Could A Pokemon Beat LeBron James 1 -on- 1? | Game Theory

Who WINS? ► SUBSCRIBE = Mewtwo, LIKE = LeBron...

In one of the strangest collisions of worlds we recently saw @stephenasmith debate whether Lebron James would be able to beat Mewtwo in a game of basketball. Could the legendary Pokemon take on The KING and come out victorious? Stephen A. Smith was unsure which is EXACTLY where I come in! LeBron vs. Mewtwo... GAME ON!

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[peopleperson]

I love how the conversation very quickly devolves from "could LeBron James beat MewTwo in a regulation game with no powers" to "Powerscaling lore accurate LeBron James to see how hard this mf DUNKS on Pokémon"

[Jp-hltc]

This episode might have the best and strangest thumbnail ever

[fortnitegamingclips]

There is one thing you're forgetting about. Mewtwos innate ability of either pressure or unnerve. Those aren't from any item enhancements. It's innate, so Mewtwo can use it to affect LeBron

[DaxSkrai]

So LeBron gets powers from any source, including satirical comics, but not Mewtwo? Also, Mewtwo can't mess with LeBron's mind cause it's against the rules, but LeBron can break the rules "as long as he doesn't get caught"? This feels like quite the one sided ref, not unlike a lot of Lakers games I guess.

[hoodiepen]

This might be Tom’s “Sans is Ness” breakthrough theory moment.

[DotboT]

counterpoint: "me first" is in mewtwo's natural learnset, bypasses accuracy checks (meaning it can still hit targets with high evasiveness like lebron's invisibility), and with base 130 speed putting mewtwo in the top 20 fastest gen 9 pokemon, any attempt of dunking made by lebron would be pre-emptively countered by mewtwo dunking first

[Giraneon]

Defense for Mewtwo: Level Up Moveset
1. Confusion: Like just make him confused about something arbitrary, his tunnel vision and concentration may break.(This could be banned)
2. Disable: Its a bit leaning towards the unorthodox side but Mewtwo can just cancel the abilities that LJ does have.
3. Safeguard: Self-explanatory
4. Future Sight: He can find where the ball will be in the future as long as the ball is visible, which it has to be at some point.

Plus you can't count a point if the ref or judge doesn't see the ball go into the net in the first place, so the ball must be visible, which then cascades into Mewtwo being able to do his moves.

[legomeakerpotato]

15:40 this scene in the comics shows that turning anything invisible turns her visible... so lebron can only turn himself or the ball invisible...

[nandini]

Tom's doing a great job speedrunning to matpat level of insanity

[chrisd]

Mewtwo naturally learns the technique "miracle eye" which would allow it to see an invisible target

[Brandon-swhx]

You do realize that you have psychic senses and can hear him very well since you is a literal cat even if he is invisible plus Mewtwo could go invisible and make after images too

[LardNationRules]

Sees the thumbnail
My brain: F*ck no Lebron won’t win,
Other side of my brain: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

[brandongunn]

There is a big flaw here. Lebron's counter only works on PROJECTILES, and since mewtwo's telepathic manipulation of the ball was considered physical, Lebron's counter would not work, meaning that they would jsut keep trading points rather than Lebron always countering.

[Abdullah-mon]

Ik it would be fair to add lebrons video game abilities since mewtwo is a video game character also but I’m pretty sure in this situation we are talking about the normal Lebron vs mewtwo since he is debatably the best player in basketball so that’s why they chose him, not because of the comics or video games he is in

[somerobloxgamers]

Only problem, Mewtwo needs to ALSO dribble, so, implies that mewtwo needs to get enough power to slam the ball into the ground, and getting back up without LeBron getting it. So Mewtwo can't just hold the ball to the goal.

[nebuliunivera]

I don't think this is really all that sound:
1- Learning TMs before the fight should be allowed because Lebron is perfectly allowed to learn new moves or techniques before the fight. That means that:
A- Mewtwo could use Psychic Noise to bypass Lebron's 'Substitute'
B- Mewtwo could use Disable ( learned at level 1 ) to Disable Lebron's Invisibility or Substitutes, and also Imprison to stop Lebron from using Substitutes of his own.
C- Mewtwo could use Brick Break to shatter Lebron's sheild.
D- Aura Sphere Ignores evasion changes, so Mewtwo would still be able to hit Lebron despite him being invisible.
E- Mewtwo could use Swagger to confuddle Lebron before he even gets the chance to pull his tricks.
2- Mewtwo has been shown in media other than the games to be Capable of Mega Evolution without the required stone. Pokken Tournament especially.
3- I'm fairly certain turning completely invisible is 'against the spirit of the game'

[kingwae]

This is my first game theory video without matt. Just wanted to say good job, I really like your energy

[Aboimrcool]

This might be future classic 😂 that Intro was golden

[IdontIanKnow]

Mewtwo with a little bit of research vs LeBron with every appearance possible in order to squeeze out a chance of winning

[tapiocadev]

Ain't no way we got Mewtwo vs lebron James before GTA 6