LeBron James will enter Year 21 still behind Michael Jordan in rings despite playing 7 more seasons. The GOAT debate that should've never been ends TONIGHT.
Dominique Wilkins on the only player who should be compared to Michael Jordan in the GOAT debate:
"Kobe Bryant....People who played against Kobe, they know. They know. They know."
LeBron is now 0-13 from 3 in the clutch.....THIS YEAR. This is the worst single-season display of clutch shooting in NBA history.
Again, all of these air balls and bricks in the clutch are from THIS YR.
LeBron's lack of team success is always blamed on his 1st 7yrs in CLE but its been 12yrs since he left CLE in 2010 & started forming superteams, stripping GMs of their power & becoming LeGM. So lets ignore his 1st 7yrs & just compare his last 12yrs as LeGM w/ MJ's 12yrs as a Bull
Nah Shannon Sharpe gonna have to call in to work tomorrow and go see Kwame Brown. Never seen Shannon get publicly roasted like this.
"Go get you a wife, thick tongued dummy. 'What you do on your spare time when you not on Undisputed, Shannon?' Shiiit, I fight over LeBron."
😂
What normal officiating looks like in the 2nd round this yr:
Total Free Throws
76ers - 84, Celtics - 79
Heat - 77, Knicks - 72
Nuggets - 57, Suns - 40
What Lakers officiating looks in the 2nd round this yr:
Total Free Throws
Lakers - 83, Warriors - 39
Magic Johnson on whether he ever wanted to team up w/ Michael Jordan:
"No. I wasnt like that. I never tried to get all the named dudes. Thats what makes sports special - competition. Go make it happen..if you the best"
Seems like every great player has this mentality except one
Phil Jackson's 1st HC job: Bulls
Gregg Popovich's 1st HC job: Spurs
Steve Kerr's 1st HC job: GS
They were nobodies that grew w/ their stars & built dynasties. LeBron could've had this w/ Spo but instead tried to get him fired then got scared & bounced once Wade/Bosh broke down
Bad Boy Pistons storm off the court as 2nd Year Michael Jordan hits a free throw with his left hand to end the game and send the Pistons home with an L.
Michael Jordan entered the league chasing Magic&Bird & left w/ more rings than both
LeBron came in chasing Kobe, is still chasing Kobe in yr 20,has Curry about to pass him yet the media wants you to believe he's only chasing MJ. Still gotta catch Kobe & fight off Wardell, my boy
Leaders of NBA Dynasties:
- Michael Jordan
- Bill Russell
- Magic Johnson
- Larry Bird
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Kobe Bryant
- Tim Duncan
- Steph Curry
It's not easy staying with one team and building a dynasty. It's really only a feat reserved for the GOATs.
I've heard of refs carrying a team for a game. I've even heard of refs carrying a team for a playoff series. But carrying a team for 3.5 months of the regular season and then for the entire playoffs? This is new. What the refs & Adam Silver are doing for the Lakers is disgusting.
Barkley on LeBron avoiding the grind and struggle:
"The struggle is part of your legacy. That's what separates sports. Michael, Giannis and Dirk went through that struggle."
Michael Jordan played basketball like a superhero: the ridiculous hangtime, the body contortions in the air, the incredible shotmaking ability....none of it seemed real.
NBA players pushing back on Kobe Bryant not being in the GOAT debate and wondering how LeBron jumped ahead of Kobe to land in the
#2
spot behind Michael Jordan.
Allen Iverson on the Top 2 Players of All-Time:
"I never put nobody before Michael Jordan....but I never put nobody second besides Kobe. It's Mike, it's Kobe and then it's everybody else. Steph, Shaq, LeBron, all them come AFTER Kobe."
@MaxedOutPodcast
How can LeBron be
#2
after Michael Jordan when all these greats didn't have to team hop to win championships? Most of these players lifted franchises that were ringless for years, even decades, before drafting them, yet they never ran. They stayed. They struggled. They won.
Prime James Harden used to shoot 20 FTs/game in the reg szn. Playoffs started, refs stopped all that shit. No ticky tack fouls in the playoffs. Thats how playoff ball's been for 75 yrs. Except for this yr's Lakers. 21 FTs @ the half
This ring's gonna smell worse than the Bubble
Jordan 6-0
Kareem 6-4
Duncan 5-1
Kobe 5-2
Magic 5-4
Curry 4-2
Bird 3-2
Shaq 3-2
Hakeem 2-1
LeBron 3-6-1
Every top 10 player knows how to win more than they lose in the Finals except LeBron
Bill Burr on NBA refs rigging games.This sound familiar?*Lakers this season*
"How many times can u watch a team go up 20 then all of a sudden ticky tack fouls, ticky tack fouls, penalty & now the leads down to 5?2nd half of 3rd quarter to the end of the game belongs to the refs"
"Fire Vogel"
"Fire Ham"
"Fire Pelinka"
"Jeanie has to go"
"LeBron never had a great coach or great management"
Another narrative flushed down the toilet.
Jimmy Butler w/ 7 undrafted players
-No complaints
-Beats 1 seed led by 2x MVP
-Beats 2 seed led by 2 All-NBA players
-Goes to Finals
LeBron w/2 Top 75 players
-Trades Top 75 player
-Rebuilds roster mid-season
-Gets generational whistle
-Gets swept
-Wants to play w/Steph next yr
Lebron's biggest obstacle to being the GOAT is game footage. On paper, Bron is quite possibly the greatest player who ever lived - IF you value longevity stats: 40k pts/10k assts/10k rebs. He's the Wilt Chamberlain of longevity stats.
Unfortunately for LeBron tho, game footage…
10,000 rebounds - Lost to Pacers
10,000 assists - Lost to Suns
30,000 points - Lost to Spurs
35,000 points - Lost to Nets
38,388 points - Lost to OKC
40,000 points - Lost to Nuggets
😂
Automatic L when LeBron has to surpass a milestone. Bro really plays just for stats
Lebron fans will never know the feeling of being completely calm while your favorite player is down in the final seconds of the game, and you just know he's going to hit the game winning shot and, in some cases, the championship winning shot.
Michael Jordan spoiled us.
LeBron can score 50,000 points but he'll always be a terrible leader. That's why he has a losing Finals record and can't make the playoffs with multiple Hall of Famers on his team.
Michael Jordan has the stats, the rings, the accolades and the awards. But above all else, he has the moments that have resonated with more people more than any other athlete has. This is why he's universally recognized as the GOAT 🐐.
Team USA
- Anthony Edwards: All-Star
- Tyrese Haliburton: All-Star
- Austin Reaves: HIM
"We sent our C Team"
Serbia
- No Nikola Jokic
- No NBA All-Stars
- Plumbers, cooks, electricians
*Silver medal*
Only 17x has a player led his team to a chip while avging 10+ ppg more than his team's
#2
scorer in the Finals:
-Michael Jordan(6x)
-Kobe(2x)
-Dream(2x)
-Duncan(2x)
-'21 Giannis
-'06 Wade
-'00 Shaq
-'75 Barry
-'22 Curry
-LeBron(never)
LeBron never truly carried a team to a chip
There's a reason the media wrote off Steph and the Warriors - because they showed signs of age and injury. That's the exact point LeBron leaves a team and forms his next superteam. Steph stayed.
Lebron is a basketball player not known for any particular basketball play. 40k points & not 1 memorable shot. 21 yrs & not one shot they'll play for the ages. Whats he remembered for on the court? Certainly not winning. A block from '16? This is why longevity stats dont move ppl
Charles Barkley on Lebron
"He's got to have all the best players on his team. He wants everybody. He dont wanna compete. He wants to be the favorite all the time. It pisses me off a guy that great,doesnt want to compete"
This was 7 yrs ago. Nothing's changed.This is his legacy
Jerry West. Pat Riley. Bobby Knight.
Over 165 yrs of watching, coaching, drafting, signing, playing w/ or against some of the greatest basketball players of all time (Wilt, Kareem, Magic, LeBron, Isiah). They've seen & been around it all. And they all agree there's only one GOAT
In 1997, a reporter noted to Michael Jordan how big the championship champagne bottle was. MJ's response: "When we get 6, it's gonna be even bigger". The next year, he led the Bulls to their 6th chip.
Told the league what he was going to do & actually did it the next season.
Michael Jordan and the Wizards would have qualified for the play-in if it existed in '02 and '03. Jordan never finished as an 11 seed or lower despite not playing with 4 other HOFers.
Lebron fans: Rings don't matter, ring culture ruined basketball and MVP Awards are media biased and don't count. Only stats matter.
Now tell me why Luka isn't better than Lebron.
LeBron played all 82 games one time and hasnt been the same since. Can't finish a non-bubble season to save his life. He plays 50 games a year and shuts it down. That 6 month vacation and trip to Disney in 2020 will never count.
Michael Jordan played all 82 games 9 times.
Sonny Vaccaro on Michael Jordan saving Nike:
"Michael Jordan saved the company. There's no question about the superiority of Nike today..but Michael Jordan did that. No Michael Jordan, no Nike today. They would've been another Reebok"
Nike didnt make The GOAT.The GOAT made Nike
@IsiahThomas
@NBA
Yet wasnt a 2x FMVP. You had plenty of help. You gotta be the most insecure player of all time.
Joe Dumars - FMVP '89
Dennis Rodman - Back to Back DPOY '90, '91
Chuck Daly - HOF Coach
Can't wait to see your tears when Rodman is on the Top 75.
A week after Kevin Garnett said Lebron James is on that BALCO juice, Chael Sonnen again says LeBron goes to the same drug dealer as him
"If you want to be 39 & an MVP, you have to do certain things & its called EPO. Its not the 4am workouts. "
Will LeBron address these claims?
Bron stans really furious at this. Laughing all week, the moment he mentions bron, "ok, his 15 minutes are over."😄...he got yall down to a T:
"That's yall problem. Yall worship people."
Michael Jordan followed up his 51 point game with a 45 point game on 40 year old knees (both wins).
LeBron James followed up his 56 pt game by sitting out the next game then scoring 23 pts on 26 shots & taking an L to the worst team in the NBA. Don't ever call this man the GOAT.
What 90's players say: If Michael Jordan wasn't around, we would have more rings.
What Bron stans say: If Curry & Duncan weren't around, LeBron would have more rings.
Steph Curry in 2021: "You don't want to see us next year."
Next Year: *Makes Finals*
LeBron James in 2021: "Keep that same energy next year"
Next Year: *Watches Steph Curry make the Finals*
One creates dynasties. The other creates tweets.
Don't tell me we need to send LeBron, KD and Curry overseas to beat Dennis Schroder led Germany😂. Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton are making $260 M each.
@barstoolsports
The funniest part about this clip is him saying you have to be way more skilled to play in today's league. A guy who cant make FTs, cant make layups, cant make 15 footers, cant make 3s & passes up wide open shots is talking about how much skills u need today. Hilarious.