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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

I like the NBA basketball team, happen I don't like things.

I think so. A lot of things. Not you can control.That brings me to LeBron. Although it is his team now, the Miami Heat team was not built around him like the Celtics built around Russell and then Bird. Like the Lakers built around Magic when Kareem aged, like Chicago built around MJ, or like when the Lakers rebuilt around Kobe to get back in the Finals in ’07 and ’08. LeBron gave up his chance at that kind of heroic sports status when he took his talents to South Beach to play second fiddle behind someone who already had a ring. I’m over that. LeBron should never be in a conversation with Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Bill Russell because those guys were different in that they were the centerpiece of their respective franchises and led their teams to multiple championships. LeBron could match up talent wise to any of them, no doubt, but he can’t match up with them in leadership, will to win, or any other related intangible attribute. Naysayers will bring up Scottie Pippen or Kevin McHale to rival the Dwyane Wade talk, but Pippen or McHale weren’t established All-NBA 1st Team players and NBA Champions before they played with MJ or Larry respectively. To me, LeBron being considered a better guy to build your franchise around than Russell, Bird, Magic, MJ, or even Tim Duncan or Hakeem Olajuwon is just erroneous.We had to look at that, after vents.nba jersey



In trying to take it easy these things, is not as bad as you imagined.Having said that, he is still an incredible player, and currently the best in the world. He is unmatched on the floor in this year’s Finals. One could feasibly argue that Durant is his equal on the offensive end, but include rebounding and defense in the discussion and there’s just no contest. That’s why these twitter attacks on LeBron owing his win to Mario Chalmers, or LeBron not being clutch tonight, or LeBron not doing enough for his team this game are on par with the Obama not being a US citizen argument (that people seriously think their jaded opinion has any trace of truth because of their own uneasiness of having a black man in the oval office blows me away. Like you can do a better background check than the United States Government, please!).nba jerseys paypal  LeBron James was one rebound away from a triple double, he scored or assisted 55 of Miami’s 104 points, and he limped back onto the floor to lead Miami to a 7-0 run before sitting out the last 55 seconds to watch his teammates ice the game. He played out of his mind tonight! He facialed Durant twice in the fourth quarter and the Heat were +8 when he was on the floor (Chalmers had a -5). We can’t hypothesize what is going on in his head when he is lying on the sidelines cramping because we aren’t in the situation, but I would bet a lot that he was dying to get back in and have the media talk about this one being his “flu game.” How fickle are NBA fans and how selective is the memory of the media to chalk it up to LeBron being “un-clutch” when he single handedly tied the Boston series 3-3 and hit shots late to seal the Heat as Eastern Conference Finals Champions? How about when he held Kevin Durant to just two baskets in the fourth quarter of Game 3 when he scored 8 points in the same quarter? LeBron James is leading Miami to a championship, so give him a break because even after he does, he still won’t be one of the top five greatest of all-time.

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