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Quote from: Don Jacob on July 16, 2007, 10:09:24 PMno he wouldn't , t mac has weaker leadership skills. better than kobe though You just love Shaq too much, Jake...T-Mac hasn't been out of the first round. LeBron James woulda' never made the playoffs as of now if he played in the west. Kobe>>>T-Mac>LeBron.
no he wouldn't , t mac has weaker leadership skills. better than kobe though
LeBron has leadership skills? All this time, I thought the main knock on him was that he disappears on his team and doesn't prevail in clutch moments. That he needs to step up and gain that killer mentality Kobe has...Jake. You're a joke. Your whole existance on this board is to go against anything I say. To hate on Kobe as much as you can, while praising anyone who's been compared. Even if it has to be someone who you've knocked in the past, such as LeBron...And yes, this all stems from your love for Shaq...PeACe
Quote from: Now_I_Know on July 17, 2007, 05:03:26 PMLeBron has leadership skills? All this time, I thought the main knock on him was that he disappears on his team and doesn't prevail in clutch moments. That he needs to step up and gain that killer mentality Kobe has...Jake. You're a joke. Your whole existance on this board is to go against anything I say. To hate on Kobe as much as you can, while praising anyone who's been compared. Even if it has to be someone who you've knocked in the past, such as LeBron...And yes, this all stems from your love for Shaq...PeACeLOL at this being a shaq thingno, nik, Lebron after this year and maybe last has made people believers, he's only 22 and is already playing at a level that rivals kobe. at 22 he has amazing leadership skills, he's not Jordan yet. but by the time he hits his prime i'd be scared. also my critique on him in the past was this: people were already handing him the crown, much like they were to tim duncan when he came out. it pissed me off because he proved nothing. he didn't make the playoffs. then he made it to the playoffs and did nothing. then he won a series and made a dent. then he takes his team to the number 2 seed and to the finals. i'm impressed with his progression, he's been int he league for not even half of a decade and he's already a top scorer passer and leader int he league. i'm amazed, we're not sitting around waiting on him to develope skills like we are with bynum, like jermain o'neal, ect. he's coming out the gate like his name was jeff gordon. he's progressing much faster than kobe did. i still say Melo should have won rookie of the year. but you know what lebron has lived up to the hype. he's on path to be a champion and a hall of famer.
we're talking about when jo was 18-23 years old, he wasn't doing even a quarter of what james is doing. JO took like 6-7 years to even start being all star worthy . james at 19 was already that. like i said james has met expectations. we're not sitting around waiting on him to develope like we are with bynum like we were with JO, and like we were and still are to a point with kobe.
but still even when he got to indy and averaged what like 40-41 minutes a game i know he wasn't a beast. he was stil developing...23 years old and he still wasn't the player Lebron james was at 19-22.
Quote from: Don Jacob on July 18, 2007, 12:00:08 AMbut still even when he got to indy and averaged what like 40-41 minutes a game i know he wasn't a beast. he was stil developing...23 years old and he still wasn't the player Lebron james was at 19-22. yes he is a beast! this is why JO is a top player in this league, he is a top5 defender while also being a 20-10 player. how many players can dominate the game both offensively and defensively? not many, melo cant, wade cant, dirk cant, nash cant, lebron cant, Jermaine can!