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WiggyRuss
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The first ring ceremony in Cleveland for a major sports franchise since- i dont even know if there has ever been a "ring ceremony" for the Browns in '64....maybe the Indians in '48?
LeBron James delivered his promise of a title to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
How much does he have left? How many years? How many Finals appearances? How many titles? Does he ever leave Cleveland? Will he go down as the 2nd best player ever?
Great article from Bill Simmons on LeBron on the eve of the season starting;
https://theringer.com/lebron-is-still-painting-his-masterpiece-bdad85037eb0#.1wcye12vz
even years ago, I spent an entire chapter in my NBA book explaining why Jordan was the best player ever. I promised that I would never waver from that opinion.
I’m wavering.
The first 13 years of LeBron’s career were better than the first 13 years of anyone else’s career: four MVP awards, three titles, three Finals MVPs, six straight Finals, nine straight first-team All-NBAs, one iconic comeback, one vanquished curse, and a truly staggering level of durability and consistency.
The man has played 199 of 199 possible playoff games. He has logged nearly 47,000 minutes including the playoffs, more than anyone through their first 13 years except Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. He has never suffered a major injury. He’s slapped up 27–7–7 so many times that there’s been an internet push to name that stat line after him. (How many LeBrons will Westbrook get this year? Like, 50?) We’re decades away from worrying about artificial intelligence basketball players, but when one finally sneaks into the league, it will probably be modeled after LeBron and everything he’s done.
Any “Who’s your greatest starting five?” argument has to include Jordan, LeBron, Bird, Magic and Pick-Any-HOF-Center. Jordan will always best him in hot-take categories like …
“Ceiling of Peak Performance”
“Clutch Gene”
“Willingness to Embrace Male-pattern Baldness”
“Signature Moment”
“Force of Personality”
… but what LeBron achieved in those last three and a quarter Finals games — starting with the way he shrewdly goaded Draymond into an idiotic suspension — had a greater collective degree of difficulty than any Jordan accomplishment. It’s true.
LeBron James delivered his promise of a title to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
How much does he have left? How many years? How many Finals appearances? How many titles? Does he ever leave Cleveland? Will he go down as the 2nd best player ever?
Great article from Bill Simmons on LeBron on the eve of the season starting;
https://theringer.com/lebron-is-still-painting-his-masterpiece-bdad85037eb0#.1wcye12vz
even years ago, I spent an entire chapter in my NBA book explaining why Jordan was the best player ever. I promised that I would never waver from that opinion.
I’m wavering.
The first 13 years of LeBron’s career were better than the first 13 years of anyone else’s career: four MVP awards, three titles, three Finals MVPs, six straight Finals, nine straight first-team All-NBAs, one iconic comeback, one vanquished curse, and a truly staggering level of durability and consistency.
The man has played 199 of 199 possible playoff games. He has logged nearly 47,000 minutes including the playoffs, more than anyone through their first 13 years except Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. He has never suffered a major injury. He’s slapped up 27–7–7 so many times that there’s been an internet push to name that stat line after him. (How many LeBrons will Westbrook get this year? Like, 50?) We’re decades away from worrying about artificial intelligence basketball players, but when one finally sneaks into the league, it will probably be modeled after LeBron and everything he’s done.
Any “Who’s your greatest starting five?” argument has to include Jordan, LeBron, Bird, Magic and Pick-Any-HOF-Center. Jordan will always best him in hot-take categories like …
“Ceiling of Peak Performance”
“Clutch Gene”
“Willingness to Embrace Male-pattern Baldness”
“Signature Moment”
“Force of Personality”
… but what LeBron achieved in those last three and a quarter Finals games — starting with the way he shrewdly goaded Draymond into an idiotic suspension — had a greater collective degree of difficulty than any Jordan accomplishment. It’s true.