I'm here. As a kid I was so hooked with the Lakers/Celtics rivals and 76ers, etc. Then came Jordan and the Bulls. It was when Sacramento got screwed by the refs playing the Lakers that I decided the NBA was more wrestling than anything and there was too much not above board. LeBron gets on every nerve too and expects people just to give him everything or he leaves. I pay attention to scores but don't watch games.
But it’s more than stats to be the GOAT. People have to like you, and too many people despise him. He needs constant attention and validation, and the ENDLESS media fawning is mega-annoying.
It's not that he isn't great. He's just a crybaby who needs attention. None of the other greats sit there and tell people they are great. He has to all the time. This is a guy who left his hometown to join a super team, had a pep rally predicting 7 titles and then wet the bed against Dirk and a bunch of dudes while chewing his nails during timeouts. Sorry but you lost the greatest there. Jordan never did that and he doesn't talk about his greatness. He deserves to be appreciated but he makes it so hard. I'd like Kobe and his competitiveness over him.
If they said pick your top ten, I’d go…
Exactly. One of many contrived results in the league's "rich history"
Heard the fraud league and their minion refs tried to get the Joker in foul trouble early, push their beloved Lakers. Glad to see that effort failed.
Yeah, and I was naive enough to think if LA got eliminated, we’d FINALLY get a break from the nonstop, 24/7, Lebronathon on every sports channel, but you know what? They’ll just continue—Lebron’s legacy, what will he do next year, will they rebuild or will he build a new super team elsewhere, blah blah blah, and they’ll continue that until the transition to the next Big Hype—that college kid, what’s-his-name…
Poetry!
That’s baseball for me. NBA is still great although golden age has passed. Baseball with no concept of a cap, can’t control player unions, steroids stealing signals or some constant controversy, starting pitchers that don’t even go 5 innings now, won’t elect their best players to Hall of Fame, just a joke. Not to mention boring.
