You should have the decency to point out that that starting line-up will play exactly 6 quarters together over the entire season.

...that he had to be fed somehow through an eyedropper, he was being treated for meningitis with maple syrup and various — that’s not the case at all. We were treating our child with different homeopathic remedies, different herbal remedies like tens of thousands of people do.

Pippen was obviously great, but even if you look at the Knicks series the next year - ‘92 - they were bullying this shit out of him. They were in his head and he was struggling offensively and defensively. It was force of will by Jordan that eventually helped Pippen play his best ball.

Right, I mean, I mentioned that specifically.

You’re remembering ‘96-’98 and forgetting ‘87-’93. Jordan was significantly superior to Pippen through about ‘91, when Pippen stepped into his own. Jordan remained the better defender until his first retirement. Just watch the ‘92 playoff match up against the Knicks for a clear illustration of this. That team (like…

That just isn’t true. Jordan was a better defender than Pippen during the first three-peat. Pippen was superior to Jordan during the second run, but Jordan was past his physical peak and could no longer control the entire offense while guarding the opposing team’s best wing like he did before his first retirement.

Instead, I think America ... prosperous, inventive, ingenius, ... ya know ... positive thoughts?!?!?

I think there’s an inherent problem in pining for some nostalgic period of American history that never existed. It’s fairly hostile and insulting to women and minorities for whom the past - especially the period most lionized by the right, the 1950's - was oppressive and violent.

Wade and Pippen are in the same universe, historically. Pippen never won a finals MVP. Wade was the superior player to LeBron in the 2011 finals and carried a lot of weight for James during his various playoff struggles.

LeBron, despite winning twice, never really had an iconic finals moment. Magic’s hook shot, Jordan’s switch-shrug-55-flu-steal/clincher...etc.

It’s telling that you ignored everything in my response save the ad hom’s because that’s what you’re more equipped at dealing with - whining.

Of course this fellow should be discharged, but then he will become a private citizen with access to firearms and a grudge against the “PC liberals and fags” who got him kicked out of the military.

Wanna make a bet on who that was:

Well, I don’t think you can lose 8 games in the playoffs and wear the “greatest team ever” crown, much less get blown out by 25+ 3 times.

We expect more of him. It’s one of those insights that reveals who we all actually consider the best, most valuable player.

I hope Lue is smart enough (and the game is close enough) that LeBron isn’t gassed at the end. He deserves to be at full capacity if this game goes down to the wire.

I can only hope that was parody.

Yawn.

Alright man, you’re a fucking stubborn child. You’re engaging in an infantile sort of epistemological doubt. A dumb guy’s solipsism - how do we know anything matters, man? I’m asserting that a specific metric is worth evaluating. You are free to deny that the metric has value, but this is true of every evaluation…

Ah, fair enough. It didn’t read that way, but lord knows we all need the right to clarify.