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Only one player can go back to his prime:

  1. Derrick Rose
  2. Russell Westbrook
  3. Lebron James
  4. Klay Thompson
  5. Patrick Beverley
  6. Chris Paul
  7. Kyrie Irving
  8. Kawhi Leonard
  9. Victor Oladipo
  10. Kyle Lowry
  11. Danny Green
  12. Al Horford
  13. Jeff Green
  14. Mike Conley
  15. Kevin Durant
  16. Deandre Jordan
  17. JaVale McGee
  18. Harrison Barnes
  19. Eric Gordon
  20. Ricky Rubio
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[–] Sugarking45@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Prime lebron is the easiest answer but prime drose and Conley would look scary on their current team

[–] lambopanda@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Of course LeBron James.

[–] watrwedoing@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

2009 LeBron on the current Lakers, AD could miss 3/4 of the season and they'd probably finish with a top seed

[–] Supreme_God_Bunny@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Imagine what prime lebron would do to the nuggets lol he dropped 40 in their heads in the playoffs at 38

[–] JAhoops@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What is a prime Pat Bev

[–] Common-Bad-7899@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Prime Conley with this Wolves defense is top 10 impact.

[–] ProskXCX@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Prime JaVale McGee was a problem ‼️

[–] OwlAlert8461@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

CP3.

One reason is he is the farthest from his peak and on a contender. If he hits his peak again, not sure how you deal with that backcourt.

[–] Sy6574@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

The problem is that he is a redundancy on that roster.

He really only work now because he can come off the bench.

I’d argue that Klay going back to his prime is a bigger impact

[–] ajteitel@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Honestly, Klay. Getting back his pre-injury mobility, keeping his deadly shot, and way better defense would be huge when playing next to late-prime Curry.

[–] DrownedInBeans@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

How are you not going to even list James Harden who averaged an efficient 33/9/7 on 62% TS from 2017 through 2020 lol. He only missed 19 regular season games across those 4 seasons. He's like the most underrated and underappreciated star ever.

I think Lebron is the obvious answer to this question but you listed guys like Patrick Beverley and Jeff Green without considering Harden.

[–] bautistar1@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

prime klay on the warriors, only because the gap from his prime to his current form is bigger than prime lebron vs now.

[–] Doobie_Howitzer@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What even is prime Pat Bev? The dawg in him hasn't lost a step

[–] LeBremsstrahlung@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Pick and roll lobs with Jokic and DAJ lol

[–] LordBaneoftheSith@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is a more interesting question if you exclude LeBron

[–] africanmoe8@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

ye, seems like an easy answer tbh

[–] toadtruck@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] EazyBeekeeper@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah but give him back to the Spurs!

[–] oaba09@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Prime CP3 on the warriors would be scary.

[–] BUUAHAHAHA@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Imagine NOH/LAC Cp3 on the Warriors bench.. Also, wtf is Harrison Barnes prime? Lol

[–] Supreme_God_Bunny@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Prime KD with his quickness back

[–] CabbageStockExchange@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I mean a prime LeBron James seems like the easy answer here

[–] LittIeTownBlues@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I don’t think Ben Simmons is the answer for most impactful but he definitely deserves a mention

[–] National_Secret_5525@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

not the best answer, but it would be nuts to see prime D Rose and Jah on the court together.

[–] Far-Baseball972@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Several player from list would make such a great impact. But damn think abaout line up of prime jokic and de andre! They would feast on center all game long

[–] Puchaks_101@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

D. Rose, would carry that Grizzlies team, and he'll be having the ball all the time.

He carried Boozer, Deng, Gibson, Noah, Korver, Scalabrine. Imagine what he could do with this Grizz team.

[–] Western-Carpet266@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Real answer = LeBron and agree with the idea that Harden should 100% be on the list but ALSO - what about a prime Kevin Love? Rebound god, better movement to guard and killer long ball in his prime plus his post game which he used to score and distribute from. Spo would have a field day with prime K love

[–] ReedWilliams12@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

LeBron the Lakers would be the favorite

[–] gamingnormie@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Prime klay would be scary. Consistent shot-making and all-nba level defense?