Basketball

Blue_true

(31,261 posts) Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:50 PM Dec 2018

LeBron James.

Anyone that claim that he does not make a team better need to shut up. He is making the Lakers respectable, and right now in a playoff spot. If he does not get injured, my money is on the team making the playoffs. He is making marginal and young players better and the team is improving week by week.

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LeBron James. (Original Post) Blue_true Dec 2018 OP

I love LeBron. rownesheck Dec 2018 #1

Great Player Soxfan58 Dec 2018 #2

In The Years I've Watched The NBA. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #3

Magic and Kobe had a far better cast of players around them for all of their careers. Blue_true Dec 2018 #4

Couple Nits To Pick ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #5

You made a good case, maybe I overstated. But LeBron is an all around better person than Kobe. nt Blue_true Dec 2018 #6

No Argument There ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #7

One heck of a player... Maxheader Jan 2019 #8

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)

1. I love LeBron.

Reply to Blue_true (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2018, 04:26 AM

Dec 2018

But there was a time when i didn't (when he played for the heat and they beat my beloved spurs in the finals). He is a bad ass off the court as well.

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)

2. Great Player

Reply to Blue_true (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2018, 08:18 AM

Dec 2018

Even greater Man.

ProfessorGAC

(70,597 posts)

3. In The Years I've Watched The NBA. . .

Reply to Blue_true (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:47 PM

Dec 2018

. . .and that goes back to the mid-60s on CBS, i have gladly moved him into the #2 spot of the best player i've seen play.

For many years, that spot was Magic's. Not anymore.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

4. Magic and Kobe had a far better cast of players around them for all of their careers.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:03 PM

Dec 2018

LeBron only had that in Miami for a couple of years, until the center developed the heart condition.

ProfessorGAC

(70,597 posts)

5. Couple Nits To Pick

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:13 PM

Dec 2018

LeBron was in Miami 4 years, so 25% of his career with another Hall of Fame player, plus Bosh and Ray Allen (Also probably HoF)
Bosh played 79 of 82 games in James' final Heat season so his blood clot issues came after he went back to Cleveland
Irving was a top 5 guard when with James in Cleveland and Kevin Love was a multiple time AllStar
When Kobe won those other 2 titles, the next best player on the team was Gasol
While I very much like LeBron, I think you're overstating that case.