Mikal Bridges says LeBron would get 90 a game against 86' Celtics (Burning Bridges ?)

[twyzted]

90 is selling Lebron a little short. He would get to the basket and score on literally every possession.

You really got that triggered by Rasheed wallace, creates a clickbait thread, bumps a year old thread.

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[DCasey91]

High 50s sure. 90? No.

80’s was faster paced than the 00’s with less than ideal defensive strategies.

He has a a high scoring av than Malone. He’d cut the comp a new one

LBJ would dominate in any era.

Now if he was on the Showtime Lakers and Kareem was out I could envision a mammoth game.

Magic + LBJ is one of the best duos ever.

[DarthTeufel]

Lol even when Bird came into the league all the Black guys back then thought he was all hype and they would drop 90 on him until they actually played him.

[jfs1000d]

86 Celtics would annihilate the Hawks. They had so much skill, size, shooting and athleticism, I mean come on Mikal. Larry Bird, under these current rules?

Lmfao. He’s dominate the league so easily.


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[Bornstellar]

LeBron couldn't put up 90 points on garbage teams like the 2000s Wizards or Nets in the plaoyffs, but he's going to drop 90 against Larry Legend and one of the greatest teams in league history? Give me a break man. I am a LeBron fan but the disrespect the younger players (and fans) have for previous eras is getting ridiculous

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What is the highest PPG average LeBron has had in a single playoff series?

[kg01]

86 Celtics would annihilate the Hawks. They had so much skill, size, shooting and athleticism, I mean come on Mikal. Larry Bird, under these current rules?

Lmfao. He’s dominate the league so easily.


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What do the Hawks have to do with this discussion?

[SNPA]

Lol. The lack of spacing hurts James offensively. The physicality and lack of touch fouls hurt James offensively. If he tries to score 90 the 86 Celtics would hurt him physically…LeBron ball wouldn’t mix well with the 80’s brawl ball.

And Bird existed. Lots of people don’t know about the level Bird was on. The GOAT all around skills player.

[queridiculo]

Bahaha

He meant LBJ would cry 90 times from contact w no call

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[jdzimme3]

Hope all you young kids are ready for the argument in 15 years that Lebron is overrated because unathletic white guys like luka and jokic were winning mvps in his era.

[JN61]

Delusional. Lebron's career high of FGA is only 36 and he has only attempted over 30 FGs 35 times in his career. By contrast Kobe had 25 such games in 06.

It's far more likely that Lebron's scoring would be down because defense and style of play of 80s.

[JN61]

What is the highest PPG average LeBron has had in a single playoff series?

38.5 vs Orlando in 09. He has 4 over 35 series. Both losses vs respectable opponents and two wins vs bottom of barrel teams.

[Buckeye-NBAFan]

Bahaha

He meant LBJ would cry 90 times from contact w no call

LeBron cries a lot, but he also leads the league in and-1s every year, so it's not like he can't finish through the contact, even while crying.

[Curmudgeon]

LOL. Bird and McHale would each drop 50 on the 2021 Phoenix Suns. Parish would add 35.

[trickshot]

Lol. The lack of spacing hurts James offensively. The physicality and lack of touch fouls hurt James offensively. If he tries to score 90 the 86 Celtics would hurt him physically…LeBron ball wouldn’t mix well with the 80’s brawl ball.

And Bird existed. Lots of people don’t know about the level Bird was on. The GOAT all around skills player.

Myth: case in point the 2020 Lakers who were probably even the worst spaced team in the 20 playoffs and won. Lebron's only real struggle with spacing in the playoffs came against the Spurs thanks to Bowen/duncan and Kawhi/duncan combo and the latter had to sell out on leaving Wade wide open.

Also more fragile players played in the "80s brawl ball", 80s wasn't actually a gritty era, it was an offensive era with lots of high pace run and gun. To put in perspective the lowest paced season in the 80s was higher pace than most or all of the seasons we've had this decade and this is despite this era being called pace and space.

Even though I quoted you this is more intended as a service announcement to everyone than it is about your post. Always bothered me how people think the 80s are a gritty defensive era like the 00s. Imo pace and talent is why it's still one of the more entertaining eras.

[kulaz3000]

The one thing Michael Jordan never did publicly was trying to compare himself or players in his era to players in the past, not only out of respect to those who came before him, but simply because it was an impossible task to judge and compare players from different eras, with the evolution of the game. And because the past players, had heavy influence on him and the evolution of his own game, just as he involved generations of players that came after him. This is why he stuck to simply respecting the players before him, and avoided comparing him or getting into discussion of who would be better or worse.

[Marty McFly]

Magic Johnson's career high against those Celtics was was 39, but LeBron, aided just by better athleticism was going to drop 51 MORE. Mikan Bridges Bball IQ just took a hit.

[DaPessimist]

I think LeBron would be similarly effective as he is today. With the pace of late 80's basketball he would probably have similar numbers as well. I think you can look at Magic's production as a good measure. LeBron would probably have slightly fewer assists, but also a higher PPG.

[Pennebaker]

He's not wrong.

LeBron in 1986 would've been a combination of Superman and Thanos - the NBA wasn't ready.

[Fencer reregistered]

Lol. The lack of spacing hurts James offensively. The physicality and lack of touch fouls hurt James offensively. If he tries to score 90 the 86 Celtics would hurt him physically…LeBron ball wouldn’t mix well with the 80’s brawl ball.

And Bird existed. Lots of people don’t know about the level Bird was on. The GOAT all around skills player.

Myth: case in point the 2020 Lakers who were probably even the worst spaced team in the 20 playoffs and won. Lebron's only real struggle with spacing in the playoffs came against the Spurs thanks to Bowen/duncan and Kawhi/duncan combo and the latter had to sell out on leaving Wade wide open.

Also more fragile players played in the "80s brawl ball", 80s wasn't actually a gritty era, it was an offensive era with lots of high pace run and gun. To put in perspective the lowest paced season in the 80s was higher pace than most or all of the seasons we've had this decade and this is despite this era being called pace and space.

Even though I quoted you this is more intended as a service announcement to everyone than it is about your post. Always bothered me how people think the 80s are a gritty defensive era like the 00s. Imo pace and talent is why it's still one of the more entertaining eras.

Guys battled for post position and for rebounds in the previous century much more fiercely than is common in this one. But yeah -- gritty outside defense was more a feature of the next generation (Bad Boy Pistons, Gary Payton, et al.) than of the Celtics/Lakers era. John Stocton was a big part of that too, at both ends of the court, playing dirty on defense and greatly advancing a key counter to gritty outside defense by playing PnR with Malone.

But let's not overstate it either. Pat Riley's Knicks were allegedly poster children for tough defense, yet their PG was notorious turnstile Mark Jackson.