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2009 Lebron/2010 Lebron
2013 Lebron/2014 Lebron
2017 Lebron/2018 Lebron
2016 Lebron/2012 Lebron
2020 Lebron/2015 Lebron


Vs


Magic/Curry
Jordan/Wade
Larry/Kawhi
Duncan/Garnett
Shaq/Kareem

^^^picked them by position by the peaks project, post 1970

Team legends by far.

In the words of Magnus Carlsen, "too weak, too slow".

(and that goes for BOTH teams, 153-137 win for the Legends)

LeBron is the most versatile player ever but that doesn't mean he's the best at everything. He's a bit too big to be the most effective at handling smaller guards on the perimeter and a bit too small to deal with the big guys.

Jaivl wrote:In the words of Magnus Carlsen, "too weak, too slow".

(and that goes for BOTH teams, 153-137 win for the Legends)

You play chess?

This is a fun exercise when both teams are gimmicky — Lebron versus only bigs, Lebron versus any other one player, Lebron versus a bunch of shooters — but here you made the opponent a balanced team with a tough frontcourt, and it is asking too much of the Lebron frontcourt to handle that for an entire game.

Peak LeBron, too fast too strong too jumpy and too good passing for the other team

I mean the chemistry and cohesion of team Lebron feels like it would be the best we've ever seen. You could trust that every single player is reading the situations virtually the same(obviously the older versions are going to process things even faster, but still compared to any other team ever).

I think that's a big factor that is getting ignored here especially against an all-star team where only Magic/Kareem and a bit of Wade/Shaq have meaningful(obviously Olympics and all-star games but still) experience playing together. You also don't have to worry about ego and a bunch of guys trying to prove they are alphas.

I think I'd take Lebron in a 7 game series for sure.

I'd take my chances with the mutliversal Kang lineup even against the Avengers.

I might take a team of LeBron's over any team featuring a single player, due to his positional versatility. But I'd give the Legends team the edge because they have elite talent in specialised roles - LeBron might be able to play center but he cannot play center to the level of Shaq or Kareem or even Duncan.

Of course, with this much talent either team would regularly beat the other. But over the course of a seven game series I think the Legends would win more often than not.

Jaivl wrote:In the words of Magnus Carlsen, "too weak, too slow".

(and that goes for BOTH teams, 153-137 win for the Legends)

Dafuq, Magnus Carlsen the chess champion? In what context did he say this ? That's so savage.

McBubbles wrote:

Jaivl wrote:In the words of Magnus Carlsen, "too weak, too slow".

(and that goes for BOTH teams, 153-137 win for the Legends)

Dafuq, Magnus Carlsen the chess champion? In what context did he say this ? That's so savage.

Nothing compared to this:
https://youtu.be/zbcA7SLVYOY?t=23

Anyway...

MyUniBroDavis wrote:2009 Lebron/2010 Lebron
2013 Lebron/2014 Lebron
2017 Lebron/2018 Lebron
2016 Lebron/2012 Lebron
2020 Lebron/2015 Lebron


Vs


Magic/Curry
Jordan/Wade
Larry/Kawhi
Duncan/Garnett
Shaq/Kareem

^^^picked them by position by the peaks project, post 1970

Non-Lebron's should win as long as Curry and Kawhi are the starters here. Should also probably bench shaq or duncan for KG(unsure if you start Kareem or Tim but I guess I'm leaning Tim). I suppose you could also go super-big with Curry/Kawhi/KG/Kareem/Duncan or Curry/Kawhi/KG/Kareem/Shaq and overwhelm, but either approach should lead to the non-brons winning.