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i often think that basketball is a game of four quarters and wonder why so many expecting stars to make things alone in the last quarter while it is considered as working and maybe even more effective to share responsibilities in the first three. I mean hitting the basket is mostly the same then before, and maybe you have less time to adjust or react to the game in the last quarter but still 2 points a 2 points.

And yes i like to make fun of it too, but overall i wouldn't break on him because he didn't make every 2cd shot in the last quarter even when maybe some "highlight" basket always come in the fourth because you could consider them neckbreacking. For me it is more the credit he get in advanced and also his attitude to celebrate himself in advance, yes Miami would be a contender for many years but if it really appears to be a dynastie we will see in 5-10 years but then they should wait to celbrate 8 titles or a transfer who make then a contender not before they even won one title. i could easily imagine, that Thunder* and Bulls could beat Miami in mid and longterm regulary. You never should forget the Lakers, and maybe even Dallas had one in. And don't forget that a three stars system, with a bunch of role players is affected through injurys Dallas had the best season standing till Dirk get injured but Miami had 3 players who they couldn't afford to miss games and what happen if they start the playoff without one of them?

And to putting LeBron on a throne, also this discussion might be example i mean he was compared since he joined the league. And yes he appeared to be a great player, but did we really had to compare him to his Airness for me this comparision is still now a joke because he simply couldn't dominate the court that much.

* i wouldn't be that much surprised if maybe Durant would be considered at the stronger SF at the end of theirs careers then Lebron. I really like Durant game today, and he is still pretty young.

This would never have happened to MJ:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video...

if <ou count such matches, obviously this counts too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B7U74Dg04k

Last edited by CrazyEye at 8/16/2011 4:00:14 PM

Watching MJ is like "Men at work"
Watching LJ is like "Boys at work"

This would never have happened to MJ

I saw Jordan get dunked on by some kid at one of his basketball camps. Of course, MJ returned the favor twice.

...which is what I tell myself every time I have flashbacks of dropping pop-ups in little league.

Coach told you to use two hands , but you were out there hot doggiing it...

It seems as MJ is as infallible as the pope now....i don't know, Jordan may have been the greatest player ever, but its debatable. Was he really better than Wilt or Magic or Russell or Mars Blackmon?

i'd take wilt out of the discussion. of course he is one of the alltimegreats but potentially losing just for pushing his stats... great example of teamwork and sportmenship ;-)

the question is if you could have stop him with a lot 7 footer, i see just very small pieces of his play on youtube - but he was very agile played Point Guard(ok at the harlem globetrotters) but he had a skillset to stretch the game. And i don't have so much pace adjusted stats, but his stats was also of the board in his era.

And about Jilt-the-Stilt i never saw his old free throws, but they changed the rule of them because of him when i remember right - if someone have footage of it and how his free throws are leading to dunks would be intresting for me.

Overall i think the stilt. have a good shot in the goat discussion - especially when it comes to individual ability(and don't forget in the beginning of MJ career he was stated to egoistic to win anything, and did his game change that much in direction or was it just the observation with the succes and better teammates?)