Jim Thorpe would like a debate

unless GSW record is really only a reflection of how shitty watered down and noncompetitive the league is now............

The real question now is “is Lebron a Muslim?”

Disagree. Nike and Gatorade didn’t make him the player he was; they may have marketed him into a global icon, but mainly because he was so damn good. Look at his numbers by any modern or traditional metric. He was a basketball phenomenon.

Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all-time. I don’t know why this needs repeating. The best offensive guard ever, and probably the best defensive guard ever. 6-0 in the NBA Finals. Was also the most compelling/exciting, and aesthetically-pleasing player of his time (and likely of all-time). Besides that,…

Yeah no. If Jordan doesn’t get secretly suspended for gambling the Bulls win 8 championships in a row. We all know that. LeBron was on a super team for 4 years & won 2 of them. They never should have lost to the Mavs or the Spurs. The reason he’s in the damn finals every year is because the East straight up sucks. Who…

No, and I’m not sure what he could do to be the GOAT. He was fantastic this year in the Finals, but still disappears in some big games and has never shown to have the consistent “bloodlust” that MJ had. If him getting a 3rd ring is causing people to question whether he’s the GOAT, then the fact that Jordan won 6…

But he just crumpled up a 73-win juggernaut and dunked it in the trash nearly singlehandedly, and Michael never had to do anything with even 75 percent the degree of difficulty that involved.

The fact that you think he won the finals single handedly is absurd. Kyrie hit all the key shots in game 7. Kyrie showed up for 40 in game 5 and 30 more in game 6. In addition to Kyrie showing up Curry shit the bed. The league MVP air balled more 3's in game 7 than he made. James was great. The MVP of the series. He…

No. Not even close. Jordan, apart from being one of the best scorers in NBA history, is far and away the best defender of the all-time great scorers. He’s up there with the greatest defenders of all time. Rings and records aside, it is Jordan’s defense that sets him apart from all other contenders to that title.

“Nearly singlehandedly”? Kyrie Irving was as big a part of the Cavs comeback as LeBron.

Who knows what kind of guy Lebron is? He’s about as real as a videogame avatar to most of us. I don’t pull for teams, I just enjoy watching freaks of nature do freaky things, as well as the shadow backstory of deals, league massaging to get the maximum entertainment appeal, coaching drama, and luck. I don’t see sports…

For one thing, Jordan and those Bulls teams never let themselves get down. For another, every team they beat in the Finals was as good if not better than Golden State. This Warriors team is phenomenal, but the Lakers, Blazers, Suns, Sonics, and Jazz teams were full of 50 greatest players and Hall of Famers.

The reason why people say he won’t be a champ like they were is because he decided to switch teams in the prime of his career to get a ring. Then switch back teams after it seemed that wouldn’t continue to work out for him. None of those guys did any of that, you could even argue that the reason they didn’t is because…

“LeBron, I am your father...and you're a bitch" -Delonte West in Darth Vader voice

Idiot. How are things ever going to get better if we start making the Wealth Creators pay for their own shit and/or pay more taxes instead of creating all that wealth and letting it trickle down to the rest of us?

Ralph Nader didn’t lose Al Gore the election. Al Gore lost Al Gore the election.

How different are the Democrats and Republicans, when you get down to it?

What kind of progressive would sign off on bailouts for banks and automakers, socializing business losses? What kind of progressive would vote for certain unprovoked adventures abroad? What kind of progressive would not just preserve our horrendous system of privately run health care, but subsidize those insurers?

I think Leonard’s defensive superiority over Westbrook is so substantial that it at least pulls him even (and I also think Leonard is underrated on offense, but not in Westbrook’s class). And that’s even with habitually giving deference to superior O over superior D.