No way. Durant had to join a championship team to get a title (assuming they win it this season). LeBron came to a crappy Cavs team and got them a title and left the Heat, who then became crappy. It's not even close. I would put Westbrook and maybe even Harden ahead of Durant.
I love your take on "crappy"
Jordan had to play in an era where teams were physical and it wasn't this up and down scoring. He also played in an era where there were true centers like Ewing, etc.
I love LeBron and what he has accomplished (I am a Knicks fan btw), but he is not Jordan. Jordan is #1 overall. I'd put Kareem, Magic, LeBron, Bird, Wilt and Oscar Roberson in the discussion for the 2nd tier.
I am telling you, I am no NBA guru, but it astonishes me how uneducated or how little people understand the game today. It's like all they hear is that Bron is the greatest, Bron is the greatest, and it's like - how about a little perspective.
1) NBA actually played defense back in Jordan's day and as KLCane said, had these big dominating centers (not these tall, lanky, shifty centers like today). A physical game. Now, Bron Bron being 6'8'' 250lbs, can more than handle physcalitiy, but my problem with him is that he doesn't embrace a physical game (sure he plays physical himself, but the minute someone takes him on - what does he do? CRIES LIKE A LITTLE Bitch).
2) Jordan never loses an Olympics gold - Jordan never lost a title game (so there's that).
3) Jordan never folded in a game - Lebron just disappears. The funny thing is the Bron lovers just say its because he's unselfish and tries to feed the ball - give me a break. No one misses a clutch free throw better than Bron Bron.
4) You talk about him having bad teams at the Cavs? 2007 he made the finals with a starting five of 1st round picks, actually none of them being under a top 10 overall pick players that have solid bench players around the league. Then he got destroyed by the Spurs, b/c they still played real basketball. But homeboy is going to say he can just waltz into Orlando and win a title by himself. Unreal #fakenews
5) Then he had to leave to actually win, and fundamentally changed basketball with the creation of super teams - not to mention still choking while he was here (what a damn loser).
6) Goes back, has become pretty much the GM of the team, picks his player in the draft, brings Love, and what happens...loses once again.
7) Finally wins, when the RECORD SETTING Warriors mysteriously go cold somehow. Which will happen again, b/c this league is about making sure Bron Bron gets what he wants.
8) He cries to the media when he gets "bullied" on the court.
The proof is in the pudding you guys just let his flashiness, his damn good skills, his being fun to watch get in the way of the truth - he's definitely a top 10, maybe even top 5 player of all time, but he is NO WHERE NO WHERE near the best ever. The gap b/t #1 to #2-#10 is YYYUUUGGGE. Period.
YES I HATE LEBRON, I AM HAPPY TO BE A BRON BRON HATER - AND THAT'S TO PUT IT NICELY. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN MIAMI THAT WAS UPSET WHEN HE CAME - despite enjoying rings come in. I don't like it was with him. I root for him to lose every time he steps on the court, and enjoy watching him fails as much as I enjoy watching the Gators fails, warms my heart.
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