Basketball pre-99 was borderline amateurish. Basketball became a legitimate professional sport around 99 and Lakers 2000-2002 took the sports to new height. The average NBA players in 2017 compared 97/98 players is on average taller, stronger, better coached, faster, more athletic, access to advanced stats, access to latest sports nutrition and in-depth multi factual game analysis. Dominating Basketball is MUCH tougher task now than in 1997. Players in 2017 were BRED to be NBA players and the competition is fiercer, once you also include international competition.
Lebron is dominating or has dominated a higher standard of basketball Jordan could EVER image. A simple eye test will tell you this. Stats are meaningless. NBA in 2017 is a complete different nature of beast to the water downed version in 1997.
How do people NOT see this?
JR Smith with his talents would probably lead NBA franchise to a championship in the 90s, that’s how much the difference in talent is. Jordan in 2017 is Jimmy Butler level. The sport has moved on, so stats alone don’t tell the sport
Lebron is the greatest basketballer that ever LIVED
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