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I agree with the sentiment son but that article is nothing more than click bait tbh
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...y-lebron-james
It’s #1 money, #2 ring hoarding
There’s no pride, no challenges, just the easiest path to the finals while getting paid.
Magic never joint Jordan, Barkley never joined Ewing.
Only second tier players like pedo would try to coattail to rings (still failed
Now? Lebron did it first, then Durant one upped him and now lebron May even top that off even more.
Bunch of mentally weak players.
I agree with the sentiment son but that article is nothing more than click bait tbh
this.I agree with the sentiment son but that article is nothing more than click bait tbh
*sources*
At least LeBron had a valid reason
But KD
At least LeBron had a valid reason
But KD
As long as the Sp*rs don't rang tbh
* won a " le" during a 50-game strike shortened season in 1999. 50/82 = 0.61. Sp*rs have 4.61 les.
I'll lose all respect for LeBron if he goes to the Warriors. And Durbeta will look even more pathetic: 73-win team + refs and he still needs more help.
Between this and the Anthony Davis rumors, it's like the Warriors are trying to get me to stop watching the NBA.
meh I more or less stopped watching the NFL this year.
Did.not.miss.it.
LeBron and Durant no comparison at all.
LeBrons moves both 100% legit in my view.
got Durants 0%.
Joining the Heat and returning to the Cavs were legit, but there's nothing legit about joining that Warriors team. LeBron would lose his GOAT status and look like the ultimate sellout.
Joining the Heat may have been more legit than KD to the Warriors, but it was still a cop out. He still ran away to get superstar help in order to chase a ring by joining forces with at the time another top 5 player in the league plus another maybe top 10-15 player in the league to play for a guy in Riley with a championship pedigree. They were the first "superteam" to start this , where superstar players in their prime dictated the move. The Celtics made the moves to add KG and Ray Allen, both over 30 and over a decade into their pro careers, but they didn't force the trades.
Durant to the Warriors may be the more pussy move, beta move, whatever you want to call it. But LeBron Needing superstar help to ring opened the door for all of this . Once LeBron went to Miami, other star players took notice that that was what it was going to take to legitimately contend for les. If you want to criticize this era of players for being mentally weak and needing superstar help to stroke their insecure egos, blame LeBron. It starts with him and his Miami move.
LeBron "ran away from" a franchise that was milking him for ticket/merch sales and had no interest in ever building a true contender around him, and joined a treadmill team that hadn't won a playoff series since Shaq was there. And that was still his last resort after he tried to recruit Wade, Bosh, and other stars to come to Cleveland and it went nowhere.
It's also laughable to downplay the Celtics superteam. That was built through rigged trades, and Pierce, KG and Allen all had plenty left in the tank when that team came together. Their first year together, they won 66 games and a ring in spite of Doc Rivers. LeBron was not beating that team with Mo Williams as his best teammate no matter how well he played.
Durbeta was already on a team more stacked than any team LeBron has ever played for in his career, choked away a 3-1 lead against the 73-win Warriors, and then joined said 73-win team and blamed everyone but himself for his failure. What he did is unprecedented in sports history.
LeBron had a legitimate reason to leave. He still joined superstar talent to chase rings. If he were successful in recruiting Wade to Cleveland, it's the same thing. It's the same criticism. Superstars joining forces to chase rings. It's. The. Same. Thing. It's still what gets criticized who make the argument oh Jordan wouldn't have joine forces with Magic and Magic wouldn't have joined forces with Bird and so on. Same criticism. Just because LeBron had good reason to leave Cleveland doesn't mean he didn't cop out by joining Wade, Bosh, and Riley.
KG and Ray could still play, but realistically they were at the very backend of their prime, I believe both around 32-33. And it doesn't matter if the trades were rigged. I wouldn't argue they weren't. Point is neither KG nor Ray forced their way to Boston. They didn't conspire to join forces. I'm sure they were happy with what happened. But LeBron and Wade dictated them joining forces. Durant chose to go to Golden State. It was their decisions. That's where the criticism comes from, right? Them choosing to superfriend. Their decision. The Decision.
It's not that KD wasn't a pussy. It's not that it wasn't more pussy than LeBron. Both are true. But LeBron was a pussy too. And his Decision was what started this . I don't see how you could argue it didn't.
Hole up hole up! He colluded to get to Miami. Flashback for your bad memory: 2008 Olympics. Him Bosh e and D-Whistle conjured up a scheme to play together in 2010. They even took slight pay cuts to do it. Why? LeHype couldn't beat the Celtics with his 62-20 team, D-Whistle was jealous of Kobe's 5 rangs, and Bosh e was gay and never won nothing.
Going back to the Cavs was a sham too. He saw Uncle Drew about to blow up so he road his coat tails to a rang in 2016. Then KD signed with the Dubs and unfortunately, Kyrie could only carry him to the Finals this time:
So LeBron was supposed to go to a ty team instead so he would not be accused of collusion?
Fark.
Bird had the luxury of the Celts getting Bob Parrish for peanuts and then McHale in the draft.
ic joined Kream and enjoyed some of the most rigged reffing until Kobme Lakers. Then once beaten by Houston, Stern made sure to take Houston's backcourt out.
LeBron's Zipper Nation deflecting per par.
I hope he does for an epic meltdown upstairs
MVPau for Kwame Brown.LeBron's Zipper Nation deflecting per par.
Marinate in that, Trolly.
I didn't say that. But if people start the narrative of criticizing superstar players "choosing" whether by free agency or forcing a trade to join other superstar players, then it starts with LeBron and his move to Miami. If people want to say guys are mentally weak or pussy to not want the challenge of beating the best themselves with what they already got, it starts with LeBron and his move to Miami. Just because KD's move was more egreciously pussy than LeBron's, it doesn't make LeBron not a pussy for going to Miami. Your same argument can be used for Durant. Was KD supposed to go to a ty team to get away from Russ just so he wouldn't be called a pussy? No, he went to a team with a great chance to win it all. LeBron and Wade created a situation with a great chance to win it all. Varying degrees of pussy. But if one is pussy, both are pussies. Because it's the same thing, superstars joining superstars to chase rings.
As for Bird and Magic, that's not my argument. I don't believe them when they say they wouldn't have wanted to play with each other. Not entirely anyway. That's just what's used as an argument to criticize these superfriend teams.
Chris Fall with the goods. Props
Wait wait - THIS again?MVPau for Kwame Brown.
Marinate in that, Trolly.
perfectly fitting.Wait wait - THIS again?
You whine about LeBron needing help.
Food Stamps Bryant the all time recipient.
Anyway schtikk on.....
Kobe played in LA for 20 seasons. He didn't leave. He drug players like Kwame, Smush, Chris Mihm, Puke Walton, Bryan Cook (BTW have you ever heard of these players before or after their Laker careers?) to the playoffs. Almost upset the Suns too.
Mitch is the one who pimp slapped Memphis, not Kobe. MVPau was 0-12 (AKA Duncan's be
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They all saw Kobe win 3 as a second banana, failed to actually carry a team, threw the entire lakers franchise under the bus and shined to get MVPau to two more rings then gets mentioned as one of the greats and figured that people only look at ring count and ignore the cir stances so they formed a super team.Hole up hole up! He colluded to get to Miami. Flashback for your bad memory: 2008 Olympics. Him Bosh e and D-Whistle conjured up a scheme to play together in 2010. They even took slight pay cuts to do it. Why? LeHype couldn't beat the Celtics with his 62-20 team, D-Whistle was jealous of Kobe's 5 rangs, and Bosh e was gay and never won nothing.
Going back to the Cavs was a sham too. He saw Uncle Drew about to blow up so he road his coat tails to a rang in 2016. Then KD signed with the Dubs and unfortunately, Kyrie could only carry him to the Finals this time:
As usual, Kobe started this horrible trend. But what lebron failed to do is get a jut jaw look to convince the world how serious he is about winning.
The juice and Lamar never played with Kobe,Kobe played in LA for 20 seasons. He didn't leave. He drug players like Kwame, Smush, Chris Mihm, Puke Walton, Bryan Cook (BTW have you ever heard of these players before or after their Laker careers?
Mitch is the one who pimp slapped Memphis, not Kobe. MVPau was 0-12 (AKA Duncan's be
The juice and Lamar never played with Kobe,
The juice and Lamar never played with Kobe,
The juice and Lamar never played with Kobe,
Repeat it enough times and you can change history.
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