Nothing you say will change the fact that playing a season of double A baseball, as an outfielder, can compare to making a title run in the NBA. Including Olympic play during James' 8yr Finals run, he avg. like 96 or 97 games per season. 97 games in a baseball season is a walk in the parkOriginally Posted by Bronbron23
There's a reason why MJ had a bar put in the team bus he bought and restored.
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11-25-2021, 11:16 PM #31NBA Legend
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Re: Current LeBron is a much better player than Wizards Jordan
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11-25-2021, 11:46 PM #32College star
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Re: Current LeBron is a much better player than Wizards Jordan
How is this a comparison? You're comparing a player 3 years removed from the NBA, at the age of 39-40, in the peak of the defensive era of league history.
MJ was something like 25/6/5/2 prior to his injury when he returned and had his team in playoff contention, at the age of 39, to LeBron, who is not 3 years removed, putting up 25/5/6/2 at the age of 37, now. The league averaged 95.5 PPG during the 2001-02 season. The league is currently averaging 107 PPG now.
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11-25-2021, 11:51 PM #33Banned
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Re: Current LeBron is a much better player than Wizards Jordan
So you wanna give MJ the injury excuse using pre-injury numbers, but don't wanna concede that LeBron has also been injured this year. Originally Posted by HoopsNY
And Wizards Jordan was the lowest efficiency volume scorer in NBA History (20+ ppg)
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11-25-2021, 11:54 PM #34NBA lottery pick
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MJ was much better. Originally Posted by kawhileonard2
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11-26-2021, 12:00 AM #35College star
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The injury comparison isn't the same. LeBron wasn't sidelined for a month with a worse injury. In addition, he wasn't away from the game for 3 years, in the peak of the defensive era, on a bad team, in a league that averaged 12 PPG fewer than this year. Originally Posted by Pip' N Rodman
Is LeBron better now than MJ when he returned? Sure. But again, context is key.
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11-26-2021, 12:03 AM #36Banned
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So then compare 35 year old LeBron (2019-2020) to 35 year old MJ (1997-1998) if you don't want to talk about Wizards MJ Originally Posted by HoopsNY
Even though LeBron had 4 more years of wear and tear and played 10,000+ more minutes, he was still clearly the better player
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11-26-2021, 12:09 AM #37College star
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Wear and tear is one thing, but MJ was a machine at that age, too. You're also not factoring that he played professional baseball and had three years of college. Originally Posted by Pip' N Rodman
MJ played all 82 games and averaged nearly 39 minutes a game in his final season with Chicago. He put up 29/6/4/2 on 47% in again, one of the slowest paced and greatest defensive eras. Not to mention, he was All-Defensive 1st Team. LeBron was not the better player.
2020 was a free for all with lax perimeter rules. Again, how is this not contextualized?
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11-26-2021, 12:15 AM #38NBA Legend
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So MJ was out of shape when he played for the Wiz? Originally Posted by HoopsNY
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11-26-2021, 12:40 AM #39College superstar
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Adjust for pace and compare the numbers. Youre just deflecting because you only do troll arguments. Originally Posted by Hey Yo
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11-26-2021, 12:46 PM #403-time NBA All-Star
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It depends on the players dude. Mj is a maniac. His work ethic is as legendary as his determination. I would agree if we weren't talking about mj but mj was apparently putting in a full day of training on game days and non game days. Bron isn't doing anything close to that. So it isn't like we're comparing 2 hrs of baseball training to 2 hrs of basketball training. We're comparing 2 hrs of basketball to 10 hrs of baseball. Originally Posted by Hey Yo
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11-26-2021, 01:11 PM #41NBA lottery pick
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I love it when a bunch of couch potatoes on a forum dismiss someone playing a professional sport for over a year.
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11-26-2021, 01:14 PM #42NBA Legend
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Troll: MJ was retired for 2 years. He took a break! Originally Posted by dankok8
Sane person: He played another sport and at a professional level.
Troll: In other words, he was well rested.
A 'coach potato' is a great way to describe them. I prefer morons.
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11-26-2021, 01:28 PM #43Good college starter
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Re: Current LeBron is a much better player than Wizards Jordan
Lebron - zero MVP's and zero All-Defensive Teams in his 30's
MJ - Age 35 league MVP, All-Defensive 1st Team.
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11-26-2021, 01:34 PM #443-time NBA All-Star
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Re: Current LeBron is a much better player than Wizards Jordan
Damn this can't be true? Originally Posted by RogueBorg
Lebron - zero MVP's and zero All-Defensive Teams in his 30's
MJ - Age 35 league MVP, All-Defensive 1st Team.
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11-26-2021, 02:34 PM #45Decent college freshman
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MJ Stan’s have all the excuses
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