quote:Originally posted by zombywoof:
Before LeBron James gets mentioned in any breath, let him win a championship or two before making him the messiah. So far, he's proven he can't win the big one. The great ones do.
If you cannot tell he is a great one, then you do not understand sports imho. In 2007, he led his team to the NBA finals with a bucket of bolts for teammates. His starting supporting cast was Larry Hughes, Zydrunis Ilgauskus, Sasha Pavlovic, and Drew Gooden. The 6th man was Anderson Varajao. I don't see any Scotty Pippen's or Kareem Abdul Jabar's or James Worthies, or Kevin McHale's or Robert Parrish's in that lineup. Michael did not win one until his 7th year in the NBA. He also played three years in college. This is LeBron's 7th year in the NBA without any prior college experience. He is 25 years old with two MVP's (yes he will win it this year again), 2 all star MVP's, first team NBA all defense, 6 time first team All-Star, gold medal winner, and the NBA's all time leading scorer, rebounder, and assist guy for someone his age. He invented the chase-down block and voted as the fastest player in the NBA. He has a 44 or 46 inch vertical leap and has hardly ever been injured. He typically leads the NBA in minutes played. Other than that he is not very good.