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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > LEBRON JAMES IS THE GREATEST NBA PLAYER OF ALL TIME
 
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straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

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 FACTS

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straight up brolic
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 Lebron is so good that Cleveland got a championship

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straight up brolic
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 by posting itt you acknowledge that Steph Curry is a false idolater

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straight up brolic
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 Lebron took Tayshaun Prince's "the block" and 360 flipped on it

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Eifert Posting posted:

I don't watch a lot of basketball but when people say Lebron isn't the goat I always wonder how he could be better. He's like some genetically engineered basketball organism. What on earth do you change to make him better?
youd make him a better shooter, but dominating with a flaw makes it even more impressive

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straight up brolic
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 Jon Snow's LeBron moment

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straight up brolic
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MullardEL34 posted:

I watched the game on a TV that was probably used to watch the last Cleveland championship win.

It was totally worth it.
Plus I got to sit on my porch, drink bourbon, and smoke cigars.
do you mind if I use this photo for an article I'm working on?

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straight up brolic
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 the cross-sport athlete thing will forever be in the collective consciousness because of Bo and Deion and MJ I guess, but they really are just the stupidest hypotheticals. The prodigal son of Akron returned with a championship after making the greatest play in NBA history and that's something that is much cooler than imagining LeBron as a loving third baseman...just imo.

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 the frog sipping tea hat is just insanely good

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straight up brolic
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 thoughts


http://thesportsquotient.com/nba/2016/6/20/the-block-that-saved-basketball

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straight up brolic
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LOOK I AM A TURTLE posted:

That was a good read.

I think there's a certain amount of dissonance in there though. I believe you're casting The Block (this needs to catch on) as a metaphorical rejection of mathematical nerd basketball based around three point shooting, but in fact the block came, like most blocks, on a layup attempt. After all, Moreyball is about eliminating the midrange and not necessarily about increasing your average shot distance, although that seems to be a byproduct of putting it into practice. Maybe I'm simplifying the point you're making too much though.

Blocks on threes are rare, and they don't really register much because you have no idea if the shot was even close to going in. It's too bad there's no way to pin a weak three point shot at an invisible backboard in the sky.
Unless you're Dwyane Wade :)

Yeah no I totally agree. I may have done a poor job of separating the idea of threes from the idea of "best practices", which is obviously about much more than just three point shooting. My argument is essentially that the destructive force of LeBron exceeded the limitations of science. It's basically a basketball romantic vs. enlightenment conflict.

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 DROSE TO THE KNICKS BABYYYY

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