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Really? Lebron would have a hard time adjusting to team play? A player that gets criticized for passing off to much? A player that looks to get his teammates involved in the game? A player that averages about 7 assist a game. I think he fits in good in the "TEAM" play of the 80's.
Kobe would be the one loss out of your list. He needs his 30 shots a game.
Riggght.
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so which team would he have"brought his talents to" in the non free agency era?Really? Lebron would have a hard time adjusting to team play? A player that gets criticized for passing off to much? A player that looks to get his teammates involved in the game? A player that averages about 7 assist a game. I think he fits in good in the "TEAM" play of the 80's.
Kobe would be the one loss out of your list. He needs his 30 shots a game.
Riggght.
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What does that have to do with anything Will is talking about? Unreal.
What was that about earlier, me quoting you first and so on? You quote, with a Lebron hate statement. Always.
It's cool though.Comment -
Lakerboy is in major denial!
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ahahahaha. wade one of the greatest in the world today. as quoted by the greatest in the game now kobe and lebron. he'll go down as a better player than karl malone when its all said and done.
malone choked in the finals both years. wade is 4th all time finals points per game (min 8 games)Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
thread seems to be pointing towards the fact that no one should be impressed about the Heat winning it all... they were supposed to win, after the Bulls were injured all they had to do was beat one team from the West.
if the young Thunder had capped it all off, beating the defending Champs (kinda) in 4... then winning vs LA impressive enough, then capping off 4 str8 vs the Spurs who had won 20 in a row and were undefeated in playoffs till that point...
fact is, if the Thunder somehow won the Finals... that would have been one of the most remarkable runs for a team ever in the playoffs. which is remarkable itself, after seeing how they lost it and lost 4 in a row themselves lolComment -
[QUOTE=will2survive;15173122]No, Lebron's on the list but he would need to adjust to team play. You think Magic Johnson, Kareem, Bird, McHale would be able to integrate Lebron? Very difficult but he is a major talent. James Worthy and Lebron were different players but in essence, Lebron wouldn't be much more productive than Worthy if he was on the 80 Lakers because he need's to go solo and on the Lakers of the 80's, that wouldn't be possible. It wasn't about stats; If it was, magic Johnson would have a triple double every single game. Magic was intelligent and had to make others better. Can Lebron do that? Absolutely not.[/QUOTE]
is this a joke? lebron james is todays version of magic johnson. he plays point forward
he passes the ball all the time, he turned a bunch of scrubs from cavs into a title contender
who does he make better???? u cant be serious .............Comment -
Lebron and Magic very close as of now
Lebron much more explosive
Magic had great finishers
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Its amazing to me that Bird got soooo many rebounds playing WITH Parish and Mchale on the court tooComment -
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Bird also played with guys like Reggie Lewis, Gamble, Sherman Douglass, Derek SmithComment -
anyone read about when Wilt sucked so bad at free throws that he would just do a quick run up and dunk from behind the foul line ala Michael Jordan and Mike Connely Sr. in dunk contests? and how the NBA had to ban this. I'd love to see one video of thisComment -
Not true. Who is a top 10 player from that era. Kareem, Magic, and Bird. That's it. Bird's best player on his team was McHale, arguably Parish. Neither of those guys is no where near Dwayne Wade in terms of all time ranks.
The best era in terms of basketball stars was most definitely the Jordan era, not the Magic and Bird era. This era is certaintly competing with the Jordan era as far as stars in the league go.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
lol people in here didn't even watch Wilt Chamberlain.
its obvious they only look at stats and read articles.
go watch him play. he is no where near the best ever. not even close.
the stats are inflated for a reason. you would know that if you watched the games.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
Goat, can you link us to some of those vids (youtube i think) that you posted before of the early wilt era nba?
I remember doubting you before. and you posted some vids, and you were spot on.
the old NBA was a whole different game. It was true run and gun, with very alot of pure athleticism (that pales in comparsion to today's athletes) AND an inferior technique and style.....
the greats of the 50's and 60's for the most part, would not even make it on the court for big conference D1 teams of this centuryComment -
Yeah they should be on my computer upstairs I'll try and upload some tonight. Some say it's unfair to compare eras, which is valid. No doubt Wilt and the Big O and Russel among others were superstars. But most don't really understand the structure of the league at that time.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
also lots more out there. including full games via torrents.Comment -
not that game. i watched a ton of his battles with russell (full length games) among others. the 100 is the most over celebrated stat in sports.
Bryant's 81 is much more difficult to accomplish. You can watch that game, and listen to Wilt's 100. All he did was camp out in the lane (no 3 sec violation), playing against guys much smaller, less athletic, many of them white (just to fill out the league), there was way more possessions in that game, i could go on and on.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
goat you're right that it's impossible to compare eras so all we can do is rate guys based on how dominant they were relative to the league they played in
the bottom line about wilt is that no player dominated the rest of the league like wilt....has any other player led the league in pts, reb AND assists at one point in his career? the game has obviously evolved tremendously since then....you can't hold that against him
if wilt had won a bunch of championships he'd have to be ranked at the top but obviously the lack of rings is a huge hole in his resume
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