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After going down 3-1, LeBron averaged 36/12/10 with 3 steals and 3 blocks, dropped back-to-back 41-point games, then finished Game 7 with a triple-double while making the biggest defensive play of the series.
Kyrie hit the dagger. LeBron authored the comeback.
Kyrie is the reason the Cavs won the 2016 finals, idc that the point forward of the team out rebounded Draymond Green
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A known gambling addict who always wanted to win but only as long as he was the reason for winning.
Whose branding hampers the modern game from its deserved appreciation.
Who said he couldn't play in the social media era & wouldn't have had the success he had with zone defense.
Michael Jordan:
“If I were to play today... I can’t worry about what people are betting on. I can’t worry about what the stats are. I never worry about the stats. All I care about is the end of the game... If we win, I couldn’t care less who won the bet, who didn’t win the bet. I know I won the game. Ultimately, that’s all that I even focused on... Today, you’ve got to build a brand... That takes away from the team aspect... I don’t envy that. I’m glad I was born at the time that I was born.”
(via @Sportradar, h/t @TheNBABase)
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5 Lebrons beat any other player's quintuplet. 5 Jordans lack elite playmaking. 5 Shaqs lack spacing. 5 Currys lack size & rim protection. 5 Kobes might need 2 balls
Lebron scales perfectly in every role
Primary scorer, point guard, screener, weakside defender, small-ball centre
Russell Westbrook shares his all-time starting 5:
“Me, uh, me, me, me, and.. me.” 💀
(via @ComplexSports)
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Let me translate:
"Lebron is no longer on my team, so there will not be a spotlight on me. Every game will not be win-or-bust for me. I can just play freely without the expectation to win every time. I can chuck up as many shots as I like & win more meaningless scoring titles."
Luka post partido:
“Tengo mucho respeto por LeBron, me enseñó muchas cosas. Pero de verdad creo que hoy en día somos un mejor equipo. Me siento mas libre en la cancha”
Wow. Se le fue con todo a LeBron 🤯
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Highlights are the biggest reason many people put Kobe in the GOAT conversation
His greatest plays are pure basketball artistry
But basketball isn't judged on highlight reels alone
Cherry-picked clips can showcase a player's best moments, but they don't tell the complete story
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Especially considering their most recent seasons.
Kessler played a total of 5 games, while Lebron was a Top 10-15 player in the postseason, leading his team to a 1st round upset & outplaying the b2b MVP in the second round.
I'm sure Kessler will do just that if Luka's out.
I’m not even joking I’d so much rather have 25 year old Walker Kessler on the Lakers than 41 year old LeBron James.
Kessler is clearly the better player at this point.
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The Lakers shot 34% that game. Made 0 threes.
Barcelona shot 38% & made 12 threes (32%).
Kobe shot 2/15 that night.
A brickfest in a preseason setting.
Had it been a high-stakes game, I bet LA wouldn't play & shoot so poorly.
EuroLeague is no joke but this is cherry-picking
Luka said it's harder to score in the EuroLeague.
Jokic said it's tougher to play in Europe and every NBA player should play 6 months there to see the pressure.
Y'all laughed at them, but they are right.
Fun fact: in 2010 the NBA champ Lakers played the Euro champ Barcelona and LOST 88-92. The NBA has since slowly stopped having NBA teams play Euro teams because they didn’t want everyone to see the NBA product isn’t extremely superior like they claim.
Cope how you want, but the NBA champs really need to stop calling themselves the world champs unless we have a tourney with the Euro teams✌️
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There are at least 25 better shooters than Bird
Why are people still pushing him into debates he doesn’t belong?
Anything that was exceptional 40 years ago, no longer is
People are stuck at memory lane while the game moved on & shooters evolved beyond their wildest imagination
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Wilt was an exceptional athlete for his era, but no player, not even MJ, has accumulated more basketball folklore than Wilt.
As for the "athletic freak" narrative, his physical profile isn't some unimaginable outlier by modern standards.
Look at McGee as a superhuman specimen.
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We don't talk about Kobe's 2009 Finals as one of the most dominant Finals series ever because it was great but not all-time great
It was an outstanding Finals series for Kobe. But it wasn't historically remarkable by all-time greats' standards
Here's the Top 15 by Individual GS
Why don’t we talk about this as one of the most dominant Finals series of all time? They always talk about these Lakers like the roster was stacked. Not really. And with these stats it’s easy to see Kobe was on a level few have ever been on. With no perimeter help and facing constant double and triple teams he up this stat line:
Kobe 2009 NBA Finals
Game 1: 40/8/8 W
Game 2: 29/4/8 W
Game 3: 31/3/8 L
Game 4: 32/7/8 W
Game 5: 30/6/5 W
Series: 32.4/5.6/7.4 🏆
-5 games over 30+ Pts
-4 games in a row 8+ Ast
-Led Lakers in scoring every game
-Led Lakers in assist every game
-Game 4, with 8 AST Kobe had more assist than the whole Laker team (7)
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The 90s in real time were viewed as a watered-down era with diluted talent from top to bottom.
The top players were still elite, but the competitiveness & skill-level league-wide left a lot to be desired.
How come this era has gone from "watered down" to BEST EVER?
Marketing.
Larry Bird said the league got watered down after expansion in the 90s.
A lot of people still don’t want to hear it 👀
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In 10 years from now, with no rings since 2020, you “Lakers fan” will romanticize over that “fake ring” more than anybody
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For most, the gap between him & everyone else will widen even more
For many, they will fight tooth & nail to fabricate yet another ok but statement
He’s either won you over by now or he never will as you made a choice to not be moved by unprecedented greatness out of insecurity
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In other words:
I’m great enough and I’ve been fortunate enough to have rosters around me that put me in position to find a lot of success, and not ever having to think about leaving. Why leave when you play on unbeatable teams in your prime? Why leave now when my legacy is set?
Steph Curry on his loyalty to staying with one team his whole career:
"I’m not the type of player who hops from team to team" 💯
(via @CNBCSport)
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Not only does Lebron have the most clutch points of any player but he also owns the highest clutch net rating? Nuts
How many narratives need to die before basketball discourse catches up to reality?
And the most clutch assists?
At some point, you'd think there'd be a consensus
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Kobe highlights are basketball art
And while his legendary career produced countless iconic moments, it wasn't one endless highlight reel. No player's career is.
People try to erase lowlights & mediocre games while conveniently living inside a collection of cherry-picked clips.
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