sportsmed86
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You should call your Deacon Club rep.
Get your Michelob front row monitor.
You should call your Deacon Club rep.
When the Lakers win this championship, the inevitable Lebron vs. MJ will start up again. Stephen A. Smith said that because fouls are called more tightly and the league is softer Lebron shouldn't be considered. That's really stupid. An athletic freak, who is 6'9 260 doesn't need to be protected. In fact , with fewer offensive calls and the ability to use his physicality would help Lebron not hurt him.
The absolute nonsense of "MJ was 6-0 in Finals and Lebron lost a bunch" will be brought up. Did MJ ever play a team as good a the Spurs dynasty? The Warriors dynasty? Did MJ ever take a team like the first Cavs teams to the Finals? Did MJ ever have a Finals when his next two best players were unable to play? Why doesn't anyone talk about all the years MJ lost before his first win?
MJ was a great, great player. But people don't look at the totality. He and Lebron are very close. But when it's a toss up in basketball and one guy is 6'6, 195 and the other is 6'9, 260, you take the bigger guy.
I agree with you 100%. Wilt is #1. Lebron #2.
Had MJ's in the early 80s, it's very likely they would have never made an NBA Finals much less win a championship. The early 80s Sixers and Celtics would have destroyed them. Hell, it's far from certain the Bulls would have even made an Eastern Conference Final as they would likely would have had to beat one of those teams to reach the Finals.
Thus, Jordan's 6-0 is nowhere near as strong as some give it credit for being.