LeBron James.......
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@mjfc_363 said in LeBron James.......:
........wants his “damnnn respect”. He already had my respect for beating GSW basically by himself. What he really wants is for everyone to say he’s the GOAT. This is what I hate about today’s athletes. They always wanna hear they are the best or......the goat. You don’t see Jordan thumpin his chest sayin he’s the Goat. He’s just chillin smokin cigars and sippin cognac. You never saw Bill Russell flashing his 11 rings. Never saw John Wooden sayin he’s the GOAT coach. It is precisely that, which all those gentleman great!!! Still needs to win at least 3 more titles as I see it.
I don't think he wants everyone to say he's the goat. Why he is asking for respect, I don't know. I don't watch much basketball these days. Is it because a lot of people just don't like him? Did you see the last dance? Jordon is not humble one bit. Russell and Wooden were from a different era. I've always like Lebron. He seems humble and the ultimate team player.
Lebron has the most haters of any athlete ever. He came in at 18 and was compared to Jordan out of the get go and actually lived up to the comparison. Lebron Haters/Jordan fans just refuse to believe anyone is close to their God.
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This is interesting. I will say this, watching michael Jordan as a teenager was awesome. But here are some interesting LeBron stats...
Points: 3rd all time (4000 point behind Kareem)
Assists: 8th all time
Rebounds: 54th all time
In the playoffs, he is the all time leader in games played, points, and steals. He is 2nd in assists and rebounds.
The guy is 35 years old and is still in the argument as the best player currently in his sport.
It’s fun to have the argument about who’s the best. But, you can’t deny that the guy shows up, makes his teammates better, and competed like crazy. Hes taken a few teams to the finals that would have no business getting out of the first round if he wasn’t on their team.
If I had the first overall pick I don’t know who I’d pick.
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It's always fun reading people debate each other on the GOAT convo. Unfortunately it usually doesn't remain civil very long lol.
I personally believe you need to discount championships completely when having this debate. Do you think bill russell is the goat with 11? I don't. There was 8 teams in the NBA at the beginning of the 60's and 14 by the end of the decade. Bill played with 7 HOF's throughout his 11 rings, they where the super team before anyone dreamed of the "big 3" lol.
I'm aware basketball is a team sport. But it's one of the few where you can look at someone individually and see how they can take over a game by themselves. Personally I think Jordan, Kobe, and Lebron are each the goats of a different decade. If I had to pick for all time then I'd go Jordan 1A, Kobe 1B, and Lebron at 2.
At the end of the day, everyone's opinion is strictly their own. Just because you think one thing and someone else thinks something else, doesn't mean either one is wrong. Our "experts" in the NBA field have not established set parameters on the qualifications to how one becomes the "GOAT". Until they do, and they never will, this debate will always just be fun banter between people with no way of resolution.
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Jordan fans always remind you the guy never lost in the finals, but forget it’s because he was getting stomped out by the Celtics and Pistons in the conference final year after year lol.
Without a team good enough Jordan couldn’t even come close. Never Khawi Leonarded his was to a chip, never even Jimmy Bultlered a team to the final lol.
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