Who Will Have a Better Age 38 Season: LeBron or Jordan?

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Lebron will be 38 in December, the same age Jordan was when he played for the Wizards.

For comparison, here is Lebron's season at 37 and MJ at 38.

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_...&p2yrfrom=2002

[Ferg1945]

LeBron.... NO DOUBT!!!

That Jordan guy is trash. Jumped to another team late in his career. Who does that?

[Kingofkings1281]

Let this weeks LeBron bitchfest commence!!!!

[tjforce]

I mean, LeBron if he stays healthy enough to play 50 games.

That's not a shot at MJ or a statement about who has had a better career or was the better player...

It's just obvious to see that MJ was nowhere near elite after sitting out 3 years and LeBron is coming off an All-NBA season.

[visualplane]

Lebron does have more modern advances for training i'm guessing.

[Ericc5Bears]

Lebron, but a lot of people sleep on how good Jordan was with the first year with Washnington before he got injured around the all-star break. After 52 games he was averaging 25-6-5 and the Wizards were on pace to be like the 4th seed after being 19-63 the previous year.

[kd the sniper]

Can we switch eras on this answer

[ronaldkosh]

Athletes can fall off a cliff once they get this old. We've seen it with almost everyone across all the sports.

I don't think LeBron will dip to a 41.6 FG%, but he might miss a ton of time, or turn the ball over more than ever, or shoot 45% from the field

[Stifle]

How the game has changed.
3pt shooting
M. Jordan age 38 3pt FGM 10 3pt FGA 53
L. James Age 37 3pt FGM 161 3pt FGA 448

[nbahobbyaddict]

Love me some MJ but the answer is surely LeBron. Lakers were terrible but he still playing at a super high level.

[mwash1983]

MJ if he played today at his current age could probably average 15-20 a game.

[Siberian13]

Lebron will tear his hammy and only play 20-30 games. Basketball section will be mayhem and very entertaining.


I don’t want this or expect it but I have to make a prediction.

[Randallk34]

Hgh is a helluva drug

[soey10]

I was surprised that MJ had more steals. He could read guys and anticipate like no other.


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[Qman316]

MJ is the goat but Lebron will have a better age 38 season… game is less physical, stats are inflated in this current era of nba, Lebron will load manage a little, training/sports medicine is prolonging careers, Lebron won’t have to shake rust off like mj did, and lebron will have more talent around him.

[drobfan8]

It's a pretty dumb question really. Different players playing different roles.

I'd still take Jordan's Wizards seasons with a pack of literal chumps over LeBron's with a group of future HOFers though.

LeBron will have numbers again. But won't win jack

[Dusty1985]

Originally Posted by Stifle

How the game has changed.
3pt shooting
M. Jordan age 38 3pt FGM 10 3pt FGA 53
L. James Age 37 3pt FGM 161 3pt FGA 448

This ^ Lebrun averages 3.5 ish three attempts per game.
If Jordan averaged that for his career instead of the 1.7, how much higher would his scoring averages have been?
I bet we’d have seen some 40 ppg.
Just shows how the defense and tone has changed.