible to stay as healthy as Lebron did. Kobe probably has it if Achilles doesn’t happen but then again his entire body started breaking down so maybe not.
KD for sure would have it but he’s been injured quite a bit throughout his career as well. Same goes for Steph.
Will we see another specimen like Lebron? I guess it depends when the next genetic beast comes out + has similar skills and luck in terms of health.
Impossible to stay as healthy as Lebron did. Kobe probably has it if Achilles doesn’t happen but then again his entire body started breaking down so maybe not.
KD for sure would have it but he’s been injured quite a bit throughout his career as well. Same goes for Steph.
Will we see another specimen like Lebron? I guess it depends when the next genetic beast comes out + has similar skills and luck in terms of health.
Yeah, KD is arguably the greatest scorer ever, and the only reason he hasn't been able to do it is because of injuries, including the Jones fracture he sustained at age 25 (which caused him to miss a year). For someone his size, that's kind of expected. Lebron's frame helped him significantly. Good genes plus careful management of his body made it possible.
Curry is kind of breaking down now, and we have to assume he'll be on load management for the remainder of his career. Either way, it's incredible he adjusted after the chronic ankle problems early in his career (good thing warriors choose him over Monte Ellis).
Impossible to stay as healthy as Lebron did. Kobe probably has it if Achilles doesn’t happen but then again his entire body started breaking down so maybe not.
KD for sure would have it but he’s been injured quite a bit throughout his career as well. Same goes for Steph.
Will we see another specimen like Lebron? I guess it depends when the next genetic beast comes out + has similar skills and luck in terms of health.
Well, if Kobe had gotten the record, LeBron would have broken it anyway. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
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