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Originally Posted by Nod88
Okay, so after all of this, I still just don't understand the Bron GOAT talk. I'm gonna assume that it's either tongue-in-cheek, just admiring his current play and projecting, or a level. Maybe it depends on what people mean by GOAT, but at this point, does Bron have a GOAT career? Obviously not. GOAT single season peak? No. GOAT 3-year peak? Doubtful. GOAT 5-year peak? Getting closer.?
LeBron absolutely has the GOAT single season peak:
2008/2009 regular season: 31.7 PER, .591 TS%, .318 WS/48
2008/2009 playoffs: 37.4 PER, .618 TS%, .399 WS/48
That ties Jordan for the modern-era PER record in the regular season, and just crushes the playoff record for anyone that made it out of the first round. All while playing insane D under a huge minute load.
3-year peak I'd still give to Jordan since he was more consistent from 88/89 to 90/91 then Bron's been for any 3-year span. 5-year peak might be too close to call. Probably comes down to what Bron does this next week and a half whether his 09-13 span beats out MJ from 88-92.