Michael Jordan Clears Things Up About LeBron James

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5 Replies to Michael Jordan Clears Things Up About LeBron James

  1. GoonSquadSarah says:
    July 20, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    I agree with the things you said about LeBron. but you give Kobe too much credit. Sure he is a team leader, a great defender etc, but isn’t he also a cheater and quite possibly a rapist? LeBron James is disappointing as an athlete and as a champion of an up and coming city. Kobe (although admittedly above reproach on the court) is disappointing as a human being.

    Okay, I’m ready to go back to beating up on LeBron now.

  2. Mayopie says:
    July 20, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Yes, he is possibly a rapist and if that’s the case, I hate him. Jordan was also known for getting an extra step in here and there (well known for it). But the fact is, the only other player to closely mirror the accomplishments of MJ since MJ is Kobe. And my point was also that had he not been labeled a rapist, the debate would be alive and well every time he stepped on the court. Mike Tyson was a wife-beater and a convicted rapist. He bit Evander Holyfield’s ear off and beat up regular citizens. That does not change the fact that he had the most devastating hands in history, and Kobe’s indiscretions don’t change the fact that he just led his team to their 5th championship. I’m not giving him any credit for being a good human. Your comment supports my argument that we don’t want to give Kobe his due, and I get it. He doesn’t deserve the label and we don’t want our greatest player in history to be a rapist. I also don’t want the greatest golfer in history to like peeing on women, but he can still do things with a golf ball that nobody can do (not a sex joke). I don’t want to remember that watching Mike Vick run a football was one of the most awesome things I’ve ever seen, but it was. My only point is, from a pure basketball standpoint, he’s every bit the player that Michael Jordan was. I don’t like it, but it’s true.

  3. andy says:
    July 20, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    I totally agree with your assessment of LBJ’s handling of the situation. I look at it this way: LBJ had a rare opportunity to inspire and elevate a city which desperately needed it. Few players, and very few of the great players, find themselves in the lucky position to be a hometown hero. LBJ is from Akron (suburb of Cleveland). If he had led them to a championship, I truly believe that he would have been famous for this glory for 100 years in Cleveland, and would have created an undying legend. A few titles in Miami with a contrived team will not be regarded as a special thing. And Cleveland was edging very close to victory over the past couple of years. They were feared, had the best record in the entire NBA, and were getting even better.
    And by the way, that’s his mother in the pic (the fan yelling)… he’s telling her not to fight with the Celtics. You probably were just joking in the caption… sorry if you were.

  4. Jeremy Brown says:
    May 15, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    I honestly think you are a Kobe fan and just dont like Lebron. People say he not good because he doesn’t have a ring but now he is trying to get one and people like you are saying he bad for that too. Make up your mind and let the man play basketball and accept the fact that he is a very talented basketball player.

  5. SHan Mcdonald says:
    June 3, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    It’s not about the fat that he’s trying to get a ring – it’s the manner in which he went about it. The comparisons in the blog are more about the journeys and the manners in which the other champions went on to get their ring(s) and the way they conducted themselves as athlete leaders – they elevated their teams and helped build their franchises, they didn’t go shopping for ones that had the best chance of giving them rings to begin with.

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