@WalkWithLyle@Hboog32 Sure, sure, LeBron is obviously the best young player ever and also obviously the best old player ever.
But!!!!! His 4 MVPs in 5 years and 8 straight finals aren't **so** obviously the best peak, so they decide to go with that as their reason
@earlboykins I wish they were contextualizing. But, I think they are just saying whatever is necessary to protect the sacred dogma that 80s/90s are better.
If you called LeBron GOAT in 2012, career achievements were necessary. If you say it in 2026, only peak performance matters.
@SportsWithJay0 If what you mean is generating elite production in typically unncorrelated ways, here are the NBA's top 25 Rebounders sorted by assists and top 25 Assists sorted by points.
Wow!
Tirico: How good will LeBron be?
Bilas: With playoffs, he will have more AST than Magic, more REB than Rodman, more 3s than Reggie, more STL than Payton, and 50,000 points but you will still think MJ is better for the same reason you bought a diamond engagement ring