Is LeBron already on the decline?

[thejumpa]

Hes not declining at all. I think people are just mentioning a physical decline, but to be honest a declining LeBron James is still a better athlete than 98% of current NBA players. He just looks mortal to us now.

Agreed. The man was born with better than elite genes. I still say he needs to lose 20 pounds or so.

[z14h]

Yes.

[ABfor3]

No, but his hairline is!

[squitedesaibe]

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?

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[The Iron Fist]

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.

Continue to improve?

You mean he has to start to improve his skills first.

[Butters]

Oh ok,so people are saying he has declined because of what his game looks like.Not as athletic and doesn't finish at the rim like he use to ect.

I could see the point if his productivity went down,but it hasn't.
Perhaps "decline" is just the wrong word to use.

[LA_Showtime]

I actually think LeBron does put in the work. I think he's actively tried to improve his post game, foot work, etc. The problem is that despite his high basketball IQ, he's just not the type of guy who can study something and automatically understand the ins and outs of it. He's got to get help from either a coach or a former NBA player, and they've got to explain to him exactly how it works. It's like that guy in college who just memorizes everything but doesn't know how to apply it.

[chazzy]

Continue to improve?

You mean he has to start to improve his skills first.

Nah, look at his jumper now compared to 3-4 years ago. Definitely got a lot better and he's more reliant on it than ever.

[Soothing Layup]

Yes, that ***** is fat as ****.

[KenneBell]

You also have to take into account not his age, but years he's been in the league.

8 years is a long time. In his 8th season, MJ finished winning his 2nd ring. This 1992 we're talking about.

By 1993 his 9th season was the first year we started to see a slight decline in athleticism. LeBron is getting up there in NBA years. It's not just his age when he came out in the NBA on got heavy minutes as an 18 year old.

I honestly he might fall off a bit quicker than even Kobe and Garnett did. Kobe and KG were falling off at 30-31. Good thing for Bron that he's a better athlete than both to begin with.

He's played more minutes at his age than any other player in modern NBA history (80-present). Think about that people...

[kaiiu]

Lebrick needs to retire already. The league will be better without him

[brownmamba00]

Lebrick needs to retire already. The league will be better without him

[Marlo Stanfield]

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

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[alleykat]

Dude hasn't posted here in awhile