With all this 2010 fee agent talk of Lebron going to the Knicks I thought it might be a good time to compare him with other players at the same age.
Pts Reb A Win Shares@23
James 11107 2802 2667 14.9
Jordan 8630 1477 1396 16.1
Magic 6136 2841 3327 12.6
Kobe 10658 2458 2060 12.9
His total statistics exceed the great MJ, Magic, and Kobe but keep in mind that Magic and Michael missed a large number of games early in their careers to injury and Kobe was part of a strike year in which a limited number of games was played. By this point Kobe had played in 3 NBA championships and had won 2, Magic had been in 4 championship series and won 2, and Michael had lost two 1st round conference games before advancing to the conference semi-finals losing to a great Detroit club. Lebron has lost a championship and advanced to a semifinals thus far but will not be considered in the same pantheon as the others till he wins a title which is obviously not lost on him.
Looking at Win Shares a statistic that is supposed to sum up a player's offensive and defensive contributions, James appears to be ahead of Magic and Kobe at the same age but significantly behind MJ. James is not nearly the defender that Jordan was and probably never will be. Jordan made a huge jump at age 24 to a Win Share total of 20.3 the highest of his career.Magic didn't hit his stride until 27 according to this metric, and Kobe took a big leap up to 15.1. With his numbers up above his carrer averages thus far we can expect Lebron to be in the 16-18 range this year.
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