LeBron James IS what Grant Hill COULD'VE been. Agree/Disagree?

[Scholar]

6'8", sub-200 lb SF who can play any position required of him.

Grant Hill before the career altering injury averages:


LeBron James' career stats:
27.6/7.3/6.9/1.7 on .490/.337/.747

What they had in common:
- Neither are (or in younger Hill's case, were) great 3-pt shooters
- Guys who seemingly could score at the basket at will
- Incredible passers
- Arguably the best rebounders (outside of true big men)

You can say LeBron is the better scorer, but we truly don't know how different Hill's stats could've been if he hadn't been injured. In the 1999-2000 season, he averaged 25.8 ppg, so maybe if he had been healthy throughout his late-20's to early 30's, he could've averaged close to 27 per game.

I have a feeling some LeBron fans will find this to be disrespectful, but that's probably because most of them started watching basketball in 2010. Grant Hill was toted as the next best player. If he had remained healthy, he obviously would've given any MVP a run for their money. Hill was probably the best all-around player in the '90s... And yes, that's even looking at Pippen.

So what do you guys think? Agree or disagree?

[inclinerator]

nope, maybe on lebron's worse year

[HorryIsMyMVP]

Lebron James is Grant Hill on steroids.

[LikeABosh]

Poor mans Lebron

[knickswin]

lebron is wayyyy bigger, faster, and more explosive than grant hill

hill had better footwork though

[SyRyanYang]

Lebron is top5 rebounding SF but not the Best

[Myth]

Grant Hill was great and would have been greater than we have seen him, but he wouldn't have been better than LeBron.

[LikeABosh]

Is Lebron even top5 rebounding SF?
Best?

Lebron is #1 in the league in rebounding outside of C/PFs.....

[chazzy]

It's not like he got hurt when he was 20.. we saw him at 27

[chosen_wun]

Those are just slightly above rookie LeBron numbers..

[SyRyanYang]

Lebron is #1 in the league in rebounding outside of C/PFs.....

a. Numbers don't tell the whole story
b. I don't even need to look up to know J-Smoove has more RPG.

[LikeABosh]

Hill would never have sniffed 27 ppg, 57% shooting, 41% from three, 8 rebounds and 7 assists

[inclinerator]

a. Numbers don't tell the whole story
b. I don't even need to look up to know J-Smoove has more RPG.

josh smith is a pf

[LikeABosh]

a. Numbers don't tell the whole story
b. I don't even need to look up to know J-Smoove has more RPG.

Josh Smith gets just .4 rebounds per game more...and he's a PF

[Noyze]

This is a solid comparison actually. LeBron is alittle better then Grant Hill (in his prime) at everything. LeBron is faster, shoots alittle better from 3, bigger and stronger. But Hill could break down his man better, overall Hill had better individual moves with a great crossover and stutter step. Hills mid range game was better, Bron post up better.

The biggest difference imo was on the defensive end. Hill didn't start playing great def till he got to phoenix, and even then Bron is just a better overall defender.