Worst version of Lebron to lead the ’23 Lakers to a title?

[homecourtloss]

I think you guys are way off here thinking it would take a near peak LeBron. This is 38 yr old LeBron playing at about 80% due to injury. Give them 2020 and they win one out of two in Denver and probably today's game as well.

No one is saying peak bron lol

Literally replace taiwan Dlo with average Dlo and Lakers are up 2-1

[McBubbles]

Surely the answer to this is Lebron from like 5 months ago? Unless you mean entire season, in which case 2020 Lebron.

[McBubbles]

They win with most prime Lebrons

Hell, last years Lebron who could actually shoot 3s would make a world of difference. He was a downright electric scorer.

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What the hell happen to his shot

Lebron hasn’t had a great playoff run since 2020. Last year’s likely wouldn’t have done much better than this year’s especially given he couldn’t even get them to the playoffs. What a ridiculous post.

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Maybe read a post properly before being a condescending dick head to people wtf. What's "ridiculous" is the fact you think that Lebron not being able to get an inferior supporting cast to the playoffs last year is somehow an indicator of what he'd do on this superior current roster.

Likewise, no, it's not ridiculous to think the more athletic, superior half court scoring Lebron that was also shooting 36% on 8 3's a game, could have swung a series in which they lost two close road games. Hell, this non hypothetical injured version of Lebron could have conceivably won back to back road games over the #1 seed but it's ridiculous to think the healthy version couldn't, because "he didn't even make the playoffs last year", as if that's relevant to the question?

What a ridiculous post.

[OhayoKD]

Lebron hasn’t had a great playoff run since 2020. Last year’s likely wouldn’t have done much better than this year’s especially given he couldn’t even get them to the playoffs. What a ridiculous post.

The **** are you talking about? He was a top 5ish offensive player last year in a truly abysmal offensive environment.

You can't tell difference between that guy and the one we're watching now who has to carefully pick his spots because he can't attack in the halfcourt and whose 3ball is completely busted? Really???

What ridiculous post.

The Lakers are on the verge of being swept, even if you assume that Lebron remains healthy and dominant into the playoffs, it’s not going to swing that series period.

Eh, they lost the first two games by a combined 11-points. Certainly plausible for things to swing. Lakers effectively lost game 2 on 3 blown layups and a bunch of bricked 3's. Pre-tendon Lebron is a sufficient swing for this to be 1-2. If this ends up being like 2022 Nets vs Celtics, then the claim isn't unreasonable.

This is the same bull we hear every year from Lebron stans. “When he was healthy he played like the best in the league” Or top 5 or whatever. Since coming to LA, Lebron has been a top 5 player like once in 5 seasons. And the only season he was was a shortened season.

The "lebron-stans" might argue that 2022 Lebron was top-5 and I imagine they'd do a better job defending their position than you would.

[IG2]

From 12/11/22 to 2/7/23 (26 games), LeBron averaged 33/8/7 on 62% TS. He started missing games due to his foot right after that. That's the thing with old dudes; very unrealistic to expect them to stay healthy. But Lakers certainly would've had a good shot against Denver with the LeBron they had through February. He went from averaging 30 ppg for most of the season to having 1 30 point game in the playoffs. Ouch.

[Gregoire]

No version of Lebron could beat these Nuggets.

[Heej]

No version of Lebron could beat these Nuggets.

I saw the last post in this thread was by Gregoire and instantly knew it would be some hating ass s*** . You're washed up bruv, what happened to you.

[PistolPeteJR]

No version of Lebron could beat these Nuggets.

Lmao happy Monday.

[prolific passer]

I've always liked Lebron's sophomore season despite the team collapsing and missing the playoffs. Let's give him a shot.