Top 50: LeBron James, no. 1

Basketball is all about ABILTY, say it with me A-BIL-I-TY. Let me put the disclaimer out there, I dont like Kobe all that much. BOOM, I dont care that he doesnt play consisent defense for 48 minutes or 82 games, who cares, but he has the abilty to do it, i dont care that he doesnt averager 7 boards a game, but he has an ability to do it. FEEL ME, Nothing is out of reach if he want to do it. He and D.Wade have most abilty in the League: offensive, defense, and intaglibes. Those three criteria are the only thing we should be judging on. People keep screaming bout his defense but no one goes at him, because he built a reputation on that side of the ball. when you do that dude are scared to go at him, ITS called a REP, when have one of those it does most of the work for you.

Brandonis Roypoulos lol

@Da-Hood, da truth
@The D-Train, ‘Brandonis Roypoulos’ is one THE funniest things I have read on slams comments in a good week or two
@Nbk, what a needless diss of Wade… The only disadvantage I see in Wade’s game is that if he keeps throwing himself around the court like that then hes going to be in a wheelchair by the time he’s retired. Otherwise, its his fairly average 3pt shooting, which is much overhyped, or de-hyped. Throwing up 3 treys a game and getting one in isnt so bad, and changing your patterns keeps players on there toes so they dont read you like a book. And give the guy some slack, I don’t think he ever shot more than 100 treys in a season till the one gone by, which barely averages out as one a game. People used to say Jordan had sh!tty outside range, and he did, and look what happened there, worked hard and doubled his %s whilst becoming regarded as one of, if not, the greatest to have played the game… If Wade has any other glaring weaknesses I would genuinely love to hear them, because I don’t even you’ve watched Wade for more than a few games.

Best write up of the list. For me Kobe will be number one for 09-10, but when it is all said and done people will be talking about LBJ and MJ as the best ever, and Kobe and Wade won’t be a part of that conversation. If LBJ can develop a mean streak then look out. Right now though he is still too much of a nice guy … I get the feeling he wants to beat everyone, but he hasn’t quite reached the point where he wants to destroy them, break their will, make them nevew want to play him again. Kobe has that, and that combined with his game (which in isolated comparison is slightly inferior to LBJ’s, let’s be honest) makes him number one.

Wades weaknesses that are absent from LeBron and Kobe’s game stem from defense. Wade gambles in about 1 out of every 4 or 5 possessions. His 2 steals and 1.5 blocks also translate to about 10 points a game off of backdoor cuts, or overgambling which results in a wide open three. He floats on defense like Kobe when hes gaurding Rajon Rondo, except Wade does it against EVERYONE. There are reasons that dwyane wades teams don’t win as many games as Kobe and LeBron did when they were on similarly talented teams.

^^^ Dude, as much as people hype LeBron, you are just as irrational with your criticism.

@Nbk Posted: Oct.25 at 9:57 am
Basketball is about wins being a competition and all. Check who has more wins overall season+playoffs since 2003/04. And everyone who puts wade above LeBron OR Kobe has an immediately irrelovent opinion. The disadvantages inherent in wades game absent from lebron and kobes are obvious to anyone who watches more then 10 games a season

Wow, what are you ten? Games must come on during your bedtime or your on that dust juice, Ball is a team game, Wade played some burgers last year and got to the playoffs, D. Wade is so much more complete than Bron is all size and power. Wade has actual skill beyond his phsyical gift, would we really be talkin bout Bron if he was 6’4, idk, he would prolly be just another dude in the league. When I watch Bron he has to work hard for every bucket(like dribbling 100 times at the top of the key). Arent the Great one supposed to make this game look easy. Bron doesnt Wade does it with less effort. Since wanna bring up winning, BoyBoy got a chip under his belt. Dont pull shaq out ya ass either, He singlehandly killed the Mavs, I know there the Mavs but a Chip is a Chip. I dont care if you won 30 games during the season, if you win the chip you still go down as a Champ.

Young ass prolly don’t spit about Basketball talkin bout people opinions are irrelevant.

P.S. Regular season wins dont mean spit except for standing purpose, How many 50 and 60 win teams didnt win the chip that current year? Oops, Bron was just on one!

Out.

And Yea, Bronny is my dude.

@Big z: Sometimes it’s not about HATE… and more about… well, analyzing their respective games and forming an opinion on who you think is better. No opinion is necessary wrong per se, but in this case, one is obviously more correct.

This article would’ve been better if it had more quotes in it.

@Ryan Jones…..: i don’t think so, most everybody got your point(either they liked it or not…).

KOBE, teach Bron another lesson, play with Shaq you`re loser

Good Lord I’m late.. The only thing that seperates Lebron and Kobe at this point to me is Kobe’s vast amount of experience… and his knowledge of how to win. Lebron puts up massive numbers, with hopes that it will be enough to beat the other teams. Kobe usually puts up what is necessary to win. I doubt Kobe is going to ever put up MVP numbers again; but now he won’t have to. Lebron is the new Mike, because like Mike Lebron is something that we simply haven’t seen before. We’ve seen Kobe’s entire game 10 to 15 years prior with MJ. If Kobe wasn’t so odd personality wise I’m sure it would be a tougher argument. LOL, and co-sign The Seed on the media giant that is shoving Lebron down our throats. I’ve seen pregame commercials were they show Lebron highlights, and male Lions running across the Sarangetti!! And then the Cavs lose by 15.

Callin Dwayne Wade better then LeBron because of a title he won 3 years ago with a still somewhat dominant shaq is pathetic. I don’t care if his team was last place, he won a title once. Once again by your crappy logic, Darko Milicic has had a more successful career then LeBron James.

in 2006? shaq averaged 20 and 9.6. pretty f’n dominant when you are still being doubled teamed every time you touch the ball on the block

to here the word kobe including this is written 209 times haha. there was a lot less of a buzz around the list this year

You can’t go wrong with 1,2 and 3. You can put Wade and LBJ on L.A. and they’ll win it all too.

To be honest, i dont care about any of these ni66as anyway. Im waiting for Gilchrist to go to the League.

A real basketball player = No2 / A hyped athletic freak = No1 -> Thats whats wrong with the league!………. And I repeat: How can somebody be considered the best in the game, if he has no fundamentals like a J?! hmm…

Wow your an idiot

Good Retort.

rikson Posted: Oct.27 at 5:00 am
A real basketball player = No2 / A hyped athletic freak = No1 -> Thats whats wrong with the league!………. And I repeat: How can somebody be considered the best in the game, if he has no fundamentals like a J?! hmm…

BONG!

LeBron can have it when Kobe retires, until then he isn’t the best player as long as KB is lacing em up and knockin em down. PERIOD!

come on, last year KOBE crashed 1000 comments easily as no-1, truth is that Lebronze ain’t KOBE but….not even 300??? Let’s hear it for Bron-bron!!!!

When LeBron leaves CLE.
I wonder where he will go?

Nbk, I noticed it earlier, but you literally interpret posts in your own way. So don’t call me retarded when you apparently can’t even read. Earlier you talked some absolute nonsense about someone saying KD was better than LBJ; they actually said only LBJ only has a ceiling to compare to KD, and until Durant gains weight, he isnt gonna get to the top. And I didn’t say LBJ is a lesser player than Wade or Kobe because of his physical gifts, and I also said you can’t seperate Lebron from his atleticism. However, in my view, you are genuinely stupid if you think LBJ has a more complete game than Wade or Kobe. You may view LBJ as a better player because he has a physical edge over almost every player in the league, coupled with some truly remarkable skills… like I said its open to interpretation as to what you want in an ideal player and who rank 1/2/3. But he isn’t more rounded than Wade or Kobe, FACT! Deal with it! Lebron is the most physical complete player in the League; build, strength, speed, explosiveness etc but like THIS VERY ARTICLE SAYS; his J is average, he has no post game, his footwork is par at best (which is probably why his post game is lacking because he has the technique and strength), hes not a great FT% especially when you consider he gets to the line often. And thats just what the article lists… Just because Wade or Kobe weren’t born with the rare physical nature of LBJ doesnt mean they are less complete players, in fact the opposite, they have to work harder to develop a more rounded game. Oh and like I said before, stop making this banter personal, its very childlike. Oh and yes Lebron has some amazing stats, testament to his ability, and stats better than Wade, but you are ignoring a whole plethora of factors if thats the basis of your argument; stats aren’t black and white when comparing players, there is a load of gray areas to contemplate too (Injuries played through, strength of squad played with, system played in etc etc)