i agree with you D.
well, that would make sense if he was ringless but he already has 3 of them which is not a small achievement... gravity of rings is helping perception of greatness imho.
no harm for his legacy to get a couple more rings playing for a stronger team a bit more off the ball..
I want this to happen
LeBron with a contender to beat GSW
those gots
The most dominating basketball player of all time was George Mikan. No one else is even close.
its crazy, as well as curry played, and he looked unguardable for stretches, his impact was never as heavy as lebron's. not even in the same atmosphere.
Yeah and Andre the Giant is the best fighter of all time.
sons lebron is the goat while curry is just another hof bound player, can't compare in terms of impact.
smh lebron carrying a dleague team like this...
yep
glad they were able to rebound their way past boston tbh
That might be true, but people still raise the bar with LeBron. I mean, in 2016 he leads the Cavaliers back from 3-1 down in the Finals against a 73-win team, but there were still people out there saying, "That's pretty impressive; now he just needs to to this, that and the other thing, and maybe we'll put him in the conversation with MJ." No matter what he does, it'll never be enough for some people.
boston got a nice young team and a great coach tbh .. it's gonna be interesting going forward.yep
glad they were able to rebound their way past boston tbh
How did so much of ST not see it? 5+ years ago, mother ers were still putting Kirby and Bird in the same sentence as LeGOAT. He's a freak of nature, great skill, great courtvision, basketball smart, and he plays the right way. Re s are enamored with having to take shots in the clutch even if they're low percentage but this dude doesn't give a --he always makes the right play. I've always loved that about him. Very Manuesque, tbh.
Those are just haters who are empowered to spew their bull by the social media era and 24/7 media cycle (something DK never really had to deal with).
Lebron isn't looking for people to say he's better than Jordan. He's looking to play the perfect game. Why don't people see that? you don't pass like that, cut like that, defend like that... if you're trying to get fan notice for being better than Jordan who's noted mostly for points.
In regulation last night, he got as close as anyone you'll ever see in the Finals not named Tony Parker.
i dont want to be that guy that nitpicks... but if you're going to call him near perfect, then i have to. his defensive effort throughout the game is usually quite poor. he'll ramp it up in closing minutes, but he'll let cutters go, wont hustle for help defense, etc.
not that he doesn't make up for it
Last night was kind of symbolic of LeBron's career. Plays incredibly, is a man among boys on a floor packed with All-Stars and future HOFers, and one of his teammates doesn't even know what the score of the game is.
It shows again how stupid the RINGZ argument is. There isn't all-time great who has spent more of his career surrounded by incompetent teammates, coaches, front offices and owners than LeBron. He's spent 11 seasons with one of the tiest organizations in sports (I know it was his choice to come back, but still). The one stretch he spent with a decent organization and teammates with a pulse he won two les in four years.
The le he won in Cleveland in addition to the two he won in Miami is all the validation he ever needs, imo. How many others could've pulled off what he pulled off in 2016?
Decisions make everyone's career. He made stupid choices like staying out in the ty East where his teams were never battle tested enough, never had to be good enough, to compete against whoever came out of the West bloodbath. Besides those front running years he started in Miami. Which was also a stupid decision since a. he left his hometown team to go front run in the middle of his prime, b. he demonstrated he needed all NBA players around him to ring. He had plenty of chances to entertain offers to join other teams in the real conference but didn't. Also, all the personnel choices were his. Down to the days of freaking washed up Shaq and Drew Gooden. Those were all picks he blessed. He is complicit in his own failure and drives good teammates away from him. See Kyrie. Also with IT I guarantee he would have had a better shot this playoffs than with GH3 and Nance/bench warmer Hood.
Lebron wants guys who get him the ball so he can either pass or shoot. He doesn't want guys like IT or Kyrie who need their own s om. Not yet.
And yet he needed Kyrie to hit that 3 over Curry to win one in Cleveland. And needed Ray Allen to hit that 3 in Miami to win one over SA (he badly bricked his own shot in that same sequence). He doesn't seem to understand he can be part of a multi-star team to succeed. He always needs to be King and for the whole team to be his subjects
I watched a bunch of Mikan videos a few years ago and gained massive respect for him. It's trippy to think about 1950s American culture and how basketball was just becoming popular.
And I remember learning the "Mikan drill" back in grade school.
GM LeBron, Ego Bron and Petty Bron do undermine player Lebron.
Imagine if Timmy was more vocal in who surrounds him. He wouldn't have had so many "stand pat" years.
son you can't be this dumb can you?
I am sure every star wanted to go to SA where the coach will yell at them regardless of PR.
Root CLE if you want all that re ed Bronny drama.
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