Which LeBron Is PEAK LeBron?? 🤔

In this clip, JJ Redick and Al Horford wonder... which LeBron James is PEAK LeBron James? Is It The Miami Heat LeBron? Cleveland Cavaliers (Cavs) LeBron? Los Angeles Lakers LeBron?

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[Count_Up]

If you consider both ends of the floor, Al gave the right answer here.

[talalc]

2018 lebron was not his athletic peak, but it was his BASKETBALL peak

[daddydave_f]

2012-2018 don’t forget his last year in Cleveland he was by himself and was still amazing

[ned.conner]

2009-2018 tbh, Miami was his best but damn he was good for those 10 seasons

[wakkawakkagaming]

What makes Lebron scary is even as his physical peak ended, he continued to get better at the game. Learned more, became more versatile, shot better. When most players just accept that the window’s closed, he built himself into a new player to accommodate his marginal physical decline

[Dontthankyu]

2018 Lebron. but him in the 2016 finals was something people will never see again

[omelettedufromage]

I know ima get slander but 2018 bron was crazy bro

[KingDami]

Peak prime LeBron is 2013 Miami Heat LeBron. He was the most all around complete player to ever touch the NBA hard wood.

[rashadtheking]

That 2nd year in Cleveland he was on God mode I never saw a player that dominant before

[abdiahmed]

You know you great when your peak last for 20 years

[CloudyB_MT]

2018 Bron was peak. Far from a Bron fan, but that was the best run since Dirk.

[danielnelson]

2013-2018 Lebron was something else. Might’ve been the greatest athlete I’ve ever seen with my own two eyes.

[mrblue]

2012 (didnt say 2011, not because the finals, but because after he lost the finals he trained with Hakeem and improved significantly) to 2018 is what majority of us think of when we think "Prime Lebron" (yes 2018 bron was 33 but 33 is still your prime, when you a man your prime starts at 27 and ends at 35)

[AWealthy]

2009-2014 was Brons physical peak
2016-2018 was Brons basketball peak in terms of his skillset & IQ


By the time he won that third chip in 2016, he had sort of a mastery of the game..a understanding of how to dominate & what he needed to continuously get back to the finals, mentally he was so sharp, he had seen every defensive coverage he was ever goin to see at that point..which translated to the 2017 finals when he averaged a triple double & the playoff run he had in 2018..he figured out that he didn’t need to fully rely on his athleticism like he used to, he develop the mid post game, continued to work on his 3 ball & jus started to play chess out there

[GentlemensCage]

Agreed. Dude was unstoppable on both ends in those years

[braxtonandrews]

2nd stint in cleaveland best he's ever been

[macnolds]

Bron's peak was 2012-2020.

Remember, in 2020 the Lakers were the 1-seed and cruised through the playoffs (despite initial doubts). Bron led the league in assists, averaging 25/10/8. In the playoffs he shot 56/37/72 while averaging 28/11/9.

Only after that season did he finally, noticeably, dip. Only after that season was it finally, universally acknowledged that he's not the overall best in the game (on a consistent basis) anymore.

Three favorite versions of Bron:
1 - Peak efficiency Bron after recovering from the Dallas series (circa 2012-2014). IMO, the best defender and best scorer in the league.
2 - Return to Cleveland Bron (not just 2018).
3 - 2020 Lakers Bron.

[asiaticborn]

I’ve never been a Jordan fan and he made a believer out of me his last finals run. I never was a Lebron fan and he’s made a believer out of me in his 20th season. He’s the second best thing I’ve seen in my entire life. I’m totally speechless!!!

[chinoskateboardv]

When he came back and won down 1-3 in the NBA FINALS.

[ryguyk]

2018 LeBron is literally the best basketball player I have ever seen so I’m going with that version.