Happy 60th Birthday To The GOAT.

[David.]

So kobe only had a .011 lower efg than LeBron and went 9 years all team defense.

Why is he not in the running?

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Yes. Such judgments cannot be proven or disproven, which is why this argument has gone on since Wilt vs Bill Russell. There's a case to be made for MJ, Lebron, Wilt, Kareem, and Russell. It depends on the assumptions you make. I don't think the other candidates measure up to those 5.

LeBron was able to sideline a curse, for 4 months. He bested dark magic! Did Jordan best dark magic? No. No, he did not.

 

[cavsfever]

So kobe only had a .011 lower efg than LeBron and went 9 years all team defense.

Why is he not in the running?

Huh? Koby has a .062 lower career efg% than Lebron. Koby has a .482 career efg%, which is kind of terrible. Plus, he has lower assists, rebounds, steals, and blocks averages than Lebron

 

[David.]

Huh? Koby has a .062 lower career efg% than Lebron. Koby has a .482 career efg%, which is kind of terrible. Plus, he has lower assists, rebounds, steals, and blocks averages than Lebron

So weird I swore I had just looked it up the other day, must have looked at someone else.

 

[cavsfever]

I forgot, Koby even has lower points than Lebron. The stats match the eye test that Lebron is a far superior player

 

[KilgoreTrout]

So weird I swore I had just looked it up the other day, must have looked at someone else.

I think you looked up God. LeBron’s efg% is slightly better than God’s.

 

[PIP]

Yet will probably only end up with as many championships as Kurt Rambis

Woot-woot

 

[cavsfever]

LOL you’re too smart to lower yourself to the “role player who was on a lot of championship teams” argument

I’m curious where Lebron stands in the number of Finals appearances. Is it ten now? I think that’s the most ever for any player not on those Bill Russell Celtics teams, right? And eight consecutive finals appearances and the best player on his team for each one is to my mind his most impressive record. No player except Russell has ever done that right?

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Yet will probably only end up with as many championships as Kurt Rambis

Woot-woot

It’s a team sport. Lots of great players never won championships, because they had bad luck, or never had the teammates around them. Elgin Baylor. Charles Barkley. Patrick Ewing. Foots Walker.

 

[PIP]

It’s a team sport. Lots of great players never won championships, because they had bad luck, or never had the teammates around them. Elgin Baylor. Charles Barkley. Patrick Ewing. Foots Walker.

None of those guys won titles, correct. Neither did Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter & J.R Bremer

My GOAT has 6 championships

Your GOAT lost 6 championships

 

[KilgoreTrout]

None of those guys won titles, correct. Neither did Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter & J.R Bremer

My GOAT has 6 championships

Your GOAT lost 6 championships

My GOAT PLAYED for 10 championships.

My GOAT dragged Larry Hughes to The Finals, as his less-than-capable sidekick.

My GOAT lost The Finals, bc Anderson Varejao thought he needed to take the last shot, instead of pass to Bron.

My GOAT needed a 72-win team to sign the second-best player in the league, to beat him.

 

[PIP]

My GOAT PLAYED for 10 championships.

My GOAT dragged Larry Hughes to The Finals, as his less-than-capable sidekick.

My GOAT lost The Finals, bc Anderson Varejao thought he needed to take the last shot, instead of pass to Bron.

My GOAT needed a 72-win team to sign the second-best player in the league, to beat him.

Participation trophies are sexy and acceptable in this softer era.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Participation trophies are sexy and acceptable in this softer era.

Winning the Eastern Conference, with Larry “The Growler” Hughes as your second-best player, is no participation trophy!

 

[2 For The Brew]

My GOAT has 11 rings. Ten on his hands and one on his dick.

Oh and he was also Head Coach when he won the 10th and 11th rings. The first Black Head Coach in any of the major leagues.

Two championships as a pioneer boss in a hostile environment.

The other two GOATS each made a space jam movie.

They have fewer rings than Boss Russ - combined.

Yeah yeah, Russell had it easier with fewer teams. He had to play Wilt. He kept beating Baylor and West. He had a ring on his dick. Have to respect a man with so many rings he’s got one for his dick.

 

[PIP]

That isn’t the GOAT