Tim MacMahon joins NBA Today to talk about his article discussing Luka Doncic as the eventual heir to LeBron James as all-time points leader.
Read Tim’s article at: https://es.pn/3k1SkQs
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Bro the media be d-riding Luka
I’m a huuuge Luka fan, but there isn’t anyway. 20 years of numbers like that? That’s special man.
The bronsexauls are here In these comments
Way way way to early, I could see Luka playing back overseas In 15 years.
Who got lakers ml tonight?
News Flash:
Lebron "Queen" James will NEVER be the Goat and Why!
1. Lebron and his 'BIG 3' of D. Wade and Bosh got totally Destroyed in the 2014 NBA Finals by the Spurs in 5 games. You can't be the GOAT and lose a Finals series getting blown out by 15, 19, 21 and 17 pts in the losses especially when you had D. Wade, Chris Bosh and Ray Allen as teammates. Jordan's Bulls never lost more than one game in any of his 6 NBA Finals by a blowout and the worst they ever lost was by 11 pts.
2. Lebron has never come close to a 3peat and if Ray Allen had not hit that miracle series saving 3 pointer against the Spurs in the 2013 Finals. Lebron and his 'Big 3' would have been a pathetic 1-3 in the Finals instead of 2-2.
3. Lebron got totally shutdown and held to just 8 points in an NBA Finals game by the Dallas Mavericks. Jordan never scored less than 22 points in a Finals game.
4. It has taken Lebron being in 10 NBA Finals just to get 4 rings. Jordan is a perfect 6-0 in NBA Finals and never was taken to a game 7. Lebron has lost 6 NBA Finals and his teams were swept 4-0 two times and he lost two other Finals series 4-1. Lebron was very close to being swept 4 times in NBA Finals. Lebron had 6 Finals losses before he could win a 4th title. STF UP with the injury excuses for two of his Finals series losses. Injuries are part of the game. There are many teams in NBA history who lost an NBA Finals with injured players. None of them cried about it and made excuses.
5. Let's not forget that Jordan might have been 8-0 in the Finals had he not retired for about 2 years in between the two 3peats. The Bulls might have won 6 Finals in a row if Jordan had not taken 2 seasons off.
6. Lebron has not even matched the greatness of Kobe Bryant's 5 rings in 7 Finals, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 6 rings in 10 Finals, Tim Duncan's 5 rings in 6 Finals or Magic's 5 rings in 9 Finals. So GTF out of here even comparing him to Jordan's dominance.
7. Jordan led the NBA in scoring 10 times to Lebron's 1 time. Jordan was also the best defender in the NBA and Lebron has never been close to being the top defensive player. Jordan was a straight up assassin/killer every game while Lebron has routinely taken games off and been a crybaby during his career. Jordan at age 40 played all 82 games in his final season on the Wizards and averaged 20 pts per game too
The stone cold truth is…..
Lebron James will NEVER be the Goat and nothing he does in the remaining time of his career will ever change that fact!
#23 Michael Jordan will always be the NBA Goat!
It's not even debatable!
I know it’s a sports show but no name should be mentioned yet when it comes to the scoring record to be respectful to Kareem and Lebron amongst many reasons;
1. Athletes get injured from time to time. You need to play constantly at least 18 seasons and score around 30 points per game to get close to that number. It’s much more difficult than a lot of people think. Unless you are in the 15th season, you’re not worth mentioning yet.
2. New era, new style. Who knows, scoring might get easier or more difficult in the future. Only time will tell.
3. Maintaining the level of your athleticism when you get older is one of the most difficult things to do. Depends on your style, but it’s usually more difficult to score when you get older.
4. Lebron will be a prime example of how you should take care of your body for athletes. If you ask people back then, many would say it’s ridiculous to spend over a million dollars a year to take care of your body but if you do the math, it’s one of the smartest investments Lebron ever made.
It's going to be hard to surpass that record.
Luka hasn't even surpassed 10,000 point yet plus LeBron stayed healthy for 15 years straight.
Why do y’all keep comparing Luka to LeBron? 🤮
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Definitely not.
He could be, win 4 chip , 4 mvp and people will start talking
luka wont be as consistent as lebron later in his years, lukas decline will come sooner then people expect IMO
Luka can pass in dimes and rebounds but not in points.
Luka on his current pace would end his 5th season with about 9400 career points. LeBron was already at 10700 career points by the end of his 5th season. No way Luka catches him unless he averages 35 PPG for the next 10 years or something, then he may have a chance lol
Luka better
Lebron going out his way not to mention Curry for top scorers in the league….
This is king James time so no other ball player is even worthy of being mentioned with him, that's unless he has the same number of rings as LeBron?
its so easy for him to score and get and 1s. it would only take him 15yrs to surpass lebron
GIANNIS ALREADY IS
LeBron ain't Don it yet c mon there is a reason it's stood this long
Luka is not committed to his body as lebron is for longevity
When lebron is done there is no way anyone is catching the record. It’s going to be several thousand points above Kareem and Kareem’s record stood forever.
Man shut up……Dam…
It's like people think Lebron's gonna retire right after passing Kareem. He's gonna be playing for at least 2-3 more seasons. It's not a stretch to say that he might reach 42k points.
Someone needs to play atleast 1400 games over 22 seasons and average 27ppg !
They HAVE to enter the NBA aged 19 & play an average of 70-75 games per season….
By the time Bron is done the record will be 42,000 points !
This broad needs to back off a bit!!!
No
I think there could be a season where he averages 50.
Probably won't be broken ever again
Records are meant to be broken. Every generation has a shinning star. Some kid right now has their sights on surpassing James one day. Support your kid's dreams…
Lebron averaged 28 when the league average for ppg was barely 100
Luka is averaging 29 when the league average for ppg is 110+
Inflation
Lebron > Luka after 300 games
DEFENSE…
Νο.
Why first 330 when it’s Lukas 5th year?
Thats what I thought. Luka can get near to Bron’s numbers but wont break. He is unathletic, not hitting gym, he a slow paced player at 23y/o, imagine when he reached 33, those numbers will go down
People forget one important thing. Players today are load managing and playing less games per season. For example luka has more points per game in his 4 seasons in the league than Lebron, but he has less total points. So even if he plays 20 seasons, he cannot reach LeBron because of this.
No.
I love Luka but he himself said he's not playing that long.
as a player who signed with real madrid at age 13, and started professional carrer at age 16, luka will have enough at 35
All i do know record wise is Luka and Jokic improving that triple double record by a mile when all is said and done