Quote :

"When it comes to 99.9 or any general talk about the NBA it seems like there's a lot of discussion now about player X, Y, or Z being better or worse than Lebron and how Lebron is inferior due to a lack of a championship ring (or rings). I have a hard time following that, since I figured getting a ring was more of a team accomplishment. Why don't people use league MVP awards or yearly/career averages in ppg, rebounds, etc. I just don't get why all the focus on rings as a means to judge an individual's performance."

your point is well taken, especially in sports like baseball or football, however in basketball one player can make a bigger difference than either of the previous sports...so while guys like Karl Malone and Charles Barkley will always be great NBA players, they'll never be Jordan or Olajuwon or Kobe or Shaq

but also, this is a nation built on winning therefore we judge our athletes accordingly

and damn Wade is a whiny cunt when he's not getting the best officiating in the NBA

6/2/2011 10:02:35 PM

because a great basketball player can affect a game way more than a great football or baseball player

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 10:07 PM. Reason : not hockey goalies though]

6/2/2011 10:03:08 PM

^
retarded

Side note. Zookeeper looks HILARIOUS!

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 10:06 PM. Reason : goodlife, the correct answer is a great starting baseball pitcher]

6/2/2011 10:04:54 PM

wonder if Reddick is writing/has written a poem about Dirk's FT shooting

^true, but one great starting pitcher isn't going to singlehandedly win a 7-game series

one great starting pitching performance could allow a minor league baseball team to beat the Yankees though, whereas the best college football or bball teams would lose to the worst NFL/NBA teams 10 times out of 10

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 10:08 PM. Reason : .]

6/2/2011 10:06:36 PM

Neither is a great basketball player. A great hockey goalie would rank higher as well.

And he said game, not series.

6/2/2011 10:07:44 PM

^^^ on a one game basis, maybe

but not a 7 game series

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 10:09 PM. Reason : beat you to the hockey goalie post]

6/2/2011 10:08:32 PM

Your original post said more than any other sport.

6/2/2011 10:10:11 PM

at least a great basketball player is going to affect every game of that series

a hockey goalie can certainly win a game with a 100% save percentage, i'll give you that

but basketball players play offense and defense...Tim Thomas isn't putting any points on the board for the Bruins

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 10:11 PM. Reason : a]

6/2/2011 10:10:41 PM

If Lebron went to UCONN or even Duke, they could've beat the 04 cavs.

6/2/2011 10:11:39 PM

^ and ^^
I believe your are 100% incorrect, but I can already tell you're not changing your opinion, so the debate is moot.

6/2/2011 10:11:56 PM

Wow 6-0 heat run from the line.

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 10:13 PM. Reason : think Dallas just lost the game in the that stretch]

6/2/2011 10:12:09 PM

i'm 100% incorrect when it comes to single games

good thing the real NBA/NHL playoffs are 7 game series, so you're only 100% correct in fantasyland and not the real playoffs

6/2/2011 10:14:30 PM

Taliek Brown/Marcus Wiliams
Ben Gordon/Rashad Anderson
Lebron James/Denham Brown
Charlie Villinueva/Hilton Armstrong
Emeka Okafor/Josh Boone

They would easily beat the cavs 1/10.

6/2/2011 10:15:39 PM

I love how I correctly stated that one basketball player doesn't make the biggest impact in all of sports, but due to post editing and changing the subject, I'm wrong.

6/2/2011 10:17:40 PM

^^why wouldnt the Cavs have drafted Carmelo?

^the subject was lebron's lack of championships, not lack of single game performances


[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 10:19 PM. Reason : ^,^^]

6/2/2011 10:18:07 PM

huh? I was responding to the thegoodlife3's original unedited post on this page.

6/2/2011 10:20:12 PM

and we were responding to the quote on the top of the page

simple communication error

well i didnt say "affect a game" i said "can make a bigger difference" implying to win titles

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 10:22 PM. Reason : :/]

6/2/2011 10:21:28 PM

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

6/2/2011 10:22:18 PM

stop whining

6/2/2011 10:22:32 PM

LOL at Dirk trying to guard Wade one on one in the open court.

6/2/2011 10:37:03 PM

at least he didn't foul him

6/2/2011 10:39:38 PM

Kidd needs to join Shaq and retire TONIGHT.

6/2/2011 10:51:50 PM

Damn

6/2/2011 11:02:41 PM

Wade's two step move is pretty damn good but it has nothing on the Lebron 4 step!

6/2/2011 11:03:45 PM

Ballgame

6/2/2011 11:18:01 PM

Momma, there goes that man.

6/2/2011 11:20:34 PM

fuck sports

6/2/2011 11:22:48 PM

Sports are so ~.

6/2/2011 11:24:47 PM

Jason Terry is a cherry pickin' son of a bitch

6/2/2011 11:27:13 PM

and turning it over a lot

6/2/2011 11:28:03 PM

Quote :

"Taliek Brown/Marcus Wiliams Ben Gordon/Rashad Anderson Lebron James/Denham Brown Charlie Villinueva/Hilton Armstrong Emeka Okafor/Josh Boone They would easily beat the cavs 1/10"

no. there is a thing called a bench. an NBA bench would obliterate a college bench. also, no way.

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 11:29 PM. Reason : nvm, i see you inlcuded the bench. but i still say no friggin way.]

6/2/2011 11:28:32 PM

Have marquee players ever bought championships in other sports?

6/2/2011 11:29:12 PM

Yankees

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 11:31 PM. Reason : Jeffrey Maier!]

6/2/2011 11:31:01 PM

Imaginary foul on Chandler to give Lebron two points is going to end up being the difference in the game. As bad as Dallas is, hard to imagine them not being up 2-0 with fair officiating.

^Yankees is the team buying championships but this is a case of players buying championships.

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 11:35 PM. Reason : players go to yankees because yankees pay top dollar.]

6/2/2011 11:34:32 PM

Dirk is due to make a three at some point

pretty sure he's taken only one all game

6/2/2011 11:35:02 PM

^^fair enough

shit's gettin real

6/2/2011 11:36:40 PM

lawl

6/2/2011 11:38:26 PM

TreeTwista10 is biting his pillow at this moment.

6/2/2011 11:38:55 PM

!

6/2/2011 11:38:58 PM

Goddamn. Miami forgot its a 48 minute game not 40. Wtf 2 points in 6:30?

6/2/2011 11:39:09 PM

The heat have nothing on offense without turnovers or fake calls.

6/2/2011 11:39:24 PM

Dirk dagger.

6/2/2011 11:41:08 PM

Quote :

"Dirk is due to make a three at some point pretty sure he's taken only one all game"

good fucking call

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 11:41 PM. Reason : damn]

6/2/2011 11:41:17 PM

This shit's insane

6/2/2011 11:41:46 PM

fuck god i love sports

6/2/2011 11:41:47 PM

Good call thegoodlife

6/2/2011 11:41:53 PM

Quote :

"Dirk is due to make a three at some point"

-thegoodlife3

[Edited on June 2, 2011 at 11:42 PM. Reason : ah shit i'm late]

6/2/2011 11:41:57 PM

good god I was going for the mavs but you can't allow a football block like that to hit the winning a shot, I mean he was shoving the guy for 5 seconds, dirk is really getting the calls at this point

6/2/2011 11:42:10 PM

omg

6/2/2011 11:42:34 PM

Damn left Chalmers wide open.

Woody Paige called it.

6/2/2011 11:42:45 PM