Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.05.27)

By: Stratomatic "Porzingis, Ntilikina, and Michael Porter are going to lead us to the promised land"

Mon, 28 May 2018 14:35:24 +0000

Debates are what makes sports fun and it’s pretty obvious that Jordan and LeBron are the 2 greatest players ever.

Anyone that saw Kareem and Wilt would disagree.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Mon, 28 May 2018 07:05:52 +0000

Well according to many people Jordan didn’t beat anybody good in the NBA Finals which is why he went 6 for 6 while LeBron lost so many Finals because he played the best teams ever. LeBron certainly had some shitty teammates this year (and in 2007) but many people are forgetting how stacked his Heat teams were and the last 3 Cavs teams weren’t exactly lacking talent.

Debates are what makes sports fun and it’s pretty obvious that Jordan and LeBron are the 2 greatest players ever. But considering how so many people always points to championships when debating who are the best players, in all sports not just the NBA, it’s going to be impossible for LeBron to match Jordan’s 6 rings. With how close statistically Jordan and LeBron are in the end isn’t the significant championships edge to Jordan the tie-breaker??

By: Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery

Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery — Mon, 28 May 2018 06:52:35 +0000

When LeBron made his first Finals, here are some players that made an All-NBA team:

Gilbert Arenas
Amar’e Stoudemire
Yao Ming
Tracy McGrady
Chauncey Billups
Gilbert, I repeat, Arenas

LeBron will soon have made his 9th Finals appearance, and I wouldn’t bet against that number ending up at 11 or 12 if he makes some good decision this offseason. LeBron will never go a perfect 6 for 6 in Finals appearances, and Jordan will never have made 9 Finals appearances. Who cares? The fact that we’re talking about “82 games played” vs. “leading the league in MP” is a sure sign that these are some bad bitches who dominated eras stacked with Hall-of-Fame talent.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Mon, 28 May 2018 06:51:00 +0000

Well in reality LeBron and Jordan’s durability pales in comparison to Wilt Chamberlain’s, holy crap his games and minutes played are beyond ridiculous. Different era I know but still his numbers seem fake.

By: Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer — Mon, 28 May 2018 06:15:25 +0000

“Lebron’s insane durability” is truly unique.

Consider he started playing an NBA schedule straight from high school, played in several Olympics, year after year of deep playoff runs, and he’s still the best player in the league after 15 years at 33 . Just incredible.

By: DRed

DRed — Mon, 28 May 2018 06:09:39 +0000

The last time Jordan led the league in minutes played was when he was 25. LeBron is 33. By age 33 James had played almost 300 more games than Jordan. That’s 11500 more minutes. LeBron never gets hurt. He never stops. You can argue Mike was better on a rate basis or that he had a higher peak, but even if that’s true it doesnt overcome LeBron’s insane durability

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Mon, 28 May 2018 05:38:05 +0000

Of course Hubert, I’m not downplaying what LeBron is doing this year but playing alot of games and minutes in a season is not a big deal to me considering when I grew up watching the NBA it was pretty much commonplace for the best players. I mean shit Ewing in the 1993-94 season played 104 games and 4,000 minutes. It is pretty remarkable that LeBron is doing this in his 15th year but this was only the 3rd season he played at least 80 games and the first he played in all 82. Jordan played at least 80 games in 10 seasons and 8 of those he played in all 82. He also lead the league in minutes played 3 times too while averaging 38.6 mins per game in his 13 seasons with the Bulls. I already mentioned his playoffs minutes played earlier which was pretty insane too.

By: Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer — Mon, 28 May 2018 05:05:12 +0000

I think Stevens is a really good coach but why in hell he didn’t instruct the Celtics to cut back on jacking up threes in the second half is beyond me. They shot themselves right out of the fucking game. That one sequence in the 4th was a killer when Smart got the rebound on the missed free throw and kicked it out, they quickly put up and missed a three, got Another offensive rebound and promptly shot and missed Another three. Just awful. That being said, Boston will be back and better next year with Kyrie and Hayward.

LeBron going to his Eighth finals in a row, truly amazing. If he can somehow beat Golden State or Houston with this roster and win another ring then he is straight up the GOAT, no debate at that point.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Mon, 28 May 2018 05:04:00 +0000

You’re right, Al, but conversely we shouldn’t underestimate the benefit of taking two years off.

By: nicos

nicos — Mon, 28 May 2018 05:00:57 +0000

Worth noting that by the end of these playoffs LBJ will have played almost 6000(!) more career minutes than Jordan. The fact that LBJ is still the game’s best player this deep into his career is mind-blowing.