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Lebron "king" james.
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Warriors with Elle, Hardaway, Mullins and Ritchmond.
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God I miss that Run TMC group. Mullin is actually my favourite Warrior of all time (from a player's perspective). Just a pity that Nellie had to break it up by trading Ritchmond to Sacramento for Billy Owens which ranks along one of the most inauspicious moves by this Franchise:(
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I found a video of him interviewed here
Apparently he's getting a bit of a backlash for not shaking hands or dealing with reporters.
There's a poll on that link that asks what is your opinion of LBJ after this. I was one of the 4%
that has improved and I'll say why.
1) It shows he's human and has a flaw, if that's what you want to call it
2) We don't know what he was thinking, he may have ended up going on a mad one about his teammates (remember Howard about Van Gundy in the Celts series) and that wouldn't have been good for the team
3) He got emotional, as that writer said in his own words "LeBron is clearly the best player of his generation" and that is alot of pressure to deal with, going out of the NBA conference finals.
4) He was teammates with Howard on the US olympic squad and there maybe more to this story than we know. I remember Howard throwing an elbow or 2 at some players on the Cavs throughout the series.
5) I could go on but seriously he's what 24 and I think big deal, I'd rather see him act like that and show his true feelings than get up on the podium and be like "yes well done orlando". He may well do soon, but couldn't or didn't want to yet.
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I just seen this now.
I said that the average team today is better. I didn't say that the average team today is better than the NBA Champions of any era. Don't twist my words into something I did not say.
I never said you did the discussion we were having was lebrons team better than jordans team i.e. their supporting cast as in the teams without there stars.
Hence the they would loose to the clippers remark (of either era)
Its much tougher at the top now. We've had 7 different teams in the finals over the past five years including this year and the winners this year will be the fourth different winner in five years. Thats very unusual of you look at the history of the NBA.
Yes we have had a good few champs in the last while but that only shows that none of the teams or players are able to dominate the league for a sustained period not that the league is any better than it has been.
The league and style of play is in constant motion and changes year on year but that does not go to say the standard is any lower or higher as players are competing against players of their own era/style.
It is only the truely great players that change the entire game the pace at which it moves and what is seen as possible no one today kobe or lebron has been able to do it. Jordan done it, magic done it bird did it.Look at the period of the Bulls second 3 in a row, the Jazz and the Rockets were miles ahead of anybody else bar the bulls. The Rockets ended up winning the two titles in between MJ's six.
Look at the eighties and it was always either the Lakers or Celtics with one title thrown in for the 76ers and Dr J. Then the Pistons got on top at the very end of the decade and then came the Bulls for 3, Rockets for 2, Bulls back for 3. And theres the eighties and nineties out of the way.
Thats four teams dominating two decades. Just to remind you again, we are now looking at our fourth different champions in five years.
What you on about it in the last 10 years Purs won it 4 times, LA 3 times, Heat nicked in to get one and in my opinion the Celtics would of repeated this year if it wasnt for injuries so no the league is not any better still is getting dominated by teams.Match right now with any period in history and tell me when we had a depth of top class talent to match right now.
James, Bryant, Wade, Howard, Paul, Anthony, Billups, Rose, Iverson, McGrady, Ming, Garnett, Pierce, Allen, Rondo, Duncan, Stoudamire, Nash, Carter, Shaq..............................
There you go from the 80's - Reggie Theus, Patrick Ewing, Nate Archibald, Karl Malone, Bernard King, Maurice Cheeks, Clyde Drexler, James Worthy, Charles Barkley, Bill Laimbeer, Kevin McHale, Dominique Wilkins, Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Jack Sikma, George Gervin, Robert Parish, Adrian Dantley, Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Moses Malone, Larry Bird
If you need reminding of any other decades just ask, but it just goes to show every era has a host of great players but only one guy was ever able to completely dominate and it ain't lebron.0 -
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I found a video of him interviewed here
Apparently he's getting a bit of a backlash for not shaking hands or dealing with reporters.
There's a poll on that link that asks what is your opinion of LBJ after this. I was one of the 4% that has improved and I'll say why.
I've only just seen this but meh. He's a competitive guy who just saw a year's worth of work go down the drain. I have no problem with how he reacted.
But , IMO if that was Kobe , the reaction from people here and elsewere would be pretty different.
LeBron's problem is that he's gonna have to deal with Orlando for the foreseeable future. That's a young team that has their PG coming back next year, and Cleveland isn't constructed to beat them...or other top notch teams, for that matter. LeBron needs someone like Garnett, a big man who can dominate defensively, and stay the hell out of the lane and knock down jumpers.
Problem is...the only guy that I can think of that fits that description is Garnett. LeBron needs to work on his back to the basket game and/or mid-range game this summer. They're not gonna win a title if their attack is so heavily dependent upon him having the ball and driving to the hoop.0 -
I never said you did the discussion we were having was lebrons team better than jordans team i.e. their supporting cast as in the teams without there stars.
Hence the they would loose to the clippers remark (of either era)
LeBrons team would have a horrendous record right now without him. They would imo be in the bottom eight in the NBA. I'm not saying that the first MJ three in a row was awesome or anything, but in all fairness Scottie Pippen was there, Horace Grant was highly respected. Then you had Armstrong and Paxson who were very decent guards and Cartwright was a man mountain at Center.Yes we have had a good few champs in the last while but that only shows that none of the teams or players are able to dominate the league for a sustained period not that the league is any better than it has been.
The league and style of play is in constant motion and changes year on year but that does not go to say the standard is any lower or higher as players are competing against players of their own era/style.
It is only the truely great players that change the entire game the pace at which it moves and what is seen as possible no one today kobe or lebron has been able to do it. Jordan done it, magic done it bird did it.
I've said earlier that MJ is the greatest and it will take LeBron his whole career to make it(or surpass) his level. Its a lifetime thing not a couple of years. I just think the guy has all the tools to do that, now its about staying fit and getting a team around him that can get him to the top.What you on about it in the last 10 years Purs won it 4 times, LA 3 times, Heat nicked in to get one and in my opinion the Celtics would of repeated this year if it wasnt for injuries so no the league is not any better still is getting dominated by teams.
I'm talking about the last five years. I said that its been the same thing in all eras up until right now. This is where I've seen a huge change. The reason for this change is the depth in talent in the NBA.0 -
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Eagle eye lets agree to disagree as we could go thru all eras down to the last player but never agree, since we both seem to have an in depth knowlegend of the game. The thing is they are from differing generations and we both havent invented time travel.... YET ! ! !:D:D
The one thing we agree on is Jordan is the Greatest ever, we just disagree that LJ will ever become good enough to match him, and since you actually seem to have a knowledge of the game im willing to let this drop, just cant stand the morons out there touting him as the next big thing ,like kobe before him, with out a clue in their head why they see him as this. Outside of the hype the media/nba spouts to up sales of over priced jerseys and merchantdise telling them he is.
So im willing to respect your informed opinion, but any half assed little know it all with zero knowledge beware :P0 -
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