LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

i was thinking about the dunking, also being 47, and was like...lebron is maybe 10 inches taller than i am. and when i was young, i could dunk (when conditions were right, lol). 6 years ago, could i have dunked on a 9ft hoop? hell no. last time i could do that was probably 10 years ago.

and now my back hurts.

 

I just thought about it and my back hurt!!

So did my knees, my hips and my brain!!

 

well hes lost about 6 feet of total liftoff (well to be fair this is the maximum that has been lost to age - he probably could take off from a longer distance)
That's both a huge amount of athleticism lost and at the same a ridiculous amount still left over.

If only he can get his jumper working again - this is the worse his jumper has looked in years

 

Pffttt ..... I'm only 5'8 1/2" ..... and in HS could .... ummm ..... uhhh ..... errr .... not "touch" that gawdamm rim!! Tried my a** off every day. Sooo close though!!!

 

Does touching the bottom of the net count?

Asking for a friend

 

To start the season, and up until the all star break, he was a shell of himself. He shot poorly and he couldn't get to the rim as effectively as he did last year. Looking back now, it probably took him longer, being 41, to recover from the injury and get back into form.

As for dunking in your 40's (I'm 46 btw which makes me admire older athletes even more lately) I've never seen a 40+ year old NBA player dunking in game through traffic and from the behind the backboard. Not even Vince at 40 was dunking as ferociously as Lebron is dunking this month. I don't doubt that you can still dunk, but there are dunks, and then there are DUNKS.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSTvTsMCLmM/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

LOL somebody needed to do it. LBJ falling on a grenade for NBA players everywhere.

 

i think the way he iso-punked him in the playoffs was more impactful than the AI punch video, tbh.

one of my all-time favorite lebron moments was him clearing out and just running roughshod over that fake tough guy ftw. one of dillon's testicles may have actually ruptured in that moment.

 

that is funny!! AI but funny!

 

I touched that net a bunch of times.

And once I wasn't even on a ladder!!!

 

Lol I didn't catch that, I literally thought you were like 6'10"

 

Needs to fix his 3P shot once the playoffs come around and defenses get tighter.
31% won't cut it.

He was 38% last year and 41% the year before that. Hope he can get those %'s up in time for the playoffs. It will be crucial against the Spurs and OKC.

 

LeBron two seasons ago:
84 DUNKS in 71 GAMES

LeBron last season:
71 DUNKS in 70 GAMES

LeBron this season:
85 DUNKS in 54 GAMES

I saw this on FB and confirmed it on ChatGPT. Absolutely insane, he’s turning into Karl Malone lol

 

Think he needs some time off before the playoffs - he missed some And 1s and drives. This was stuff he was making recently and more along how he looked when he just got back and was out of shape.