Am I the only one who thinks Lebron becoming GOAT is good for the sport...

[apalisoc_9]

Jordan as Goat resulted in a lot of egotisitcal one on one players, criminals, awful teammates, selfish players etc..

If lebron becomes GOAT, you will have kids that look up to players that pass the ball, defend, a good family man, doesn't gamble..

He's a top 5 player of all time, and IMO if he wins another ring and wins 4 total as the best player..

IMO, he should be considered GOAT.

If the spurs lose this year, It would be sad...But I think I'd be really happy for Lebron.

[Infinite_limit]

"Daddy I don't want to play. I have cramps"

[Clipper Nation]

"Daddy I don't want to play. I have cramps"

....said Dad Killer in the 1997 Finals.

http://i.imgur.com/TejQTPj.jpg

[HI-FI]

overall he's good for the sport, but joining up with other superstars forever fucked his legacy.

not to mention, he still hasn't overcome his toughest opponent....
http://www.arcticfoxairconditioning.com/uimages/ac_repair/AC_Maintenance_II.jpg

[Johnsyounger]

Everyone liked MJ. No one likes LeBron. For the obvious reasons....PEDs, The Decision, etc....

[Clipper Nation]

Everyone liked MJ. No one likes LeBron. For the obvious reasons....

The "obvious reasons" are the rise of social media and the 24-hour news cycle, as well as the trend towards blatant trolling of athletes in sports media (such as First Take) instead of the jocksniffing that Dad Killer received, tbh.... DK never faced the level of Media scrutiny that LeBron faced and there was no Twitter to expose his gambling addiction and the terrible way he treated his teammates to the widest possible audience....

Btw, not everybody liked Dad Killer, but before social media, it was easier for Media to pretend that everyone loved an athlete and try to make it true by reporting nothing but positive stories....

[Malik Hairston]

Jordan played a large part in hurting the game of basketball by spawning an entire generation of ISO-ball, tbh..

Most kids are unaware that he's one of the biggest pieces of shit on the planet and one of the worst teammates ever, so I don't think that matters, tbh..

Lebron is one of the most unselfish players of all-time, and he's leading an era of basketball that promotes ball-movement, skill and complex systems/schemes..hopefully his success will help influence more team-oriented stars, going forward..

He's like Magic Johnson + defense and without Aids..

[Venti Quattro]

If Jordan played in the social media era, everybody would know how much of an ass he is.

[Kool Bob Love]

If Jordan played in the social media era, everybody would know how much of an ass he is.

And he let you know it after 91 didn't he?

[Franklin]

PEDs and the "decision"...

[Kool Bob Love]

Michael Jordan hasn't played ball in 11 years and the younger generation still go bat shit crazy over him.

gotta be the shoes! $$$$$

http://instagram.com/p/pBrse7rwP-#

[Clipper Nation]

Michael Jordan hasn't played ball in 11 years and the younger generation still go bat shit over him.
Media still slurps him to this day because Stern leaned so heavily on Dad Killer as a crutch for the league's marketing, so it's not a surprise that casual fans still buy in....

[Clipper Nation]

PEDs and the "decision"...

:lol Let's not pretend like DK wasn't on steroids and PED's, first of all.... second of all, The Gambling Suspension trumps The Decision....

[HI-FI]

:lol Let's not pretend like DK wasn't on steroids and PED's, first of all.... second of all, The Gambling Suspension trumps The Decision....

MJ never showed the cro-magnon signs that Lebron is exhibiting. THe Decision is seen by many non-Asians as bitchmade, MJ's gambling problems are a personal matter.

[Clipper Nation]

MJ never showed the cro-magnon signs that Lebron is exhibiting.

What "cro-magnon signs"? LeBron is one of the highest-IQ players in the sport :lol

[Killakobe81]

LeBron is kind of a egotistical shit ...But on the court and even when interviewed he is intelligent relatively well spoken and is absolutely one of the best team players in NBA history only Magic and Russel and maybe Timmy can be argued as a better teammate that was also a truly great player.

[Killakobe81]

I already was a closet LeBron fan and the cramp episode and target whining was disturbing but when he is balling he is part Magic part MJ a true GOAT candidate. He just does some things that I hate but in the court guy is soo great.

[Clipper Nation]

Kang's ego is also overblown.... he made some PR mistakes in the past, but at least he's being himself instead of adopting a fake-ass public persona like DK, Kirby, or Durbeta....

[spurraider21]

Kang's ego is also overblown.... he made some PR mistakes in the past, but at least he's being himself instead of adopting a fake-ass public persona like DK, Kirby, or Durbeta....
i'm surprised people buy that shit too

[Malik Hairston]

The Lebron App is a nice touch, too, tbh..it allows fans/kids to relate to him and feel like they know him personally..it's pretty awesome..

Also, he went to the movies alone in San Antonio on Saturday night and politely interacted with fans that asked for autographs, etc..if that was Jordan, he would have literally pissed on any fan that was anywhere near him, tbh, unless they were a rich White man..

[Killakobe81]

Kang's ego is also overblown.... he made some PR mistakes in the past, but at least he's being himself instead of adopting a fake-ass public persona like DK, Kirby, or Durbeta....

Chose n one tattoo speaking in third person I could go on, but I would be a hypocrite to hate him for those foibles when Kobe and MJ are even more egotistical and more selfish on the court. Yes I wish LeBron had more killer in him like mj or Kobe heck even like Magic or Isiah but if he did the NBA would be boring. It's like Shaq's laziness other teams are lucky LeBron was not the ass MJ was or he would already be GOAT tbh

[Clipper Nation]

the cramp episode and target whining was disturbing

A Kirbystan is really going to question someone else's injuries and accuse them of whining? Nobody has faked more injuries or whined harder to the media than Kirby :lol

[Johnsyounger]

"No tweeting and 3peating" :bang

[hater]

I have to agree with the posters above. If Lebron stayed in Cleve and played jogo bonito there then he'd be the most loved baller in history.

unfortunately he quit and joined the Heat, THE TEAM WITH NBA's worst fanbase tbh. And he also joined 2 superstars. that turned off the public for good. imo

if anyone is to blame, it's him imo

[Johnsyounger]

hater with the goods for once....

[Killakobe81]

A Kirbystan is really going to question someone else's injuries and accuse them of whining? Nobody has faked more injuries or whined harder to the media than Kirby :lol
Read my post Dumbass I just said I would be a hypocrite to hate him for it just pointing out for a LeBron slurper like yourself why some hate him. I focus on mostly his play now and just laugh at the rest who cares if LeBron is real or fake? nicca can ball period.

[Juggity]

The Lebron App is a nice touch, too, tbh..it allows fans/kids to relate to him and feel like they know him personally..it's pretty awesome..


c'mon :lol

Lebron is great, but that app has no good reason to exist. Googling Lebron's name on a mobile browser literally duplicates the functionality

[jARS mEsH sEt]

He'll need to win 7 or 8 rings as "the guy" before diehard Jordan fans even entertain the notion of Lebron as the GOAT. Unfair, I know, but that's the truth. If Lebron ever hits 6 Jordan fanboys will start making excuses as to why Lebron's 6 =/= Jordan's 6.

[Clipper Nation]

I have to agree with the posters above. If Lebron stayed in Cleve and played jogo bonito there then he'd be the most loved baller in history.

unfortunately he quit and joined the Heat, THE TEAM WITH NBA's worst fanbase tbh. And he also joined 2 superstars. that turned off the public for good. imo

If LeBron stayed in Cleveland, he'd have retired with zero rings and be mocked as a choker and Karl Malone 2.0 for the rest of his life :lol

The "he joined 2 superstars" argument is tired for a variety of reasons, most notably how useless those two "superstars" are without LeBron on the court to bail their asses out, as well as how other stars were lucky enough to be handed superteams by their own teams' front offices instead of being forced to make it happen themselves....

[jARS mEsH sEt]

I baby trolled the heat forums earlier by posting "Wade infamously flopped his way to an asterisk championship in 2006" and they banned me from the forum. The Heat have some sensitive motherfuckers for fans :lmao

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Spurstalk is fucking heaven compared to most of the shit out there. I mean how great it is knowing that as a Clippers or Lakers or Celtics or Mavericks fan you can troll the shit out of Jim Duncan and you'll never get banned for it. There's no babying around here.

[hater]

If LeBron stayed in Cleveland, he'd have retired with zero rings and be mocked as a choker and Karl Malone 2.0 for the rest of his life :lol

? if Lebron played with those Utah teams with Stockton they probably would have won at least 3 rings.

he chose the shortcut thus why he gets zero recognition and love imo

[Clipper Nation]

? if Lebron played with those Utah teams with Stockton they probably would have won at least 3 rings.
Probably, but he actually was being called Karl Malone 2.0 in Cleveland for not winning any rings :lol


he chose the shortcut thus why he gets zero recognition and love imo
Hard to argue that he chose the shortcut when the "superstars" he was supposedly joining up with have turned out to be massive scrubs without LeBron on the court and he still has to do literally everything for his team....

[jARS mEsH sEt]

Probably, but he actually was being called Karl Malone 2.0 in Cleveland for not winning any rings :lol


Hard to argue that he chose the shortcut when the "superstars" he was supposedly joining up with have turned out to be massive scrubs without LeBron on the court and he still has to do literally everything for his team....

I think that's mostly true this year. Lebron goes god mode in game 2 and shoots damn near 70% from the field scoring 35 and the Heat barely win by 2 points, and I think at least 25% of his field goal attempts were well contested jumpers.

[hater]

Probably, but he actually was being called Karl Malone 2.0 in Cleveland for not winning any rings :lol


Hard to argue that he chose the shortcut when the "superstars" he was supposedly joining up with have turned out to be massive scrubs without LeBron on the court and he still has to do literally everything for his team....

massive scrubs? :lol

Wade is a first ballot HOFer and already a Finals MVP

Bosh would still be a franchise player, sure probably not a champ but a Garnett type career imo

:lol massive scrubs

[jARS mEsH sEt]

I don't think he seriously thinks Wade is a scrub. I mean he's unarguably the 3rd best SG of all time.

[HI-FI]

I don't think he seriously thinks Wade is a scrub. I mean he's unarguably the 3rd best SG of all time.
no he does. Lebron is his god.

[Malik Hairston]

Wade is a top 3 SG in NBA history, but he was just a glorified role player last year(only averaged 15 PPG in the playoffs and had a net negative on/off), and although he bounced back as an All-Star caliber player this year, he obviously isn't the Wade of 2011 and earlier(although he has sucked in the Finals, so far)..he's essentially the same as current Ginobili, tbh..

[hater]

Wade is a top 3 SG in NBA history, but he was just a role player last year, and was just an All-Star caliber player this year(although he has sucked in the Finals, so far)..he's essentially the same as current Ginobili, tbh..

:lol Mike Miller was a role player last year

Wade was part of the big 3

[Clipper Nation]

massive scrubs? :lol

Wade is a first ballot HOFer and already a Finals MVP

Bosh would still be a franchise player, sure probably not a champ but a Garnett type career imo

:lol massive scrubs
I'm not talking about legacies, I'm talking about on-court production right now, tbh.... in the series thus far, Miami is +6.4 with LeBron on the court and -37.7 with LeBron off the court, despite the presence of those two "superstars" :lol

[Malik Hairston]

Wade had the worst playoff run of his career last year..it's common knowledge that he was injured all playoffs..

He only averaged 15 PPG during their playoff run, he was essentially 2003 Tony Parker..

[Franklin]

:lol Let's not pretend like DK wasn't on steroids and PED's, first of all.... second of all, The Gambling Suspension trumps The Decision....
if durant was also using steroids then where are the evidences, like expanded jaw bone and reduced hairline? Durant smokes meth though just like every Oklahoman does, but it ain't having nothing to do with basketball imho.

[CitizenDwayne]

The Lebron App is a nice touch, too, tbh..it allows fans/kids to relate to him and feel like they know him personally..it's pretty awesome..

Also, he went to the movies alone in San Antonio on Saturday night and politely interacted with fans that asked for autographs, etc..if that was Jordan, he would have literally pissed on any fan that was anywhere near him, tbh, unless they were a rich White man..

:rollin

[Clipper Nation]

if durant was also using steroids then where are the evidences, like expanded jaw bone and reduced hairline? Durant smokes meth though just like every Oklahoman does, but it ain't having nothing to do with basketball imho.
Huh? I'm talking about Dad Killer, not Durbeta :lol