ESCMalfunction | Mavericks

140 | 9 hours ago

He’s gonna hit ¹³⁄₁₃ if he keeps playing like this lol

Holy_cow2024

82 | 9 hours ago

50k-13k-13k is crazy lol

MrFishAndLoaves | Pelicans

43 | 5 hours ago

He’s gonna hit 54K-14K-14K before a 27-7-7 game.

demsouls | Raptors

8 | 2 hours ago

Wait. Those numbers line up. Did the dude play like 2000 games?

MrFishAndLoaves | Pelicans

9 | 2 hours ago

1913 atp

Dphotog790

21 | 8 hours ago

If they ever reduce the leagues games total no one could ever reach that.

Own-Celebration4239

67 | 8 hours ago

Nobody is going to ever reach that now

Kendertas

6 | an hour ago

Score 50 every night, play 82 games every year, and it would still take you close to 11 seasons.

Floasis72 | Cavaliers

1 | 11 minutes ago

Bonkers

this_place_stinks

2 | 2 hours ago

Low key probably hits 75k total counting stats

vnsalin

127 | 9 hours ago

It’s not crazy to think that we may never see another player with the same longevity as Bron

MusicalElephant420 | NBA

72 | 9 hours ago

We won’t

Primary-Anything5197 | Nuggets

33 | 9 hours ago

I wouldn’t be so certain, sports medicine is getting better every year and eventually someone will heed his advice and aggressively invest in their body

Thommywidmer | MIL

38 | 9 hours ago

Im not sure that we arent aporoaching diminishing returns when it comes to most things that keep players on the court. But either way id say thats offset by the milage these kids have coming into the league nowadays and the way the modern games played.

Fulmizant | Cavaliers

29 | 9 hours ago

I mean he’s digging into his 40s. I don’t know how many people will have the desire to train after 20 ish years as a billionaire. And it’s insane to not suffer an ACL, Achilles, etc for 25 years

Rice_Krispie | Kings

4 | 8 hours ago

That being said medical technology is expected to continue to evolve. It wasn’t too long ago that an ACL tear was career ending and now you have guys like KD still balling due to modern medical science.

Bill Russel was drafted in the 50s around 70 years ago. It’s hard to predict the medical landscape 70 years from now around the year 2100. I wouldn’t be surprised if motivated superstars regularly play till their 40s by then given a lot are still productive their late 30s now which has only become a trend in the last decade or two

artofprocrastinatiom

5 | 5 hours ago

Yeah good luck with playing 20+ seasons on that level, medicine and investing may help you for a couple of seasons, but to go the distance, you need to be a genetic freak who will dedicate everything to the sport, and that state of mind and discipline you cant buy….

No-Calligrapher-3002

2 | 8 hours ago

I’m sure that we will see players that can play as long as LeBron, but it’s hard to keep the will and love of the game for as long as he has.

I’m sure there are plenty of players that could have played as long as LeBron as well, but as the years stack up, players get lazier and don’t want to put the same effort into maintaining their bodies.

ositola | Lakers

1 | 9 hours ago

Rare to see anyone play close to a full season now

mucho-gusto | CLE

1 | 6 hours ago

Can’t wait until cybernetic NBA happens

Outside-Way-3924 | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

The level of your average NBA player is also getting better every single year, so the level you have to be able to maintain at 41 to stay in the league is increasing every year.

anarrogantbastard

-1 | 8 hours ago

Y’all need to get Jokic to stick around. I know he has said he doesn’t want to play as long as LeBron, but his old man games would be legendary to watch

Malemansam | Spurs

3 | 8 hours ago

We will. Eventually we will [as a species] create a symbiotic relationship with technology to the point where we become one with each other and live forever in systematic harmony.

I mean we technically wont see that cause we’ll be long dead but someone will lol.

throwawaycuzmeh

4 | 6 hours ago

->I mean we technically wont see that cause we’ll be long dead

Oh thank god

softserver | Bulls

1 | an hour ago

The year will be 2186. But we will have to go through Marauder Shields first…

theignorantarrogant

1 | an hour ago

Due to our longevity.

qqbeef

5 | 9 hours ago

I think the most recent Thinking Basketball made it clear that the 2010s pace and space style is what caused injuries to spike. Younger players nowadays have been playing that style their whole lives. Unless the style of play seriously changes I don’t think future players will have the durability of Bron.

runevault | Nuggets

3 | 9 hours ago

Depends on a combination of medical/nutrition science, injury luck, and someone who’s that crazy about hoops. That last one is because as the money from contracts gets stupider it’ll get easier to say “yeah I already made like $800 milllion plus endorsements, I can be done at 35”

ofayokay | Cavaliers

1 | 2 hours ago

Lebron is like ¹⁄₃ through his NBA career

naive-dragon | LAL

66 | 9 hours ago

Bruh he’s not my GOAT because he did that charity thing to announce his free agency choice, coughed a bit to make fun of Dirk, forced his son onto his team, and also flops a lot. I only like GOATs who are assholes or gamblers or both. Preferably they have only lost in the conference finals or earlier.

ConnectSpring9 | Hornets

16 | 9 hours ago

Broke: MJ is better than Bron because he has more rings and a better record in the playoffs and finals

Woke: Bron is better than MJ because he dragged teams that had no business being in the finals to a championship, has a bunch of advanced stats, has more playoff wins, and has better longevity

Bespoke: MJ is my goat because I think he’s a more fun player to watch and this shit is all vibes based anyway, what are we doing wasting our time on this shit. If you like Brons highlights more, then he’s your goat most likely. Neither side is right or wrong

naive-dragon | LAL

6 | 9 hours ago

Honestly I don’t mind if anyone considers MJ their GOAT, in fact, I think he is above-and-beyond LeBron (or anyone else for that matter) in being the cultural GOAT, what he has done for the sport transcends anything he has accomplished on the court.

LotsaKwestions

2 | an hour ago

has a better playoff record

In terms of win percentage this isn’t true according to my 15 second google search, it’s 66% or so to 63% or so in favor of Jordan. Of course LeBron won way more games.

Just a minor thing as I was interested in that particular point as I read it in your comment.

ConnectSpring9 | Hornets

2 | an hour ago

Damn good to know. For some reason I thought Bron had the better record, maybe it changed at some point?

Nevermind just did the calculation and Brons percentage was 0.661 right after the bubble ring. Jordan’s is .665, so thanks for clarifying. I must have been thinking about playoff wins

rocket_beer | Celtics

1 | 42 minutes ago

*has a better finals record

FTFY

LotsaKwestions

1 | 41 minutes ago

Did you mean to reply to me? I’m not clear what you think is being fixed in my comment. As far as I can tell, Jordan does indeed have a better overall playoff win percentage, and of course finals win percentage, and more finals championships. But I don’t see anything being ‘fixed’ in my comment.

rocket_beer | Celtics

1 | 4 minutes ago

The context of your reply had to do with the premise that MJ is better than LeBron (which is true)

But the primary reasoning is specifically his Finals record.

majavic | Cavaliers

5 | 3 hours ago

MJ and Pippen combined totals from their bulls years: ⁴⁴⁄₁₁.⁵⁄₉.5

LeBron currently: 43/12/12

internallylinked | Hawks

-16 | 9 hours ago

This type of comment does nothing but show that you are not better than MJ dickriders

GfunkWarrior28 | Warriors

14 | 9 hours ago

Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson?

Primary-Anything5197 | Nuggets

5 | 9 hours ago

There may be some medical side effects from dickriding magic

naive-dragon | LAL

9 | 9 hours ago

I thought I was pretty clear in my sarcasm but I guess MJ dickriders/Bron haters are just that ridiculous that my comment may actually seem sincere

internallylinked | Hawks

-7 | 8 hours ago

It’s just spreading the same horrible energy, I guess here masked as sarcasm, job well done if that’s what you intended

Screw both sets of fans for hijacking every possible basketball conversation with that nonsense

lighterjobs | NBA

59 | 9 hours ago

Need to see Westbrook hit the 10k/10k rebounds and assists for the career triple thousand double

DragoniteGang | Timberwolves

22 | 8 hours ago

Technically, it is called “triple quintuple”

oochiewallyWallyserb | Knicks

14 | 9 hours ago

Damn russ would need to play 3 more healthy years with 333 rebounds each year. He just hit 9000 like 5 games ago.

angelansbury

30 | 9 hours ago

or 1 year with 975 rebounds

oochiewallyWallyserb | Knicks

13 | 9 hours ago

12 rebounds per for 82 games? If anyone can it’d be russ.

kvetoslavovo

3 | 4 hours ago

I can see that happen as hornet. One giant buffet there i ca see 15-15-15 pieces russ servin easily

Temetzcoatl | Lakers

32 | 9 hours ago

Oh and the 40K points, no biggie 🫪

ha_x5

26 | 5 hours ago

12K/12K is crazy and unprecedented.

And than you add those 40K+ like “no biggie”. Like out of nowhere.

Damn, lot of math was done when LeBron reached 30K and how unlikely it would be that he would ever pass 38K.

Few years later LeBron be like: I don’t do math, I do basketball Mfers.. Now take my 43k/12k/12k and stfu.

Diamond4Hands4Ever | Warriors

21 | 9 hours ago

Pretty amazing he has all sorts of these only one to do it records.

Jokic is at 8000 rebounds and 6000 assists. He needs 600 assists a year for 10 years to even get to 12000 so it’s unlikely at this moment but I guess I can’t rule him out completely since his rate the next few years will be more than 600.

Clear-Hand3945

22 | 9 hours ago

Has more regular season assists than MJ and Kobe combined.

Detonation | Pistons

23 | 8 hours ago

Imagine hating LeBron James.

thisnameisnowmine

11 | 4 hours ago

Lebron has more points than Kareem, and more assists than Magic. Individually. Think about that.

hivaidsislethal | Raptors

6 | 4 hours ago

The magic one has the caveat that we were robbed of him playing more and LeBron will have played 10 more seasons than him. Kareem one has matching longevity.

DukeOfStuff_ | Timberwolves

2 | 9 hours ago

It will be intresting how high Jokic gets in this.

Diamond4Hands4Ever | Warriors

-5 | 9 hours ago

Jokic, Doncic, and Flagg are the only 3 who kind of have any chance right now.

IWHBYD7

13 | 9 hours ago

Flagg is not getting this

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

2 | 9 hours ago

I mean. I think he’s the only player currently on pace for it

Diamond4Hands4Ever | Warriors

-1 | 9 hours ago

How would you know? He’s one of the only 3 with any chance, and I’m not saying he will get it. Obviously he will have to get a lot better to come close but his age is the biggest thing as he’s in the NBA a year earlier than most players.

At his current age (19 years and 5 months), Luka, Jokic, and a whole bunch of players like Anthony Davis hadn’t even made their NBA debuts so we don’t know going forward.

Detonation | Pistons

5 | 8 hours ago

None of them have a chance.

ThracianWarrior103

2 | 9 hours ago

Jokic might be the only guy who could join him in this club by the end of his career. Probably not, but it’ll be close at least.

He’s at 9K rebounds and 6K assists, and has gotten 700 assists the last 3 years, so he’d need to play 9 more seasons with basically at least a triple double average.

He’s said that he’ll play until he no longer can, despite all the memes, so he definitely might play until age 40 at a triple double rate. I wouldn’t be surprised.

iso-joe | Knicks

1 | 4 hours ago

Well, dude’s been playing since before Larry Bird was born so no wonder.

chrysanthemum_beer

2 | 44 minutes ago

He’s not even in his prime

/s

mhac009 | NBA

3 | 35 minutes ago

Ah but, we were warned the fuckery won’t last much longer…

Elyx_117

-37 | 9 hours ago

Seriously are any of these records even meaningful anymore? Lebron is an NBA marvel, no doubt…but at this point these numbers are just a function of his longevity. NBA players with most banked shots made. Most blocks on sundays. Most games played with son…

naive-dragon | LAL

20 | 9 hours ago

Kareem’s record used to be Mount Rushmore levels of significance, but losers like you have devalued it “as just another longevity stat”. Do you guys even like basketball? We’re seeing a living legend put up all these accomplishments and all you do is hate lmao

Elyx_117

-27 | 9 hours ago

Another one hurt over a harmless question. Smfh this sub.

naive-dragon | LAL

13 | 9 hours ago

No one is hurt lmao. I’m just calling out bullshit when I see it. My comment is just as harmless as yours

Detonation | Pistons

6 | 8 hours ago

Try not asking dumbass questions next time then, snowflake.

Elyx_117

-6 | 8 hours ago

It’s a fair comment and a legit question. You can’t deal with it, that’s on your lame ass. Wait….you’re not crying are you?

NoHacksJustTacos

17 | 9 hours ago

Sounds like ur a pathetic hater. This isnt meaningless. This is actually insane.

Elyx_117

-18 | 9 hours ago

I made a normal af comment and you’re the one raging. Damn bro…who hurt you?

FrancoGYFV | Cavaliers

11 | 7 hours ago

Comparing total career rebounds and assists with “bank shots” and “most blocks on sundays” is certainly a choice

memeticengineering | Supersonics

3 | 2 hours ago

Dudes been all-NBA for 21 years, sets statistical records above guys who also played two decades.

You: “it’s just because he played a long time”

LeBron is the first player in NBA history to have 12,000 career rebounds with 12,000 career assists.