They can either continue to make millions of dollars for playing a game, or they can retire winners...
You gotta spend money to make money. Without LBJ, getting a huge media deal would be impossible. Firing LBJ's friend, who just helped earn Miami 2 straight championships might piss LBJ off. LBJ has history of moving...
That's game.. Lebron's shaken whatever demons he's had at this point. An all time great
Onto the off-season rumor mill!
Great series. I'm not sure the Heat can do it again, but its hard to argue with two rings in two years.
Never mind. The smell of Lebron's nuts on your chin is too much to bear.
No it's a really easy argument when the chosen 1 has to find a superteam to get his ring. It's a disgrace to the teams that built from the ground up and won championships with the fans that were there all along.
if you mean tanking the 96-97 season to get duncan then that's honorable right there. oh hey guys, lets's not try not to play for our paying fans so we can improve our draft position.
No it's a really easy argument when the chosen 1 has to find a superteam to get his ring. It's a disgrace to the teams that built from the ground up and won championships with the fans that were there all along.
That's the end of SA big 3 IMO. Duncan and Ginobili should retire. They don't have another finals run in them. They can hang on and be shells of themselves or retire after what was a successful season.
Yup.
Also, let's not forget how Tony Parker slept with the WIFE OF A TEAMMATE! But, LBJ is the scumbag . I mean, he raped that woman in Colorado, right? Wait, that was Kobe....
Lebron may have a huge ego, but there are so many worse people in the NBA that it makes it obvious that singling him out is just simple envy. Every single hater here would love Lebron if he "decided" on their team.
What? Duncan can't retire until he passes down the knowledge to the next SA big man. SA just needs to pick up a new big man to run 2 like the old days.
Jordan never took 7 games in an NBA finals.
Basketball is a joke now.
No it's a really easy argument when the chosen 1 has to find a superteam to get his ring. It's a disgrace to the teams that built from the ground up and won championships with the fans that were there all along.
This has always been shocking to me. LBJ is, by all accounts, a good dude. Big ego? Sure. But he's a family man who takes care of his boys from back home.
You've got a league full of rapists (Kobe), murderers (Jason Williams), thugs (Stephen Jackson, Zach Randolph, Lance Stevenson [assault charges]), and all around jerk offs (Jason Richardson, Rafer Alston (wife beating), Mario Chamlers, Michael Beasley (google these two), Birdman (unknown hard drug use), Delonte West (carrying a small arsenal while riding a three wheeled bicycle??), Metta World Peace (Wife beating), Jason Kidd (wife beating), Gilbert Arenas (cap in yo ass).
Not to mention other sports like the NFL with rapists and murderers...Ray Lewis killed that dude, for sure, and Aaron Hernandez probably did as well. Rothlisberger was seen dragging a 125 lb woman into the bathroom by her hair , and he subsequently had his bodyguard stop anyone from entering. And he beat the case. No one cares now.
And yet, people are okay with these guys and hate LBJ because he decided at 25 that he was tired of living in Ohio and wanted to play with his boys. What a dick right??
This has always been shocking to me. LBJ is, by all accounts, a good dude. Big ego? Sure. But he's a family man who takes care of his boys from back home.
You've got a league full of rapists (Kobe), murderers (Jason Williams), thugs (Stephen Jackson, Zach Randolph, Lance Stevenson [assault charges]), and all around jerk offs (Jason Richardson, Rafer Alston (wife beating), Mario Chamlers, Michael Beasley (google these two), Birdman (unknown hard drug use), Delonte West (carrying a small arsenal while riding a three wheeled bicycle??), Metta World Peace (Wife beating), Jason Kidd (wife beating), Gilbert Arenas (cap in yo ass).
Not to mention other sports like the NFL with rapists and murderers...Ray Lewis killed that dude, for sure, and Aaron Hernandez probably did as well. Rothlisberger was seen dragging a 125 lb woman into the bathroom by her hair , and he subsequently had his bodyguard stop anyone from entering. And he beat that case, which, by the way, was the second rape accusation he's faced before he turned 30. Still, no one cares now.
And yet, people are okay with these guys and hate LBJ because he decided at 25 that he was tired of living in Ohio and wanted to play with his boys. What a dick right??
Just to summarize...
In the last 2 seasons the Heat have played five elimination games. They won all five and LeBron James has been the best player by far in each of them, including a performance in Game 6 of the 2012 ECF that was simply legendary.
2012 - NBA MVP
2012 - NBA Finals MVP
2012 - NBA Championship
2012 - Olympic Gold
2013 - NBA MVP
2013 - NBA Finals MVP
2013 - NBA Championship
This is a sublime moment in basketball. James does not turn 29 for another six months!
Jordan also never carried a team on his back to the finals, he always had Grant and Pippen, and later Rodman.
And btw,
'91 to '94 Pippen and Grant >>>>>>>>>> Bosch and Wade this year.
Just to be clear, Jordan is still well ahead of Lebron in the GOAT conversation. I'm just pointing out that that the standard James is held to is asinine.
Superteam? Is it a "superteam" because it has Mr. 0/6 Chris Bosch? Or Dwyane Lemme-Show-Up-For-Like-Three-Games-This-Postseason Wade?
No one had a problem with the Celtics or Lakers building teams through free agency.
The extraneous off the court or off the field stuff does matter as your view of an athlete is shaped, even if you try not to let it influence you.
At the end of the day though, Lebron should be appreciated for what he does on the floor. Jordan was a better scorer but there has never been a player that does every thing so well and so much as Lebron. You can point at someone who was a better passer, better defender, whatever. But nobody has come as close to mastering the game in ALL of it's facets as Lebron has. If you truly are a fan of the sport and not just a casual observer then Lebron is amazing to watch. The quality of play and dynamism you see each night is something you won't see often. Enjoy it while it lasts because it will be a long time before we see another one like him again.
if you mean tanking the 96-97 season to get duncan then that's honorable right there. oh hey guys, lets's not try not to play for our paying fans so we can improve our draft position.
So what exactly should one do when they're on a team that isn't blessed with championship caliber players? The Spurs have always had Parker, Ginobli & Duncan. And before they had Robinson and other players. The Lakers did the same thing when they brought Shaq in, but nobody complains about that. James played for the Cavs who literally had the worst record in the league the year after he left. It's STUPID for the potential GOAT to play out his career on a super sub standard team that would never win a ring. Imagine if Jordan played his entire career with the Clippers. Outside of him the they were exact same team. There would be no rings, and people wouldn't talk about Jordan in the light they do.
Jordan was fortunate to have a team of great players, he didn't win rings because he was great, he won because he was great and his teammates were too. Let me ask you a question, if James had stayed in Clevland and they brought in Wade & Bosh would you still have a problem? Because teams make big trades all the time. Like Melo & Staudimire.