[Highlight] LeBron appears to have the most fun anyone’s ever had playing basketball as the final seconds of the Nico Bowl tick down
He can literally just chill, farm assists and shoot 3s, easiest shit he’s ever had to do
Some of the threes I think he’s missing because he isn’t used to being that open lol. When he gets his legs under him he might shoot over 40
LeBron shooting 40 3s per game would be sweet
Lebron going after Currys shooting record confirmed
Bron casually averaging 60 points a game shooting 50% from 3
He shoots wide open threes as if he’s being directly guarded, every single one is some kinda fadeaway lol
That’s just how he LeShoots. He still has pretty janky form: brings the ball way over to his left and shoots with most weight on his left leg. My theory is that Bron is left eye dominant, given he is actually left handed, and has this goofy form to align his shooting hand with his dominant eye.
Shooting has always been Bron’s weakness. Kinda wonder what could have been if he had shot with his left. He might not have become the play maker he is if his J was more reliable.
I honestly can’t tell what’s nbacj and nba anymore
I’m jerking a bit with how I wrote my comment, but I’m 100% serious in the point I’m making. In this video you can see how he brings the ball up on the left side of his body before flicking across his body: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-FU-NlSV5yI
Watch any good right handed shooter, such as his coach, and you will see they align the ball with their right eye. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmAZ3jqYFF8
It’s well known LeBron is left handed. Search for it and you will find plenty of stories.
How is his comment circle-jerky?
This is just how I LeJerk. I have pretty janky form though.
I think you can enjoy ball without ever considering shooting mechanics. It’s only something I’m concerned with because I’m left handed but right eye dominant. I spent a lot of time trying to fix my shot before I realised what is going on. (KD is an example of someone who is cross dominant with great mechanics. He is much more balanced on his shot than LeBron is.)
I’m with you – I appreciated your comment. I’m right-handed, left-eye dominant. Realizing that helped my shot as well. Unfortunately, for us, we won’t be able to have a perfectly aligned shot like Curry, which definitely seems to be an advantage.
God, you must some type of jerker. Get his dick off his mouth relax.
He needs to start waiting for them to closeout while he looks at the ball so esoterically it feels like time itself has slowed
Hes been begging to do this for like 5 years now.
Lebron has unlocked his 5th prime. LeUnc
Crazy that at comes at the tail end of his career. Dude never had it this easy his whole career. Well, I think he could chill at times with Wade and Kyrie.
Even then he only had prime wade for like the first 2-3 years?
Let’s be real wade was already out of his prime by the time bron got to Miami
Shit, out of his prime wade was still giving the Mavs nightmares in the 2011 finals.
People forget 2009 dwade
Yeah that was peak Prime Dwade. He was just on the other side when Bron got there, but I think 2015 Wade and Bosh Heat were still really good till Bosh’s med problems obviously.
In that series yes, but lebron was bad in that series and we know how great he is overall. Wade overall was out of his prime
Yeah people forget wade had cartilage removed from his knee in college and came in as an older rookie. His knees were a ticking time bomb and by 2012 he was still damn good but definitely nowhere near the MVP level from a few years prior.
Even then he completely controlled the offense. If he wasn’t on the floor the team had no idea what to do most times and relied on the talent of wade or kyrie.
This is the first time in 22 years where LeBron doesn’t NEED to be the center piece and control the offense in order to compete and win games.
don’t forget his 10 points
LeRolePlayer
He had his chance to sit back and evaluate. He likes what he sees.
He’s been crying out for someone to take over being the #1 option so he doesn’t have to for like 5 years AD couldn’t do it and now they’ve got luka and AR to carry the offensive load I’d be giggling to myself as well lmao.
Yea he can barely try and still score efficiently, just has to be in the right spots which he knows how to do. These games must be a breeze for him compared to prior seasons
It’s literally like having the coach out there playing in the game.
bill russell player-coached the celtics’ last couple titles while havlicek was scoring 40 in closeout games. must be fun!
LeBreather
Fiiire
I truly think if he WANTED to, he could play at least 3 more years of solid Basketball… probably more likely 1 or 2 after this year though.
I feel like if you look at it in tiers, like: Tier 1 - freak of nature (bron, Steph, etc.) Tier 2 - Superstar Tier 3 - star Tier 4 - starter Tier 5 - elite role player Tier 6 - role player Tier 7 - end of bench/rookie Tier 8 - scrub/“player coach”/glue guy
Most big name would hit their late 30’s and go from tier 2ish to tier 5 within a season, then 5 to 6 next season, then probably retire. Seems like the decline is pretty quick once it truly kicks in.
But with LeBron I genuinely think he could be a tier 2 for this year and next, tier 3 for a year maybe, then either tier 4⁄5 for the next 2-3 years. Like I genuinely think the dude could be a good 6th man or 4th/5th option starter at 45 or 46 years old if he truly wanted to. Hell, I think if he wanted to stay in the league he would be worth having on the bench when he’s freaking 50 and still be well worth a roster spot.
Obviously he wants to hang them up soon and none of that will happen lol, but my point being his decline will be at a unnaturally slow pace compared to anything we’ve ever seen.
Also, I’m super high rn so if none of that made sense whatsoever I’m sorry
I’m all for 45 year old bron winning 6th man of the year
Cooked with this
Thanks yeah I was trying to reheat spaghetti the whole time I was typing it on mobile lol
no apology necessary but i understand the feeling lol
Nah you’re good king, makes sense, I said pretty much that exact thing a few weeks ago about him being able to play and not be a joke 5 years from now. You can’t count him out, I remember many years ago when my thoughts were “I hope LeBron manages to limp along just long enough to break the scoring record”, and here we are. It’s not a bron nut riding thing either, if years from now someone is in the position to somehow break his record I’ll be rooting for them. Got to keep on moving 🎶
Honestly his athleticism was so high to begin with…his current athleticism might not drop much for another ten years. Its more a matter if injuries and motivation at this point
He knows when and how to shift his 4 levels of speed.
Lol I have a billion
He’s literally becoming Le3-and-D. Luka was getting doubled and ball just came into his lap like that lol
He finally gets to see how KD felt on the warriors.
Lebron doing it at 41 instead of in his prime though lol
Thats why hes the goat
I actually just realized I don’t mind people calling him that, when I minded that for YEARS back in his Heat/Cav days lol. Jordan is still my clear favorite for the title, but I get it for Bron obviously.
Not even close.
Whether you prefer MJ or LeBron, it is obviously very close. You just immediately lose all credibility by pretending it’s ’not even close’ and your opinion can be comfortably disregarded.
yeah, i’m a jordan guy, but i reached the point where i agree with either and have no interest in arguing
I was born in Chicago (but live in Australia) so obviously grew up at a diehard MJ fan, but gun-to-my-head I’m probably taking LeBron as the best overall basketball player of all time though I still think MJ is the ‘greatest of all time’ which has a larger emphasis on impact, context, legacy etc.
Either way, it is objectively incredibly close and you can’t go wrong with either of them.
I actually do enjoy a reasonable debate about who is 1st out of the two of them, but it’s always so polarised. Most reasonable fans see it as a clear, incredibly close 2 man race, then you have people like the guy I replied to who just pretend that it’s clear cut and don’t seem to have any real interest in a genuine discussion.
Agreed. But I also think Jokic is starting to be in the same conversation. And if he keeps it up for another 5 or so he definitely will be.
Ahh I mean yea, if he keeps up this level for another 5 years and also wins at least 1-2 more rings then he’s in the conversation, but he’s borderline top 10 at the moment so I don’t know why we’d include him in the conversation right now. He’s not even close to GOAT level right now.
6x Rings
6x Finals MVP
5x MVP
DPOY
3x Steals leader
9x Defensive First-Team
10x Scoring Titles
Lebron is playing at least 8 more years than Jordan and has only one scoring title, let that sink in. There’s a reason Jordan is the all-time leader in PPG.
Glazers will say LBJ could score more if he wanted to but he just wants to win. Well Jordan has done more of both. It’s not even close.
Ok buddy, whatever you say.
Don’t take my word for it, check any advanced statistic.
He played 80+ games only 3 years of the 23 in the league.
Michael played 80+ games 11⁄15 years in the league.
Don’t get me wrong LBJ is a great player but he’s certainly not the GOAT and no amount of marketing will ever make him the GOAT.
Thanks buddy, I’ll take your very specific metrics into consideration and ignore everything else. Thanks for opening my eyes.
Thats crazy lol. I get it, alot of people like Jordan, but to say its not close is just hating.
Bro it’s not close. Lebron is a stat padder and flop artist. Who son got into the league with nepotism. You guys are crazy to even put him in the same sentences as Jordan. Lebron is a team hopper and cries.
Lol at the username with this take
At 41 years young!
Ur right. Kd only got those two fmvps cause of curry smh
He never got one after and never will sniff a finals again.
So yeah. KD will look like a deity if he gets carried to the finals with two greatest shooters of all time surrounding him.
LMAO. You know he didnt get carried and you know he was the best player on that team. Did he get carried to those finals mvps as well?
KD was shooting wide open shots in the finals dog. He was great. Probably pretty rested because he had a 73-9 win team carrying his ass like a golden chariot to the finals.
Pretty sure he even admitted one of those finals mvp’s should’ve belonged to Curry.
The reason they got him was for LeBron. They needed him specifically to beat one man and have admitted it. The only reason kd isnt there right now is because he realized the team didnt even respect him. He was just a tool to get them past LeBron. KD had the easiest basketball of his fucking life in those years, and it wasnt because he just ascended to a new level, its because he had the greatest team ever assembled and got to plug in there and shoot jumpshots.
You can say he was wide open all you want but that just wasnt a thing until recently to discredit kd. He was the best player on that team. Im from sf and everyone knew that. There was no narrative of him being wide open cause he wasnt.
Which fmvp shouldve been currys? 2017 where kd averaged 7 more points, or 2018 where kd averaged more points, rebounds, assists, hit the multiple daggers (not because of curry btw)
They got him cause hes kd lmao what are you on. He was minimum like top 5 for however long. They got him because he would push them over in the finals which he did. He was that guy on those teams.
Listen to quin cook too
Warriors won rings with an aged Iggy and a known underachiever in Wiggins. Theres a list of probably 10+ SFs the Warriors would have run thru the league with that roster, letalone with KD lol.
Its the cheapest rings in modern NBA and super fraudulent.
Washed LeBron is basically a better Draymond Green
I kind of agree, but that’s disrespectful to washed Bron lol
And he’s still at least a season or two away from being ‘washed’. We’re going to see an all-time coasting job from LeBron during the regular season but I’d bet my left nut he’ll be top 3 (or better) on the floor for every playoff series.
You mean prime Magic?
Draymond defense is better, but LeBron is much better at literally everything else lol
Draymond Green is more of a lite lite Lebron with more defensive sliders tbh.
Yeah i loved the way his balls came on his lap
LeBronCantImagineThisIsMyLife.gif
Nico couldn’t even get Reaves for Luka
Thank god for that. I imagine we would never get to see him at his peak* if he got transferred.
*provisional
Or see him put up All-NBA numbers in Dallas
But still losing… I guess I can see that.
I mean having an actual guard in Dallas that isn’t DLo would benefit the entire team lol would they win shit? No but it wouldn’t be this bad either (imo)
Worse. Even if reeves was in the trade, the trade STILL seems unfair
Nico gave up a 2nd as well.
Reaves isn’t a throw in
That’s the point.
What’s crazy is you could say that Wade looks younger, but he retired 6 years ago lol.
It’s been SIX YEARS?
Mattdamonaging.gif
Bro, earlier I saw someone complaining about Zion being in the NBA for 7 seasons and never reaching his potential.
I was like, “7 years?! Wtf is he talking about?”
Bro is in his 7^th NBA season. Holy shit…
please say sike
Didn’t the heat make the finals twice since Wade’s departure?
Covid time jump is crazy.
COVID did a number on us all
God damn, it sure has.
Wade’s last season was the year Miami Vice jerseys debuted in black, right? 2018-19?
Live laugh love
Leive Leaugh Leove
Underrated comment
LeUnderrated LeComment
LeLive LeLaugh LeLove
The Nico bowl is hilarious 😂
I genuinely hope the name catches on.
I almost feel bad for the guy
He ain’t gotta do anything but shoot open 3s, play defense in the 4th quarter and use his best skill set which is passing. It’s a dream scenario and it’ll be even better if they can manage an upgrade at the wing position so he can chill even more.
You see the vision, they neeeeed to keep rui though and that’s what I need ppl to understand even if he coming off the bench.
Given Rui’s recent comments, I imagine there is no chance we lose Reaves or Rui unless the Bucks/Nuggets decide to pull a Nico Harrison
Could you imagine if the Mavs pull a Nico? Then AD suddenly gets healthy again on the Lakers
I think salary matching will be a problem
Bron job is to pass the ball shoot open shots off of Reaves and Luka passes, and between all that walk around the court during TOs and FTs and laugh and joke around with people… I’m sure he’s loving life rn lol
smiling through it all can’t believe this is my life
Wade was very grumpy about his shorts but I remember their shorts being baggier on the Heat
There was nothing grumpy about it. He was just poking fun at his friend.
Wade was on one all night
He shouldn’t be allowed to call LeBron games idk
Nah, it’s all in good fun. He just knows he can’t glaze LeBron all night because he’s supposed to be more unbiased now
I’m so depressed about him going back to baggier shorts.
No reason not to enjoy every last minute. 9nce you leave the court forever you’ll never get that same feeling
He just realizes he doesn’t have to be the 1st or even 2nd option anymore, just grab some steals, throw touch down passes and shoot corner 3s
Bron was the 5th highest scoring player on the Lakers in this game and they won by 10.
I need LeBron to win ring #5 with Bronny on the roster, then retire after his 23rd season. Genuinely, no one could ever deny he’s the goat if that’s how his story in the NBA concluded.
I’m on board with this but I wouldn’t mind Bron and Bronny going for a repeat
Watch them do it anyway. The hate has never been based on logic.
Nahhh, the narrative will be: Lebron got carried to a ring by two All-Stars. Jordan never got carried, bus driver vs bus rider etc, etc.
Many have made up their mind, and a championship or two wouldn’t change that.
True, but those people aren’t even real basketball fans, Brons been the bus driver long enough to earn state retirement, he has more than earned the right to this role
If they keep like this and injuries aren’t a factor, he’ll coast throughout the regular season and have plenty in the tank to crank it up in the playoffs and take over games if needed.
In my mind Cavs would’ve drafted bronny and lebron comes back to win his last ring with the Cavs and his son
That would have been the best story in sports history, and I genuinely do think LeBron playing with Spida and Mobley would damn near just be just like playing with wade and bosh
LeBlissful
No way I could’ve seen this coming 2-3 seasons ago. What a timeline. Loads of people worried about Jeanie and Rambis too back then.
Thank you Nico and scouting and sometimes Pelinka.
Lebron: “LMFAO I can win games by double digits and I only have to focus on playmaking and getting my 10 😂😂😂 # livelaughlove # cantbelievethisismylife # bronknows🤣🤭”
Bron doesn’t have to break a sweat until the playoffs.
Lebron was never in my top 5 favorite players in any year. But reflecting on the whole thing it’s clear he is the GOAT. And he has done it with class. It’s just really clear for me now.
And he’s still doing it.
Wild as fucking hell watching this dude play for 22 years and dominate over two decades
Love the vibes Rui & AR have been bringing to the team recently, always making everyone laugh and smile!
LeCantBelieveThisDudeGaveUsLuka
I don’t give a fuck about GOAT conversations in basketball but I’m so grateful I got to grow up watching this man play. I am 30 and dude started in the NBA when I was A 7 YEAR OLD.
The Nico bowl was unnecessary, as a Dallas fan, but funny regardless.
Reminder that basketball is a game and it’s meant to be fun. LeBron has the weight of the world on his shoulders (a lot of his own doing) and it’s nice to see him and players having fun
unc ball
I wasn’t having fun with Dwayne Wade commentating though. That was awful
As usual. He gives a couple actually good insights/analyses about the plays but it always just ends up him talking about himself, and he and Candace having a conversation about nothing while the game goes on. Takes you out of the game.
bron gonna be the first player to play against a whole family lineage
For the first time in his career, he never has to carry a team at his back, all that weight and pressure is now off and he can just enjoy the game of basketball
Look at his joy
Livin’ LeVidaloca
I wonder what the conversation is gon be now lmao
LeBron doesn’t want to be there and he faked his sciatica ❌
LeBron will take away from Luka and AR’s production ❌❌
Guessing it’ll be LeBron not playing up to his max contract?
I can’t wait for the excuses when Luka can’t win a championship with LeBron as his number 2.
I’m gonna miss this once the playoffs come around
First time in 23 years he’s not carrying the load. Of course he’s having fun
LeChuckle
What finally having a good winning record does to an old mf
No one loves Luka as much as Lebron does lmao
I would disagree. JJ is right up there hahaha 😆
This is the thing. Old guys can go and ring chase on the Lakers and it’s cool. Gary Payton, Karl Malone, Steve Nash, whoever, just go and spend your last years in the spotlight and try to get one last title on the most privileged, most entitled team, and just enjoy yourself before you end your career. It’s fine, especially if you’re having fun just enough so they don’t win another friggin title.
Dudes gonna be like Gordie Howe and just be like this random mid 50’s dude playing the game with a bunch of 20 year olds
Leunc is leHappy
LeContent
He isnt carrying teams on his back as the clear no. 1. Dude has Luka and AR. And somehow he also got another former no. 1 pick in DeAndre Ayton as a teammate.
The rematch against OKC will be really interesting.
Let’s see how February/March goes.
Might as well come off the bench and win 6th man
He should’ve pointed at the Dallas front office and burst out laughing.
LeVictory lap
He’s thinking “this man gonna get me a ring”
The vibes are so damn good man
He looks as loose and relaxed as Kobe did in his final two seasons. He can see the end of playing days is here so just enjoying the moments.
„Most fun anyone’s ever had“…dude why don’t u go with the most fun a human ever had on planet earth
Vibes immaculate, hair immaculate, pending extension immaculate.
I was seeing him angry after dropping 40 some of these last couple years. That “he needs to get his!” shit was way overblown lol
Lebron: ‘And we get you for bag of chips? 😂😂😂’
did lebron ignore ad or am i tripping
They were talking and doing their handshake while Luka was running down the clock in the end, the camera did not show us that part. He was moving to talk to Kyrie just when the camera panned to him.
Bbuuut “Lebron feels insecure about Luka” isnt that the narrative people are swinging around?