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"Chill with the #BronCurve, if he's good enough he'll get 6, #RingsMatter..."
Wed May-27-15 03:19 PM by ThaTruth

          

Ok I see I need to have a little come to Jesus talk with some folks around here.

Let's start off with a little history lesson...

Let's go for a ride OKS. Come with good ol' Uncle Truth as we take a trip down to West Monroe, Louisiana. There in 1934 Charles and Katie Russell had a son and named him William Felton Russell. The younger Russell, who would later be known as Bill, grew up to become a great basketball player winning 11 NBA championships and a was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the only NBA player to ever receive that award.

A couple of years later in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William Chamberlain and Olivia Ruth Johnson had a son and named him Wilton Norman Chamberlain. "Wilt", as he was called, grew up to become an outstanding basketball player as well and set statistical records that had never been achieved before and haven't been matched since.

However, as great as Chamberlain was individually, he only won 2 NBA titles in 5 trips to the Finals and Russell was considered to be the better winner and better player by most accounts. #RingsMatter

Then there would be another great player to come along by the name of Julius Winfield Erving II from Long Island, New York. His high-flying, slam-dunking style would take the game to a new level. Additionally Erving was also an oustanding defender, rebounder, passer and ballhandler at the forward position.

Erving went to the NBA Finals 4 times in 7 years but only won title. In 4 of those seasons in the Eastern Conference Finals Erving faced the Boston Celtics led by Larry Joe Bird from French Lick, Indiana and they split those series 2-2. During that same time-frame Bird went on to win 3 championships and is almost universally considered to be the superior player even though for anyone that actually watched them play it was nowhere near that clear cut. #RingsMatter

Once Bird got past Erving in the Eastern conference he had another nemesis usually waiting for him, a fella named Ervin Johnson Jr. from Lansing, Michigan. They called him Magic. Bird and Magic played each other in the Finals 3 times in 4 years and Magic's Lakers won 2 of the 3. Overall Magic won 5 titles in 9 trips to the Finals and despite Larry Bird's greatness winning league MVP for 3 consecutive seasons(the last player to do so) Larry only won 3 titles in 5 Finals appearances so in the NBA hierarchy most people have Magic ranked higher. #RingsMatter
(sidenote: I've never heard anyone discount Magic or Larry's titles when they didn't win Finals MVP)

And then He came. To James Jordan Sr. and his wife Deloris and child was born in Brroklyn, New York. They named him Michael Jeffrey Jordan and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger. Michael would grow up to be a great basketball player as well. Michael's dominance in the NBA was evident from day one but some said while he was a great individual player he would never win a title. Jordan would eventually silence those critics and win 6 titles in six trips to the Finals and be considered as the Greatest of All-Time. #RingsMatter

And I could go on...

Why is Olajuwon considered head and shoulders over contemporaries like Robinson and Ewing? #RingsMatter

Why is Duncan universally considered the greatest power forward of all time over people like 2nd all-time leading scorer Karl Malone and Charles Barkley? #RingsMatter

Why is Isiah Thomas considered better than all-time assists and steals leader John Stockton? #RingsMatter

Why is 2-time league MVP Steve Nash considered inferior to those two who never won MVP? #RingsMatter

Now we have our current hero. On December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio a 16-year-old Gloria Marie James gave birth to a bouncing baby boy and named him Lebron Raymone James.

"King James" as he is know IS the greatest basketball player in the world RIGHT TODAY(c)wc.

But that's not good enough for some people. They want to push him higher. They want to elevate him and push him past certain folks. Some event want to put him on the same level as the GOAT himself, Michael Jeffery Jordan.

They want to totally dismiss that other guy. You know who. Joe and Pam's son Kobe Bean Bryant.

He came in and snatched 3 rings almost right out the gate. But that didn't count. He was a "sidekick". He just rode Shaq's coattails. It's not like he wasn't out there at 21 years-old averaging 21ppg and leading the team in assists and steals en route to the Lakers first title in over a decade. It wasn't like they didn't run it back the next year with Kobe scoring the same about of points as Shaq and still leading the team in assists sweeping the first 3 rounds of the playoffs with Kobe dropping ALL of his nuts in the Spurs mouths culminating with them dominated the Sixers who had the league's best record. I mean that was Shaq chasing MVP Allen Iverson around on the perimeter and forcing him to shoot only 40%. Its not like they didn't 3-peat, the only team to do so since Jordan's Bulls. Something no other "great teams" have been able to accomplish in recent times like San Antonio or Miami.

But then Shaq left, folks said Kobe would never win another title. But he sneaked back in and snatched two more rings out of the cookie jar and all of a sudden motherfuckers got scared. They wanted to change the rules. All of sudden #Rings don't matter as much.

Now they wanna hype "finals appearances", it doesn't matter if you won or not as long as you participated, lol.

Is that where we really are now?

The reality is Lebron SHOULD BE going for at least his sixth title now.

He should have won at least one in Cleveland before. That 08-09 team good enough to win 66 regular season games, sweep the Pistons and the Hawks in the first 2 rounds, but couldn't get past an Orlando team lead by Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkoglu? How silly does that even sound? lol. Was that Cleveland team THAT much worse than the guys Lebron is playing with now?

And then he took his talents to South Beach. What did he say? "Not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7". That first year after and few early struggles but then they got on a roll. They finished the season strong and rolled through the first 3 rounds of the playoffs dropping only one game in each series.

Then it happened. I know Lebron fans like to Cuban B(c) the shit but the 2011 NBA Finals actually happened. Yes, it did. Your boy nutted up in a major and almost inexplicable way. I don't know if he was really that intimidated by Shawn Marion and DeShawn Stevenson or if Gloria was in big to the mob for gambling debts and he was forced to throw the series to save her life but he had probably one of the worst and most bizarre performances by a star player in NBA Finals history that no one can really explain to this day.

The next year he finally got over the hump. It took Wade breaking Rondo's arm in the conference finals and they were able to dominate a super young OKC team but Lebron FINALLY got that first ring.

He got another the next year. The Pacers stretched Miami to the max and they were basically a lucky bounce from losing to the Spurs in the finals but in the end it doesn't matter and Lebron is a two-time champion.

The next season they rolled through the first 3 rounds but the Spurs had their number and wiped the floor with them pretty easily.

Then all of a sudden Lebron didn't have enough "help" again and ran back to Cleveland.

Now he's back in the Finals again for the 5th straight year and people are trumpeting that like its a significant accomplishment even though he only has 2 titles to show for including his 2007 finals appearance giving him 6 overall.

But if he can manage to beat Steph and the Warriors in the finals he'll be halfway to basketball immortality. Jordan won 3 of his titles after age 30.

Lebron can do it too but lets not anoint him just yet, let him EARN his place in history like everybody else did. Don't discount it, don't grade him on a curve. He can still do this. The NBA is wide open right now. Durant and OKC was supposed to be "next" team but its not looking like that now. The Warriors are looking strong but its going to take a salary cap genius to keep that team together. Lebron and the Cavs look like they could easily run off a few titles the way they are playing right now.

But for now let's officially dead the #BronCurve and cease the blaspheming of the one true GOAT MJ and let the "King" EARN his crown.

THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH ARE OPEN!!

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

  

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You could have just wrote "I'm mad" and saved yourself 1500 words
May 27th 2015
1
RE: You could have just wrote "I'm mad" and saved yourself 1500 words
May 27th 2015
Rings and Finals MVPs is all that matters
May 27th 2015
2
write as much as you want - the inevitable truth is smacking you in the ...
May 27th 2015
3
#RingsMatter
May 27th 2015
5
I always wonder what if Lebron played with an all time great center
May 27th 2015
4
If your aunt had a dick she'd be your uncle.
May 27th 2015
7
CLOSE: Bron played with prime Bosh and Wade
May 27th 2015
10
      RE: CLOSE: Bron carried injured Bosh and Wade to 4 straight finals
May 27th 2015
13
TLDR, he's 30 Y.O. and MFers already plea coppin' against GOAT status
May 27th 2015
6
I'm just saying let him EARN his place in NBA history like everybody...
May 27th 2015
8
He's not GOAT to me. Just better than Kobe and top 7 at the moment
May 27th 2015
9
who's in your "top 7"?
May 27th 2015
15
RE: who's in your "top 7"?
May 27th 2015
19
      lol your Celtic fanaticism is showing
May 27th 2015
20
           #3 all-time scorer with 5 rings is at 15? You really think its 15 people...
May 27th 2015
26
           Yes I do
May 27th 2015
33
                "Based on sheer talent & upside alone"? Where's T-Mac? Where's Penny?
May 27th 2015
36
                     You still didnt answer my question
May 27th 2015
39
                          which era? because a lot of those all-time greats wouldn't be so great.....
May 27th 2015
42
                               yeah, Larry played against some terrible wing players in the 80s lol
May 27th 2015
46
                                    the league and defensive rules are a lot different today that's why...
May 27th 2015
50
           lol I'd give him #13 ahead of Doc and Baylor
May 27th 2015
41
^^^^^
May 27th 2015
16
I'm pretty sure you watch basketball
May 27th 2015
11
      #RingsMatter...they HAVE TO, because if you tell me rings don't matter.....
May 27th 2015
24
           RE: #RingsMatter...he has 2 and a chance for 3 at 30 Y.O.
May 27th 2015
29
           for one, no one's ever said rings DON'T matter
May 27th 2015
32
^^^^ The first Cuban B from LeBrony Nation
May 28th 2015
143
Agree on letting things play out but agenda land doesn't work like that
May 27th 2015
12
RE: agenda land
May 27th 2015
14
Fair enough, and it's quite pervasive here obviously
May 27th 2015
18
This post is a Kobe agenda post.
May 27th 2015
30
      RE: This post is a Kobe agenda post.
May 27th 2015
34
I agree with every single thing you said except your use of 'nut up'
May 27th 2015
17
COTDAMN we gotta a non-Bro fan who is so flummoxed that he wrote
May 27th 2015
21
Not flummoxed enough to flee the country and Internet
May 27th 2015
27
      Lol
May 27th 2015
31
      lol at fleeing country? That was almost funny, Ernest
May 27th 2015
57
      lol
May 29th 2015
161
Very entertaining storyline LOL. I will say: Goalposts will ALWAYS move
May 27th 2015
22
you're right, that's why sports are great.
May 27th 2015
28
      or horrible, depending on how you look at it
May 27th 2015
35
           Sports debates are as old as sports.
May 27th 2015
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           RE: or horrible, depending on how you look at it
May 27th 2015
38
                Russell won ELEVEN times. Admit he is the GOAT and this can end
May 27th 2015
59
                     Do you think he is?
May 27th 2015
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                          No, but I am not the guy positing this ridiculous argument
May 27th 2015
130
Tha_Truth kinda spit Tha_Truth y'all, and I got no horse in this
May 27th 2015
23
This definitely needed its own post.
May 27th 2015
25
lol
May 29th 2015
162
Thank you for writing all of that!
May 27th 2015
40
I don't think anyone read it all
May 27th 2015
45
      Nope. I'm going through our IT demand log. Aint got the energy lol
May 27th 2015
48
      RE: I swear to you I didn't lmao
May 27th 2015
60
Ring counting is for....
May 27th 2015
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RE: Ring counting is for....
May 27th 2015
44
      RE: Ring counting is for....
May 27th 2015
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           RE: Ring counting is for....
May 27th 2015
51
                RE: Ring counting is for....
May 27th 2015
54
                     Magic averaged double figures in assists 9 years straight, how many year...
May 27th 2015
83
Unless you think Russell is GOAT, you automatically use a curve
May 27th 2015
47
RE: Unless you think Russell is GOAT, you automatically use a curve
May 27th 2015
52
So where do you have Russell? top 5? top 10?
May 27th 2015
53
      Top 10, cemented, I could hear a top 5 argument
May 27th 2015
61
      "cemented"? I need to know who else is in your top 10
May 27th 2015
62
           Russelll should be *cemented* in everyone's top 10 - really top 5
May 27th 2015
70
           RE: Russelll should be *cemented* in everyone's top 10 - really top 5
May 27th 2015
79
                Ok now I know you just foolin' - the only players who measure up
May 27th 2015
92
           RE: "cemented"? I need to know who else is in your top 10
May 27th 2015
87
                RE: "cemented"? I need to know who else is in your top 10
May 27th 2015
89
                     Not Russell, and not for LeBron either.
May 27th 2015
90
                     Close to my list but I gotta put Duncan in over DR.J who was my *1st*
May 27th 2015
96
                          I admit Doc's place is increasingly fragile
May 29th 2015
158
      top 10, but you're missing the point
May 27th 2015
71
           RE: I'mma need you to stop being reasonable in this post
May 27th 2015
73
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/533/710/7ac.jpg
May 27th 2015
55
Only Kobe fans make this argument
May 27th 2015
56
and Russell fans. and Bird fans. I'm trying to figure out who's on which...
May 27th 2015
58
      I don't hear those fans making that argument
May 27th 2015
63
      well then you have to drop Bird below Doc and drop Russell below Moses
May 27th 2015
64
      For what reason? There thing wasn't just rings
May 27th 2015
66
      Oh old school Celtics fans ALLLLLWAYS bring this up for Russ
May 28th 2015
140
      lol - his whole post was funny because all of this trying to downplay
May 27th 2015
65
      #TalkAboutIt
May 27th 2015
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      It started with Kobe fans
May 28th 2015
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           idc about agendas, but that didn't start with kobe fans
May 28th 2015
142
                literally the 1st time I ever heard all that side kick shit
May 28th 2015
150
      When was the last time you heard a person in recent years make the
May 27th 2015
67
           Russell won all those rings in an 8 team league...
May 28th 2015
155
a lot of this is on point.
May 27th 2015
69
*daps*
May 27th 2015
72
Ya'll act like this is an individual sport vs a team sport
May 27th 2015
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RE: Ya'll act like this is an individual sport vs a team sport
May 27th 2015
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      Obviously it is seeing how everyone is showing you how you've
May 27th 2015
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But who argued otherwise?
May 27th 2015
75
But there ARE people making that argument not just here, in the media...
May 27th 2015
80
Who are these media types?
May 27th 2015
119
on here, Kira and bentagain
May 30th 2015
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      ^^^ You a LIE! see reply 78
May 31st 2015
185
           You said he will have the numbers to be GOAT regardless of rings
Jun 01st 2015
196
                No, I never said that. DAYUM, I can't be away from the boards for a
Jun 02nd 2015
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                     #RingsMatter
Jun 02nd 2015
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                     He's got 2 and playing for a 3rd, how may do you need to STFU?
Jun 02nd 2015
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                          4 to get in the room, 5 to sit at the table
Jun 02nd 2015
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                               cool, so 10 years from now we can come back and have that discussion
Jun 02nd 2015
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                                    Bron will be lucky to get 5 more years out of his body
Jun 02nd 2015
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                     U said he WILL have the #s to make the case for GOAT regardless of rings
Jun 03rd 2015
218
it's just hilarisad to see posters claim CPPlea is...something...
May 27th 2015
78
exactly, people are very selective with the argument depending on who...
May 27th 2015
81
Who said CPPlea is equal to Magic and Zeke?
May 27th 2015
82
except no one here or the media ever said that
May 27th 2015
93
      here's your link
May 27th 2015
114
           Never said he was as good as Isiah, stinky liar
May 27th 2015
131
Hey look, a Jordan guy and a Kobe guy fetishizing rings together
May 27th 2015
84
i rate this reply a 2 out of 6.
May 27th 2015
86
daps
May 27th 2015
120
#RingsMatter
May 27th 2015
88
Both Kobe and Jorn played with a top 25 all time playwr
May 27th 2015
111
      Pippen is not a top 25 all time player & is not better than healthy Wade
May 30th 2015
175
says the Iverson guy fighting a proxy war
May 31st 2015
187
but did ONE person say he was the GOAT?
May 27th 2015
91
At least 15 people have him top 5, that's blasphemous IMO
May 27th 2015
94
That is too high right today. He could get there though, not hard to see
May 27th 2015
97
      i look at it in terms of tiers.
May 27th 2015
101
           so people like Oscar, Magic, and Bird ain't shit now huh? not to mention...
May 27th 2015
103
                you named all the guys in that 'tier of 5' that i mentioned.
May 27th 2015
107
                Lebron is already better than Shaq, Dream & Duncan?
May 27th 2015
109
                     that could be argued, sure.
May 27th 2015
118
                     yes
May 27th 2015
121
                     by a good margin even
May 27th 2015
122
                     you're gonna argue Dream over Bron?
May 27th 2015
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                     2 = 2
May 27th 2015
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                          ...and pretty much everything else is in Bron's favor.
May 27th 2015
126
                               c'mon, you really gonna make me stump for Dream? 2-time champion...
May 27th 2015
127
                               where do you rank lebron all time right today?
May 27th 2015
128
                               maybe 10th, its tough because his career is still being written
May 27th 2015
129
                                    word.
May 27th 2015
132
                               You list these two like Bron hasn't acheived them:
May 28th 2015
138
                               Except winning without another star player
May 30th 2015
178
                                    Who did in recent memory besides Dream?
May 30th 2015
179
                                    Duncan in '03 and Dirk
May 31st 2015
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                                         I guess we can say Duncan but Parker & Manu were emerging
May 31st 2015
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                                    Yeah, I'd say 6 finals eclipses that
May 30th 2015
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                                         not if you only won 2 of them #RingsMatter
May 30th 2015
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                                         Uhhhh, yeah... even then
May 31st 2015
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                                         3 Finals, beasted in all 3, 2 rings including winning 1 w/no other stars
May 31st 2015
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                                              okay, how about 4 MVPs to 1
May 31st 2015
192
                                                   Moses Malone has 3 MVPs to Shaq's 1
Jun 01st 2015
193
                                                        no.
Jun 01st 2015
194
                                                             oh.
Jun 01st 2015
195
                     Cry.
May 31st 2015
186
                Oscar never even made it to the Finals without Kareem carrying him there
May 30th 2015
176
not at all, i've got him even higher than that.
May 27th 2015
95
      right but so i dont get who your response is aimed at
May 27th 2015
98
+1
May 27th 2015
116
*thunderous ovation* nm
May 27th 2015
85
#FieldGoalsMatter
May 27th 2015
99
RE: #FieldGoalPercentagesMatter
May 27th 2015
100
6-for-24
May 27th 2015
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      2 for 5, potentially 2 for 6, how many all-time greats have a losing...
May 27th 2015
108
      #FieldGoalPercentagesMatter #KobestansJustGrowMadder
May 27th 2015
110
      The 2011 NBA Finals. It happened...
May 27th 2015
113
           Kobe blowing a 2-0 lead vs Phoenix also happened
May 27th 2015
115
                5 #RingsMatter
May 27th 2015
123
                Bron just went 14-37 & you mofos didn't say one word..
May 27th 2015
135
                     dogg, several times I've hit the 'If That Was Kobe' button
May 28th 2015
146
                          Bron is not 25 any more.. I keep telling people that..
May 30th 2015
173
      how many all time greats have even gotten that far?
May 27th 2015
112
      LeBron went 10/30 in Bulls Game 4, and has had other poo-poo performance...
May 28th 2015
145
           tell it to the guy above me who wrote FG%Matters, I simply said 6-for-24
May 28th 2015
147
^^^^^sees it
May 27th 2015
102
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2818239/bronduncan.gif
May 27th 2015
104
I read all of that and enjoyed it
May 27th 2015
117
see!
May 27th 2015
133
So what does this thread prove?....
May 27th 2015
134
http://i.imgur.com/7Ukb8kq.gif
May 27th 2015
136
Wilt pretty much deads this whole dissertation
May 27th 2015
137
I don't think he wins this year
May 28th 2015
139
I agree with this entire post. Don't crown their asses, let them earn it...
May 28th 2015
144
#BronCurve
May 28th 2015
148
lol JORDAN FACED WEAKER COMP THAN MAGIC AND BIRD DID lol
May 28th 2015
149
lolz
Jun 01st 2015
197
Won't change the fact that at 30 yrs of age w/still time to accomplish
May 28th 2015
151
FOH, Kobe was trashing the Spurs when Timmy, Tony & Manu...
May 29th 2015
157
This is a bit of a stat juke
May 28th 2015
152
RE: the age-30-season thing
May 28th 2015
153
It's the same data, filtered a different way
May 28th 2015
156
^^^PLEAS COPPED
May 29th 2015
159
^^^^^nah he shat on your agenda
May 29th 2015
160
      nah, he tried to juke the stats, part of the greatness of Kobe(and Tim)....
May 29th 2015
165
           whereas Bron IS the Eastern Conference
May 29th 2015
168
Not even saying it means much, BUT...still, Kobe is #1 on there
Jun 02nd 2015
200
      right, lol
Jun 02nd 2015
202
goddamn, you're pressed
May 29th 2015
163
ok if you say so. n/m
May 29th 2015
166
yeah, this is actually an interesting stat to me
May 29th 2015
164
Really this is a knock on the East more than anything.
May 30th 2015
177
      When people are hyping "5 straight finals" as if its the equvalent...
May 30th 2015
182
           who did that exactly?
May 31st 2015
184
Teams matter
May 28th 2015
154
Lebron is the GOAT
May 29th 2015
167
yep, lol...
May 29th 2015
169
The only all-time great wing to shoot less than 20% from 3 in playoffs?
May 29th 2015
170
If the East is so weak, why don't more players come play in it?
May 29th 2015
171
what "stars" have changed teams and went west?
May 29th 2015
172
LOL! Maybe because the teams are weak, so it's no point?
Jun 02nd 2015
204
you'd have to be either joining a strong team or bringing some friends.
Jun 02nd 2015
206
this post just reinforces that Dula D is the best hoops poster here
May 31st 2015
188
Its always funny to me that he's supposed to be the best but there are
Jun 02nd 2015
199
RE: post MJ perspective
Jun 02nd 2015
201
      is it as silly to claim a 30 year old is the GOAT?
Jun 02nd 2015
205
      lol, you keep acting like 30 is young for an NBA player, Jordan and Kobe...
Jun 02nd 2015
207
           SAY SOMETHING...you and Cen
Jun 02nd 2015
208
                #RingsMatter
Jun 02nd 2015
210
                see reply 209
Jun 02nd 2015
211
                i really don't do those arguments fam.
Jun 02nd 2015
214
                     stans are irrational (c) Cen
Jun 02nd 2015
215
                          nope that about it.
Jun 02nd 2015
216
Lebron is a great player and what he's doing is awesome right now but...
Jun 08th 2015
219
^said he couldn't see the Cavs as contenders w/ a *healthy* lineup
Jun 08th 2015
220
      did I say something in post #219 that was untrue?
Jun 08th 2015
221
           Yes, numerous things, actually
Jun 08th 2015
225
11>>>>>6 #NoRingsDontMatter...
Jun 08th 2015
222
6 rings as the leading scorer >>>> as the 5th or 6th best scorer on your...
Jun 08th 2015
223
      LOL, he was their best player so cut the bullshit
Jun 08th 2015
224
      He was their best defensive player but far from the best scorer and its....
Jun 08th 2015
226
           Lol, he didn't get 4 MVPs for no reason.
Jun 08th 2015
228
           Russell shot 43% in the playoffs in the post
Jun 08th 2015
229
                you can't peddle #RingsMatter as the be all end all
Jun 09th 2015
230
                     of course there's context involved or else Robert Horry would be in the....
Jun 09th 2015
231
                          so then, by extension
Jun 09th 2015
232
                               lol, let him get THREE first...
Jun 09th 2015
233
                                    YOU made the post saying he HAD to get to 6
Jun 09th 2015
234
           he was their best all-around player and their leader, period
Jun 10th 2015
238
      I can't hear you over all these rings...
Jun 08th 2015
227
Lebron is finally doing what he should have done in Cleveland the first....
Jun 10th 2015
235
So hurt. Everybody in the world now agrees. Consensus: Bron is top 5
Jun 10th 2015
236
so you're conceding after game 3? noted
Jun 10th 2015
237
he was younger and less of a leader back then. just stop.
Jun 10th 2015
239
Man if this is what he's SUPPOSED to do then he is already the damn GOAT
Jun 10th 2015
240
lol
Jun 10th 2015
241
Lock Post, Archive.
Jun 10th 2015
242
      ^^^only sensible person here and the only real Cleveland fan
Jun 10th 2015
243
^
Jun 16th 2015
244

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1. "You could have just wrote "I'm mad" and saved yourself 1500 words"
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I got two questions though. I was born in 1988, didn't become an avid basketball fan until 97ish, so maybe an older, wiser gentleman can answer them.

First... why has it taken all this time, up until LeBron James came into the league, for players to have 4 teammates on the court at the same time? I Keep hearing all about how LeBron needed Wade to win his first title, how he needed Ray to win the second, how he needed help to keep getting to Finals after Finals. I'm assuming he's the first person to play with teammates? Why did nobody ever think of this before? Perhaps Jordan could have won 10+ if he had help, perhaps a guy who could shoot the three or someone who could rebound.

And second... why is 2nd place considered worse than 3rd-30th for LeBron but not for anybody else? Perhaps LeBron would be better off if he only went to the Finals the two years he won and then failed to reach them all the other years? Perhaps he'd be better off not making the playoffs at all. Like lets say the best player on his team, lets say a guy who helped him win consecutive titles and won the Finals MVP all those years, lets say he leaves. It must be better for his legacy to miss the playoffs the following year and not make it out of the first round the next two, right? Again, that's a completely hypothetical situation, because that would never happen to someone who is in consideration for Top 5 all time, we know that for sure.

  

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"RE: You could have just wrote "I'm mad" and saved yourself 1500 words"


  

          

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand SCENE

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2. "Rings and Finals MVPs is all that matters"
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The Bron fanboys have surpassed the Kobe fanboys.

Jordan fanboys pissed me off but 6 rings have to be respected. Only 7 rings in the modern era will make Jordan take a back seat(w/ Finals MVPs to match).

"hey, make this right mayne
stop at the light mayne,
my yester night thang got me hung off the night train "

  

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3. "write as much as you want - the inevitable truth is smacking you in the ..."
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Bron already easily top 5 and when it's all said & done - he'll be top 2, period.

Don't matter if he has 3 rings or 5 - it's inevitable.

Be upset.

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5. "#RingsMatter"
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4. "I always wonder what if Lebron played with an all time great center"
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and genuinely fed him the ball to his desire.

  

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7. "If your aunt had a dick she'd be your uncle."
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10. "CLOSE: Bron played with prime Bosh and Wade"
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There's not a superstar in NBA history that wouldn't win at least two titles playing with the best players from their draft class. Jordan would have 12 rings playing with the best players from his draft class plus Pippen.

  

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13. "RE: CLOSE: Bron carried injured Bosh and Wade to 4 straight finals"
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and 2 rings.

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6. "TLDR, he's 30 Y.O. and MFers already plea coppin' against GOAT status"
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why?

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8. "I'm just saying let him EARN his place in NBA history like everybody..."
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else did.

In this microwave, internet society nobody wants to wait for shit.

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9. "He's not GOAT to me. Just better than Kobe and top 7 at the moment"
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with an inside track on top 5 or 3 if he wins more rings.

  

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15. "who's in your "top 7"?"
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19. "RE: who's in your "top 7"?"
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1. Jordan
2. Kareem
3. Russell
4. Bird
5. Magic
6. Wilt
7. Lebron


8. Oscar
9. Duncan
10 Shaq


  

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20. "lol your Celtic fanaticism is showing"
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tho I have the same exact players in my top 10, just a different order: its MJ, Wilt, Cap, Russell, Magic, Bron, Bird, Oscar Ducan & Shaq for me.

Kobe is at #15 behind Dream, Moses, Baylor & Doc

>1. Jordan
>2. Kareem
>3. Russell
>4. Bird
>5. Magic
>6. Wilt
>7. Lebron
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>8. Oscar
>9. Duncan
>10 Shaq
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26. "#3 all-time scorer with 5 rings is at 15? You really think its 15 people..."
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better than him?

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33. "Yes I do"
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wipe everybody slate clean.

Based on sheer talent & upside alone, name one player on my list Kobe gets drafted over in an expansion draft. I'll wait

  

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36. ""Based on sheer talent & upside alone"? Where's T-Mac? Where's Penny?"
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Bill Walton? Sam Bowie? Greg Oden? Ralph Sampson? Len Bias? Dajaun Wagner?

c'mon?!

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39. "You still didnt answer my question"
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nice diversion tho

  

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42. "which era? because a lot of those all-time greats wouldn't be so great....."
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today?

Russell play center at 6-10, 215 and barely shoot 40% against 6'7" white dudes, lol

And can you imagine Larry Bird defending wing players today? I couldn't

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46. "yeah, Larry played against some terrible wing players in the 80s lol"
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50. "the league and defensive rules are a lot different today that's why..."
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I ask which era

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41. "lol I'd give him #13 ahead of Doc and Baylor"
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but yeah, same guys in that 11-15.

  

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16. "^^^^^"
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exactly where I'm at

  

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11. "I'm pretty sure you watch basketball"
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passed MJ for #1 all-time +30 +5 and +5 games in the offs

passed Karl Malone on all-time off scoring list (6th I think?)

first player EVER not on the 60s BOS teams to reach 5 straight finals

^^^ this year.

Bron doing historic things is the reason folks are trying to place him in a historical context

he's earned the comparison.

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24. "#RingsMatter...they HAVE TO, because if you tell me rings don't matter....."
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you're telling me the great Bill Russell was a fraud and a sidekick and an overhyped Ben Wallace that rode the coattails of his multiple HOF teammates as the to those 11 titles.

If you tell me rings don't matter you have to tell me how Wilt isn't the clear undisputed GOAT.

If you tell me rings don't matter you have to tell me why Oscar Robinson, the only dude to EVER average a triple double for a season doesn't get more love.

If you tell me rings don't matter then you're telling me the only reason people say Bird is better than Doc is because Bird was white.

If you tell me rings don't matter then you have to explain to me how the #2 scorer in NBA history isn't in anybody's top 10.

If you tell me rings don't matter you have to explain to me why Duncan is held in much higher regard than Garnett despite very similar stats and individual awards.

So what are you all telling me?

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29. "RE: #RingsMatter...he has 2 and a chance for 3 at 30 Y.O."
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of course rings matter

and Bron has rings

it's just NOT the end all be all.

this is all viewed through a post MJ perspective

nobody tried to plea cop Magic's greatness

because he lost in the finals

or Bird's

or Dr J's

etc...

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32. "for one, no one's ever said rings DON'T matter"
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and i'm not arguing Bron's position here, just saying you always have to look at things in context. otherwise there's no reason to have anyone behind Russell.

  

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143. "^^^^ The first Cuban B from LeBrony Nation"
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12. "Agree on letting things play out but agenda land doesn't work like that"
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Cats want to beat their chest over Internet W's and comparisons..it is what it is. There's so much selective attention and disingenuous banter on every side that it's all pretty much nonsense regardless.

That being said, it's pretty clear Lebron is approaching rarefied air. Along with TD, he's the best overall player and leader that I've seen in my adult years.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

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14. "RE: agenda land "
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IDK fam

a whole lotta 'experts' were highly critical of this young man

outside of these boards

there's plenty of Ls to go around.

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18. "Fair enough, and it's quite pervasive here obviously "
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I find it all pretty nonsensical lol

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
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30. "This post is a Kobe agenda post. "
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He just disguised it with 9786208297496392 words.

He should've just said "rings matter" and more people would've agreed, myself included. Instead, he included foolishness like "Lebron SHOULD have six rings by now!", a surefire signifier that it's one of those classic posts that decries the insanity of agenda flag-planting while also hammering agenda flags endlessly into the soil.

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34. "RE: This post is a Kobe agenda post. "
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>He just disguised it with 9786208297496392 words.
>
>He should've just said "rings matter" and more people would've
>agreed, myself included. Instead, he included foolishness like
>"Lebron SHOULD have six rings by now!", a surefire signifier
>that it's one of those classic posts that decries the insanity
>of agenda flag-planting while also hammering agenda flags
>endlessly into the soil.

He should have more than two if he's the new messiah that folks proclaim him to be.

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17. "I agree with every single thing you said except your use of 'nut up'"
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Cats on here say that shit in a totally different context than what I'm used to

if someone went crazy and put up 45 like Harden did and put the team on his back, then he nutted up

Horford nutted up on Didgeridoova for the dirty shit.

etc.

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21. "COTDAMN we gotta a non-Bro fan who is so flummoxed that he wrote "
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a dissertation in hopes of rallying the rest of the flummoxed contingent lol

Ya'll better hope he doesn't pull this off

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27. "Not flummoxed enough to flee the country and Internet "
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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
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31. "Lol"
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57. "lol at fleeing country? That was almost funny, Ernest"
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161. "lol"
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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

  

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22. "Very entertaining storyline LOL. I will say: Goalposts will ALWAYS move"
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If Lebron wins six, or even seven...."yeah, but it took him ten tries in the Finals."

Or, "he only won those last two because he was able to team up with Westbrook/Durant/John Wall" or whoever the next Superstar ends up being that he teams up with.

Hell, he can win 10-12, breaking Russell's record, and some folks will argue..."but he didn't face the same competition as Russell, the NBA is much softer now!" "He won them ALL on the East, so he had less competition, and the West teams were always tired by the time he got there!"

Basically, the great thing about Sports debates is that NOTHING can easily quantify who's the best. There's always someone ready to make an argument against whatever case you submit, regardless how stupid it sounds.

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28. "you're right, that's why sports are great."
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35. "or horrible, depending on how you look at it"
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i aint reading that dissertation but i did catch a sentence about most people thinking russell was better than wilt. seems like unsubstantiated conjecture regarding one of the most polarizing, heated and complex debates in sports history. i really don't care about the rest of this shit. your boy(s) lost. deal with it. bron better than kobe and he's coming for shaq in an instant.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

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37. "Sports debates are as old as sports."
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38. "RE: or horrible, depending on how you look at it"
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>your boy(s)
>lost. deal with it.

And my boy WON. 5 times.

#RingsMatter

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59. "Russell won ELEVEN times. Admit he is the GOAT and this can end"
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If not then #RingsArentEverything

Let's also not ignore that LeBron is 30 and Kobe is dead.

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130. "No, but I am not the guy positing this ridiculous argument"
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23. "Tha_Truth kinda spit Tha_Truth y'all, and I got no horse in this"
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Niggas grading Lebron on that grade inflation

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25. "This definitely needed its own post."
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My movies: http://russellhainline.com
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162. "lol"
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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

  

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40. "Thank you for writing all of that!"
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I didn't read any of it, but I'm sure others did and gained valuable insight about your relationship with LeBron James from it.

Clearly these feelings are important to you, and I am thrilled that you expressed them.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

  

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45. "I don't think anyone read it all"
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>I didn't read any of it, but I'm sure others did and gained
>valuable insight about your relationship with LeBron James
>from it.


I mean really, credit to him for summing up his point in the subject line very well. He just didn't realize it.

  

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48. "Nope. I'm going through our IT demand log. Aint got the energy lol"
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60. "RE: I swear to you I didn't lmao"
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>>I didn't read any of it, but I'm sure others did and gained
>>valuable insight about your relationship with LeBron James
>>from it.
>
>
>I mean really, credit to him for summing up his point in the
>subject line very well. He just didn't realize it.

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43. "Ring counting is for...."
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...folks who have no room for nuance and sports radio.....

It's one thing to say that player A) is not in the class of Magic, Bird, Russell, Cap and MJ because he never won a championship. I agree with that....

It's quite another to start a ring pissing contest.....

Jordan has less rings than Russell and yet people universally pick him over Mr. Bill....And that's because of context.....

It's all about context. Who were you playing with during your Chip run? What odds did you have to beat? Were you an important part of the team? Were u dominant during your Chip runs?

So even as a Bulls fan who has no use for the Cavs I begrudgingly can say that I view James better than Bird and Magic...

Context...Nuance....

Now as a crazy ass sports fan this back and forth is fun as shit...

But in the real world.....

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

  

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44. "RE: Ring counting is for...."
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>So even as a Bulls fan who has no use for the Cavs I
>begrudgingly can say that I view James better than Bird and
>Magic...

Why?

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49. "RE: Ring counting is for...."
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>
>>So even as a Bulls fan who has no use for the Cavs I
>>begrudgingly can say that I view James better than Bird and
>>Magic...
>
>Why?


Better all around game.....Immensely better on D and just a small level below Magic as a passer...

Remember when Magic took a team with Worthy hurt on the bench, Cap retired and Vlade in the middle to the Finals to meet the Bulls?

James did that 3 times in his career....

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51. "RE: Ring counting is for...."
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>>
>>>So even as a Bulls fan who has no use for the Cavs I
>>>begrudgingly can say that I view James better than Bird and
>>>Magic...
>>
>>Why?
>
>
>Better all around game.....Immensely better on D and just a
>small level below Magic as a passer...

"small"? I guess he's also a "small" level below Bird as a shooter too, lol

>
>Remember when Magic took a team with Worthy hurt on the bench,
>Cap retired and Vlade in the middle to the Finals to meet the
>Bulls?
>
>James did that 3 times in his career....

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54. "RE: Ring counting is for...."
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>>>
>>>>So even as a Bulls fan who has no use for the Cavs I
>>>>begrudgingly can say that I view James better than Bird
>and
>>>>Magic...
>>>
>>>Why?
>>
>>
>>Better all around game.....Immensely better on D and just a
>>small level below Magic as a passer...
>
>"small"? I guess he's also a "small" level below Bird as a
>shooter too, lol

Magic is the better passer....But not by as much as u think....I've seen about enough of Mr. Jughead's passing skills against my Bulls alone to come to the realization that dude is a passing savant....

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83. "Magic averaged double figures in assists 9 years straight, how many year..."
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did Lebron average double figures in assists?

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47. "Unless you think Russell is GOAT, you automatically use a curve"
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there's always a curve, that's not even debatable. what's debatable is how far the curve bends and for whom.

  

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52. "RE: Unless you think Russell is GOAT, you automatically use a curve"
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>there's always a curve, that's not even debatable. what's
>debatable is how far the curve bends and for whom.



Basically......

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53. "So where do you have Russell? top 5? top 10?"
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61. "Top 10, cemented, I could hear a top 5 argument"
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62. ""cemented"? I need to know who else is in your top 10"
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70. "Russelll should be *cemented* in everyone's top 10 - really top 5 "
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If there was a real Mt. Rushmore are you telling me there's someone other than Magic/Bird (because of what they did for the game in the modern era) who is more deserving to be on it than Mr. Russell?!?!?

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79. "RE: Russelll should be *cemented* in everyone's top 10 - really top 5 "
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>If there was a real Mt. Rushmore are you telling me there's
>someone other than Magic/Bird (because of what they did for
>the game in the modern era) who is more deserving to be on it
>than Mr. Russell?!?!?

Jorn? Wilt? Oscar? West? Elgin?

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92. "Ok now I know you just foolin' - the only players who measure up"
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to Russell when it comes to team accomplishments/individual accolades/overall importance to the history of the game is Magic/Bird only because of what they meant to the game besides what they did on the court...

Russell is the 1st and only coach/player to win a chip
In many ways he's almost (not quite tho) as important to the game as Jackie Robinson was to Baseball

And lastly, let me say it again: HE IS THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETE IN TEAM SPORT HISTORY

West/Elgin/Oscar's legacies combined don't come close to Mr. Russell's legacy...

I could agree on Jordan but it's really abt a push


>>If there was a real Mt. Rushmore are you telling me there's
>>someone other than Magic/Bird (because of what they did for
>>the game in the modern era) who is more deserving to be on
>it
>>than Mr. Russell?!?!?
>
>Jorn? Wilt? Oscar? West? Elgin?

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87. "RE: &quot;cemented&quot;? I need to know who else is in your top 10"
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Top 10 not including active players:

Wilt
Russ
Cap
Jorn
Bird
Magic
Oscar
Doc
Dream
Shaq

Baylor, Moses and West seem very deserving of spots, I could see moving them in somewhere there.

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89. "RE: "cemented"? I need to know who else is in your top 10"
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>Top 10 not including active players:
>
>Wilt
>Russ
>Cap
>Jorn
>Bird
>Magic
>Oscar
>Doc
>Dream
>Shaq

Nice cop out, if Timmy retires tomorrow who are you kicking out?

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90. "Not Russell, and not for LeBron either."
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I would say Hakeem is my No. 10 right now. In terms of one season, he might be one of the five best to ever do it, but over the course of a career he's already borderline. Toss up between him and Moses Malone as it is.

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96. "Close to my list but I gotta put Duncan in over DR.J who was my *1st*"
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childhood idol...but I can't make a case for Doc being ahead of Timmay...

In NO particular order...

-Russell
-Wilt
-Oscar
-Kareem
-Magic
-Bird
-Jordan
-Duncan
-Bron
-Shaq (Tied w/Hakeem)


>>Top 10 not including active players:
>>
>>Wilt
>>Russ
>>Cap
>>Jorn
>>Bird
>>Magic
>>Oscar
>>Doc
>>Dream
>>Shaq
>
>Nice cop out, if Timmy retires tomorrow who are you kicking
>out?

grassrootsphilosopher

  

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158. "I admit Doc's place is increasingly fragile"
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But I have to say that where I once championed the fuck out of Tim, I am starting to feel like I gotta go the other way and pump the brakes a little. And where before him, Shaq, LeBron and I guess Kobe if you're one of the people that had him the top 10 was easier to have. You had room for like Jerry West and Moses, both of whom I guess could be argued still. Moses did have a better career overall than Hakeem and I could hear an argument for him being better. Jerry West was hoops royalty. Elgin Baylor, too.

It makes me feel good in a way though because the game and its history have grown. I mean talking top ten baseball or football or hockey players has been more contentious for many years.

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71. "top 10, but you're missing the point"
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You can argue we have to wait for Bron to accomplish more before we put him in the top 5 or whatever, but you can't argue there's no curve. Otherwise why do the majority of us have Jordan (among others) above Russell? Oh, because there's more to the argument than just rings? Well that's the point people are making who put Bron in the top 5 already. I'm not there yet, but you can't just say "he's gotta get to 6" and not realize the irony in that.

  

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73. "RE: I'mma need you to stop being reasonable in this post"
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>You can argue we have to wait for Bron to accomplish more
>before we put him in the top 5 or whatever, but you can't
>argue there's no curve. Otherwise why do the majority of us
>have Jordan (among others) above Russell? Oh, because there's
>more to the argument than just rings? Well that's the point
>people are making who put Bron in the top 5 already. I'm not
>there yet, but you can't just say "he's gotta get to 6" and
>not realize the irony in that.
>

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55. "http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/533/710/7ac.jpg"
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56. "Only Kobe fans make this argument"
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Which also attracts attention away from the Tim>>>>Kobe argument

In a vacuum it's already Jordan/Bron best all time as far as basketball players go.


The last bastion of hope for Kobe fans as they cling to his nuthairs is that the number of rings are absolute. That they matter above all.

They don't. Context does.

Lebron was better coming out of high school, better in his prime, and will be better in his twilight years regardless of how many rings he has or doesn't have.

That's why Horry is not cracking anybody's top 50 even though he has 7 rings.


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58. "and Russell fans. and Bird fans. I'm trying to figure out who's on which..."
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side because people keep switching.

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63. "I don't hear those fans making that argument"
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64. "well then you have to drop Bird below Doc and drop Russell below Moses"
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66. "For what reason? There thing wasn't just rings"
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140. "Oh old school Celtics fans ALLLLLWAYS bring this up for Russ"
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65. "lol - his whole post was funny because all of this trying to downplay"
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rings is because of Kobe. It's arguably the biggest L in sports history. Mafuckas were so certain he would never win without Shaq. 2009 was the biggest mad making year ever and cemented one of the biggest Ls in barbershops all over the nation. Then he had the nerve to comeback the next year and repeat. Ngaz ain't been the same sense. They been foaming at the mouf for the past 6 years.. lol. All logic flew out the window.. Now the same mafuckas saying Kobe won't win 6 are talking about Bron being the greatest eva with 2.. lol

I give up... lol... All I know is Kobe will retire with a hand full of sparklers and boy are they mad about it... lol

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68. "#TalkAboutIt"
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141. "It started with Kobe fans"
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They want rings to count more because that would put him closer to #1 Jordan.

But it doesn't and it makes them so mad that LeBron is better than Kobe with fewer rings.

So thus, perpetuate the #ringsmattertome

It's a good argument though. Boils it all down to a simple number. That's easier for most of these knuckle dragging Kobe stans to comprehend.

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142. "idc about agendas, but that didn't start with kobe fans"
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It was a response to a lot of angry people trying to qualify rings and down-play them after they had talked a whole lot of shit about Kobe never being able to win one on his own, let alone two.. Rather than just tip their cap, the bitter loser mentality came out and subsequent rationalization such as "sidekick rings" and "non finals MVP" rings. The natural response from the Kobe side was to focus on the rings.

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150. "literally the 1st time I ever heard all that side kick shit"
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was Kobe haters.. 6 years of foaming at the mouf - lol
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67. "When was the last time you heard a person in recent years make the"
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case for Russell as the GOAT, ppl have made a special category for him and said he was the "greatest winner" in team sports because (I think) his dominance wasn't contingent upon his ability to score is which is why I feel like he doesn't get the proper credit he so deserves...he dominated in a very unsexy manner, by defending...and it was because of his ability think to control the game from a defensive standpoint is how he revolutionized the game...something that should also weigh in his favor if we're talking GOAT...

He's got the same amount of MVPs as Jordan and he almost doubles him in rings yet he ain't in some you alls top 5?!?!?!?!?!? And none of you mofos saw him play...at all

And how can anyone use the "ring argument" in regards to Bird when he only won 3 chips - plenty of (great) players got 3





>side because people keep switching.

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155. "Russell won all those rings in an 8 team league..."
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It ain't that much of a stretch for me to believe that 1 team could be dominant in an 8 team league for a decade.

Throw the 3-peat Lakers in an 8 team league for a decade, Shaq and Kob have 10 rings too.

  

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69. "a lot of this is on point."
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lebron is great -- top 5 ever -- but you have to earn GoAT.

lemme repeat that: YOU HAVE TO EARN GOAT

if he's as good as his biggest backers claim he is, he'll have
no problem eventually winning the chips to justify the status
that people are so pressed to preordain upon him.

are you that worried that he won't do it, that you feel the need
to set up all these failsafes and contingencies and even-ifs?

cats are already laying out "even if he loses to the warriors"
escape hatches. th'fuck part of the game is that?

i've never seen elgin baylor, jerry west, wilt, karl malone,
elway, peyton manning etc get 'credit' for finals losses, when
ppl discuss their legacies they generally list those in the minus column.

just have some balls and some confidence in your guy. and say
"yeah, he needs to get to 5 or 6 or whatever to be in the GoAT
convo, AND I'M SURE HE WILL"

because all this other shit is just scared pussy talk imo.

bottom line: if dude finishes his career 2-for-6 in the finals,
no one is going to consider him the consensus greatest basketball
player of all time, regardless of what else he accomplishes.

that's not how this works, never has. rings do matter.

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72. "*daps*"
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74. "Ya'll act like this is an individual sport vs a team sport "
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A lot of things have to break in Lebron's favor to win 6 (or more) titles...

Mainly like him and teammates staying healthy and quality of competition

Lebron could ball out in the postseason as we've seen him do during his first stint w/the Cavs and still not win the title...

This ring argument is fairly new because there was a time when ppl said that Oscar Robertson or Jerry West was the GOAT despite their lack of titles (Dr.J said he's got them both in his all-time backcourt "bar none")



>lebron is great -- top 5 ever -- but you have to earn GoAT.
>
>lemme repeat that: YOU HAVE TO EARN GOAT
>
>if he's as good as his biggest backers claim he is, he'll have
>
>no problem eventually winning the chips to justify the status
>
>that people are so pressed to preordain upon him.
>
>are you that worried that he won't do it, that you feel the
>need
>to set up all these failsafes and contingencies and even-ifs?
>
>cats are already laying out "even if he loses to the warriors"
>
>escape hatches. th'fuck part of the game is that?
>
>i've never seen elgin baylor, jerry west, wilt, karl malone,
>elway, peyton manning etc get 'credit' for finals losses, when
>
>ppl discuss their legacies they generally list those in the
>minus column.
>
>just have some balls and some confidence in your guy. and say
>
>"yeah, he needs to get to 5 or 6 or whatever to be in the GoAT
>
>convo, AND I'M SURE HE WILL"
>
>because all this other shit is just scared pussy talk imo.
>
>bottom line: if dude finishes his career 2-for-6 in the
>finals,
>no one is going to consider him the consensus greatest
>basketball
>player of all time, regardless of what else he accomplishes.
>
>that's not how this works, never has. rings do matter.

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76. "RE: Ya'll act like this is an individual sport vs a team sport "
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http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/87/878d2a6c2441a7e6da37db1b5ad5eab27beac9579dd6867cb4fb2d2415ff98ce.jpg

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77. "Obviously it is seeing how everyone is showing you how you've"
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contradicted yourself on this topic at damn near every turn lol


>http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/87/878d2a6c2441a7e6da37db1b5ad5eab27beac9579dd6867cb4fb2d2415ff98ce.jpg

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75. "But who argued otherwise?"
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http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2450011&mesg_id=2450011&page=

Literally NO ONE has him as the GOAT. Most people have him Top 5, which is a fairly consensus opinion... but plenty don't even have him there.

This is a post without a home. Or a post aimed exclusively at Vex or something. If someone can point me to someone sane saying that Bron is presently better than Jordan, cool. Because the only people who float the idea out there are saying he will be in the future and are staking the precise claims you mention in your reply.

Besides, Truth is full of shit here, because he thinks Bill Russell is overrated because of rings. So which POV does Truth actually hold? Whichever POV makes for the timeliest post, I suppose.

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80. "But there ARE people making that argument not just here, in the media..."
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too people are suggesting that he's already second to only Jordan, some are bold enough to suggest that he's somehow Jordan's equal or has surpassed because he's been to 5 straight Finals.

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119. "Who are these media types?"
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Please point them out so we can laugh at them. Doing a quick search all I saw was his teammates saying, which doesn't mean shit

  

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174. "on here, Kira and bentagain"
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Also bomb says bron is better than Jordan was, and basa has concocted a formula by which if bron gets 3 more MVPs and 2 more rings he will surpass MJ as GOAT.

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185. "^^^ You a LIE! see reply 78"
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never said Bron IS the GOAT

we are playing a game of hypotheticals

projecting the rest of his career

based on what he's already accomplished at 30 Y.O.

YES, he has a chance* at GOAT

but needs to continue on an upward trajectory for at least a handful of years

AND add some hardware

you ain't gotta lie (c)

*I think you missed the point of my efficiency statement

weird, because you linked to it another post

maybe you should read it again.

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196. "You said he will have the numbers to be GOAT regardless of rings"
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>YES, he has a chance* at GOAT
>
>but needs to continue on an upward trajectory for at least a
>handful of years
>
>AND add some hardware

"Rings may not be his legacy"

Liar.

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198. "No, I never said that. DAYUM, I can't be away from the boards for a "
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couple of days without you smearing my name

c'mon fam, you better than that (I hope)

what I said, and follow me here, I'm going to type it out

read slowly, I'm tired of re-explaining it

EFFICIENCY will be his legacy

if you PROJECT his career

he has A CHANCE at being

#1 in points, all-time
top 10 in assists, all-time
and top 20 in rebounds, all-time

add those up, and it equates to the most efficient player of all time.

in the era of analytics and stat geeks

that will be their case for Bron and GOAT (+ all the hardware, you are aware he's won about every award possible at this point in his career, including rings)

in case you aren't, here's what he's done at 30 Y.O.:

2× NBA Champion (2012–2013)
2× NBA Finals MVP (2012–2013)
4× NBA Most Valuable Player (2009–2010, 2012–2013)
11× NBA All-Star (2005–2015)
2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2006, 2008)
9× All-NBA First Team (2006, 2008–2015)
2× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2007)
5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009–2013)
NBA Rookie of the Year (2004)
NBA scoring champion (2008)

yes, rings may not be his legacy*

rings are Bill Russell's legacy, for NBA history

rings are MJ's legacy, in the modern era, based on his incredible runs

given that Bron will probably not execute 2 3-peats in his career

or win 11 chips

and I'll go out on a limb here and say NO ONE WILL

that will always give MJ the edge based on JUST rings <--- that's HIS legacy

now if we consider a player in his 11th season, playing in his 6th finals

I think it's safe to say he gets some more chips

how many...IDK

*but there is a possibility that he does end up with 6

an outside chance, but still a chance

so if he does retire ranked all-time in those stats I listed

the question is

not how many does he win

but how many does he need + the stats to be GOAT?

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203. "#RingsMatter "
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209. "He's got 2 and playing for a 3rd, how may do you need to STFU?"
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212. "4 to get in the room, 5 to sit at the table"
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213. "cool, so 10 years from now we can come back and have that discussion"
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for now

stay mad!

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217. "Bron will be lucky to get 5 more years out of his body"
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218. "U said he WILL have the #s to make the case for GOAT regardless of rings"
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>couple of days without you smearing my name
>
>c'mon fam, you better than that (I hope)
>
>what I said, and follow me here, I'm going to type it out
>
>read slowly, I'm tired of re-explaining it
>
>EFFICIENCY will be his legacy
>
>if you PROJECT his career
>
>he has A CHANCE at being
>
>#1 in points, all-time
>top 10 in assists, all-time
>and top 20 in rebounds, all-time
>
>add those up, and it equates to the most efficient player of
>all time.
>
>in the era of analytics and stat geeks

No, it equates to the biggest stat stuffer of all time. Jordan's efficiency stats are actually better with a higher PER and WS/48 than lebron. And bron's efficiency #'s will only continue to decline going forward.


>
>that will be their case for Bron and GOAT (+ all the hardware,
>you are aware he's won about every award possible at this
>point in his career, including rings)
>
>in case you aren't, here's what he's done at 30 Y.O.:
>
>2× NBA Champion (2012–2013)
>2× NBA Finals MVP (2012–2013)
>4× NBA Most Valuable Player (2009–2010, 2012–2013)
>11× NBA All-Star (2005–2015)
>2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2006, 2008)
>9× All-NBA First Team (2006, 2008–2015)
>2× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2007)
>5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009–2013)
>NBA Rookie of the Year (2004)
>NBA scoring champion (2008)
>
>yes, rings may not be his legacy*
>
>rings are Bill Russell's legacy, for NBA history
>
>rings are MJ's legacy, in the modern era, based on his
>incredible runs

Rings AND numbers + hardware are MJ's legacy. Or are you forgetting that he won a record 10 scoring titles, 5 MVPs, DPOY, and has the highest career scoring average in NBA history?

>
>given that Bron will probably not execute 2 3-peats in his
>career
>
>or win 11 chips
>
>and I'll go out on a limb here and say NO ONE WILL
>
>that will always give MJ the edge based on JUST rings <---
>that's HIS legacy

No. His legacy is the totality of all his accomplishments (some briefly mentioned above.) the rings are his trump card.

>
>now if we consider a player in his 11th season, playing in his
>6th finals
>
>I think it's safe to say he gets some more chips
>
>how many...IDK
>
>*but there is a possibility that he does end up with 6
>
>an outside chance, but still a chance
>
>so if he does retire ranked all-time in those stats I listed
>
>the question is
>
>not how many does he win
>
>but how many does he need + the stats to be GOAT?

Yeah, that's not what you said.


>BYE!

Bye, liar.

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78. "it's just hilarisad to see posters claim CPPlea is...something..."
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best PG in the game

equal to Magic and Zeke

but refuse to give Bron his propers

and continue to move the goal posts

cool, he may not win 6

and if that is indeed a valid argument against him being in the GOAT conversation*

how does that reflect on others like CP65 and counting?

*Bron's accomplishments to date, at 30 Y.O., warrants the discussion

of course he's not the GOAT...yet.

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81. "exactly, people are very selective with the argument depending on who..."
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they like better

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82. "Who said CPPlea is equal to Magic and Zeke?"
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93. "except no one here or the media ever said that"
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I'll wait for dat link tbo

>best PG in the game
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114. "here's your link"
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http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2436578&mesg_id=2436578&listing_type=search

"Paul absolutely deserves to be in that clump of
guards at the top"

and that's just the OP

obviously if nobody was co-signing it

there wouldn't have been 250+ replies

yes, I am familiar with the authors work

still

that post got run on this board.

you can scroll and pick out the Ls at your convenience

and if you watch basketball

the sentiment travels outside the board

I've seen more than a couple of commentators praise CP65 and counting

he's the best this

he's the best that

so yeah

at some point, all of these agenda are going to need calibration

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131. "Never said he was as good as Isiah, stinky liar"
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You stank shells?

Why?

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86. "i rate this reply a 2 out of 6."
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maybe a 3, check back in a few weeks.

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88. "#RingsMatter"
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Something Bron has never done.

But, yeah, it's will to win that got Cheesy and No Means No all their rings.

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175. "Pippen is not a top 25 all time player & is not better than healthy Wade"
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>Something Bron has never done.
>
>But, yeah, it's will to win that got Cheesy and No Means No
>all their rings.

Yeah, I really wish we could see what Lebron could do if he had some help.

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187. "says the Iverson guy fighting a proxy war "
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You know Bron could win 10 rings and guess what?

Iverson is still ringless.
Bron didn't play in Philly
Kobe still got 5
You still mad...

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91. "but did ONE person say he was the GOAT?"
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the highest i saw him ranked was third and that was just one very dedicated fan, who even conceded he could be fourth.

most people had him in the back half of their top 10. is that unreasonable RIGHT TODAY? your own assertion that he is top 5 all time is actually among the most controversial made here or in any respectable place.

don't join in on this gangbang of a strawman.

as far as contingencies, i didnt do that but i understand (c) chris rock. the way people move the goalposts on lebron and actually count his accomplishments *against him* makes that sort of effort to obviate almost necessary, unfortunately.

i agree that if he goes 2 for 6 he won't be the best ever but i mean water is also moist. getting to the finals *should* be regarded differently overall though. it is so baffling to me that people can laugh their ass off at the 90s bills, and then turn around to reveal they are fans of the jets or bengals or some other dead ass team that spent the 90s in the seventh circle of football hell.

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94. "At least 15 people have him top 5, that's blasphemous IMO"
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97. "That is too high right today. He could get there though, not hard to see"
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It's tough though, to me, Shaq, Kobe and Duncan all had the opportunity to ascend that high and did not quite make it.

You know who I think is criminally underrated? Elvin Hayes. I haven't seen him on one top 10. I could see a strong case for him against the Duncans, McHales, Barkleys, Malones and Dirks.

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101. "i look at it in terms of tiers."
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top 3 for me are jorn, wilt, cap. they imo are untouchable. he won't
catch them. nothing to do with rings, they were just better players imo.

after that there's a group of 4 or 5 guys that you could split hairs
about ordering. lebron for me is already in that group if he doesn't
play another minute. that's why i say top 5. ie as high as 4th.

like i said in the other post, i'm not big on cross-era comps, i
prefer to judge guys against their peers. but if i was doing an all
time rushmore or whatever, those would prolly be my 4. as
transcendent players of their respective eras.

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103. "so people like Oscar, Magic, and Bird ain't shit now huh? not to mention..."
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Mr. 11 Rangs himself. To hell with Shaq and Timmy too. Dream, Moses? fuck them too. I guess Dr. J was a hype...

>top 3 for me are jorn, wilt, cap. they imo are untouchable.
>he won't
>catch them. nothing to do with rings, they were just better
>players imo.
>
>after that there's a group of 4 or 5 guys that you could split
>hairs
>about ordering. lebron for me is already in that group if he
>doesn't
>play another minute. that's why i say top 5. ie as high as
>4th.
>
>like i said in the other post, i'm not big on cross-era comps,
>i
>prefer to judge guys against their peers. but if i was doing
>an all
>time rushmore or whatever, those would prolly be my 4. as
>transcendent players of their respective eras.

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107. "you named all the guys in that 'tier of 5' that i mentioned."
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which is probably more like a tier of 6, on second thought.

the others you named? yes, lebron is a better player imo.

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109. "Lebron is already better than Shaq, Dream & Duncan? "
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118. "that could be argued, sure."
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as i previously said, for me there's a tier after those top 3
untouchables, basically a 5 or 6 way tie for 4th. so i wouldn't fight
anyone putting him as high as 4th or as low as 8th or 9th. so sure,
as a basketball player, you can make the argument for him vs any of those guys.

lebron's really fucking good, dogg.

where do you rank him all time right today, out of curiosity?

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121. "yes"
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but Duncan and Shaq should be placed above him right today

  

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122. "by a good margin even"
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Again, put the ring argument aside and compare their bodies of work. It aint hard to tell

  

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124. "you're gonna argue Dream over Bron?"
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cmon man, that's just hate. pure and simple.

  

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125. "2 = 2"
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126. "...and pretty much everything else is in Bron's favor."
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127. "c'mon, you really gonna make me stump for Dream? 2-time champion..."
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2-time Finals MVP, League MVP, 2-time DPOY, #1 all-time in blocks(and yeah I know it wasn't an official stat until 73-74 but still)

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128. "where do you rank lebron all time right today?"
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129. "maybe 10th, its tough because his career is still being written"
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132. "word."
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i think we should make sure that we don't lose sight of the most
important lesson here: at the end of the day we're quibbling over
whether a guy is the 5th best or 15th best of the 3000+ players in
nba history. which pretty much makes us all idiots and bad at life.

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138. "You list these two like Bron hasn't acheived them:"
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>2-time Finals MVP, League MVP

I could also list more things that Bron has done that Dream never did. Not gonna bother though. Cause you're stubborn and just hating.

  

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178. "Except winning without another star player"
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Among other things.

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179. "Who did in recent memory besides Dream?"
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190. "Duncan in '03 and Dirk"
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191. "I guess we can say Duncan but Parker & Manu were emerging"
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Definitely forgot about Dirkster. But one thing is in common for what we're talking about - 6'10-7 footers able to win titles without a second star. Don't really see it at all when it comes to wings.

  

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180. "Yeah, I'd say 6 finals eclipses that"
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Among other things.

  

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181. "not if you only won 2 of them #RingsMatter"
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183. "Uhhhh, yeah... even then"
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Leading your team to the finals 6 times is more impressive than leading them there twice and bowing out early the other 4. That's not even a question. Would you consider Tracy McGrady to have a better legacy than similar players who made it to the finals and lost? No, that would be idiotic.

Not to mention the numerous other accomplishments Bron has over Dream. You listed MVP as a plus for Dream as if Bron had never won one, let alone 4.

  

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189. "3 Finals, beasted in all 3, 2 rings including winning 1 w/no other stars"
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Yeah, I'd say that stands up fairly well against 6 finals that include being overwhelmed in 1, choking like a dog in another, needing two hall of fame teammates for the 2 he did win, and getting steamrolled in another. Especially since ppl want to give bron bonus points for getting to the finals without the help of other star players. Olajuwon did that AND won a ring.


Among other things.

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192. "okay, how about 4 MVPs to 1"
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Jesus christ guys, this isn't even a debate.

  

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193. "Moses Malone has 3 MVPs to Shaq's 1"
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So then Moses must be better than Shaq, right?

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194. "no."
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195. "oh."
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186. "Cry. "
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176. "Oscar never even made it to the Finals without Kareem carrying him there"
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So, yeah.

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95. "not at all, i've got him even higher than that."
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>most people had him in the back half of their top 10. is that
>unreasonable RIGHT TODAY?

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98. "right but so i dont get who your response is aimed at"
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i understand thatruth's perspective and from a strict ranking standpoint i kind of agree with him. i'd have bron a little lower than you right now. but who is this bron-as-goat contingent? where do they rest at?

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116. "+1"
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85. "*thunderous ovation* nm"
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does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
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99. "#FieldGoalsMatter"
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like how do you justify Kobe as top5 when he's missed more shots
than ANYONE in NBA history? thats mind boggling when u think about it.

I fully expect you to come out your neck and scream "5" as thats what
you've always desperately clung on to pertaining to Kobe, but thats a big ass eye sore one cant overlook imo

  

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100. "RE: #FieldGoalPercentagesMatter"
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>like how so you justify Kobe as top5 when he's missed more
>shots
>than ANYONE in NBA history? thats mind boggling when u think
>about it

Well he's attempted more shots than everyone but Cap and Mailman and they're post players that had the top 3 point guards in NBA history getting them the ball so theres that.

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106. "6-for-24"
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https://soundcloud.com/matt-koelling-666011203

www.somethinginthewudder.com

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108. "2 for 5, potentially 2 for 6, how many all-time greats have a losing..."
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record in the Finals?

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110. "#FieldGoalPercentagesMatter #KobestansJustGrowMadder"
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https://soundcloud.com/matt-koelling-666011203

www.somethinginthewudder.com

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113. "The 2011 NBA Finals. It happened..."
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http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2011_finals.html

No matter how much y'all try to hide from it, deny it, bury it, it happened.

Your boy crawled into a hole and died.

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115. "Kobe blowing a 2-0 lead vs Phoenix also happened"
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Also 6 for 24 happened

never dominating a Finals series happened

Oh,and Eagle Colorado happened as well

  

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123. "5 #RingsMatter"
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135. "Bron just went 14-37 & you mofos didn't say one word.."
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GTEFOH.. lol


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146. "dogg, several times I've hit the 'If That Was Kobe' button "
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LeBron has been a master of masking the poo poo shooting this playoffs.

but I cringe when he goes for 3 now.

Funny thing, if he hits a better percentage of those shots, the level of GUILE would surpass cowbell levels

shit would be ANVIL

  

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173. "Bron is not 25 any more.. I keep telling people that.."
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However, even with that LeBron has struggled shooting but he hit a key game winner vs Chicago. He had a great overall game vs Atlanta regardless of going 14-37.

People talking about Kobe going 6-24 ignore his 15 rebounds. With Bron, they simply highlight the positives..

Either way... I can care less becuz at the end of the day we're sitting in the clubhouse with a hand full of sparklers. Agendamaniacs can talk about Bron all they want. Kobe will still have 5 and they'll still be mad about. lol



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112. "how many all time greats have even gotten that far?"
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not to mention with 3 entirely different teams. 2 of the 3 are essentially lottery teams without him there. chew on that for a sec

  

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145. "LeBron went 10/30 in Bulls Game 4, and has had other poo-poo performance..."
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that ended up great in the end... FG% don't matter as long as you bring home a win and contribute

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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147. "tell it to the guy above me who wrote FG%Matters, I simply said 6-for-24"
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though I'd stop short of pretending that Kobe performance was anywhere near the realm of these recently inefficient Lebron games in terms of impact on his team.

But I can barely think of more than 2 or 3 all-time canonical Kobe playoff games ever and he's played in more of them than anyone.

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102. "^^^^^sees it"
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>like how do you justify Kobe as top5 when he's missed more
>shots
>than ANYONE in NBA history? thats mind boggling when u think
>about it.
>
>I fully expect you to come out your neck and scream "5" as
>thats what
>you've always desperately clung on to pertaining to Kobe, but
>thats a big ass eye sore one cant overlook imo

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104. "http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2818239/bronduncan.gif"
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http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2818239/bronduncan.gif

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117. "I read all of that and enjoyed it"
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133. "see!"
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www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

  

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134. "So what does this thread prove?...."
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1. People who measure the greatness of a player in a team sport strictly on ring count never heard of the word nuanced.....

2. People (even some Bulls fans in this thread) continue to misunderstand the greatness of Jordan. He's not the GOAT because he has 6 championships. He's the GOAT because he went 6 for 6 in the FINALS and completely dominated in those games racking up a gang of Finals MVP's....

3. The homie Truth just tried some brilliant 30 foot Strawman shit in an attempt to covertly CAPE for Bean Bryant....

I only see one person saying James is top 3 RIGHT NOW....And u can't really take that person seriously at this point....

The rest r saying that James is at 4-5-6 or at the very least is low top 10....It's not a shocker to say that James is better than Magic or Bird....There are a lot of media types and historians who feel that way....I don't have James in my top 3 yet. Gonna take a few more years of dominance for that to happen....

But saying that dude is top 5? Hell, if a Bulls fans can come around to this reality, I think everyone should be able to keep it real...



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136. "http://i.imgur.com/7Ukb8kq.gif"
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137. "Wilt pretty much deads this whole dissertation"
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139. "I don't think he wins this year"
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Im sure he realizes its importance tho. Winning this year with this team would be huge for his legacy.

The way the East is tho, with a healthier team I can see the Cavs in the Finals often, 8 straight finals appearances? It could happen. Winning a couple of those will obviously help the legacy.

I like your post overall tho, will be interesting to see how his career ends up. Them West teams tho, that's where it will be interesting to see if he can conquer. Golden State, healthy OKC, healthy Spurs with possibly Gasol or Aldridge. He's gonna have some competition for sure, just not likely in the East.

  

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144. "I agree with this entire post. Don't crown their asses, let them earn it..."
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I think if LeBron can hold up a few seasons more he will make it even more of a conversation than it already is.

and if he does it when he's old on some Tim Duncan shit?

Well... that's gonna put him in the top 3, if not GOAT category

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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148. " #BronCurve"
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https://www.facebook.com/NOTSportsCenter/posts/1084727988221594:0

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149. "lol JORDAN FACED WEAKER COMP THAN MAGIC AND BIRD DID lol"
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http://i.imgur.com/8L3J3AP.jpg

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197. "lolz"
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151. "Won't change the fact that at 30 yrs of age w/still time to accomplish"
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a lot more that he has already surpassed ya boy in most ppl's mind

Bron coming for Jorn now

Pull up all the links you want lol

Oh and the Spurs (and I'd say OKC too) were better teams than any team Bean/LA faced in all his 5 final

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157. "FOH, Kobe was trashing the Spurs when Timmy, Tony & Manu..."
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>a lot more that he has already surpassed ya boy in most ppl's
>mind
>
>Bron coming for Jorn now
>
>Pull up all the links you want lol
>
>Oh and the Spurs (and I'd say OKC too) were better teams than
>any team Bean/LA faced in all his 5 final

were in their primes, that OKC was one of the youngest to make the finals ever

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152. "This is a bit of a stat juke"
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Cumulative totals for players whose careers are done/further along v. a guy who is still playing his age 30 season. It under counts the year he won a title in stoppage-shortened year, OKC would have been a 58 win team instead of 47-19. It over counts some of Kobe's early series because he didn't start in any of those games. The 50/49 cut-off helps Bird, who beat 3 50-32 teams in the playoffs. In an effort to take out some of the noise, I'm re-calibrating that list:

Series wins through Age 30 season against opponents with >.585 regular season winning percentage, in series which the player started every game:

Kobe Bryant - 18
Tim Duncan - 16
Magic Johnson - 11
Michael Jordan - 11
Larry Bird - 10
LeBron James - 10* (Pending 2015 Finals)

  

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153. "RE: the age-30-season thing"
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all these guys started their careers at different ages. so
the 'age 30 season' stipulation is just as much of a stat juke.
it's just a juke in the opposite direction, that makes lebron's
totals look more favorable.

what are the totals through each player's season 12?

edit: never mind, i looked it up.

going through 'season 12' rather than 'age 30 season' adds
6 series wins to jordan's total (CHA 95, ORL/SEA 96, ATL/MIA/UTA 97),
2 to duncan's (PHO/NOH 08) and magic's (HOU/POR 91), 1 to bird's (ATL 88)
and subtracts 4 from kobe's total (UTA/HOU/DEN/ORL 09).

duncan - 18
jordan - 17
bryant - 14
johnson - 13
bird - 11
james - 10 pending 2015 finals






>Series wins through Age 30 season against opponents with >.585
>regular season winning percentage, in series which the player
>started every game:
>
>Kobe Bryant - 18
>Tim Duncan - 16
>Magic Johnson - 11
>Michael Jordan - 11
>Larry Bird - 10
>LeBron James - 10* (Pending 2015 Finals)
>

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156. "It's the same data, filtered a different way"
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>all these guys started their careers at different ages. so
>the 'age 30 season' stipulation is just as much of a stat
>juke.
>it's just a juke in the opposite direction, that makes
>lebron's
>totals look more favorable.
>
>what are the totals through each player's season 12?

I'm not particularly interested in that list. I think age is a more significant baseline as opposed to seasons because it matters most in the end. Anyway, everybody had different situations coming into the league too. Jordan didn't beat a 50 wins team until his 5th season at age 25. Magic beat 3 in his first season at age 20. Kobe beat two in his teenage years scoring single digits coming off the bench.

But if you compare the ESPN list with the list that I made, you can see that Jordan was awesome in his 30s, while Bird and Magic were basically done shortly after turning 30. Kobe won a title at 31 and hasn't won a 50+ win series since.

Duncan is really the one who gets screwed by that ESPN list because he had deep runs in 2 work stoppage years. Using my parameters but removing the Age 30 cap, he'd have 25, which would put him #1 on that list ahead of Kobe's 22 and Jordan's 20.

  

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159. "^^^PLEAS COPPED"
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160. "^^^^^nah he shat on your agenda"
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165. "nah, he tried to juke the stats, part of the greatness of Kobe(and Tim)...."
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is their longevity in much more competitive conference.

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168. "whereas Bron IS the Eastern Conference"
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200. "Not even saying it means much, BUT...still, Kobe is #1 on there"
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and Bron is last, LOL.

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202. "right, lol"
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163. "goddamn, you're pressed"
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if you had just done the original post, kept it to a paragraph or two, you would've had a strong agenda here. nearly bulletproof even. instead you're going too hard, talking circles around yourself, and getting exposed with your own logic.

  

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166. "ok if you say so. n/m"
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164. "yeah, this is actually an interesting stat to me"
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IMO it takes a lot of the luster out of his finals appearances without wins

  

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177. "Really this is a knock on the East more than anything."
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I've avoided this post, and that stat, but this really isnt much of a knock on Lebron, to be honest.

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182. "When people are hyping "5 straight finals" as if its the equvalent..."
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of 5 titles certain things need to be clarified.

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184. "who did that exactly?"
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>of 5 titles certain things need to be clarified.

  

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154. "Teams matter"
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You can't name a team that had one solo star and no co-star that was not an allstar or all pro potentially all time great.

Bron is not he most polished offensive player but the way he dominates a game is so understated yet clearly understood.

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167. "Lebron is the GOAT"
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He only loses when his teammates aren't good enough.

#BronCurve

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169. "yep, lol..."
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>He only loses when his teammates aren't good enough.
>
>#BronCurve
>
>https://youtu.be/Z3eaTBtJur8

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170. "The only all-time great wing to shoot less than 20% from 3 in playoffs?"
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Yall stay attacking this dude but I don't know why.

  

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171. "If the East is so weak, why don't more players come play in it?"
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Are they scared of LeBron?

  

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172. "what "stars" have changed teams and went west?"
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204. "LOL! Maybe because the teams are weak, so it's no point?"
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"Let me join the East so my path is clearer...wait...what team can I join since they're all probably too weak to make it to the Finals?" Guess they'd only be choosing 2-3 teams to go to?

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206. "you'd have to be either joining a strong team or bringing some friends."
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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

  

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188. "this post just reinforces that Dula D is the best hoops poster here"
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I hope his days of sipping rum out of Lord Stanley's hardware dont return, but other than that...

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

  

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199. "Its always funny to me that he's supposed to be the best but there are"
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always these excuses or qualifiers for him from his stans. If you believe he's as great as you say, then you should be fine with him being under the biggest microscope instead of crying anytime anyone has a criticism.

Its mind boggling.

I don't remember Jordan or Kobe stans doing this much whining. They just laughed at the haters as their fav player continued to amass jewelry and accolades.

Bron stans be crying about what Bron doesn't have to do(equal Jordan/Kobe in rings) unprovoked lol

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201. "RE: post MJ perspective"
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nobody said MJ had to win 6

but he set that bar

and Kobe grafted off of MJ

so that translated

win 6, or you ain't it

and folks still hold that over Kobe's head

IRT Bron

if that is the 1 remaining critique

he ain't got 6

which is a silly argument to make against a 30 Y.O. anyway

I think it says alot about what he's already achieved

with a chance at 3, this year

even if he were to win 6

folks would still have a, yeah but...

^^^ speaking for myself, that is the issue

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205. "is it as silly to claim a 30 year old is the GOAT?"
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>which is a silly argument to make against a 30 Y.O. anyway

bc that's where that comes from.

And there was a lot of 'yeah, but' when kobe was winning his chips. Each and every one. Kobe fans laughed partly bc kobe haters unwittingly set the bar higher for anyone who they were going to try to push as being all-time better than Kobe.....ie Tmac, Vince, AI and now Bron.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

  

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207. "lol, you keep acting like 30 is young for an NBA player, Jordan and Kobe..."
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were exceptions, the list of people that won multiple titles past age 30 is short. Magic won all 5 of his titles in his 20's. Duncan won 4 of his 5 in his 20's.

So acting like Lebron can easily roll off 3 or 4 more titles past age 30 is kinda unrealistic.

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208. "SAY SOMETHING...you and Cen"
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look up and down this post

and read the names

repeatedly typing Jordan, Kobe, etc...

is that really an argument AGAINST being one of the greats?

when you consider the players that he's being compared to

it shoudl be clear, no?

IDK who said he IS the GOAT

I don't doubt somewhere in the internets you can find somebody to say it

but I'd also suspect that person didn't SEE Jordan play

the reason we're having the conversation

is because of what he's accomplished

put parameters on it

what does he have to do for you to consider him GOAT?

I suspect you have already made up your mind despite Bron having years left to his career

but it's easier to be a naysayer

in your opinion

what would his final resume have to be for the #1 spot?

say something

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210. "#RingsMatter "
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211. "see reply 209 "
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say something

how many?

put a # on it

any parameter really

running around here championing some ideal that can't be validated for years anyway

so in the end

how many #rings does it take for you to stfu?

got 2

playing for 3

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214. "i really don't do those arguments fam. "
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nowhere in my post did i say he can't reach being the best or anything like that. so i can quantify that bc it doesn't matter to me.

I just made an observation about the stans.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

  

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215. "stans are irrational (c) Cen "
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that summarizes your Bron stance

got it

any other pearls of wisdom you want to share?

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216. "nope that about it."
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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

  

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219. "Lebron is a great player and what he's doing is awesome right now but..."
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I think people are really starting to overhype this "without his 2nd or 3rd option" thing, lol.

It was obvious right around the all-star break that they were a better team without Love on the court.

The loss of Kyrie's scoring and ballhandling is big but at the same time Delly is a better defender than Kyrie and overall the Cavs probably have better ball movement offensively when Kyrie is out.

The Warriors were the highest scoring team in the league this year at 110ppg. The Cavs held them to 93 points yesterday through regulation AND overtime.

Do they do that with Love and Kyrie in the lineup?

I doubt it.

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220. "^said he couldn't see the Cavs as contenders w/ a *healthy* lineup"
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Can you see them as contenders now with Delly and Mozgawd as their next best two players?

Or is it still a "myth"?

That you've resorted to exquisitely copping MIGHTY pleas on some "but they are better w/ Delly anyway!!" and fumbling all over the place w/ your argument is GOLD.

I love it.

TheFallacy gonna fallacy.

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221. "did I say something in post #219 that was untrue?"
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225. "Yes, numerous things, actually"
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Even if they are better with Thompson on the floor than Love (I agree with that), they are not better without Love in general. As part of their rotation of bigs, he is an asset. He rebounds as well as Thompson while scoring and facing the floor more effectively, his defense just sucks. His absence magnifies the need for Kyrie and vice verse. Irving being out is big, natural scorer and playmaker that's been replaced with a guy who is neither. And that guy would be contributing in a more comfortable role while Irving, who is a better defender than give him credit for, would be slotting everyone into more comfortable roles, including LeBron.

I mean your efforts to discredit LeBron are almost as ridiculous as Vex's dickriding.

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222. "11>>>>>6 #NoRingsDontMatter..."
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The fact that y'all Cuban B B. Russell tells us unequivocally, rings don't matter. 11>>>6 6 is one more than 5 so they about equal when you factor in the west Feel coached in fart outshines the East back then. Someone on another forum went in and used analytics to rank the degree of difficulty of title runs and Kobe's far surpassed Jorn's from what I can remember. Since they don't matter let's talk about it:

Jorn couldn't make five consecutive NBA finals in a row.

Don't talk shit about the east being week during Lebron's run and Cuban B that shit Jorn went through. Going into a season we don't know who'll make the finals out of the east whereas Jorn was a conistent (after the bad boys and Celts fell off) basic lock to leave the east.

In the interest of full disclosure Bron would be heading for five right now if his past teams performed up to the bar they set during the regular season but ignore this section cause we on some agenda shit.

Name another player with less than stellar teammates during asked to shoulder this much of the load during their run. If Bron gets one ring here he's better than Jorn off the strength of this accomplishment. It's not the #BronCurve, it's the #properperspective.

  

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223. "6 rings as the leading scorer >>>> as the 5th or 6th best scorer on your..."
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own damn team

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224. "LOL, he was their best player so cut the bullshit"
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Ask anyone on those teams or their staffs or the opposing teams or anyone with any damn sense. Russ was their leader and their top player.

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226. "He was their best defensive player but far from the best scorer and its...."
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not like those teams were defensive juggernauts in those days, lol

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228. "Lol, he didn't get 4 MVPs for no reason."
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229. "Russell shot 43% in the playoffs in the post"
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230. "you can't peddle #RingsMatter as the be all end all"
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and then when it doesn't fit your narrative you make up every reason to discredit that guy. either rings are the be all end all or there's more to the discussion than that. can't have it both ways.

  

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231. "of course there's context involved or else Robert Horry would be in the...."
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GOAT convo.

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232. "so then, by extension"
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there could be a situation in which a player, whether its Bron or someone else, gets 4-5 rings but surpasses MJ because of other accomplishments. Likely? maybe not, but possible.

  

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233. "lol, let him get THREE first..."
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>there could be a situation in which a player, whether its
>Bron or someone else, gets 4-5 rings but surpasses MJ because
>of other accomplishments. Likely? maybe not, but possible.

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234. "YOU made the post saying he HAD to get to 6"
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that's what I was addressing. notice I didn't predict anything, and I also said Bron or another player. It was a hypothetical situation. A pretty clear one at that.

  

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238. "he was their best all-around player and their leader, period"
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227. "I can't hear you over all these rings..."
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...

Russell has to fists full of rings and will hit you with the one hitter quitter using his the two rings on his middle finger.

Only someone on some agenda shit downplays 11 rings.

11>>6

5 is closer to 6 than 6 is to 11. Jordan should've dominated more but we saw what happened when he ran up agains the OGs...

  

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235. "Lebron is finally doing what he should have done in Cleveland the first...."
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time around. This current team is no better than he had then.

The Lebron stans want to have it both ways, now they screaming "he's doing all this without is 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th option" then they switch and try to say how much better they are than the teams Lebron won 66 and 61 games with.

The problem with Lebron is people wanted to crown him before he was ready.

People like Magic, Bird, Kobe and Duncan were lucky enough to land on a team that was ready to win right away.

Jordan wasn't that fortunate, people doubted him and said he'd never win a title because he scored too much. Jordan kept grinding, his team drafted him some help, Jordan waited on that help to develop and helped with their development.

Bron wasn't ready so he took the easy route and bounced to Miami and got a couple of cheap rings.

Now that he's finally becoming the player he should've been all along people are trying to elevate him to GOAT status.

Jordan had his first 3 titles by age 30 and Lebron has a chance do the same. Even though Lebron has a lot more NBA mileage on his he's still on the right trajectory.

But this continuous #BronCurve logic foolish where Lebron's rings somehow could double is ridiculous.

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236. "So hurt. Everybody in the world now agrees. Consensus: Bron is top 5"
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and will be top 3 within a year.

Top 2 within 2-3 years.

Knocking on MJ's door within 5 years.

Well hey, at least Kobe is considered top 15/10.

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237. "so you're conceding after game 3? noted"
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just as foolish as surrending with games to play

stand your ground fam.

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239. "he was younger and less of a leader back then. just stop."
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actually continue. watching you descend into madness is very entertaining.

  

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240. "Man if this is what he's SUPPOSED to do then he is already the damn GOAT"
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No player besides Wilt carried that kind of expectation.

Personally I don't agree that this is what he was supposed to do then or now, or that he's the best ever yet. But if those are the expectations then at a minimum he is the most talented player ever, if not the best ever, because carrying this kind of weight is unprecedented.

Also I think people continue to sleep on just how rotten that 07 roster was. They had better teams later that lost in the second round.

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242. "Lock Post, Archive."
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>The problem with Lebron is people wanted to crown him before
>he was ready.
>
>People like Magic, Bird, Kobe and Duncan were lucky enough to
>land on a team that was ready to win right away.


and note, this is coming from a Laker fan.

But this is exactly it. They crowned LeBron before he actually ascended to the throne.

I do think all the celebration and agenda concessions are a little premature, as there are at most 4 more games to play left in the series, and the Cavs have to win 2 of them.

But even from an OKS perspective, a Cavs win these Finals isn't just one of the greatest stories of all time, but LeBron might actually hold off Agendageddon with one move.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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243. "^^^only sensible person here and the only real Cleveland fan"
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