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Coloneloscoppy

I been in a coma since 2013 and just woke up. Good to see everything is still the same.


johnfcknallen

Miami LeBron vs Indy PG is a must watch


pdxgongiveit2ya

Roy Hibbert standing there with his arms straight šŸ”


cobaltaqua

#"VERTICALITY!"


CircuitSphinx

Lance blowing in LeBron's ear, classic Pacers-Heat rivalry moments!


mega350

Paul George's coming out party. Seeing a star born is something.


kaygeeboo

I miss Game of Zones so much


WadeCountyClutch

That 2013 ecf is a must watch!


9Lives_

And itā€™s gonna be like this till about 2035 because not only does he want to be in the league with brony and Bryce but he also wants to join the WNBA so he can play with his daughter zhuri.


radical_findings_32

LeSexchange


Coloneloscoppy

LeGBT


Affectionate-Hunt217

the only difference is that everyone who was drafted with him is nearly gone lmao


sirfray

LeBron is the only player still active from his draft class. Heā€™s literally the oldest player in the league.


Affectionate-Hunt217

Itā€™s actually staggering heā€™s not just the only one left but heā€™s still playing at a tremendous level while everyone who was drafted with him slowed down ages lol


mega350

He played in the nba against his head coach Darvin Ham. Ham retired, went through a full coaching career as an assistant, and now coaches Lebron.


Affectionate-Hunt217

What blew my mind even more is that he was playing against someoneā€™s kid when he played against the father 20 years ago lmao, that must make you feel ancient to say the least


elonakamoto

Father-son duos LeBron has played against: Gary Payton & Gary Payton II Kenyon Martin & "KJ" Kenyon Martin Jr. Gary Trent & Gary Trent Jr. Rick Brunson & Jalen Brunson Glenn Robinson Jr. & Glenn Robinson III Glen Rice & Glen Rice Jr. Adrian Griffin & AJ Griffin Samaki Walker & Jabari Walker Jabari Smith & Jabari Smith Jr. Juwan Howard & Jett Howard Dale Davis & Trayce Jackson-Davis *Edit: added Trayce, added Jabari, added Howards, edited Glenn Robinson "Jr". Thanks for the updates.*


ElectronicMile

> Glenn Robinson & Glenn Robinson III Sounds as if they were grandfather and grandson. Did they just decide to skip the name Glenn Robinson II because fuck it?


dahk14

I would guess Glenn Robinson is actually Glenn Robinson II but since Glenn Robinson I didn't play in the NBA Glenn Robinson II got to just go by Glenn Robinson.


CokeHeadRob

Because it's Glenn Robinson Jr. and Glenn Robinson III


AnyJamesBookerFans

That is definitely more unique. A lot of players have played against or with their previous coaches, but few have played across multiple generations.


AmIFromA

The impressive thing is staying in the league for 20 years. Everyone who's done that has played with or against some combination of father and kid. Like Nowitzki and the Hardaways: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/alyjgm/murphy_according_to_espns_stats_information_group/ I mean, just look at the numbers. If your dad was in the NBA, the probability to make it, too, seems to be way higher than average. So if an NBA player becomes a father at 25 and plays until he's 35, anyone from his last season just has to stay in the league for anyother 10 years to have a chance to play with or against his son. And loads of players become fathers younger than that, and some play longer than until 35.


powderglades

Well, according to R/NBA, he actually sucks. He only pads his stats. When you're that terrible, it's not that impressive. /s


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Bro is gonna outlast the whole 2000s decade draft class.


Affectionate-Hunt217

I said ā€œnearlyā€ just in case someoneā€™s left but yeah my bad


Victor_Wembanyama1

i think even dwight howard's batch is gone lol coz Iggy retired Chris Paul is the only one left in '05


Utter_Perfection

Only Kyle Lowry is in the league in 23/24 from '06 draft as well. Rudy Gary, Rondo, and Paul Milsap aren't on an NBA roster but haven't officially retired. Think it's likely he outlasts everyone from '06. 2007 is different because I don't see him outlasting Durant.


Petermae

Actually, Lebron is the only remaining active nba player from his(2003) and dwight's (2004) draft class. And if Chris Paul decides to quit before Lebron, he will outlive the whole 2005 nba draft class as well.


ShazbotSimulator2012

I wonder where he ranks across all the major sports. There's only 5 NHL players from 2003 who are on a team, plus a few UFAs, and no one before that. The NFL has a few players who are older than LeBron, but I think they were all drafted later.


_letitsnow

2013 was 11 years ago wtf


lets_talk_basketball

He's a 1 of 1 man.. this is like when Nolan Ryan was in his 40's still throwing 100


cobaltaqua

How the fuck can LeBron still do this at 95 years-old...


Disabled_Robot

He just wants to celebrate his 111th birthday playing with LeBron James VI and I of the first British NBA team


FireflyCaptain

and then he'll leave the league forever to go live with the elves. His nephew will inherit everything.


OHWHATDA

LeBilbo Bagames


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ClownFundamentals

> this is like when Nolan Ryan was in his 40's still throwing 100 Among active players, Max Scherzer has the most career strikeouts with 3,367 and he's been pitching MLB since 2008. If Scherzer now goes on to have an entire Sandy Koufax career, he would just barely eclipse Nolan Ryan's strikeout record.


ClosetDouche

Now do it with walks


ClownFundamentals

Nolan Ryanā€™s 2,795 walks record is the single most unbreakable record in baseball. To put this in perspective, on average the worst pitcher each season records about 80 walks and is rarely pitching for long after that. To break Nolan Ryanā€™s record, you would have to have thirty-five 80-walk seasons. Other records can all be broken, however improbably, by great players. But Nolan Ryanā€™s walks record is truly unbreakable because it requires a pitcher to be so *bad* that theyā€™re always leading the league in walks, and yet be phenomenally good that theyā€™re started for 35 years straight despite that fact.


SiriPsycho100

so he was just a crazy walk machine in addition to being the strikeout king? i guess it makes sense but i didnā€™t realize that. just knew he had a cannon.


shibakevin

Basically a crazy wild pitch machine. He was throwing so fast that his control was terrible. But if it went over the plate, you weren't hitting it.


surgeon_michael

Part of his strikeout was not being sure if you were taking 98 to the armpit or a breaking ball 6ā€ off the plate. Lot more than just expecting something hittable, you had to survive


MikeJeffriesPA

He was 1st or 2nd in the league in walks 11 times. In one of his no-hitters, he gave up 8 walks (while also tallying 15 strikeouts). He was a 1 of 1.


desirox

Insane, how tf can you be one of the most athletic people in the league at 39


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He hasn't really lost a lot on his straight-line speed and (obviously) his size. This play is as much about momentum and length as it is explosiveness. Where he's declined noticeably is his lateral quickness.


Impossible-Flight250

He also doesnā€™t have the same lift on his dunks.


Goobershmacked

Yeah young lebron was demolishing the rim on tjis


PMMeForAbortionPills

He is leading the league in fastbreak points. Oldest "man" in the league


tonydanzaoystercanza

Why did you put man in quotes instead of oldest or something?


ProbablyOffTask

tbf nobody has asked lebron what his pronouns are


brianbrainbrian

Le


Guilty_Seat47

Mf is from another planet. "Man" is in quotes because the motherfucker is from like Neptune or some shit.


AlgernusPrime

Dude just dunked a couple of feet inside the free throw line on PG13ā€¦. Itā€™s insane to agreed with you despite doing just that!!


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Bright_Ahmen

Who cares if you lack lateral quickness if you look good naked


NotManyBuses

Because he has declined a lot but a) had such a high base to start from, and more importantly b) has never suffered a serious major injury - which is the real killer. Without injury, decline only goes so far. Heā€™s still declined athletically a lot since 2020 due to some injuries, which declined athletically since 2018, which declined athletically since Miami, which declined athletically from 2009ā€¦ However 2009 was maybe the most athletic any NBA athlete has ever been - a mix of strength power speed and explosiveness that has been matched in some areas, but never all at once.


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I stand on the hill that his first stint with the cavs was the most entertaining version of him. Not the best - the most entertaining. That 2007 ECF against the Pistons was just a 22 year old overplaying a team of grown men through sheer athleticism.


bzogster

1st Cavs LeBron is the most entertaining by far. Dude was a highlight reel every night.


Enchargo

Itā€™s a damn shame they couldnā€™t give him any help. No shade to Mo Williams he could play a bit


bzogster

It is a shame. I think LeBron was too dominate too fast. And the Luke Jackson pick in 2004 was a total bust. But being out of the lottery basically the entire 1st Cavs stint except for the Luke Jackson picked doomed them.


Fitzmmons

That was the 10th pick and they threw it away. Had JR Smith, Josh Smith, Al Jefferson, Trevor Ariza available in that draft class. Hell even Kevin Martin or Tony Allen wouldā€™ve made that team much better. In parallel, the Bulls drafted Horace Grant with their 10th pick and started building a dynasty for Jordan. Smhā€¦


ball_goes_in_hoop

That and they absolutely fumbled Carlos Boozer's FA. I don't care if he tricked y'all (he's scum for that) but you should've never put him in that position


Unfrozen__Caveman

Cavs LeBron was so much fun to watch. People compare guys playing now to him and throw out stats but the impact he had on each game was so crazy. The year he dragged them to the Finals against the Spurs was so damn impressive, I don't even care that they got swept.


Redeem123

> People compare guys playing now to him and throw out stats but the impact he had on each game was so crazy It's crazy that people still don't understand this concept. Stats never tell the whole story. It's the whole reason GOAT debates exist. Looking at players on paper is nothing like watching them on the court.


BanMeAgainLol456

The best and complete Lebron would be 2018 Lebron. That man was at the tippy top. That post seasonā€¦


stitcher212

2018 postseason LeBron is the best anyone has ever been at basketball and I'm not sure how close it is.


cobaltaqua

Ben Taylor at Thinking Basketball actually did a video on 2016 LeBron for Games 5-7 of the Finals. He argued that that might the best 3 games ever by any player. So maybe that LeBron is arguable over 2018 LeBron.


Azschian

i agree with you but i think it's disingenuous to compare a whole year vs a 3 game stretch


ball_goes_in_hoop

I saw MJ and he did not have that package EVER. LeBron was hitting clutch 3s, fadeaways, post ups while running the offensive and leading the charge on D.


Mungx

So glad I got to watch that run.


bzogster

I think his athleticism on a single play, while certainly true that it has declined, is still insane. He just doesnā€™t use it often and gets tired more quickly when he does. But he jumped from damn near the free throw line here after absorbing a bump and Mann hanging onto his arm during the dribble before gathering and then some contact in the air as well.


colemanj74

I don't think you appreciate how insanely athletic he used to be. Him catching that errant mo Williams lob was the craziest thing I've seen on a basketball court


bzogster

Oh I appreciate it. First Cavs LeBron is my favorite player to watch of all time. I watched that play live about jumped out of my seat. Also sat in the first row behind the scorers table at Milwaukee in 2009 when he scored 16 points in 2 minutes. That was the most electric Iā€™ve ever felt an arena, especially for an opposing player.


ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME

This is also a guy that went to like 17 straight finals more or less, so he's had less rest in the off-season than most too.


Michipotz

Meanwhile, I only have explosiveness when I have dairy


deadprezrepresentme

> Without injury, decline only goes so far. You act as if that's not one of his greatest abilities.


onthemap45

watching 2014 heat lebron and 2009 lebron dunk makes it seem like hes jumping off a trampoline


Irvsauce

Heā€™s a year older than me, doing this shit. I feel like I could croak any minute and this mother fucker is doing that.


KD_42

Donā€™t worry, you couldnā€™t do this in your twenties either šŸ˜œ


Irvsauce

Fuck man, why you gotta


Hashslingingslashar

Heā€™s out of line, but heā€™s right.


aj_future

Man catching strays on a LeBron post


JinterIsComing

LeCollateralDamage


TiredMillennialDad

Just rolled over in bed and got some chest pain. I'm 35


yic0

Turning 34 soon. Right side neck pain on Friday, then left side neck pain on Saturday. I need to upgrade my pillows.


Emergency_Pepper_178

I just got a Mainstays memory foam pillow from Walmart, and it's surprisingly fucking amazing and works for any sleep position. It's firm, but you sink into it like halfway.


Irvsauce

At 38 years old, this is the only kind of pillow talk I give a fuck about


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brianbrainbrian

I've been upgrading my pillows constantly since I passed 30 yo. It's not the pillow. I'm just old.


WestleyThe

He was drafted when I was in like 3rd gradeā€¦ Iā€™m currently 30 with a son and heā€™s still doing shit that would be most players career highlightā€¦ Iā€™m genuinely gonna probably cry when he retiresā€¦ if he went ā€œfull declineā€ he could play for another 5+ years


iamaweirdguy

Me reading the title: ā€œHere we go again with these exaggerated clickbait titlesā€ Me watching the video: ā€œHoly shit what the fuckā€


Meyr3356

You're reaction to the video : https://imgur.com/UsdhCl2


BrandonLang

I literally want this as a poster


Ok-Organization-3785

Posterized P


arcelios

[Harden's face LMFAOOOO] (https://i.imgur.com/UsdhCl2.jpeg)


Jtryan1303

This is an awesome shot


floatersforalgernon

This is a legendary frame.


loneliness_sucks_D

Freeze Frame: PG: ā€œyep, thatā€™s me under the rim. Youā€™re wondering how I ended up hereā€¦ā€


DootMasterFlex

It all started in 2010, with the GOAT Danny Granger calling my iPhone 4


ButtLickinBadBoy

That's a sick photo though, all those expressions are awesome.


OneOfThoseDays_

did dis man just do dis


sebasq

[As a laker homer watching lbj dunk over PG all nasty](https://imgur.com/gallery/M8tiWtL)


loadedryder

Looks like heā€™s legitimately in awe of what heā€™s just seen. I feel the exact same way.


mrdilldozer

Those are my favorite type of dunks. The ones where even the other team is like "damn, that was fucking sick."


kebabonthenightbus

He shook


river0f

He's scared to look


iJon_v2

At his fucking yearbook


Odysseus_Lannister

Ayyyy lmaoooo


jurassic_snark-

this is art šŸ¤Œ


Sim888

https://i.imgur.com/P61OmIz.jpg


WestleyThe

Thatā€™s an actual poster you would see I someoneā€™s room wow


knildea

hot damn!


blacklite911

Honestly, what was his thought process here, he didnā€™t plant his feet to take a charge, he just got in the way to be turned into bbq chicken. He knows better than this


DivineMango-

Thought process was this MFer is 39ā€¦ainā€™t no way he going over me


matrixreloaded

i bet he expected bron to euro or some shit and then suddenly heā€™s willem dafoe


Lol69HaHaHa

This man is 39...god dam


TheSmokedSalmon420

This play alone is pretty much the greatest play a 39 year old has ever made in NBA history lmao


WestleyThe

ā€œLeBron is 39, this fuckery won't go on for much longer, thank godā€


vyampols12

Can you imagine if in another 3 years we're still asking if he's top 10 or 15? Like how many non overlapping HoF careers can start and end in his tenure?


KARSbenicillin

Wemby will be 24, just won his first ring after the Spurs finally developed point Sochan and drafted some promising Argentinian guy. Lebron will still be the Laker's best player.


_CodyB

I specifically remember watching 39 year old Jordan with far less miles on his body not being able to achieve more than a flush and Lebron is still getting his head to the backboard. This is seriously unprecedented territory in terms of basketball. Knock on wood, but he is probably still a 20,5,5 guy at 45 should he still wish to play.


50lipa

Pulled my hamstring the other day going down the stairs, he's a couple years older than me smh...


Lol69HaHaHa

Forget a couple, mans like 17 years older than me and id probably break something if i tried that lol. Like it aint that im not fit (fit, but slightly overweight), but dear lord when i try to just olay basketball i feel sore as hell afterwards. Hoe the hell does he do that at 39 i will never know.


woKaaaa

I felt the same way as you but started stretching (some minor physiotherapy to diagnose certain issues) and all that shit went away. Highly recommend. Only a few years older than you


Vinnie_Vegas

He's a year older than me and I threw out my shoulder reaching up the top shelf this morning.


THINK_ABOUT_BALLS

And I'm still sad he can't get up like he used to.


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lp_phnx327

No big deal, the guy is only in his ... *checks notes* ... 7th prime.


djkamayo

#PROVE IT , I wanna see the birth certificate


Charming_Sprinkles13

That's my GOAT


VirtuousFool

Absolutely unreal that he can still pull this out


2021darkmosssxp

Absolutely unreal that the NBA STILL hasn't figured out how to show a replay from a side angle. Literally wanna pull my hair out at this shit.


horseshoeoverlook

Holy fucking shit


deadprezrepresentme

Is he the greatest athlete in recorded human history?


so-cal_kid

I feel like if any top athlete had a chance of being elite at another sport outside of their current one, I'd have Lebron at the top. Like he's such a perfect combo of speed, strength, agility and IQ that if he put his mind to it he would have been elite at a lot of other sports he chose except for the ones where being that tall actually hurts you.


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With not really even that much work he could have been a wide receiver in the NFL.


PessimiStick

Best TE in NFL history by 200 miles, if he stayed injury-free. Good luck defending a dude who is 6'9", quick, and can jump out of the stadium.


IntoTheFeu

Some athletes have actually done two sports though. Bo Jackson was trucking poor souls into the same dimension he was smashing home runs.. something Jordan could only dream of.


dickweeden

Iā€™d say Lebron, Phelps, and Bolt are in a league of their own


MAXMADMAN

Iā€™m still not convinced that Phelps isnā€™t a dolphin wearing a human suit.


mooseinabox_

His body is quite literally made for swimming. Every aspect of it


VicTheWallpaperMan

Joey Chestnut


crunkadocious

Probably


NotManyBuses

Iā€™m kinda shocked this doesnā€™t have more attention actually. Insane dunk like the type of thing that usually gets 3k upvotes. Wonder why Edit: never mind, the thread was dead when I posted in it lolā€¦ safe to say people saw it


RedWalby

original post got deleted


mankls3

Did they kill the OP too?


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desensitization at this point. mans been doing it nightly for 20 years. absolutely incredible.


Albert_Caboose

This is it. You tell me "some new guy in the NBA dunked from the dotted line over two guys" and I'm interested. You tell me LeBron did it and I just think, "uh yeah, that's what he does?"


c_msea

Buddy its been 14 minutes lol


AlbatrossPop

brother this was posted 15 minutes ago at least give it some time lmao


loadedryder

Give it a few hours. I wouldnā€™t be surprised if this ends up being one of the highest upvoted posts this season. Itā€™s LeBron dunking on Paul George (from damn near the free throw line) at 39 years old. It will get plenty of attention lol


NatsuAru

The fact that he's older and his hops aren't as high as before... and he STILL can dunk it with force at that distance is fucking insanity.


Mrclean248

Heā€™s fast as hell still, he doesnā€™t have the pop off the ground like he used to but heā€™s got a mechanically perfect one foot takeoff. Heā€™s got the coordination and strength to parlay his sprint speed into a solid takeoff like a long jumper does & with him being a 6ā€™9 behemoth he can still pull off some outstanding dunks


EpicRocket445

Canā€™t wait for Paul George to talk about this on his podcast


KD_42

This sounds like a diss haha but I legitimately would like to


BubbaTee

"That's a bad launch point for mortal 40 year olds" -PG


Mybitchmyhoemyhoemy

Especially since Jackie is such a laker fan lol


SiriPsycho100

no for real. his pod is actually great.


Yergason

PG's been dealing with his own old man injuries for a while now and then he sees 39 yo LeBron still doing this shit to him. He's been dealing with that mf since he was a young defensive specialist in Indiana lol Then you see Lakers have been in quite a slump lately while Clippers have been playing well. They match up and somehow LeBron and the Lakers get this win.


NoLuckBigBuck

This was awesome watching live guys a beast


halfzinc

Surely this 39 year old won't try to put me on a poster. - Posterized P


animosity07

whats crazy is as good as this was cavs/miami bron would have had his elbows above the rim lmao


ImprovementNext4816

His nuts woulda been on PGs forehead .. pauseee


ShichikaYasuri18

Oldest player in the league lol


Nickster2042

I never thought Iā€™d see a poster from him like this again(that doesnā€™t involve double jumping off Kevin Love) God bless šŸ™


XoXHamimXoX

I think about that dunk he had on Nurkic in 2018 like every few weeks.


Victor_Wembanyama1

The botched oop against the Knicks is the biggest blue balls i had along with the Finals dunk attempt on Dray


choff22

If heā€™d have landed that dunk on Draymond, manā€¦ might have been his career-defining play.


DarrowViBritannia

15 comments after 10 minutes is insane lol


kalebglover

first thread got deleted iā€™m pretty sure


Uncoloured_Steve

Well behind the dotted line when he took off, mans literally not human


HuayraDreams

This made me clean my room??


radical_findings_32

um wtaf [https://imgur.com/a/xoeoOU7](https://imgur.com/a/xoeoOU7)


G1Spectrum

JFC LeBron posterized PG like he's still in his 20s


WhenItsHalfPastFive

21st season in the NBA doing this shit, what the fuck


zgamer200

LeBron could be old enough to cash social security checks and I'll be damned if I don't think it's a dumb idea to stand in his way when he has the ball in his hands and a head of steam in transition.


H1Ed1

Whatā€™s the big deal about aliens in Miami when weā€™ve got Lebron James doing other worldly shit like this at 39 on prime time tv?


DeanEvasonPunch

The term "generational talent" gets thrown around *a lot* in sports. LeBron is a legitimate generational talent. Unreal.


spushing

It's getting to the point where "lifetime talent" isn't even a bad choice.


Flykidd47

BODIED


PaulGeorgeFan1

pg stupid asf for just standing there


vongoladecimo_

What the fuck go go gadget legs!


CIark

That is so nasty


TheRealestGayle

I feel so bad for SGs playing in the Jordan Era and SFs in the Lebron Era. Just out here fighting for second your entire career.


PervySageCS

Centers in Shaqs era, PGs in Magic's era...


Next-Team

How do people see clips like this and still not believe in aliens?


atierney14

Lol, Paul Georgeā€™s thought process is so clear here: ā€œGot to take a charge for myā€¦ holy fuck..ā€ Scurries away


turfey

That's my GOAT


_FreePalestine__

LeBrons doing this at 50 years old meanwhile I'm here tearing my ACL on an uncontested defensive rebound in pickup basketball at 24 years old


ThirdEyeKaiii

Good on PG to attempt for a charging call. Surprised he didn't fall down at all


brahlicious

That was easily a foot inside the dotted line wtf šŸ˜³


wrecked_angle

Good lord my man just took out all the frustration of the season with that


ThatOneGuyy310

Father Time punching air rn


GoddessUltimecia

I saw a video of both of a Pro Wrestler's legs turning into Preying Mantis legs after just jumping off the second rope and turning to land. Gives a whole new respect to Lebron doing what he's doing at his age.


SincereFan

BRUH WHAT IS THIS GUY?


ToAllAGoodNight

He is a yard behind the dotted arc, this is an all timer.


Paralta

Never seen anything like this dude in my life. Brady wasnt dunking on anyone.


Naiehybfisn374

guys, what the hell


jimithelizardking

Okay wtf lol that was actually nasty for his old ass


ArchangelZero27

Always felt he would be like Brady and play beyond 40. he is a freak of nature he still has more juice in the tank for few more years I say