re: Phil Jackson on Kobe and MJ

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I don't understand how some of you can just dismiss longevity of a career as a negative

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Is there ANY indication at all that LeBron is gonna fall off the earth and die tomorrow. He's never had a major injury yet, nor has he shown that his body is deteriorating to say he'll never obtain those numbers. Yes, a freak accident can happen, but this guy doesn't have a deteriorating knee like some player that put up "better numbers than kobe in one season". He's consistently put up better numbers and has been a bigger difference maker on his team than Kobe has.

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At what arbitrary number of seasons did LeBron pass Kobe at? Also, I will ask you as I asked someone earlier, has KD passed Kobe? I mean if you extrapolate his numbers for 18 years his will dwarf Kobe's.

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What if Andrew Wiggins averages 29, 8, 8 this year on 50% FG%??? If you extrapolate that over 18 years, his numbers will be better than LeBron. Would just 1 season of that make him better than LeBron? Would 5? Would 12? What is the arbitrary number of seasons of stellar averages one must attain?

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Extrapolating numbers to cover "18 years" is a bit much. If he puts up 27/6/6 this year, he would have already caught up to Kobe in rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks in 12 seasons. If he puts up 27ppg for 3 more seasons, he'd have caught up to kobe in 15 seasons in points and by that time he'd have blown away Kobe's R/A/S/B.

Wiggins averaging that much you could 'extrapolate it' and say yes he'll be better, but that isn't taking into account consistency and production. Players have a fluke high-stat year and fall down to earth. LeBron has averaged those numbers for majority of his career.