Is it possible we are watching the best to ever do it in Lebron James ?

[Dre]

For the most part he's still on topic actually. If you disagree with him, say that or leave the thread, but there's no use in piling on when the sentiment is clear

[E.H. Munro]

If Hoodey's on topic then so is everyone else.

[E.H. Munro]

Originally Posted by e-monk

Lebron may someday save us from terrorists but not from aliens

I hear Space Jam II: Rise of the Revenge is in the works.

[E.H. Munro]

Originally Posted by Hoodey

I remember talking to people like you outside the Chicago stadium in 1991. "Michael could never beat a player like Magic who makes his teammates so much better."

Yes, I'm sure you have extensive memories of conversations you had with adult strangers at the age of 6. Of course, now you've gone from the ridiculous to the sublime as this was actually one of my points, your irrationality as regards LeBron is every bit as bad as those guys, as I explicitly stated two pages ago. Put another way, I wasn't one of those people saying "Michael will never be as good Magic!!!" because I wasn't afraid that Michael Jordan's greatness in any way threatened the size of my penis.

[Da Grinch]

Originally Posted by Hoodey

There are excuses and legitimate reasons.

1990 was a legitimate reason. Pippen and Grant simply weren't good enough yet.

Now, let me first say, they took the defending champs to game 7. So this wasn't some chump loss.

Pippen averaged 16.6 PPG 6.3 RPG and only 3.7 APG. He was okay.

Grant was not. He averaged 11.6 PPG 11.7 RPG and shot only 40.8%.

Jordan shot 46.7% and averaged 32.1 PPG 7.1 RPG and 6.3 APG. These are just not indictable numbers.

I'm still waiting for you to introduce a series where he lost and averaged 17.8 PPG. He had good numbers in a 7 game loss to the Pistons! And you're going to knock him for this when Lebron pulled a houdini v. the Mavericks?!? Really?

pippen and grant weren't good enough?


according to you ....but not jordan himself the rest of the players, nor bulls management.

you viewpoint doesn't pass the eye test either.

perhaps you should watch the games again.

[e-monk]

Originally Posted by E.H. Munro

Yes, I'm sure you have extensive memories of conversations you had with adult strangers at the age of 6. Of course, now you've gone from the ridiculous to the sublime as this was actually one of my points, your irrationality as regards LeBron is every bit as bad as those guys, as I explicitly stated two pages ago. Put another way, I wasn't one of those people saying "Michael will never be as good Magic!!!" because I wasn't afraid that Michael Jordan's greatness in any way threatened the size of my penis.

judging from previous posts where he claimed to be 7 in 1987 I think he was 11 while he had those conversations btw

I still dont understand why he thinks we're all attacking Mike when all we're doing is exposing the stupidity of his arguments which were unnecessary in the first place - he's delusional and thinks we're all a bunch of bron-bron fan boys

[E.H. Munro]

Originally Posted by e-monk

judging from previous posts where he claimed to be 7 in 1987 I think he was 11 while he had those conversations btw

He also claimed to have been born in '76 at one point. I think his lack of consistency on the age front makes this a legitimate point of ridicule.

Originally Posted by e-monk

I still dont understand why he thinks we're all attacking Mike when all we're doing is exposing the stupidity of his arguments which were unnecessary in the first place - he's delusional and thinks we're all a bunch of bron-bron fan boys

Yeah, if anything I'd be a Magic fanboy, not James. But I really don't feel personally threatened by James if he were to eclipse Johnson as he obviously does as regards Jordan possibly being eclipsed.

[PauloCatarino]

Originally Posted by E.H. Munro

Yeah, if anything I'd be a Magic fanboy, not James. But I really don't feel personally threatened by James if he were to eclipse Johnson as he obviously does as regards Jordan possibly being eclipsed.

Meh. Even if Lebron "eclipses" Jordan, it will only get him as high as #3 on the All-Time rank...

[E.H. Munro]

For once I won't argue with you, because I agree. However if he eclipsed Magic he'd be #1.

[PauloCatarino]

Originally Posted by E.H. Munro

For once I won't argue with you, because I agree. However if he eclipsed Magic he'd be #1.

That won't happen

[e-monk]

ever

[E.H. Munro]

Originally Posted by e-monk

ever

Yeah, not arguing that. As I've said before, whenever we do these polls I always vote Magic #1 because he is, to this day, the best player I've ever seen. If my memory extended back another five years I might pick Wilt, but Wilt, Russ, Oscar et al I only caught late career.

[e-monk]

Magic's my favorite player ever but I'll allow that a solid argument could be made for other players to be considered better on some basis or another - the rubric becomes so strained and ill defined that it really doesnt matter to me anyway - I'm certainly not going to get all butt hurt about it and lash out at phantoms with nonsensical hypocritical arguments against strawmen of my own devising (unless I've been drinking or am just that bored)

[PauloCatarino]

Originally Posted by e-monk

Magic's my favorite player ever but I'll allow that a solid argument could be made for other players to be considered better on some basis or another - the rubric becomes so strained and ill defined that it really doesnt matter to me anyway - I'm certainly not going to get all butt hurt about it and lash out at phantoms with nonsensical hypocritical arguments against strawmen of my own devising (unless I've been drinking or am just that bored)

True.

Even if i think that the GOAT is pretty much set in stone, i have no problems when peeps discuss other contenders for the spot, like Russell, Jordan or Kareem Abdul Jabbar. And yeah, some posters go way overboard defending some players...

[XxIrvingxX]

What no more hoodey? I'm already starting to miss his posts, what am I supposed to laugh at now?

And am I the only one who thinks we might see an even better playoff run next season from Lebron than what we saw this season?