Is LeBron already on the decline?

[sh0wtime]

Haha! We have already yet to see his prime prime.

[chazzy]

Haha! We have already yet to see his prime prime.

I admire your optimism

[28renyoy]

I admire your delusion

agreed

[jlip]

If you consider being 2nd in the league in scoring, being the only wing player to average over 26ppg while shooting over 50% from the field since prime MJ, putting up a routine 26/7/7 season, contributing to his team having by far the best offensive season in franchise history, and also having the 2nd best season overall in its existence all while getting adjusted to a new system and having to share the ball with a player who can be as ball dominant as he is declining, then...Yes. He is.

[jjayfive]

physically, lebron has plateaued.. he looks a step slower.. maybe he needs to shed a few pounds.. but skill wise, he still has room to grow...

[kentatm]

You are still a jackass. That's why you are one of the most hated posters in this forum. Kobe dropped 19 pounds in the 2007 off season that's why he regained his explosiveness.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50120

LeBron looks like he's out of shape this season.

thats what happens when you just wanna chill like a Bosh

[IN-PAX-WE-TRUST]

Players who don't have a mid range jumper/ post game always decline sooner. Lebron will start his decline in his age 28 season. He will have 30,000 minutes played by then which is always a key indicator of the start of a decline. especially when you factor in his size ( 265 LBS)

[greensborohill]

Past his physical peak but he can prolong his prime by continuing to improve his skills and possibly lose weight. 09 will most likely go down as his peak year though.

This brings up a question I've had recently. Has anyone ever heard stories of LeBron working on his game during the offseason or stories about him having any sort of superstar work ethic? He doesn't seem to have added anything of substance to his game in the past few years. His shot is still hit or miss (pun intended), he only posts up to pass out, his foot work is horrible.

He does all these extracaricular things during the offseason, does he take the game serious enough? He's been getting by on pure physical talent and a average skill level for 8 seasons now.

[Kellogs4toniee]

Honestly, I think he is still in his prime physically. He just needs to lose like 20 pounds. Once he does that, he'll still be more than capable of being like his 2006-2008 self. The clock is ticking though, if he doesn't do it soon he'll be stuck in his current frame. We'll have a better answer to this by the end of the Big Three's second full season together.

[chazzy]

This brings up a question I've had recently. Has anyone ever heard stories of LeBron working on his game during the offseason or stories about him having any sort of superstar work ethic? He doesn't seem to have added anything of substance to his game in the past few years. His shot is still hit or miss (pun intended), he only posts up to pass out, his foot work is horrible.

He does all these extracaricular things during the offseason, does he take the game serious enough? He's been getting by on pure physical talent and a average skill level for 8 seasons now.

His jumper has definitely gotten better over the years.

[jlip]

His jumper has definitely gotten better over the years.

True. Not just better, but drastically better.

[kaiiu]

His jumper is still shit for a wing player of his caliber. Much improved...but still shit

[kaiiu]

And please spare me the bullshit stats. Guys like dirk, kobe, melo and durant would kill for the open jumpshots he gets

[PowerGlove]

well you jumping off his dick would drop 30-35 lbs. at least i'm assuming that's what 12 year old filipinos weigh.

DAMN

[PowerGlove]

Lebron does not work to get better.

The proof is in the simplest stat of them all. His free throw shooting has not improved since his rookie year.

The guy is a superfreak. Why can't he hit 85-90 percent like great players do instead of 76 percent?