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Old 06-17-2015, 01:40 PM   #152
kmart
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Originally Posted by Regorium View Post
I'm no Lebron fan either. But as a basketball fan, there is no better player than Lebron James. Ever.

Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant are the epitomes of what you're saying is bad basketball. Pure scorer, isolation type players that really didn't elevate anyone else's game. But Lebron James almost averaged a triple-double (that includes assists). Lebron plays beautiful basketball - he makes the right play every single time, whether that be a shot or a pass. He's also been villanized in the past for it - where he'd pass out of a triple team to a wide open shooter for the last shot of the game.

Golden State dared Lebron to drop 50 points on them by just leaving Igoudala on him, and shutting down the rest of the team. He almost got there for 5 games, while still managing to get 9 assists and keeping his team involved. In the end, when the other team (GS) has the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh best players in the series, you can't do much, even as the greatest of all time.

Just because I don't like the isolation brand of basketball doesn't mean that Kobe, Lebron, and Jordan shouldn't be top 10 players ever. Now the discussion of best player ever should be up for debate and everyone has their own opinions. Even Shaq stated that he would take prime Kobe over prime Lebron, and he played with both players. IMO the best title goes to Jordan.

Make no mistake about it there will only be one Lebron, but Jordan is something else with his mentality and clutch ability to make shots. Plus I'll take 6/6 over 2/6 or 2/4 (for Lebrons lack of teammates).
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