(05-30-2018, 08:36 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(05-30-2018, 07:31 AM)MoJagFan Wrote: I don't know why people want to devalue Mr Russell. I guess Wilt Chamberlain is garbage too. The guys today are full time athletes, you honestly don't think the old guys couldn't train it up and meet today's competition?

I am a big David Robinson fan as well. I guess I am just a major hater.

What you did was say Lebron couldn't hold Bills jock. That makes you a hater.

Lebron wouldn't have lost a single game if he played back when Bill did. And I never claimed Russell or Wilt are garbage but you really think Wilt would be able to score 100 in a game today? Those two dudes were anomalies back then. Today? We have many dudes in the NBA who are built like those guys. 

You're just trying to bash Lebron because it's the cool thing to do. He's the best player and athlete the NBA has ever seen. Jordan won 6 titles and that's great but from a pure basketball standpoint, it's Lebron.

If you're going to tout the competition argument as a knock on Wilt and Russell, then you have to use it against LeBron, too.  There are two elite teams in the NBA and everyone else will never sniff the finals until they're done.

This league is FAR weaker than the days of Shaq/Kobe, and even moreso than the days of Jordan's Bulls.  LeBron is not the greatest.  He is more talented than the entire NBA right now by a wide margin, but that's a statement about how weak the league is before it's a statement of his greatness.

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