Lol for real, as soon as I heard him say that I thought hold up am I trippin or didn't they do a 1 on 1 interview a few years back. So I looked for it and here it is. Stephen lying Ass Smith
1998babygirl Not a Cavs fan, just know when to appreciate a once in a lifetime player. If we aren't taking about accomplishments then he's hands down the goat.
Lebron is such a respectful, modest, and extremely talented person who is already becoming a living legend, no matter what team you go for we should all be happy to to alive in the "Lebron Era" (or even the "Lebron & Kobe Era") to watch the amazing basketball take place. "We are all witnesses"
Stephen A Smith said Lebron and Magic never had 1 on 1 face to face conversation until he came to his house to talk about his chances before signing with lakers for 4 yrs. COME ON STEPHEN A, I THOUGHT YOU WERE CREDIBLE!
Who came here after that sad fckin news? This shows how LeBron admired kobe. Hope the comparison between them ends now because LeBron came to L.A to win chips and make kobe proud of him. I wish the lakers will win it all this year for kobe! R.I.P mamba and gigi 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Uncle Tony averaged a triple double in church league: 10 shots, 10 turnovers, and 10 fouls (we don't have a foul out rule cause we're playing for God).
Lebron James first 9 years in the league(regular season): 19045 points, 4751 assists, 4943 rebounds, 1194 steals, 582 blocks, 3 mvps, 1 scoring title, 8 allstar selections Kobe first 9 years (reg.season): 14034 points, 2788 assists, 3209 rebounds, 912 steals, 401 blocks, 0 mvps, 0 scoring title, 7 allstar selections notable Lebron 1 ring, 1 finals mvp, rookie of the year, 6 all nba first, 4 all defensive Kobe 3 rings(shaq), 0 finals mvp, all star dunk champion, 3 all nba first, 3 all defensive
This was honestly too forced by the media to be a rivalry. That’s why it didn’t last long. By 2009, Kobe had 3 championships, 1 MVP and proved he was the best skilled player in the league 2006-2009 run. LeBron went to the finals in 2007 but was nowhere near Kobe in terms of killer instinct at that time. Magic and Larry came in together and met in the Finals countless times. This “rivalry” doesn’t make any sense to me. Even now.
@@goatbrook1068 There is literally videos showing his teammates, including the big man Steven Adams, boxing out for Russ to come in and take the rebound and initiate the fast break. It was part of their strategy as a team but it also helped "stat pad" Russell's rebounding numbers. Nonetheless it is impressive as hell what Russ did, but it is not hate to say Russell did indeed stat pad compared to Oscar.
@@petergriffin1689 ah yes, because you've seen oscar robertson every single game get lots of rebounds. Stfu lmao you wouldn't know that, plus the reason he even stat pads in the first place was to carry the fastbreak and to get easy buckets. That's why he was always top 5 in fastbreak points.
@@goatbrook1068 lol look at you getting mad over youtube. It ain't that serious dude. You literally just repeated what I already said about the Thunder's strategy of allowing Russ to stat pad rebounds so he could initiate the fast break. In Oscars era, if the scorer took a step after receiving the pass the assist didn't count. Made it much tougher to actually rack up assists. Also he was averaging 10 rebounds during an era when the big men DOMINATED the paint. Clearly you are ignorant about Oscar and are projecting your ignorance onto me. You can simply go watch old games on youtube of Oscar playing and see for yourself that the big men on his team did not implement a strategy to box out everyone in the paint so that Oscar could come swoop in for the rebound.
I love how humble Magic always is. He's talking about averaging a triple double for a season and doesn't even bring up that he has gotten closer than any other player in NBA history since Big O. In '82 he averaged 18.6ppg 9.6rpg 9.5apg in just 38 mpg. Then in '83 he avg. 16.8ppg 8.6rpg 10.6apg i just 36 mpg. Had he played 40mpg in either of those seasons, he could have easily averaged a triple double. Wilt was also close in '68 when avg. 24.3ppg 23.8rpg 8.6apg.
Lebron James = Magic Johnson.... Same gamestyle (point-guard-forward that can play all positions) Same court vision Same passing ability Same unselfishness Same height Same weight Heck... they even look the same almost lol
@@carterbilbro4615 No he wasn't. Just bec the media now is re writing History and narratives of how it was in the 00-10 era doesn't mean it's reality of truth. Players knew and knows Kobe was MILES ahead and that also showed in the Redeem Team documentary. Don't be stupid!
Lebron looks ridicilously much like Magic Johnson now with the absence of Mo/Delonte, he is playing pointguard alot. He has been averaging 12.5 assists a game the last 4 games for example.
@DrummerAlden52 GM's dont matter? A GM's main responsibilities include free agent signings, trades, draft preparation, marketing - pretty much the day to day running of a franchise. Those are important jobs for someone who "doesnt matter". If you draft the right players and trade well you win championships. The Bulls and the Lakers were proof of this when they dominated the NBA.
LeBron learned everything the hard way! What ppl underestimate is that he has a guy like Wade now he motivates him on and off the court. Lebron knew he was better than everyone he ever played with. I cant remember a game when one of his players outscored him on his team! Now he has DWade, an ultimate competitor (look at ANY Cavs vs. Heat game prior to "The Decision") and the only player LBJ played w/ that can outscore him on a night. They will each rise each other up even w/ LBJ being the BEST!
wow look im a celtics fan and i hate everyone hate on LeBron for no reason man. Obviously im gonna hate the heat but i dont hate LBJ i honestly admire him cause the shit he can do with that size and gifted talent, he's a freak of nature ive never seen any human with his abilities man its just amazing and instead of everyone just hating on LBJ why dont we admire how great this guy is because damn this is a rare thing to see and we needa embrace it cuz there wont be another lebron for a while.
this is when the nba were trying to create a rivalry between kobe and lebron but it neva panned out. Lebron and kobe were never rivals like Magic and Bird. They were just incredibly popular which led to comparisons.
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@mgoboski OMG finally someone from Cleveland who actually appreciates the great years that Lebron gave the Cavs. You should be the Cavs spokesperson!! You are a rare breed :)
Lebron is a mix of at least 3 players, he is just to unique.... If you wanna compare his talents/skills/gamestyle at that size to only one player the closest would be Magic Johnson, but Magic wasnt such a good scorer, athlete and defender as Lebron. So Lebron is at least a mix of 3 players, like Magic, Jordan, Dominique all in one to me.
I'm a heat fan but that doesn't mean I hate Kobe. I love Kobe hes such an amazing player and will no doubt be one of the all time greats and so will LeBron.
That's what he meant, Robert Horry has more rings than Kobe, but that doesn't mean he's a better player than Kobe. Number of rings only tell you how great the team was.
Jeremy Stevens Magic and LeBrons mentalities are very very similar lol. If anything, LeBron has more of a killer mentality than him. Both moan a lot but magic was the biggest whiner in league history lol
Jordan has stated that he wanted his privacy after basketball. Trust me, espn would love to have him as a commentator or something. But Jordan is busy with his own stuff, he just doesnt want to be in the public eye anymore
Magic isn't "biased" he gives LeBron love too. He doesn't have to say that LeBron's the best. I think if LeBron won a title and he was still saying that Kobe was undoubtedly the best then you'd have to question him.
All Kobe fans over LBJ is his rings. But you have to remember, Kobe has been blessed his whole career by being surrounded by great players. Michael Jordan didn't start winning championships UNTIL he started getting good players around him! Same for LBJ. LBJ made it farther then ever now that he has D-Wade, and C.Bosh. I'm positive this is Heats season. Remember that Bryan fans! Kobe has been surrounded by good players his whole career. It's more than a one man sport!
I was not talking about overall in the season, I said that Lebron james should have taken control in the Finals, and thats where it matters most. See this is what separates lebron-he is not the player that wants to smash on his opponents and stomp on their face when theyre down. He is not a natural born killer. And by the way, you argue that lebron created great chemistry, but you said that they lost the finals due to lack of chemistry?
To all people that say he should have stayed in cleveland in the 7 years he played there the best best player that they could get to play along with him was mo williams, look at mo now he comes of the bench in LA. He wanted to stay in cleveland i believe but they could never put anyone good around him
Kobe rode on shaq to get those first 3 rings, the second 2 he won because he clearly had a great supporting crew with him, so he deserved those. LBJ had no one for 7 years, and yet he still took the Cavs to the finals in '07, Kobe would never in his life be able to take his team to the finals if he had guys like Sasha Pavlovic and Anderson Varejao in his starting lineup. Even MJ couldn't have won a ring if he had the supporting cast LeBron did. And last year, you need to time to build chemistry.
Prime Kobe's Lakers missed the playoffs one year and never got outta the first round even after leading Phoenix 3 -1. Prime Lebron carried his team to a championship and had super clutch performances. Prime Lebron is a better defender and all around player. Kobe in his prime was still the same shotjacker he is today except he made a few more of those off balance super hard fadeaways back in the day. He never had the same impact on both ends of the floor like Lebron has.
Everyone's talking like the Finals are already on... but the Magic came one amazing shot by Lebron from taking a 2-0 lead back home! I have been saying for a week that the Magic are going to the Finals, but no one wants to listen to me. A week from now, everyone will be calling me "prophet" hahaha!
@WoWCreflo Now what you should have said was that scoring 69 points in the playoffs is a greater feat. This is something we can both agree on. Because everyone knows that scoring in the playoffs is much harder than the season. The play is more physical, the defensive strategies are more fine tuned, and the stakes and motivation is higher. Also the teams you play against are the best in the league and the games are close so there is not much time to rest. So Jordan still has the edge on Kobe.
@mikester8821 nope that is a fallacy... pointing out an advantage that a player has does not mean that if the advantage is taken away, the player would not achieve the same if not better results. Same goes to pointing out a disadvantage of a player and saying he WOULD achieve better results. but i do strongly agree that on the premise of determining which player is BETTER as a whole, rings account for very little in the debate. i love kobe, and i can deny LBJ's skills both are fun to watch.
Everybody needs to back up off LeBron, he is one of the greatest basketball players of our time and probably will be one of the greatest throughout history
Firstly, do not put kobe and michael in the same group. Kobe doesnt deserve that respect. Secondly, lebron works his ass off to get where he is and he definitely has that passion. Just look where he got his team right now. He is on a mission to win. Kobe just went 5 for 23 against the jazz. LeBron=mvp and best player. PERIOD.
The guy is good. Let it go ppl. Yeah he don't have a ring but he will get one or two before his career is over. Remember Kobe luck up and got traded to the Lakers, if he wouldn't got traded he wouldve been in the same position as LeBron. NO RING. Lets not forget Kobe had Shaq and great coach Phil Jackson. Kobe had a team by himself and went 35-47. He played more than 75 games.
dont disrespect kobe.hes a great leader and one of the greatest shooting guards ever.his prime is over and its lebron's time now but he was one of the true franchise players the nba has left
@alias3rd you have a point but what matters is what you do with it.they couldve easliy given him the key/blueprints but he has the talent to know how to use them
LBJ's my favorite of the new era guys, but the handicapping of the def rules have MAGNIFIED his athleticism because it emphasizes athleticism over skill. How athletic would he seem with guys being ALLOWED to grab, hold & handcheck him with the big's camped out in the paint, waiting for his drive, because there's NO def 3-sec rule, like MJ had to face? If this were pre-'99, I suspect it'd be MUCH HARDER for him. He'd be just another 20-25ppg, low FG% guy, much like kobe was under the old rules.
I miss seeing him in those alternate uniforms for the Cavs... Cleveland had some nice uniforms for once and then they switched it around and they're so boring now...
Lebron to Lakers has been in motion since 2009. Well played magic, well played.
And yes! Lebron was now in Lakers
Someone should send Stephen A smith this interview when he says that LeBron and Magic never had a 1 on 1 conversation! 😂
Lol for real, as soon as I heard him say that I thought hold up am I trippin or didn't they do a 1 on 1 interview a few years back. So I looked for it and here it is. Stephen lying Ass Smith
Omg! That joke was classic 😂😂
Now 7 years later and LeBron james is arguably one of the top 5 greatest to play the game.
. 3 rings and 4 mvps is real impressive.
True, I consider him top 3 now especially after putting up two of the greatest finals performances ever 2 years in a row.
So true
Top 3?? Delusional Cavs fan!
1998babygirl
Not a Cavs fan, just know when to appreciate a once in a lifetime player.
If we aren't taking about accomplishments then he's hands down the goat.
LeBron averaged a trip doub in the finals and beat Magics record for 8 triple doubles in the finals
Ky'lon Brooks Playoffs or finals?
Russell Westbrook saw this interview and said "Im gonna do it."
I am from Cleveland and I STILL love Lebron. Thank you for 7 great years!
Yuhh
I am glad that LeBron gave you the satisfaction of an NBA Championship.
8 years later and russell westbrook breaks that unbreakable record.
And Lebron broke the unbreakable scoring record..crazy
Lebron is such a respectful, modest, and extremely talented person who is already becoming a living legend, no matter what team you go for we should all be happy to to alive in the "Lebron Era" (or even the "Lebron & Kobe Era") to watch the amazing basketball take place.
"We are all witnesses"
Russell Westbrook is going to be the next guy who averages a tripe double in all season
SMS226 Called it.
SMS226 good call
SMS226 stat pad
+Bkc 14 Yup
Nice
Reunited and it feels sooooooo good!!!! LET’S GOOO!!!
I love Magic. He's just so kind and chill
After the centers, I would take these two guys on my team any day. Pure greatness.
HarpoSpoke But that greatness awaits
Thank you magic for bringing this man to the lakers!
Anyone else here because of the LeBron -> Lakers news?
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Stephen A Smith said Lebron and Magic never had 1 on 1 face to face conversation until he came to his house to talk about his chances before signing with lakers for 4 yrs. COME ON STEPHEN A, I THOUGHT YOU WERE CREDIBLE!
Two best passes ever
They gonna meet again when Lebron come to the Lakers
Jaime Lannista called it!
Dudeee u a prophet
Who came here after that sad fckin news? This shows how LeBron admired kobe. Hope the comparison between them ends now because LeBron came to L.A to win chips and make kobe proud of him. I wish the lakers will win it all this year for kobe! R.I.P mamba and gigi 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Uncle Tony averaged a triple double in church league: 10 shots, 10 turnovers, and 10 fouls (we don't have a foul out rule cause we're playing for God).
greatest comment i've seen all week
+Rumpel Stiltsky thanks, looks like you're the only one who liked it
Not only him, that was great! Ha!
thanks, appreciate your appreciation.
You deserve infinite likes
Almost 10 years later Magic recruits LeBron to play for the Lakers crazy.
Now Bron on the Lake show. Magic had this thought in mind 9 years ago.
Feel so bad for Lebron I know he genuinely loved Kobe on and off the court
Facts
My Ideal Team: C- Kareem Abdul Jabbar , PF-Lebron James, SF-Kobe Bryant, SG- Michael Jordan, PG- Magic Johnson
concept899 Offensive, yes. But in terms of defense, im gonna replace Kareem with Olajuwon and Lebron with Pippen.
All Lakers except Jordan, impressive
Lebron James first 9 years in the league(regular season):
19045 points, 4751 assists, 4943 rebounds, 1194 steals, 582 blocks, 3 mvps, 1 scoring title, 8 allstar selections
Kobe first 9 years (reg.season):
14034 points, 2788 assists, 3209 rebounds, 912 steals, 401 blocks, 0 mvps, 0 scoring title, 7 allstar selections
notable
Lebron
1 ring, 1 finals mvp, rookie of the year, 6 all nba first, 4 all defensive
Kobe
3 rings(shaq), 0 finals mvp, all star dunk champion, 3 all nba first, 3 all defensive
Bron always been better
in 4-5 years this guy will hit his prime i hope he would be sorrounded by better teammates then...
Lebron is the best player in the league easily, and he"ll get some rings in his career. Hes my fav player and people need to stop hating on him
Your comment aged well.
Lebron's larry bird is actually kevin durant
kobe was in the league for 7 yrs. melo and dwade is supposed to be lebrons larry bird... come on people
Melo failed Bron basically and D-Wade is Bron's brother from another mother
GREAT 2009 INTERVIEW LEBRON JAMES WITH MAGIC JOHNSON !!!!
well he did in the finals
This was honestly too forced by the media to be a rivalry. That’s why it didn’t last long. By 2009, Kobe had 3 championships, 1 MVP and proved he was the best skilled player in the league 2006-2009 run. LeBron went to the finals in 2007 but was nowhere near Kobe in terms of killer instinct at that time. Magic and Larry came in together and met in the Finals countless times. This “rivalry” doesn’t make any sense to me. Even now.
They were laughing like @2:50 when he signed the dotted lines to LA.
We did it!!!!!
Who would've ever thought they would come together in LA 🤦🏾♂️ you can see the natural chemistry here
They said it couldn't be done since Oscar, LeBron said he couldn't even do it. But myyy man Westbrook went and did it
Osman Abdihalim But, he was stat padding, Oscars was natural. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still amazing what Russel did.
King LBJ stfu it wasnt stat padding hater
@@goatbrook1068 There is literally videos showing his teammates, including the big man Steven Adams, boxing out for Russ to come in and take the rebound and initiate the fast break. It was part of their strategy as a team but it also helped "stat pad" Russell's rebounding numbers. Nonetheless it is impressive as hell what Russ did, but it is not hate to say Russell did indeed stat pad compared to Oscar.
@@petergriffin1689 ah yes, because you've seen oscar robertson every single game get lots of rebounds. Stfu lmao you wouldn't know that, plus the reason he even stat pads in the first place was to carry the fastbreak and to get easy buckets. That's why he was always top 5 in fastbreak points.
@@goatbrook1068 lol look at you getting mad over youtube. It ain't that serious dude. You literally just repeated what I already said about the Thunder's strategy of allowing Russ to stat pad rebounds so he could initiate the fast break. In Oscars era, if the scorer took a step after receiving the pass the assist didn't count. Made it much tougher to actually rack up assists. Also he was averaging 10 rebounds during an era when the big men DOMINATED the paint. Clearly you are ignorant about Oscar and are projecting your ignorance onto me. You can simply go watch old games on youtube of Oscar playing and see for yourself that the big men on his team did not implement a strategy to box out everyone in the paint so that Oscar could come swoop in for the rebound.
I love how humble Magic always is. He's talking about averaging a triple double for a season and doesn't even bring up that he has gotten closer than any other player in NBA history since Big O.
In '82 he averaged 18.6ppg 9.6rpg 9.5apg in just 38 mpg. Then in '83 he avg. 16.8ppg 8.6rpg 10.6apg i just 36 mpg. Had he played 40mpg in either of those seasons, he could have easily averaged a triple double. Wilt was also close in '68 when avg. 24.3ppg 23.8rpg 8.6apg.
Hope he comes to LA next summer!!!!!
DaLegendCj he did...
Oscar robertson and russel westbrook now ..... triple s
double
hell of a life. lebron is my favorite player in the nba but my team is the celtics
Atleast Lebron broke Magic's record.
Like looking in the mirror. Those two
Lebron James = Magic Johnson....
Same gamestyle (point-guard-forward that can play all positions)
Same court vision
Same passing ability
Same unselfishness
Same height
Same weight
Heck... they even look the same almost lol
all black men look alike?
jk but yeah physically they are similar in size and have similar court vision!@
LEBRON TO LA
Crazy to see how much respect Lebron has for Kobe.
It's not actually he said at the time that Kobe was THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE for the whole DECADE and how on Kobe SKILLS was the best in the world.
@@Mercurial. Bron was better let’s not kid ourselves
@@carterbilbro4615
No he wasn't.
Just bec the media now is re writing History and narratives of how it was in the 00-10 era doesn't mean it's reality of truth.
Players knew and knows Kobe was MILES ahead and that also showed in the Redeem Team documentary.
Don't be stupid!
GOATS 🐐🐐👑👑
Why does Magic Johnson sit so damn close to the people he's interviewing
Cavs will file tampering against magic for this interview
Lebron is a great man , he has respect for kobe & mj and other great players , Has any 1 got the full interview ?
1:12 RUSSEL WESTBROOK.
LeBron James Official Stats:6’9” 264lbs
What a Warrior^^
Lebron looks ridicilously much like Magic Johnson now with the absence of Mo/Delonte, he is playing pointguard alot.
He has been averaging 12.5 assists a game the last 4 games for example.
Both of the people in this video are amazing.
Westbrook is the guy.
@DrummerAlden52 GM's dont matter? A GM's main responsibilities include free agent signings, trades, draft preparation, marketing - pretty much the day to day running of a franchise. Those are important jobs for someone who "doesnt matter". If you draft the right players and trade well you win championships. The Bulls and the Lakers were proof of this when they dominated the NBA.
That maybe the best summ i'v ever seen about this subject. Great insight on your part.
Stephen a smith literally said that lebron and magic never sat down 1 on 1. Then what’s this
Mohamed Farah in his entire statement he said this interview was the only time that happened
Stephen A isn’t a reliable source
LeBron learned everything the hard way! What ppl underestimate is that he has a guy like Wade now he motivates him on and off the court. Lebron knew he was better than everyone he ever played with. I cant remember a game when one of his players outscored him on his team! Now he has DWade, an ultimate competitor (look at ANY Cavs vs. Heat game prior to "The Decision") and the only player LBJ played w/ that can outscore him on a night. They will each rise each other up even w/ LBJ being the BEST!
wow look im a celtics fan and i hate everyone hate on LeBron for no reason man. Obviously im gonna hate the heat but i dont hate LBJ i honestly admire him cause the shit he can do with that size and gifted talent, he's a freak of nature ive never seen any human with his abilities man its just amazing and instead of everyone just hating on LBJ why dont we admire how great this guy is because damn this is a rare thing to see and we needa embrace it cuz there wont be another lebron for a while.
this is when the nba were trying to create a rivalry between kobe and lebron but it neva panned out. Lebron and kobe were never rivals like Magic and Bird. They were just incredibly popular which led to comparisons.
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@mgoboski OMG finally someone from Cleveland who actually appreciates the great years that Lebron gave the Cavs. You should be the Cavs spokesperson!! You are a rare breed :)
250+ god damn. plus he's 6'8. he's packing some real horse power. yes, horse power.
lebron said " Kobe is the best" ...that's it ... no comment he told the truth!
KOBE MVP
Lebron james is one of a kind
Lebron is a mix of at least 3 players, he is just to unique.... If you wanna compare his talents/skills/gamestyle at that size to only one player the closest would be Magic Johnson, but Magic wasnt such a good scorer, athlete and defender as Lebron.
So Lebron is at least a mix of 3 players, like Magic, Jordan, Dominique all in one to me.
in 2009 kobe was best player in nba and went to back to bac championships i don't know why put comments on video 4 years old
I'm a heat fan but that doesn't mean I hate Kobe. I love Kobe hes such an amazing player and will no doubt be one of the all time greats and so will LeBron.
Wilt would still dominate today. I watched some footage of him in the past. He was the whole package.
That's what he meant, Robert Horry has more rings than Kobe, but that doesn't mean he's a better player than Kobe. Number of rings only tell you how great the team was.
This was apart of the presentation
kobe vs lebron is not a rivalry. it is just 2 good players facing off against each other.
LeBron is a updated Magic Johnson w/o the killer mentality, BUT he still has that mentality.
Jeremy Stevens
Magic and LeBrons mentalities are very very similar lol. If anything, LeBron has more of a killer mentality than him. Both moan a lot but magic was the biggest whiner in league history lol
Jarred Sullinger This is true. Lol
Jordan has stated that he wanted his privacy after basketball. Trust me, espn would love to have him as a commentator or something. But Jordan is busy with his own stuff, he just doesnt want to be in the public eye anymore
Magic isn't "biased" he gives LeBron love too. He doesn't have to say that LeBron's the best. I think if LeBron won a title and he was still saying that Kobe was undoubtedly the best then you'd have to question him.
All Kobe fans over LBJ is his rings. But you have to remember, Kobe has been blessed his whole career by being surrounded by great players. Michael Jordan didn't start winning championships UNTIL he started getting good players around him! Same for LBJ. LBJ made it farther then ever now that he has D-Wade, and C.Bosh. I'm positive this is Heats season. Remember that Bryan fans! Kobe has been surrounded by good players his whole career. It's more than a one man sport!
I was not talking about overall in the season, I said that Lebron james should have taken control in the Finals, and thats where it matters most. See this is what separates lebron-he is not the player that wants to smash on his opponents and stomp on their face when theyre down. He is not a natural born killer.
And by the way, you argue that lebron created great chemistry, but you said that they lost the finals due to lack of chemistry?
How can you call him a quitter he made the cavs one of the best cavs team ever and his teammates still couldnt help him win championships
To all people that say he should have stayed in cleveland in the 7 years he played there the best best player that they could get to play along with him was mo williams, look at mo now he comes of the bench in LA. He wanted to stay in cleveland i believe but they could never put anyone good around him
Kobe rode on shaq to get those first 3 rings, the second 2 he won because he clearly had a great supporting crew with him, so he deserved those. LBJ had no one for 7 years, and yet he still took the Cavs to the finals in '07, Kobe would never in his life be able to take his team to the finals if he had guys like Sasha Pavlovic and Anderson Varejao in his starting lineup. Even MJ couldn't have won a ring if he had the supporting cast LeBron did. And last year, you need to time to build chemistry.
The fact that he NEVER LOOKED MAGIC IN THE EYES 😂😂 IS TELLING 😂😂😂 ME HE NO
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Prime Kobe's Lakers missed the playoffs one year and never got outta the first round even after leading Phoenix 3 -1.
Prime Lebron carried his team to a championship and had super clutch performances.
Prime Lebron is a better defender and all around player.
Kobe in his prime was still the same shotjacker he is today except he made a few more of those off balance super hard fadeaways back in the day. He never had the same impact on both ends of the floor like Lebron has.
Everyone's talking like the Finals are already on... but the Magic came one amazing shot by Lebron from taking a 2-0 lead back home! I have been saying for a week that the Magic are going to the Finals, but no one wants to listen to me. A week from now, everyone will be calling me "prophet" hahaha!
@WoWCreflo Now what you should have said was that scoring 69 points in the playoffs is a greater feat. This is something we can both agree on. Because everyone knows that scoring in the playoffs is much harder than the season. The play is more physical, the defensive strategies are more fine tuned, and the stakes and motivation is higher. Also the teams you play against are the best in the league and the games are close so there is not much time to rest. So Jordan still has the edge on Kobe.
Yes, he did! he traveled from cleveland to miami!
Mo Williams is pretty good even though he's struggling right now.
these subtitles are fucking priceless
@mikester8821 nope that is a fallacy... pointing out an advantage that a player has does not mean that if the advantage is taken away, the player would not achieve the same if not better results. Same goes to pointing out a disadvantage of a player and saying he WOULD achieve better results. but i do strongly agree that on the premise of determining which player is BETTER as a whole, rings account for very little in the debate. i love kobe, and i can deny LBJ's skills both are fun to watch.
LeBron is running the Lakeshow now. We Back, Yay Area going down. Laker Gang Wsuh. 😎
Everybody needs to back up off LeBron, he is one of the greatest basketball players of our time and probably will be one of the greatest throughout history
Firstly, do not put kobe and michael in the same group. Kobe doesnt deserve that respect. Secondly, lebron works his ass off to get where he is and he definitely has that passion. Just look where he got his team right now. He is on a mission to win. Kobe just went 5 for 23 against the jazz. LeBron=mvp and best player. PERIOD.
"lebron ive never seen someone like you"-Magic damn son haha
The guy is good. Let it go ppl. Yeah he don't have a ring but he will get one or two before his career is over. Remember Kobe luck up and got traded to the Lakers, if he wouldn't got traded he wouldve been in the same position as LeBron. NO RING. Lets not forget Kobe had Shaq and great coach Phil Jackson. Kobe had a team by himself and went 35-47. He played more than 75 games.
THE MEDIA MADE HIM THE GOAT LITERALLY A POPULARITY CONTEST MADE HIM THE GOAT
Very nice video.
dont disrespect kobe.hes a great leader and one of the greatest shooting guards ever.his prime is over and its lebron's time now but he was one of the true franchise players the nba has left
@alias3rd you have a point but what matters is what you do with it.they couldve easliy given him the key/blueprints but he has the talent to know how to use them
I am not talking about the present. I am talking about comparing legacies
LBJ's my favorite of the new era guys, but the handicapping of the def rules have MAGNIFIED his athleticism because it emphasizes athleticism over skill. How athletic would he seem with guys being ALLOWED to grab, hold & handcheck him with the big's camped out in the paint, waiting for his drive, because there's NO def 3-sec rule, like MJ had to face?
If this were pre-'99, I suspect it'd be MUCH HARDER for him. He'd be just another 20-25ppg, low FG% guy, much like kobe was under the old rules.
I miss seeing him in those alternate uniforms for the Cavs... Cleveland had some nice uniforms for once and then they switched it around and they're so boring now...
joelco92 I like them now and then they're all dope