Howard Bryant from ESPN:
The similarities between James and Jordan end when their shared No. 23 jersey rests on a hanger, for Jordan has never been known for a single courageous social act. While James attempts to bridge the powerless to a future, Jordan sued a defunct supermarket chain and won $8.9 million over an advertisement that reportedly yielded all of $4. (Jordan said he planned to donate the money to charity.)
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James has accepted a challenge of his times so foreign to the 1980s, making him an heir not to Jordan but to the civil rights movement, to Jim Brown and Bill Russell, to the idea of the athlete as activist. Every day of his career has existed under the shadow of Jordan, but as citizen, LeBron does not look up to Michael. It should be the other way around.
Damn, this dude went in ... not saying I agree because who is this cat to judge? But nice article on LeBron ..scathing indictment of MJ.
Wow, a Kobe lover trying to lower Michael's image under the guise of supporting Lebron.
Fruitless endeavor bro, Kobe isn't in the same conversation as James and Jordan.
But but why invoke Kobe?
They're sports athletes and have no public obligation outside of basketball. They're paid by rich people to entertain you because you pay the rich people to be entertained. Moving on.
Kobe had nothing to do with this issue.Wow, a Kobe lover trying to lower Michael's image under the guise of supporting Lebron.
Fruitless endeavor bro, Kobe isn't in the same conversation as James and Jordan.
Mj is my GOAT I just thought it was interesting ..
How does this help Kobe? It helps Lebron if anyone ... off the court ... but this does not have anything to do with hoops.
You argument makes no sense. Your post is ty. if you were trying to burn me with this ... you need to do better.
BTW, What happened to you DMC? Normally you spit hot fire but lately it's more 808's and Heartbreaks instead of College Dropout/My dark twisted ....you used to be on point with your smartass remarks but this is lazy, unoriginal and not funny.
Something change?
I agree and said as much who is Howard Bryant to judge a black athlete's social obligation? Just said it was interesting DMC's dumbass has to bring in ing Kobe as always ...plus old . Never said I was forced to use his name here just said it was my internet handle. I can still be found on PSN using it in fact djohn found me with it ..
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Wow, a Kobe lover trying to lower Michael's image under the guise of supporting Lebron.
Fruitless endeavor bro, Kobe isn't in the same conversation as James and Jordan.
I predicted your response and you obliged.Kobe had nothing to do with this issue. (
Mj is my GOAT I just thought it was interesting ..(
How does this help Kobe? It helps Lebron is anyone off the court ... but this does not have anything to do with hoops. The on
You argument makes no sense. Your post is ty. if you were trying to burn me with this you need to do better. What happened to you DMC? Normally you spit hot fire but lately it's more 808's and Heartbreaks instead of College Dropout/My dark twisted ....you used to be on point with your smartass remarks but this is lazy, unoriginal and not funny.
Something change?
Any time a Lakers fan criticizes Jordan it's to prop up Kobe. Jordan might be your GOAT but your username says otherwise.
Yeah, charity is basketball related.
Cue next thread "Kobe gives to charity".
Also, are you mentally re ed? Your post makes no ing sense, you have unfinished sentences, run on and just non-nonsensical responses. "It helps Lebron is anyone off the court" and "The on".
Too many shooms as a lad?
Lebron is not an heir to the civil rights movements. Its very laughable to imply Lebron's activism is up there with guys like Russell,ALI,Jabbar. Lebron protesting against Sterling or supporting the black lives matter movement is not really an act of bravery considering he's not going to have to worry about the fall out from doing this.
"as a citizen"
WGAF, we are talking about basketball
Now it's fashionable to support uprisings, because it's only being supported in fashion. They wear the shirts, do the posture, then use armored limo service to navigate through the horde of those they purport to be backing.
Jordan was a horrible human being, it's not really a secret, but I don't really see Lebron as any kind of a social activist leader either? What exactly did he do? Call a few guys up? He didn't really stand up to anything. He still did his business dealings with rich white folks and profit from it, he didn't really become the voice of a generation or a suppressed group of people.
Sure, from a social impact point of view, Lebron surpassed Jordan, but that is a pretty low bar to set.
Already fixed that officer grammar ...your reasoning is still stupid ... So if that was my intention ...how does this help Kobe?
Dad Killer and Kobe is are some of the worst human beings to step on a basketball court but that doesn't stop people from anointing them as all time greats. No one cares about their people skills unless it messes with the product on the floor (Rondo, mid 2000s Kobe, '11-current Kobe, etc)
Didn't Lebron try to take credit for "donating" millions into Akron scholarships this summer?
Howard Bryant, straight out of Boston aka Jordan's toilet, shouldn't really have an opinion on who's a better a citizen than who... Arrested for domestic assault in 2011 smdh..
Laker fan rationale: Whatever makes Jordan and Lebron look worse makes Kobe look better.
You're trying to establish Jordan as being worse in some fashion than Lebron, then you or some other ass clown will try to show how charitable Kobe is.
What? I just posted an article I didn't write it. In fact I said I didnt even agree with it. Since you are so smart and educated and Spurstalk resident English professor go back to original post READING IT AGAIN.
I didn't agree, just thought it was funny and interesting.
I dont know if this writer is black or not (I am assuming he is) either way he souldn't judge another man's contributions to society ...who the is he? Again I dont give a about Kobe's contributions because I dont care about bull like how charitable they are in the context of hoops. This is about Lebron and MJ period.
What? I just selected what I wanted to show. I didn't write it myself.
He souldn't?
Since you don't care, you started a thread in the NBA forum about it.
Dyslexic negro.
Thought this was Kobe Bryant that said it. It would have been the most hypocritical spoken words yet by him.
But this is just some dude trying to get clicks on a ty article on an even bigger ty site.
Been reading Jordan Rules by Sam Smith and Jordan wasn't any better than Kobe tbh. A great book that exposed Jordan.
Fortunately this isn't a Good Sam forum.
You think your posts sound very slick and funny but actually go down like this tbhWow, a Kobe lover trying to lower Michael's image under the guise of supporting Lebron.
Fruitless endeavor bro, Kobe isn't in the same conversation as James and Jordan.
A couple things ... I ain't Negro but I can slap your ass like I was one ...you racist piece of . You dumbass ... dyslexic doesn't even work in this context ...genius ...
Lol earlier you said because I have Kobe as my av how could MJ be my GOAT so all the fans upstairs with Many and Tony in their names think those guys are better than Tim or MJ?
Your logic just gets tier everyday ....by next week you will be worse than CN ... you might be already.
Humor is imported into the Pinoy communities, it's obvious. You probably spent all day looking for something to say regarding that post and this is what you offered. You must be a huge hit with the elderly at the retirement home where you work.You think your posts sound very slick and funny but actually go down like this tbh
You're dyslexic. You have a learning disability. You probably have a speech impediment as well. I'd bet your eyes are further apart than most humanoids. You have some mongoloid in you for sure.
I rest my case.You are not worth anymore of my time I don't deal with racists please stay out of my threads going forward ...I will no longer converse with your punkass but if you ever want to settle this with hands ...let me know.
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