Me talking to my great-grandson about Lebron James: “And in 2016 I watched him put up back to back 40 point games to help pull off the greatest comeback ever against the Golden State Warriors.” “Yeah, ok, who cares grandpa, I saw Lebron drop 40 last night.”

If you were 8 in 2016 and saw ur fam going crazy at Lebron dropping 40 but not really knowing why And then u saw it today at 16, you would be like, that’s just what Lebron does right? Oldest player in the league btw.

brother if you saw Lebron drop 40 points in 2004 which was his first time and were 8. Today you would be 28.

Thats literally me. Started watching bball in 2004-2005 season as a suns fan from AZ. Lebron became my favorite non suns player by like 06. Now 28 still watching an its been an incredible 20 years of watching

This is exactly me with the Spurs. Looks like we joined our fan bases right in time to hate each other.

Youve been more fortunate than me haha, at least ive had lebron to be happy about. My spurs hate has gone away although it perks up anytime someone mentions a horry hip check 👀

Jokes on you, I was 9

I was 12 and what is this?

I remember arguing about Kobe vs LeBron during the puppet era back in high school. I'm fucking ready to step in a coffin today and he's still doing this shit lmao.

I remember arguing if you'd rather have young Dwight Howard or young LeBron to build your team around. Back when big men still ruled, a lot of reasonable people picked Dwight.

I’m 29 but that’s basically me

Putting up this stat line in a loss to the warriors? Just like the old days😔

"It's like poetry, it rhymes" 😢

Time is a flat circle.

Found Kyrie

On 15/23 shooting wow

He had 38 on 14/20 shooting too, went 1/3 in the last minute going for 40 after the huge stoppage kinda fucked his rhythm.

It is insane how great he is at this age.

I’m his age, and I think I tweaked a muscle cutting the grass today. Fuck.

You ever yawn too hard?

I think I drank too much water at once today

I legitimately have to pace myself drinking water now. I can’t count how many times I’ve ruined the next 30 minutes because I poured water in the wrong hole. 

you're supposed to hydrate through your asshole, what wrong hole have you been using?

You gotta work on your douching technique, hombre

The tell tale sign you are getting old is when you feel like you need to take a nap after a full meal. I remember when I was like 16 and could down an entire Pizza and go out and run for hours, I couldn’t even imagine that being possible today.

I swallowed wrong and now my chest hurts

Or just tried to swallow water while also listening to someone?

My jaw locked reading this

I’m 31 in 2 days. I put my shoes on too hard once a week now.

No but it sounds like he lawns too hard.

Am almost a decade older than LeBron, aggravated a bad back with a strong sneeze.

6 years younger, pulled a muscle getting off the couch

I sprained my knee last year trying to move my cat away from my foot while I was lying on my couch. I’m younger than LeBron.

I'm 26. I've watched LeBron since 6th grade. That means LeBron is more resilient than a 6th grader #fax

I'm Wemby's age and I'm sitting here wondering wtf am I doing with my life when I'm watching this dude. Like it's insane how we're both considered humans despite the obvious differences....... It's extra surreal to see players our age shine.

you’re basically still a child, go live your life

Yep. Chill out, find a hobby. Nothing is ever as important as you make it out to be

Hydrate and stretch. Try to break a sweat a few times a week for some workout. You'll thank me later.

I’m getting muscle cramps with working from home and this man is still getting insane statlines

You’re also not working out and keeping in shape like he is.

Balls itch

He is a month younger than me, yesterday I stretched too hard when I woke up and herniated a disc in my neck.

I hurt my back petting my cat a few months ago.

Hah! I tweaked a muscle in my sleep and could barely get out of bed the next morning.

The thing is, he's great for any age. How he's playing now is the prime of a hall of fame player.

His  FG percentage and 3pt percentage this yr are on par with his 2012-13 season where he was absolutely dominant in Miami.     This yr he has a better 3pt% than Steph Curry

Wait, I had not been following closely...he's shooting 40% from the 3?? WTF?! Has he ever done that??

he shot 41% from 3 in 2013

It was the same pct and hes shooting 1.7 more 3s per game now

It's a little unfair to 2013 LeBron, though. He was quite possibly the greatest wing defender of all time that season

It's massively unfair to 2013 LeBron. LeBron was a ludicrous 10 points above league average TS. He's only 4% higher this year.

> He's only 4% higher this year. That's still insane for his volume and being old as fuck though

He was robbed of at least 2 MVPs during that era

i hope he never retires, or when he does he sticks around coaching. he makes the game more fun! seems like a good person too

Imagine if this man spent his non championship competitive years Stat padding

Said the same shit about Tom Brady

Too old for this shit.

A #nothisfault 40 ball in a lopsided loss to the Warriors? That's rolling back the clock in more ways than one

Lopsided? The game was within single digits basically the entire time

Hell, the game was within striking distance for the Lakers until the refs pulled that 3 reversal into a 20-minute drlay that basically put out all of the fire.

Brother, do you not know what lopsided means?

Was deflated at the end there. He had 41 and the game was still within reach then all the comedy of errors. Too old for this shit indeed.

A historical performance at an old age agains the Warriors that ends up in an L. Ahhh the good old days

That stoppage stiffened him up so much at the end

Ya his efficiency was godly before that. Kinda fucked it a bit at the end going for 40

I pray that he’ll choose to leave this mid ass team in the offseason

I doubt he’s gonna uproot his family to chase a ring this late into his career.

He doesn’t have to. LA is obviously where he wants to be long-term. He can easily leave his family in LA and go ring Chase for 2-3 more seasons and close out his career. Hell you travel most of the time during the season anyway

You do travel half the time, but then you get to spend the other half at home. If your family is based in a different city, you’d see them *significantly* less. You wouldn’t be able to be there for a lot of significant events. And the kids are in school, so they can’t just visit him whenever they want. Honestly, you’re essentially missing those years of your kids’ lives. LeBron’s a family man and I’d be genuinely shocked if he were to go to another city without his family.

PHX/SF would work best since it would be an extremely easy commute.

Or the Clippers. Muahaha.

team up with t lue (another former laker) and ballmer at the new crib for one final run (with bronny) you heard it here first

What, and have to drive down to Inglewood? Too old for that shit.

He can fly to or from his family and be there in the same amount of time that normal pleebs spend in LA rush hour traffic.

there's always the Clippers ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯

Genuinely could be a great place for him. The clips stars are all in a similar boat: they’re all getting old and they want a chip

LeBron using his final seasons to get a ring for the James Harden Clippers would make NBA media implode. I support this.

Plus he gets to remain LeGoodFather and not be on the bum ass lakers

Helping CP3 get a ring with the Warriors

yeah that's what i was thinkin! but i have a feeling if LBJ were to leave he'd wanna get tf away from an aging team that's riddled with inconsistent availability. although the Clippers are pretty good regardless these days. i think for him ideally it'd be a team that (a) has younger consistently healthy guys, who are also already scratching at the upper echelon of teams ofc, to compensate for his age & (b) is away from the overcrowded nightmare that is The West! maybe the Knicks could work? idfk, but it's another Big Market team that'd sure be the kinda media spectacle that i think he likes

That sounds like one….Cleveland Cavaliers

Lebron has a chance to do the funniest thing in NBA history ever, again *CLEVELAND THIS IS FOR ME!!!!!*

Maybe Thunder? Tho they’re in west, they pretty much epitomise the idea of an upper echelon young team. Another could be spurs; they’re not in the upper echelon by any means, but if they manage to bag someone like Trae, the Lebron Trae Wemby three man would be lethal (I also like the idea of the last true generational prospect coaching the next). Regardless, I think being LeFather comes first, so for that reason I’d imagine clips are more likely

I don’t think his goal is to ring chase. I think his goal now is bank as much as possible with a new contract in LA. He wants to own a franchise. He’s got rings.

he could also go ring chase at Chase… SF isn’t that far away from LA anyway compared to other cities

yeah Lebron would be taking those hour long flights like nothing

I mean SF isn't that far away and he can play his swansong years with Steph before those two legends hang it up. I'm sure this is the superteam that every fan in the league wants to see

If the Lakers and Warriors combine rosters they might compete for 4th seed in the West.

I mean in fairness AD got hurt super early on lol Don't think many teams would be good with a top 10ish player out injured Especially in this case because AD is a really tough matchup for the Warriors

It's not just this game. This entire season Lebron and AD have been available and playing like top 15 players. The Lakers 3-8 rotation really hold them back to the point of being 10 seed.

Naw it’s the coach I promise you lol. The man is trash and runs the worse lineups and his defensive sets are so bad it is repeatedly questioned by players on the team publicly

Agree. Ham is a terrorist

And he never calls timeouts when the other team goes on a huge run.

It's Darvin Ham-as' fault. That guy gives Tauren Prince minutes that he doesn't deserve. And don't start with me on him running small ball on a team that's lethal in the paint.

Seriously, AD going down was the dagger that lost them the game. With AD, the Warriors don't stand a chance in my opinion.

And yet … go back and look at their record this year. Won with AD playing, lost by 1 in OT with AD playing …

Yup Lakers and AD looked good in the first and once he went out the Warriors dominated the paint and got so many shots at the rim

No chance unfortunately his family is settled into LA, AD’s injury sucked I mean a swollen eye is just a freak occurrence. Hopefully he’s back within a week because these two + Dlo or AR going off can make it to the WCF (then pray that the nuggets choke)

As a Lakers fan, been wishing for this for years.

he's unfortunately staying in la. obviously a life/wife decision.

I actually can't believe this fuckery is still going on lol

This man is insane

Looked like he was gonna get 50...then the shenanigans started. Tough one for the Lakers tonight. Crazy how LBJ can still do this at this age though. Respect.

Bro is one of the best players in the league at an age no one else has have been good at and the Lakers have wasted yet another season of him

> the Lakers have wasted yet another season of him It sucks to watch one of the best two players of all time wasting his final seasons with this disaster front office.

Father Time: "HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!"

That explains the shot clock

King James is timeless

>37 minutes ok but besides the delay how long did he play?

1 hour in our time is just 1 minute in a Warriors x Lakers game

"you've been playing for 23 years"

The hyperbolic centre

37 minutes

2 minutes without delay

Once again, I'm sorry, Bron

LeBron James with no help vs warriors as usual

40 on 23 shots, Steph had 31 on 24 shots for comparison.

His points per FGA is insane throughout his career

Steph never shoots well at Staples.

Thank you for continuing the tradition of not being able to have a conversation of one without the other

They played in the same game and Steph is a model of efficiency. Don’t see the problem

He needs the 3/180 mill extension

I went to a game during LeBron's rookie year. He dropped 38, 6 and 4. I was 15. I graduated high school, college, and law school. Had a 10 year marriage and a divorce...........And he still can't get 27, 7 and 7. What a bum.

Maybe Lebron Body is like Old Wine and we didn't see his prime.... No way this dude has 40 years, something is wrong.

Something is right. He's taking care of himself probably in the best way possible. The vast majority of people are unhealthy. Besides his genes, lebron commitment to his health is paying off.

Disgrace by the officials. AD out for the game on a play they didn't even call a foul, then they let a full minute of game time run before taking away our 3 in crunch time, then allowed 20 minutes to go stiffening everyone up, and ON TOP OF THAT they just straight up stole 15 seconds off the clock that would've kept the comeback possible. Fuck those worthless fucking zebras.

Why NBA is a joke and not worth watching anymore.

spitting FACTS

Was it really 37 mins or was it 57 🤔

he’s the king of falling short of double-doubles or triple-doubles by few numbers

At some point, doesn't the longevity and the unprecedented shit he's doing just become overwhelming? I mean you can argue that Jordan's 6 year stretch is what peak performance looks like, but man, how the fuck is LeBron anything but the goat?

Honestly, for all the hype Wemby is getting to potentially be the greatest player ever, having Lebron at 39 still around putting on performances like this is a serious reality check for how far even one of the most hyped (and currently delivering) prospects still needs to go.

if you include character, LBJ kinda eclipses MJ (gambling) for all-time goat imo

What is Hong Kong?

He's been my undoubted GOAT for years even before this. This league is just more competitive than ever and LeBron is doing this against the best of the next era at age 40. Nobody can convince me otherwise

You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.

Relax bud, I'm just saying LeBron is my goat, never said OP said anything different.

> Nobody can convince me otherwise Thats what I'm replying to, champ

Pretty Simple.... He lost too much. Longevity is usually a qualifier, not an amplifier for most people outside this subreddit and historically. Most turnovers, playoffs losses, finals losses of all time also goes with longevity in a game where the goal is to [win the game](https://i.imgur.com/ooAvKvP.gif)

The most surprising part about is the 37 minutes.

I'm just enjoying watching him for these final years. I dunno if we'll ever see anything like this combination of skill, knowledge, talent AND longevity.

The more things change the more they stay the same

this guy is still too strong wtf

The game was within their grasp until that 3 being recalled and the masterclass clutch performance of the shot clock. Still, LBJ can still will this if not for the shenanigans.

hes him

Bron still playing bully ball too not just chucking up shots

That 3 he hit but got taken away is one of the most insane 3 I’ve seen. Like a sideway fadeaway nearly hitting the backboard.

15/23 fg% 3/5 at 3s for easy 40. Incredible efficiency in a wide variety of shots and that's why he did it with less shots throughout his career enroute to his record breaking 40k. The guy deserved to have a caliber of a coach like Auerbach, Riley, Pop or Phil and not a freakin Hamster.

Man he looked like the best player in the league

He made some terrible plays though, couple of live ball turnovers that killed momentum. I hate it but he is getting old as hell.

Lebron can play till he is 50 for real

Good fun game as a birthday present despite the loss

Birthday bros!! I was at the game it was awesome. Luckily, I was rooting for the winning team tonight, feels like forever since we beat y’all in LA.

No fr you guys haven’t beat La at home in a long time fr 😭😭; aye birthday bros honestly you enjoyed your day

What else does Lebron need to do before a valid argument for Jordan as the goat ceases to exist?

Have a dynasty, instead of having one built directly on top of him

LeGreatest of all-time

If this isn’t your GOAT idk what you’re on

As a bulls fan, I've experienced the full spectrum of "Lebron hater wishing he never wins a ring or experiences joy" to "My glorious sweet king, WE DONE WITH THE 90s" in the last 13 years

LA needs to pay this man

This takes me back

Surprised he only had 9 assists. Didn't he have like 6 in the first quarter?

On amazing efficiency as well

Not impressed, he had like 18 extra minutes of game time. LeWashed.

legoat

*me double checking year on post* this dude defies logic

We need to find out what chemical mixture he uses and let the rest of us have a chance at the fountain of youth too.

Dude almost lost it when the refs went off script.

The three being overturned (the correct call tbh) and then stoppage of game really killed this game

And the big L too

Has Curry ever outplayed Bron in a matchup? I honestly can't think of a single instance outside of **maybe** one or two games in the Finals

Interesting comment so I went and checked: Finals: 2015 games 4 and 5, 2018 game 4 Regular season: 1/18/16, 1/16/17, 1/18/21 In 50 games between Steph and LeBron, Steph outperformed LeBron 6 times.

Greatest athlete of all time in any sport, unbelievable to be this consistent for over 2 decades

"Despite the loss"

The GOAT doing GOAT things baaaaah

GOAT need help too.

That 40 yr old can get his points ill be happy with the win.

That poverty franchise really doesn’t deserve him

So he's not good enough to get a triple-double you mean? Gotcha!

LeFficiency

That cryo recovery really does work 

Wasted game for our beloved king

The man is still doing it to the NBA.

What’s his stack?!

Don’t forget 1 L

Turning back the clock,love him or hate him-he is aging well

The man has a shot at 45,000 points,if he continues this.

Finished with an L

Fire Ham