LeBron is declining or he will be soon

[russwest0]

Minutes played? **** all that.

Just look at his numbers or watch his piss poor defense. He's clearly on the decline. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a delusional LeBron stan.

[Joyner82reload]

Kobe was still a 27/6/6 player last season with a total of 54,000 minutes played. You should be more worried about Durant peaking at age 25.

And Kobe had fallen far, far from what he once was. Kobe's last "great" season was 2010-11 and at that point he was still pretty far off from the player he was from 2006-09.

[Solefade]

Minutes played? **** all that.

Just look at his numbers or watch his piss poor defense. He's clearly on the decline. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a delusional LeBron stan.

or maybe because he's conserving energy to try to go to his 4th straight finals?

[aj1987]

And Kobe had fallen far, far from what he once was. Kobe's last "great" season was 2010-11 and at that point he was still pretty far off from the player he was from 2006-09.

Whatever helps up sleep at night. Dude is literally one of the fastest and strongest players in the league. He will be for the next couple of years.

[russwest0]

or maybe because he's conserving energy to try to go to his 4th straight finals?

Tell me how LeBron isn't on the decline from here on out. Tell me how he's gonna be a better player moving forward than he was in the past 2 seasons.

[russwest0]

Whatever helps up sleep at night. Dude is literally one of the fastest and strongest players in the league. He will be for the next couple of years.

He needs to drop 15-20 pounds if he wants to age better.

[aj1987]

He needs to drop 15-20 pounds if he wants to age better.

This, I agree with. He needs to work with Grover in the offseason.

[pauk]

oh man..... cant wait until playoffs...

[Joyner82reload]

oh man..... cant wait until playoffs...

So Pauk, all of the greats decline around 36-38000 career minutes, but LeBron will just continue his play for the next 5-6 years and won't decline until 60,000~ minutes?

[SpecialQue]

Sorry folks, can't argue with history

He's currently at 37958 minutes played for regular season and postseason Kobe was at 37519 at the beginning of the 2008-09 NBA season
Jordan was at 35934 at the beginning of the 1996-97 NBA season
KG was at 37998 at the beginning of the 2007-08 NBA season
Duncan was at 36203 at the beginning of the 2008-09 NBA season
Shaq was at 36785 at the beginning of the 2004-05 NBA season
Kareem was at 38947 at the beginning of the 1980-81 NBA season
Wilt was at 36872 at the beginning of the 1968-69 NBA season
Bird was at 34731 at the beginning of the 1988-89 NBA season
Magic got AIDS
Barkley was at 34316 at the beginning of the 1995-96 NBA season
Hakeem was at 38702 at the beginning of the 1996-97 NBA season
Dr. J was at 38814 at the beginning of the 1981-82 NBA season
Oscar was at 35436 at the beginning of the 1970-71 NBA season
West was at 35372 at the beginning of the 1971-72 NBA season

Normally I'd take offense to this since he's my favorite player, but since he's been trolling the Lakers on almost an ISH level lately...

[Jabari Parker]

Shut this thread down stop disrespecting the KING. He's gonna murk KD in the finals and you'll all be crying just like 2012

[6 for 24]

These anti-Kobe threads disgust me. Kobe led the whole NBA in PER

[KyrieTheFuture]

Joyner your life is more dedicated to LeBron than LeBron's life is dedicated to LeBron.

[JohnFreeman]

Joyner your life is more dedicated to LeBron than LeBron's life is dedicated to LeBron.

He hates LeBron more than he likes Durant

[Prometheus]

Minutes played? **** all that.

Just look at his numbers or watch his piss poor defense. He's clearly on the decline. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a delusional LeBron stan.

every team that wins multiple championships begins to slow down in the regular season. I know you know this.