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LeBron was literally top 10 in box plus minus this season, top 10 in VORP. It's not just his accountant stats, like I said earlier by most advanced matrix LeBron is still a top 10 player.
If you're rationale is that "LeBron isn't prime, GOAT level LeBron then he isn't worth the max" then only Luka, Giannis and Jokic deserve the max.
Those feature offense heavily. Top 10 no prob. No argument from me.
Now look at his defensive ranks as well.
There you will see he falls into Top 40ish range.
And I said earlier, he was +220 on the season. Which is good. He USED TO BE +400 every year, year after year. Even had a few +600's and a +800 on there. Shows how absurd he once was for sure. But that's not a level he can reach anymore.