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horseofcourse 06-04-2011 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants (Post 781623)
This was his idea for an intro to the NBA.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT4tAltJ6oc

basketball Jesus. The savior of the sport.

I don't have to personally know the mother f.ucker to know he's a piece of s.hit.

I get it, but do you really think LeBron at age 18 wrote or directed that commercial? LeBron's simply the actor in this spot and in life in general. If he wrote this at age 18, he's smarter than I give him credit for, by a lot.

clyde 06-04-2011 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious (Post 781591)
So everyone that has the chance to earn a living doing what they love and has earned the right to chose where they want to work is wrong to do so? Let's see. We don't hear about the guy getting in trouble with the law. We don't hear about him cheating on his woman. We don't hear about him having five kids with five different women. We don't hear about him using drugs. What's so bad about the guy? He has fun playing a GAME and that's bad? His teammates love him. I just don't understand all of the hatred. Why would you assume he'd be a felon? Because he's black? What has he done to lead you to that assumption? I know a lot of people were turned off by the whole media circus with the decision thing and I also didn't like the way they did it. But what's forgotten in the whole thing is that he insisted that the proceeds go to charity. Yeah, I guess that's pretty horrible. So he chose to go play in Miami with another great player and try to win a title. Big deal. If you had to chose between Miami and Cleveland to live, you'd probably chose Miami also.


Oh shut up.

Dahoss 06-04-2011 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious (Post 781624)
That's not essentially what I'm saying. I'm saying that I don't think it's acting like an idiot. It's not a big deal to me. I don't like it but I also don't like rap music but the majority of the guys in the league do. I just chalk it up to a different generation.

You can take Durant if you want to. Nothing wrong with that. You can take Rose or Duncan if you want to. Everyone has their preferences. I want the best player. By the way, did you see Durant's reaction when he destroyed Brendan Haywood with that dunk in the last series?

Yeah, great comparison.

Coach Pants 06-04-2011 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by horseofcourse (Post 781629)
I get it, but do you really think LeBron at age 18 wrote or directed that commercial? LeBron's simply the actor in this spot and in life in general. If he wrote this at age 18, he's smarter than I give him credit for, by a lot.

He gave the green light.

Look his mother is a drug addict and a whore. It's still no excuse.

Dahoss 06-04-2011 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious (Post 781624)
By the way, did you see Durant's reaction when he destroyed Brendan Haywood with that dunk in the last series?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os79bvZLnmc

He gets up like that because he objected to the way Haywood pushed him while he was in mid air. He's not showing anyone up. He's not banging his chest...he's not screaming.

He knows he's good and doesn't need everyone else to know it also.

King Glorious 06-04-2011 02:54 PM

This is really pointless. You don't like the guy. That's your right. There's no need for me to try to make an argument to get you to like a guy or for you to tell me why I shouldn't when neither of us know him and whether we like him or not is irrelevant. Either way, he's still the best player in the world.

Coach Pants 06-04-2011 03:03 PM

Kobe Bryant has 5 rings. LeBron 0.

There is not such thing as "Best" with no ships.

ateamstupid 06-04-2011 03:05 PM

I didn't realize the best player in the world completely vanishes and handcuffs his team's offense with terrible shots and doesn't volunteer to guard the other team's best player while his team is blowing a 15-point lead in an essential closeout game in the Finals.

Wait wait, I know, "he wasn't the only one that disappeared." Yeah, but he's the Messiah, he's the best player in the world, so it's up to him to squash that comeback and he completely shriveled up. Imagine a Jordan-led Bulls team giving up that kind of lead in a Finals game.

Keep him out of the paint and he'll eventually go back to being LeBrick. The best player in the world who you can play off of with confidence. I guess he needs more help, he can't do it alone!

dalakhani 06-04-2011 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants (Post 781647)
Kobe Bryant has 5 rings. LeBron 0.

There is not such thing as "Best" with no ships.

Is it fair to say that Kobe played on better teams when winning the 5 rings than Lebron has had thus far in his career?

Coach Pants 06-04-2011 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by dalakhani (Post 781650)
Is it fair to say that Kobe played on better teams when winning the 5 rings than Lebron has had thus far in his career?

Unless you're going to claim that LeBron is going to win 5 or more then this conversation is not going to happen.

King Glorious 06-04-2011 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants (Post 781647)
Kobe Bryant has 5 rings. LeBron 0.

There is not such thing as "Best" with no ships.

Steve Kerr-5
Robert Horry-7
Karl Malone-0
John Stockton-0
Jerry West-1
Oscar Robertson-1
Elgin Baylor-0
Wilt Chamberlain-2
Charles Barkley-0

Robertson and West got theirs at the end of their careers. I guess they were nothing players until the end. I guess Bob Cousy was the best point guard in history. Better than Magic, Stockton, Thomas, Kidd. Best ever. Championships won is a horrible way to compare players in a team game.

horseofcourse 06-04-2011 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dalakhani (Post 781650)
Is it fair to say that Kobe played on better teams when winning the 5 rings than Lebron has had thus far in his career?

The rings argument can certainly go both ways and always has. It's the old Trent Dilfer and Jeff Hostetler and Brad Johnson have rings and Dan Marino doesn't. Luc Longley has multiple rings and Patrick Ewing has zero. Glenn Big Baby Davis has a ring and Charles Barkley doesn't.

LeBron has been very good these playoffs in 2011 despite what happened game 2 of the finals. That's not really debatable. I don't watch the games that closely or re-watch them after the fact to see what happened. I can't say if what happened the last 7 minutes was Dallas finally turning up the heat on defense forcing the Heat into the LeBron dribble out the shot clock offense which unfortunately I saw happen a lot in Cleveland in post season or if LeBron was totally at fault. I would have to think Dallas perhaps had a lot to do with what happened, as to be in the finals they have to be at least a somewhat effective team you would think.

clyde 06-04-2011 03:35 PM

Goddamity!!




I'm sick of this King backing The King nonsense.

You were getting a little mouthy there, too,Dahla.

I am not afraid to kick you again.



James is nothing more than an extraordinarily talented extraordinarily narcissistic fool .

And this O'brien nut placated him for years and that helped no one.So he skeedaddled.....in a way no one else would.He cries all the time, feigns injuries, will trash a coach who played to him for about 5 years....and then after they are both gone he will make ''gentlemanly comments "about Brown.That is the personification of James.

And he quit his team,coaches and fans ...at home....in a playoff game.All because he didn't like Brown's strategy.


He may have been catered to at a very young age...but how many years does it take until you look at yourself in relation to the rest of the world and what is going in within? It isn't written that the "catered to at a young age" is a license to be a friggin' ass.hole the rest of your life.


Plenty of players do not like him.Ask Kevin Garnett for one.

ateamstupid 06-04-2011 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by clyde (Post 781667)
It isn't written that the "catered to at a young age" is a license to be a friggin' ass.hole the rest of your life.

:tro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3lzyTzIG3E

horseofcourse 06-04-2011 03:44 PM

Gilbert messed it up by catering to the fool which is why they fired Brown who I guess is good enough for LA. He could have done the manly thing and told gilbert in private after game 6 against Boston he wasn't coming back and been done with it. He wanted the big game in people coming after him Clev included. This is why Clev hates him. We'd hate him anyway if he left but not to the extent it is.

clyde 06-04-2011 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid (Post 781676)

spit!!







rolling and laughing!!

clyde 06-04-2011 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by horseofcourse (Post 781678)
Gilbert messed it up by catering to the fool which is why they fired Brown who I guess is good enough for LA. He could have done the manly thing and told gilbert in private after game 6 against Boston he wasn't coming back and been done with it. He wanted the big game in people coming after him Clev included. This is why Clev hates him. We'd hate him anyway if he left but not to the extent it is.


+ 8.5


But I was one who was glad he left.

Dahoss 06-04-2011 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by clyde (Post 781667)
Goddamity!!




I'm sick of this King backing The King nonsense.

You were getting a little mouthy there, too,Dahla.

I am not afraid to kick you again.



James is nothing more than an extraordinarily talented extraordinarily narcissistic fool .

And this O'brien nut placated him for years and that helped no one.So he skeedaddled.....in a way no one else would.He cries all the time, feigns injuries, will trash a coach who played to him for about 5 years....and then after they are both gone he will make ''gentlemanly comments "about Brown.That is the personification of James.

And he quit his team,coaches and fans ...at home....in a playoff game.All because he didn't like Brown's strategy.


He may have been catered to at a very young age...but how many years does it take until you look at yourself in relation to the rest of the world and what is going in within? It isn't written that the "catered to at a young age" is a license to be a friggin' ass.hole the rest of your life.


Plenty of players do not like him.Ask Kevin Garnett for one.

You're still a sissy, but this was fine, fine work.

clyde 06-04-2011 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dahoss (Post 781687)
You're still a sissy, but this was fine, fine work.


Thanks so much, I knew I could do it.

dalakhani 06-04-2011 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants (Post 781652)
Unless you're going to claim that LeBron is going to win 5 or more then this conversation is not going to happen.

I have always been in the Kobe camp as far as who was the better player. But now? I think injuries and father time (scary thought!)are catching up with Kobe while Lebron is in the middle of his prime. I think its conceivable, especially the way the NBA is now, that Lebron can win more than five championships.

Lebron, in my opinion, never will be the scorer that Kobe has been. He will never be the same "force" offensively. His lateral quickness, his end to end speed with and without the ball, his ball handling just aren't what Kobe's were. I think Lebron can do more things. I think Lebron can "get his" more in the flow of an offense. I think Lebron is the better playmaker and I would put him in the top tier in the league in passing. I think Lebron is the better rebounder. I think Lebron helps better and plays passing lanes better than kobe although I think kobe was a better lock down guy. I think kobe is a superior shooter from low post, mid range and three. Lebron takes it to the basket much stronger.

If you took Lebron 2005-2010 and put him on those 3 championships teams with shaq, I find it hard to believe that the Lakers wouldn't have still won those three rings. The last two years? I think that is certainly up for debate.

We did see the success that kobe had when he was playing with mediocre talents around him. The west was certainly much tougher those years than most of the years that Lebron was with cleveland but Kobe never even sniffed the conference final. Did they even win a round? Compare that to what Magic made the final with in 92 or what Lebron made it with in cleveland.

Despite the contempt I have for Lebron in regards to his whining on every violation and his classless "decision", I do respect that with or without a title, he is the best of his era and certainly an all time great.


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