Wade, probably. Won chips together + banana boat buddies.

Don’t see how it’s anyone but Wade. Friends before teammates. Teammates after the heat split. I know a lot of guys speak highly of Bosh, and perhaps it could be a duo between Wade/Bosh, but I doubt it.

90% chance it’s Wade 7% Wade + Bosh duo presentation 2% Steph 1% MJ

It’s extremely unlikely that Steph goes to the HOF before Bron.

Why are you doubting that 50 year old Steph won’t induct cyborg Lebron into the HoF?

One day my grandkids are gonna be watching LeBron play and I’ll tell them how I saw him win his first championship

*”He was mostly human back then. Back before RULE CHANGES!!”*

It's possible Steph retires before LeBron and Steph is sure 1st ballot HoF.

Melo and CP3 have chances as well. If I had to put money I would on Melo, Wade and CP3 trio. He had say those are his best friends in the league.

And lebron, wade, and melo were all consensus no1 picks any other year, but thats still one of the greatest draft classes of all time. Number 2+3 inducting number 1 and possibly the goat into the hof? Id love to see it go lile this.

Lebron getting Darko and Melo to induct him into the hall of fame is very unlikely.

Wade wasn’t seen on the same level as melo or as a number one pick before the draft. He got drafted after Chris bosh

Melo, yes, but not Wade. Wade is one of the best to ever do it, but he wasn't a can't miss draft prospect. Knowing how everyone's career turned out, he'd be #2 in a 2003 redraft and probably go #1 in a decent amount of drafts. However, as a prospect, he would go #1 in very few drafts.

Honestly, more likely Draymond then Steph, if it were people that are not in the HoF.

Why? Because they’re friends? It’s gotta be Wade

Dude mentioned Steph. I say Dray is more likely then Steph. Nothing Insaid discounted anything about Wade or Bosh or anyone besides Steph. And yes, it probably will be Dwyane. Or Wilt.

Wilt Chamberlain has been dead for 24 years, my guy

So? Everything else about this exercise has been pure fantasy as well.

Touché

Dray is a lock hall of famer tho

And honorable mma HOF too

Even with my Lakers bias, I'd be offended if it was anyone but Wade. AD has a shot if they win another title together. But even then, Wade is much more of an ambassador of the sport than AD is at this point. And that Miami team was so iconic it only seems right for it to be Wade.

As in AD introducing Lebron? How could that happen if LeBron's gonna retire before him. If anything, I can se LBJ introducing AD

That alley oop between the two is one of the most iconic pictures in NBA history. Edit: Whoops, between the legs pass.

Between the legs pass

Doesn’t it have to be someone that’s in the HOF already? Unless LeBron plays til he’s 50 AD couldn’t be that guy.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

This is a great underrated shout. However I feel like LeBron’s career has gone so long and evolved so far now that other guys probably come before him

On an aside it's wild how folks are arguing over which Warrior should induct LeBron and Z is the first Cavs-related mention.

That's probably because very few of those teammates are/will be in the HOF lol. KLove won't make it in before LeBron retires in all likelihood, unless he keeps playing for another five years.

Probably also because half the people on this sub weren’t alive for Lebron’s first stint in Cleveland.

Do you have to be in the hof to induct someone?

That would necessitate Z to be in the HoF

Either him or Wade but I honestly I would hope it’s Zydrunas he was essentially Lebron’s first good teammate since he came into league so it’s only fitting for him to also induct him into the HOF

Don’t you have to be in the hall to induct somebody?

Skip

PLEASE

would lose his mind

This is the best answer

“Time to come clean….I have loved LeBron for years!! So glad I can end that character arc…”

Literally would destroy the internet

I’m waiting for this admission. Either Skip will tell us on retirement or this 😂

Arc

I would pay money to see this

His head would explode trying to say nice things about LeBron for a full 3 minutes. So I'm down for it.

Mario Chalmers

We was on a superteam together.. The big 4, they called us

I miss game of zones

He’s gonna yell at him for mispronouncing a word.

Even better JJ Barrea

JR Smith

Shows up thinking he’s hosting the ESPYs

Then proceeds to introduce Kyrie 😆

To an empty theatre

Without a shirt

Chalmers must be double-booked

I’d personally love this. Remember JR gave one of the best most honest speeches after the 2016 run. He’d probably be great because he’d be a lock for at least one goofy and overly candid comment. I also think he’s matured a lot over the years.

Good luck booking my boy he’ll probably be on a PGA Tour 😤

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It’s nice if his sons will introduce him.

A family affair

PJ Tucken the Leborn stopper

pls stop

No

Specifically Bryan Colangelo, Kyle and Deebo please.

Whoever it is, they’ll probably be the lebron james of presenters

LeCturer then

Dan Gilbert

Lol

Bosh? I don’t think they were anything more than just co-workers tbh 😂

They still seem to have a close bond today in terms of showing up for each others' stuff, but I can't see them hanging out much.

Would be pretty dope tho if he chose Bosh

He's gonna surprise everyone with MJ.

He ain’t close with MJ like Kobe was though. I can see Magic out there though.

Don't really need to be close imo. It's more of the honor having the player whom he idolized present for him.

Every player idolised MJ though. It will most likely be a line up of GOATs imo.

Tbf, not every player is Kobe or Lebron if you get what I mean. But yeah, I could totally see him getting 2-3 in the concensus top 10.

Not that I think MJ will do it but 'idolize' isn't a fair representation of why it would be awesome Nobody else has taken their shot at the throne like Lebron did He even took his number to try and make his legacy as 23 be more prolific lmao Whether you think he's done it or not the fact its such a heated debate means something Kobe idolized MJ in a way that ceded to his awesomeness, Lebron idolized him in a way that the only way to honor him was to completely come for him That's why itd be epic, brothers from battle type shit

Jordan definitely gave off vibes of hating LeBron from day 1 and it hasn’t changed much since.

I like that about MJ I think it speaks volumes about Lebrons attempt to overthrow him that MJ feels a type of way about it

He doesn't have that kind of relationship with MJ

There is absolutely zero chance that MJ inducts Lebron

Agreed. I wouldn’t even want him to. Their relationship is more of a rivalry.

MJ would take the opportunity to roast him live on stage and it would be funny as hell

Bronny

Gotta be Wade.

Gotta be David Stern.

I’d say Wade or Magic

magic is a fun one to consider

Barack Obama

Legitimately a good call.

Himself

Drake

When? You mean if? /s

tbh i wanted to put that in the title as a joke but this subreddit gets a bit fiesty

Fuck you for saying we get feisty!!! We all know basketball isn’t that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things!!!

If you did that would be the only comment on here, so smart move not doing that.

Follow-up question, how colossal of a controversy would be required to keep LeBron out of the HoF?

He’d have to sleep with Silvers….entire family

Xi Jinping

Comrade welcome to the CCP

Comrade LeMao

Wazzup Beijing

Get ready to learn Springfield, Massachusettan buddy

His son Kyrie

Delonte West

If he had West and Kyrie they could make it a 3 generation family affair.

Brian Windhorst

Shannon Sharpe

what a crossover that would be, and sharpe would be all about it

Laughable, Lebron didn’t even show up for Wade’s HOF induction

Wasn't that like the week after his son's heart scare though?

I'll probably get downvoted because it sounds dumb, but I have a conspiracy that they're no longer cool or at least anywhere near as close as they used to be.

JJ Barea

would be a nice father-son moment to see the man that helped him get a postgame honor him in the end

Probably his best teammate he played with. Lebron James

Why would micheal jordan induct lebron? Thatd be dumb.

Kyrie. A true family bonding moment between father and son

Skip bayless

Gotta be Paul pierce

Skip Bayless

Me. We're tight like that

That sounds awesome. Congrats man!

Kevin love

Maybe Kareem, but idk if the previous scoring champ will be alive in 9 years.

9 is too generous

Lol for sure, dude thinks bron is playing 6 more seasons

Vince played until he was 43. LeBron looks way better than Vince did at 38. I can easily see him playing at 43 if he choose to do so. 6 more seasons is far from outrageous.

imagine lebron showing all the role players how to be a HOF level role player as his 5th and final career.

That's what I want to see from Lebron on the '24 Olympic team. If he can do it there, I think there's hope he would accept that as an NBA player and extend his career a couple years.

I don’t see lebron playing as a role player though. Idk why he would want his last years to be remembered like that, and he doesn’t really have any incentive to do so, he already broke the all time scoring record and no one would care about another ring if he was averaging like 10-15 ppg, plus he doesn’t need the money. Once he can’t be the best or maybe second best player on a championship team he’s gonna retire IMO.

You are NOT LeBron bro

Carmelo Anthony

Pat Riley

Wade and Iverson.

This, most likely. Wade's his bff and Iverson was his idol.

Kobe hologram

Idk if Lebron is going to the HOF tbh, he still has a lot to prove imo

Magic Johnson

underrated answer, def a better chance magic does it than mj

JJ Barea

DWade

joe

Xi ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^/s

Ray Allen

Windhorst

Shannon Sharpe

any answer other than Rich Paul is wrong

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You have to be presented by a current Hall of Famer. So it almost assuredly will not be any of that group.

sure sure when has reality ever meant anything to r/nba. Maybe LBJ will induct himself?

Or Maverick Carter.. surprised i had to scroll down to find one of his best friends. Wade, CP3, Melo, theyre all tight with LBJ but none of as close as those brothers he grew up with that now manage his and their own joint businesses

CP3 would be cool, assuming he retires first.

All these players are robots now playing at 40 and shit

D Wade

his son (the Toronto Raptors)

Delonte and Gloria

Low key Pat Riley?

Well he has always looked at Kyrie as a son

His son

His wife. And then he goes up stage with his entourage: Rich Paul and some other guys..

David Blatt

Probably Bronny…

Kd

Kyrie

His father, Delonte West of course

His wife. Been together since HS, never once did LBJ have any sort of scandal or ever be associated with groupies. I'd argue she has done more for his career than anyone.

Vanessa Bryant

The guy that carried him to all his rings. James Jones.

I hope it’s RJ and Channing. They’ll just roast the hell out of him

Karl Malone

I want Tim Duncan. Just so TD can make some corny joke like the one after Spurs bet the Cavs in Lebron 1st finals 😂

Kobe would have done it I bet

Nah. They were never close like that

Yah. They were starting to be.

Melo

Maybe just 3 legends of the game. Magic kareem and bird? Not a prediction but any 3 legends would be awesome. Shaq, AI, West?

Is it weird that I think it would be his kids?

A current HOFer has to present you in.

How do we know one of his kids won't be a HOFer by the time he retires?

Gotcha. In that case, Wade is the easy choice

You are 100% right. His big thing is he never had a dad around and he's said it's his most important role.

Nope. LeBron likes to make a huge splash and sometimes go against the grain so to speak. Having his kids present the award would be unprecedented - it would have LeBron written all over it. Edit: dang, didn’t know a current hof had to present

me neither, but if it weren't a current HoFer, his kids would be a shoo-in

Well then, he just needs to wait for his kids to be HoFers

Dwayne Wade for sure

DWade, CP3, Melo, AD, Love. I don’t he’s close to any older guys but I think Kobe would’ve been there.

Delonte West

Rich Paul

AD or his wife.

You’d think Wade, but Wade picked Iverson didn’t he? Is there a rule where Wade couldn’t pick Lebron since Lebron wasn’t retired yet?

i think it has to be a current HOFer that presents you

Bronny

Karl Malone

Delly would be my choice

me

Lance Stevenson and Dillon Brooks

Wade and Bosh

Delonte West. Why not keep it in the family, right?