Michael Jordan vs Lebron James

[Rpruett]

leo-j said:

Rpruett said:

he made up teams to put on a show for him.. and made people travel to him? Are you serious.. you realize every big name in the free agency was INVITED by the teams interested in them for a demonstration of the team's organization..

Nearly every city that could afford lebron wanted him, and they did not go to him, lebron went to them, they invited him, he could have said no, and he doesn't go to the demonstration.. this was fact, wade, bosh, amari, and many other free agents went through that same process..

Teams were invited by Lebron to come to his downtown Cleveland location.  Teams WENT to Lebron to make their proposals.  No other athlete has done this.   Lebron was too good to go elsewhere, people were coming to see 'The King'. 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-heatfreeagency071610

 

and what if lebron wins 5 or 6 rings by the end of his career.. he wont be on jordan's league? Really? Considering YOU and probably half the entire nba base were probably touting him as the greatest thing on earth before he went to miami.. that's hypocriticle.. jordan said, he wouldn't have played with bird or magic on the same team, but times are different, he may have handled that decision differently than how it was in the 90s..

Lebron won't win 5 or 6 rings by the end of his career.  Sorry to burst your bubble and if he does it certainly won't be with one team.   It will be as a mercenary who can't build his own legacy but has to attach his name to others. 

I never tout any athlete as the greatest thing on Earth.  Before he left Cleveland, I thought he atleast had that defining Championship, Competitive quality.  After his display of immaturity and story after story coming out about him,  you realize he didn't have it at all and he probably never will or won't till way later in his career.

and you keep saying lebron and wade are role players.. do you know what a role player is..

Yes.  I know very well what a role player is.  A player who is incapable of doing something on his own or place the team on his back.  Lebron has proven that all he WANTS to be is a Role player.  He wants to be Scottie Pippen, Not Michael Jordan because he can't handle the burden of winning AND losing. 

what makes lebron or wade role players now.. when the team revolves around them.. they don't play a role in someone elses game..

The same reason why Scottie Pippen was a role player.  Scottie Pippen could occassionally take over a game by himself essentially and carry the team on his back, but not regularly.  Not often.   Jordan was the guy that they could count on most of the time.   

Lebron Wade and Bosh are all in the same boat.  They all are role players for each other.  Very good role players, but role players none the less.

role players are jermaine, shaq, maybe delonte on the celtics team, and the heat's role players are haslem, miller, maybe bibby, and maybe chalmers..

I don't need you to define role players for me.  By what Lebron, Wade and Bosh did...Proved that they are nothing more than role players.

Well one other reason why he did what he did, was because he realized the amount of money he would have made doing "THE DECISION" on national tv.. he used his fame.. for what? Charity.. That is no excuse for what he did afterwards.. but no one was talking shit about lebron the day before he said south beach..

Charity was a shallow excuse.  He could have donated his money off a fresh new contract to charity as well.  It was self serving and typical behavior from an ego-maniac. 

 

and pippen is a legend in the eyes of everyone.. that's the point of being a hall of famer..

He isn't a legend, he is a great player who played his role alongside the Legendary Michael Jordan.

and wade had no one 2008 and onward.. it's like playing the current heat bench with wade on the field.. you'd think they'd get into the ECF.. over the celtics..

Lebron had no one according to you and he made deep playoffs every year practically.

lebron already has a legacy.. that is a fact.. he's a two time mvp.. he's an all star mvp.. he hass been in the all star team 7 straight times.. his stats/growth are uncomparable to anyone currently playing in the league.. he won the EC championship once maybe twice soon,  there's no way he wont be remembered..

He will be remembered just like the guys I just listed were remembered.  He doesn't have a legendary legacy though and he never will touch someone like Michael Jordan.