Let's be honest, Kobe is the Greatest Of All Time

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

That's where your wrong. People assume. Since LBJ has been in league in 2003 is the most clutch player in the NBA in the postseason. So from 03-12. And last year he hit a game-winner against Indiana so it only gets better. Lebron is 43%, kobe is at 30%.

People just make up shit, bc that's what they believe, but is absolute fiction.

Jordan, 50%...

 

[Shanemansj13]

Nobody jumped straight to the NBA back in the day.

Moses Malone did and that was back in the 70s

 

[The Derski]

You're from Ohio so I understand the LeBron bias. I will admit LeBron will probably go down as the second best player of all time. No one will ever touch Jordan though.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Jordan, 50%...

Yeah, that's why he is the best. I was proving the point that Lebron is not only clutch, but the most clutch player in the league right now.

 

[hockey878]

MJ is clearly the greatest. If LeBron fulfills his perceived potential he will be the greatest. But that is a big IF. He has a long way to go and a lot to accomplish in the next 10 years

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

Moses Malone did and that was back in the 70s

He went straight to the ABA...

 

[Shanemansj13]

You're from Ohio so I understand the LeBron bias. I will admit LeBron will probably go down as the second best player of all time. No one will ever touch Jordan though.

I'm just giving you the facts thar, so you can know them. Lebron is very clutch.

Jordan is the best right now. I can't say if anyone will be better than him, only time will tell.

 

[Shanemansj13]

He went straight to the ABA...

He didn't go to college still.

 

[The Derski]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWDnFm_VGTc]Michael Jordan takes a free-throw with his eyes closed - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i--mrQzEl14]Lebron James AIRBALL FREETHROW A MUST WATCH - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Shanemansj13]

LeBron James: Heat Star Statistically Most Clutch Player Since NBA Debut | Bleacher Report

 

[The Derski]

LeBron James: Heat Star Statistically Most Clutch Player Since NBA Debut | Bleacher Report

Bleacher report is written by a bunch of novices trying to get real jobs. If James was so clutch he would have won a title in Cleveland.

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

He didn't go to college still.

But there is a reason the ABA was absorbed by the NBA. Here is the history on that, lifted straight from wikipedia.

In the early years of the NBA Draft, a player had to finish his four-year college eligibility to be eligible for selection. Reggie Harding, who had graduated from high school but did not enroll in a college, became the first player drafted out of high school when the Detroit Pistons selected him in the fourth round of the 1962 Draft.[3] However, the NBA rules at that time prohibited a high school player to play in the league until one year after his high school class graduated.[4][5] Thus, he spent a year playing in a minor basketball league before he was drafted again in the 1963 Draft by the Pistons.[6] He finally entered the league in the 1963–64 season and played four seasons in the NBA and American Basketball Association (ABA).[7]

In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Haywood v. National Basketball Association ruled, 7–2 against the National Basketball Association's requirement that a player must wait four years after high school graduation (which in most cases was spent playing in college) before turning professional. This ruling allowed players to enter the NBA Draft without four years of college, provided they could give evidence of hardship to the NBA office.[8]

In 1974, the NBA's rival, the ABA, drafted high school star Moses Malone. He was immediately signed by the Utah Stars and became the first player to go directly from high school basketball to a professional league.[9] He became an instant success, averaging 18 points and 14 rebounds per game in his rookie season. He played in the ABA until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. He then played 19 successful seasons with 7 NBA teams. He won the NBA championship, along with the Finals Most Valuable Player Award, with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1983. His other achievements include 3 Most Valuable Player Awards, 12 consecutive All-Star Game selections, 8 All-NBA Team selections and 6 rebounding titles. He has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and was also named in the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.[10]

A year later, two high school players, Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby, applied for hardship and were declared eligible to be selected in the 1975 Draft.[11] They had applied and gave evidence of financial hardship to the league, which granted them the right to start earning their living by starting their professional careers earlier.[8] Dawkins was selected 5th by the Philadelphia 76ers while Willoughby was selected 19th by the Atlanta Hawks. Dawkins played 14 seasons and averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds per game. Willoughby played 8 seasons with 6 different teams and only averaged 6 points per game. Both players had not reached the level of success that was expected. It is argued that they could have been better players if they had college basketball experience before entering the NBA.[12][13][14]

After Dawkins and Willoughby, no high schoolers were drafted for twenty years, though several players entered the league without playing college basketball. One notable player, Shawn Kemp, enrolled in college but never played any games due to personal problems. In 1989, a year after his high school graduation, he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics.[15] He played 14 seasons in the NBA and was selected to 6 All-Star Games and 3 All-NBA Teams.[16]

 

[Shanemansj13]

Bleacher report is written by a bunch of novices trying to get real jobs. If James was so clutch he would have won a title in Cleveland.

Facts are facts.

He can only do so much with a bunch of slapdicks.

[YOUTUBE]d1Px-jPm_TU[/YOUTUBE]

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

Facts are facts.

He can only do so much with a bunch of slapdicks.

[YOUTUBE]d1Px-jPm_TU[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Shanemansj13]

Literally, the only all-star on that championship runner-up team was Larry fucking Hughes a 1-time all star. And maybe Big Z made the all-star team once. He carried em through the season and playoffs. He single-handingly won the Detroit series for them. He deserves 100x more respect than that.

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

Literally, the only all-star on that championship runner-up team was Larry fucking Hughes a 1-time all star. And maybe Big Z made the all-star team once. He carried em through the season and playoffs. He single-handingly won the Detroit series for them. He deserves 100x more respect than that.

I think you misunderstood my post. I have never heard the term "slapdicks". Hilarious. Going to use that all the time now...

 

[The Derski]

zydrunas ilgauskas

 

[Jims_Doors]

nvm......didn't see Moses reference

 

[Shanemansj13]

I think you misunderstood my post. I have never heard the term "slapdicks". Hilarious. Going to use that all the time now...

Ohh yah, I know. I use that term a lot, actually.

But just explaining it to all the NBA Hoopligans.

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

What college did 1983 Finals Champion and MVP, Moses Malone attend?

Clearly you didn't read the post that I lifted from wikipedia on the subject. But for the record. Moses didn't go straight to the NBA from high school.