A peek at what LeBron James would have looked like in college

[kane]

Pippen once said, "I was LeBron James before LeBron James."

I LOVED Pippen's game.

But I don't care for Pippen off the court.

Same situation holds for guys like Dennis Rodman and Ron Artest (aka Metta World Peace).

Uh, no he wasn't. Pippen was a good player on offense and great defensively, but there's never been a LeBron James before LeBron James, there's never been a player quite like him, and for all of the great things about Zion, he's not LeBron either, I don't think we'll ever see another LeBron

 

[railbird]

Jordan bird and magic teammates loved playing with each other, lebron is opposite, kyrie among others dislike him

 

[John Kelly]

For being such a great passer, LeBron's teammates rarely rave about playing with him.

Birdie makes a good point.

 

[Heim]

The more I see of him the more he reminds me of former Wake Forest great Rodney Rodgers.

 

[GameBred]

For being such a great passer, LeBron's teammates rarely rave about playing with him.

Birdie makes a good point.

Where do you two come up with this shit? They are effusive in thier praise of LBJ. I think the majority of his Laker teammates consider him The GOAT and Kyrie specifically has said he learned a ton from LBJ and once called him Beethoven for how he conducts a game. NBA legends, Bird, Ewing, etc have all said they would rather play w/ LBJ than MJ becuase they like to shoot.

Stop siding w/ morons, it's not a good look for you.

 

[John Kelly]

The more I see of him the more he reminds me of former Wake Forest great Rodney Rodgers.

Interesting comparison.

Rogers was ACC Player of the Year in the 1992-93 season.

Flopped in the NBA.

Now paralyzed from the neck down after a 2008 dirt bike accident.

I don't think Williamson will flop at the next level.

But in terms of size and style of play and being left-handed, I like the comparison between Rogers and Williamson.

I was trying to think of contemporary left-handed power players but the list is not too long: Michael Cage, Wayman Tisdale, Josh Smith, Zach Randolph and Derrick Coleman.

 

[John Kelly]

I added "contemporary" to my description to avoid listing Bill Russell, Artis Gilmore and Willis Reed to my list of left-handed power players.

 

[Viejo Dinosaur]

You beat me to Willis Reed....

 

[John Kelly]

Where do you two come up with this shit? They are effusive in thier praise of LBJ. I think the majority of his Laker teammates consider him The GOAT and Kyrie specifically has said he learned a ton from LBJ and once called him Beethoven for how he conducts a game. NBA legends, Bird, Ewing, etc have all said they would rather play w/ LBJ than MJ becuase they like to shoot.

Stop siding w/ morons, it's not a good look for you.

I was thinking about guys like Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson and Chris Bosh, who sometimes feuded with LBJ on and off the court.

 

[John Kelly]

You beat me to Willis Reed....

Ha.

 

[Inkwell77]

Many are comparing to Shawn Kemp. It makes sense.

I like the Zach Randolph comparison. if Zion can develop some of Randolph's low post skills he will be a game changer.

 

[Inkwell77]

The fact that his current PER is at least 6 points higher (42) than everyone else on this list is crazy

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/leaders/per-player-season.html

 

[John Kelly]

I prefer a lefty-to-lefty comparison, Ink.

Kemp in his prime was terrific.

 

[John Kelly]

Zach could not elevate like Zion.

Need a high-flying lefty.