The NBA G.O.A.T. Battlegrounds

[Shawn1112]

NBA has just become lame as fuck! What is Lebron's finals record now...4-6? How many teams has he been on now to find some stars to win him a championship on? Davis is probably his best partner yet....

Don't think its rage quitting....its just lame. I'm rewatching the Last Dance right now....and it amplifies how lame the NBA has become....

Lequeen is what we used to call "club jumpers" in wrestling. My Son wrestled for one of the top programs in the State and known and respected around the Country. But the minute they had a down year, the club jumpers always jumped to the next big thing lol.

 

[The Broken Regal]

GOAT for being Best all around NBA athlete and physical presence ever along with incredible skill set and able to defend all 5 positions? Sure, I'll give ya that by a mile

Having said that, the above is exactly the reason why I don't think hes close to the GOAT, he had the complete physical domination and skill set to BE THE BEST... unfortunately missing a couple pieces beyond

 

[Shawn1112]

Lequeen has never won Defensive Player of the Year. Jordan did that and won the scoring title the same year.
Iirc Jordan was all defensive 1st team for 9 or 10 years

 

[Chet Donnelly]

GOAT for being Best all around NBA athlete and physical presence ever along with incredible skill set and able to defend all 5 positions? Sure, I'll give ya that by a mile

Having said that, the above is exactly the reason why I don't think hes close to the GOAT, he had the complete physical domination and skill set to BE THE BEST... unfortunately missing a couple pieces beyond

Exactly. Lebron's high school games were being nationally broadcast on ESPN...people probably knew he was going to the NBA by ~12 years old. Jordan didn't even make his varsity basketball team his sophomore year of HS. Jordan (obviously tons of God given talent) had to work hard, and harder than anyone else, to get to where he was.

I think that hardened path engrained something in Jordan that Lebron will never have....

 

[The Broken Regal]

Lequeen has never won Defensive Player of the Year. Jordan did that and won the scoring title the same year.
Iirc Jordan was all defensive 1st team for 9 or 10 years

This is the kind of stuff that makes you sit back and go holy crap thats just incredible

Lebron isn't even up there with him on many stats and hardware and then you start getting into achievements like you just mentioned and it just blows my mind how you put the guy above Jordan

 

[Shawn1112]

Another shitty thing by Lequeen. AD is signed with Rich Paul who just so happens to be Lequeens friend of 20yrs.
Its 100% bullshit they were able to force the Pelicans to trade him to LA.

 

[The Beast]

I want my damn respect !

 

[GLADIATOR]

Jordan is the GOAT, right now. Lebron isn’t done yet and when he is will prolly be highest points etc etc. He still has three high level years in him, IMHO.Maybe he gets to 6 championships then Rides a bench in depends and gets a seventh ring?

If your calling NBA lame, you are so far from the truth. What Jimmy Butler did just this series was friggin awesome!! You just ain’t watching.

 

[Sprayin]

LeBron is just Scottie Pippen who never got injured and pumps millions of dollars into keeping his body right. They have almost exactly thr same skill set. And we all know Scottie was just Mike's sidekick.

 

[The Broken Regal]

Jordan is the GOAT, right now. Lebron isn’t done yet and when he is will prolly be highest points etc etc. He still has three high level years in him, IMHO.Maybe he gets to 6 championships then Rides a bench in depends and gets a seventh ring?

You are saying that Lebron will pass Jordan if he gets 7 rings? Interesting, hope you have Bill Russell #1 and Lebron is just passing Jordan somewhere further down the list then

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Jordan is the GOAT, right now. Lebron isn’t done yet and when he is will prolly be highest points etc etc. He still has three high level years in him, IMHO.Maybe he gets to 6 championships then Rides a bench in depends and gets a seventh ring?

If your calling NBA lame, you are so far from the truth. What Jimmy Butler did just this series was friggin awesome!! You just ain’t watching.

It is lame. Lebron and a few other of the top players just hop around the league to make sure they are on the best team. Add on top of that that it has become a flopfest....

Here is just the finals....

 

[Shawn1112]

I want my damn respect !

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I LOL last night when he said that, and then said GTFO

Jordan is the GOAT, right now. Lebron isn’t done yet and when he is will prolly be highest points etc etc. He still has three high level years in him, IMHO.Maybe he gets to 6 championships then Rides a bench in depends and gets a seventh ring?

If your calling NBA lame, you are so far from the truth. What Jimmy Butler did just this series was friggin awesome!! You just ain’t watching.

Lequeen can get 10 rings and still not be the GOAT, he still isnt ahead of Kobe imo. He is a ring chaser. When things dont go his way he leaves, Kobe never left LA in the bad times. Jordan never left the Bulls when they sucked. Golden State will be healthy next year and they have the #2 pick iirc. They are going to win the West the next 3-4 years.

I agree what Jimmy did was awesome. If thats Jordan playing, Jimmy doesnt have those games, Bulls would have swept Miami.

 

[FESTER665]

Versus the defense back in Jordans days.... Those guys were brutal to each other..

 

[FESTER665]

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I LOL last night when he said that, and then said GTFO

Lequeen can get 10 rings and still not be the GOAT, he still isnt ahead of Kobe imo. He is a ring chaser. When things dont go his way he leaves, Kobe never left LA in the bad times. Jordan never left the Bulls when they sucked. Golden State will be healthy next year and they have the #2 pick iirc. They are going to win the West the next 3-4 years.

I agree what Jimmy did was awesome. If thats Jordan playing, Jimmy doesnt have those games, Bulls would have swept Miami.

Exactly what we discussed during lunch. If that's Michael or Kobe there, Butler doesnt have those games, no fucking way.

 

[GLADIATOR]

You are saying that Lebron will pass Jordan if he gets 7 rings? Interesting, hope you have Bill Russell #1 and Lebron is just passing Jordan somewhere further down the list then

No. Do you have Russel over Jordan? I don’t. Jordan is the GOAT. My opinion is that Lebron will win 2 more in his prime. When Lebron retires he will have a lot of the records which will legitimize his spot in the GOAT debate.

 

[GLADIATOR]

It is lame. Lebron and a few other of the top players just hop around the league to make sure they are on the best team. Add on top of that that it has become a flopfest....

Here is just the finals....

Did you watch any of the games? Playoffs? finals?

 

[The Broken Regal]

No. Do you have Russel over Jordan? I don’t. Jordan is the GOAT. My opinion is that Lebron will win 2 more in his prime. When Lebron retires he will have a lot of the records which will legitimize his spot in the GOAT debate.

I don't, but since you only brought up title numbers, I had to say that Jordan isn't even #1 with that...

What records do you think Lebron will have when he retires?

 

[GLADIATOR]

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I LOL last night when he said that, and then said GTFO

Lequeen can get 10 rings and still not be the GOAT, he still isnt ahead of Kobe imo. He is a ring chaser. When things dont go his way he leaves, Kobe never left LA in the bad times. Jordan never left the Bulls when they sucked. Golden State will be healthy next year and they have the #2 pick iirc. They are going to win the West the next 3-4 years.

I agree what Jimmy did was awesome. If thats Jordan playing, Jimmy doesnt have those games, Bulls would have swept Miami.

10 rings and he is crowned the GOAT...fo sho! You might not accept it but the world will put him on a pedestal with 10.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Did you watch any of the games? Playoffs? finals?

No. I stopped watching the NBA over the last few years for the reasons I stated above.

I follow highlights...and sure enough, the team hopping by stars and flopping seem to be getting worse by the year. I found all those clips of flopping in about 10 seconds on Twitter, which tells me the flopping has gone rampant....

 

[GLADIATOR]

I don't, but since you only brought up title numbers, I had to say that Jordan isn't even #1 with that...

What records do you think Lebron will have when he retires?

Yet to be seen. Lebron still has plenty of life left on the court. I resurrected this thread by saying he is one step closer. I haven’t crowned him yet.

 

[GLADIATOR]

No. I stopped watching the NBA over the last few years for the reasons I stated above.

I follow highlights...and sure enough, the team hopping by stars and flopping seem to be getting worse by the year. I found all those clips of flopping in about 10 seconds on Twitter, which tells me the flopping has gone rampant....

With all due respect, if you aren’t watching the NBA, then how can I respect your opinion of the NBA?? Your opinion is based on some fake news BS showing flops? There is some great ball being played. More awesome moments than flops.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

With all due respect, if you aren’t watching the NBA, then how can I respect your opinion of the NBA?? Your opinion is based on some fake news BS showing flops? There is some great ball being played. More awesome moments than flops.

Are you calling the clear videos posted above fake news? Are the videos edited somehow?

 

[FESTER665]

I want my damn respect !

I LOL last night when he said that, and then said GTFO

Wait, did he actually say that in an interview or something ?!?!?

Go earn that shit if you want it so bad.

Having more finals wins than losses would be a good start.

 

[The Broken Regal]

No. Do you have Russel over Jordan? I don’t. Jordan is the GOAT. My opinion is that Lebron will win 2 more in his prime. When Lebron retires he will have a lot of the records which will legitimize his spot in the GOAT debate.

Yet to be seen. Lebron still has plenty of life left on the court. I resurrected this thread by saying he is one step closer. I haven’t crowned him yet.

You are saying he will have lots of records, but now you are saying they are yet to be seen... wat... I'm not sure I follow here dude

You seem to follow the NBA closely and know the game, so what records will Lebron hypothetically have that will put him in the GOAT debate? I'm not asking you to tell me how a nuclear bomb is made, I'm asking you what records you claim he will have based on what he has now and assuming he will play for a few more years at a decently high level...

 

[FESTER665]

As far as the list of people to vote on goes, how are Malone and Nowitski even on here? I'd take Duncan over either of them and don't think he belongs in the GOAT discussion.