Inside the Irrational Minds of Diehard Jordan Fans! "Numbers Don'tCount"

"I got all these boyz fooled bruh!" 

Ben Carson once said, " Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home." Antonya Nelson, the famous writer, gave it to us like this, "The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical." Sargent Shriver, the politician, hit a boy in the dome when he spit, "Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices." 

Well playas...add the diehard Michael Jordan fans to that list too. They are the most irrational and illogical group of people walkin' the face of the earth bruh! Now that the Cavs have won the 2016 NBA title behind the ridiculous efforts of LeBron James it's crazy to listen to these cats refuse to give LeBron his props for bein' the best ALL-AROUND player in the history of the league. It only makes sense that boyz will compare the greatness of LeBron to Mike because they're both transcendent players! However, which one of these duns is the most complete player? That's the question!  

Now let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! It's great conversation and it really doesn't matter what a boy thinks. The fun in havin' the argument is to hear the logic that goes into comin' to the conclusion as to why a boy thinks the way he does about the subject. However, when talkin' to Jordan fans all rational thinkin' goes out of the window. It's like their butt naked foamin' at the mouth at the thought that someone could be better than their beloved MJ! 

Jordan is the GREATEST SCORER of ALL-TIME there is no questionin' that! NOBODY in the history of the game scored the basketball better than Mike at 30.1 ppg! That's why the dun has 10 scorin' titles! His job was to score points!!! However, in order to be the GREATEST ALL-AROUND PLAYER of ALL-TIME you've got to be more than just a scorer and in Mike's case a great defender too. 

If we're talkin' about him bein' the G.O.A.T. then he's got to be able to play more than 1 or 2 positions and be able to rebound, assist, block and steal better than EVERYBODY else in the history of the game. Or at least do more of those things better than everybody else in the history of the game. 

But when I'm talkin' to these cats they go nuts and start talkin' crazy because they refuse to listen to logic! I had a boy tell me with a straight face that LeBron was nothin' more than a complimentary player. What!? I had a boy tell me that LeBron could get you to the Finals but he couldn't win by himself. These were his words bruh, "LeBron's always needed somebody to close out the game for him. He can't win by himself bruh." 

This is the foolishness that comes out of these people's mouths! LeBron is a complimentary player?  Where are these people from? LeBron can't win by himself? NOBODY can win by themselves you moron? Name me one player in the history of the game that has won a championship by himself? You can't even get to the Finals without a another superstar. The only player in the history of the game to do that was LeBron and he did it twice!!! In 2007 at 22 years old when he took some bums to the Finals and in 2015 when he drug Cleveland to the Finals without both Kyrie and Kevin Love. Oh, excuse me! Kyrie played in Game 1. Stop it! 

Then these cats take their large and small intestines out and say something as stupid as "Mike never went to a Game 7 and that he went 6-0 Finals! So he has to be better!" Listen bruh, it's a TEAM sport and in this particular team sport the BEST TEAM 99.9999% of the time wins the NBA title. Why? Because it's a best of 7 series all the way through the playoffs. So there are no surprises. This ain't the NCAA Tournament bruh. 

So with Mike always bein' on the BEST TEAM when he showed up to the Finals it makes sense that the Bulls didn't go to a Game 7 and won every Finals they went to! He had the best coach to EVER walk the sidelines, the best wingman in the game at the time (Scottie), the best 3-point shooter (Kerr) from a percentage standpoint in history and he had the best rebounder in the game for 3 of those runs (Rodman). 

They always wanna fall back on Mike goin' 6-0 in the Finals on the BEST TEAM but when I ask the ultimate question they get quiet. "How many Finals did Mike get to without Scottie and Phil?" I'll even go easy on you by askin' you this, "How many times did Mike get out of the first round of the playoffs without Scottie?" Since these boyz are foamin' at the mouth mad, I'll answer that for you! ZERO TIMES playboy!!! 

But you're tryin' to tell me that MJ is the G.O.A.T. The greatest of all time should be able to get out of the first round by himself bruh! LeBron did it and went to the Finals twice with no help! 

Then duns will say that MJ made those teams great! "It was all Jordan bruh!" They'll swear that those teams weren't anything without Jordan. But when I bring up the fact that the Bulls won 3 straight titles with Jordan and then the year after he retired they lost 2 additional games without him, they've got no answer.  They won 57 games in the regular season with him and they won 55 without him. That doesn't sound like the G.O.A.T. made that much of a difference other than gettin' them to the title. 

However, those same people will say that LeBron needed other players to win and that his impact on the team wasn't as great as Jordan's. However, LeBron took some bums to the Finals at only 22 years old. When he left the Cavs they became the worst team in the league the followin' year but Jordan's Bull only lost 2 more games without him but MJ had a greater impact on his team. 

When I tell them that LeBron took Miami to 4 straight Finals and when he left that followin' year they didn't even make the playoffs I hear crickets! And don't give me that, "Bosh was out and D. Wade was banged up" foolishness. They still should have made the playoffs as an 8th seed. Why? Because Bosh wasn't worth two dead flies smashed and D.Wade wasn't healthy in 2014 when they went to the Finals but LeBron drug them there. But again, Mike's team lost only two additional games without him!! 

I don't care which player you think is the better ALL-AROUND player just give me some logic to go along with your claim. Don't tell me that Mike was more clutch because you "feel" like he was. Give me the FACTS to back up your argument. The FACTS say that in elimination games LeBron has the highest points per game scorin' average at 33 than ANY player in the history of the game. Not Mike! For all of your simple minded individuals, that means the game that will end the series not just a Game 7! LeBron has scored more points per game than ANYBODY in the history of the game in those situations and that includes Mike!!! I'm not givin' you my opinion bruh these are the FACTS! Take your feelings out of it!!! 

The one that completely blows my mind is the come back that boyz always give you when they run out of things to say, "It's not about the NUMBERS Jay!! You relyin' too heavily on the numbers!!" So when I ask them how did you determine that Jordan was the G.O.A.T.?" Their response to a man is, "He's a killer and he went 6-0 in the Finals!" (Keep in mind that MJ didn't go 6-0 in the Finals until he was 36 years old! At 31 years old he'd only been to 3 Finals and won 3 titles! LeBron's been to 7 and won 3 titles at 31). I'm just sayin'! 

So if he's a killer and went 6-0 in the Finals then the numbers make up your rationale. Bein' a killer means that he was scorin' points right? Yes! Points are numbers right? Yes! Because otherwise, they wouldn't have a scoreboard in the buildin'. Goin' 6-0 in the Finals is scorin' more points in the game than the opponent right? So in order to win the games to go 6-0 in the Finals the numbers have to count right? So why are you tellin' me that the numbers don't count?  

Numbers like rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, free throws, turnovers, points in the paint etc.etc.etc are all relevant to the success of the TEAM!

EVERY coach and player in this league won't conduct an interview post-game without first sayin' "Hold up dawg I need to see the numbers first!" 

So the NUMBERS do count! Since we finally agree that the numbers play a significant factor in whether a TEAM wins or loses. Then the person that effects more of those numbers would be considered the best all-around player to play the game. Right? Not the dun that is just a scorer and defender right? 

The cat that leads his TEAM in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks more often than not would be the person that has a greater impact on the game would be the best ALL-AROUND player wouldn't you agree? For example, when we all saw LeBron in Game 6 of the Finals score or assist on EVERY point in the second half but 1 he had a greater impact on the game than Jordan ever did. Why? Jordan NEVER did that. How do I know that? Because the numbers don't say that he did bruh!

When we see LeBron score 208 points, 79 rebounds, 62 assists, 16 blocks and 18 steals in the Finals where all of those NUMBERS are ranked No.1 in Finals history. You can't act like it didn't happen because it did. However, Jordan fans will watch the same effort and say that Kyrie should have been the MVP!  All you can do is shake your darn head because these people are brain washed by the Brand! How can a dun put up ALL-TIME NUMBERS throughout the course of the Finals and boyz tell you that you didn't see what you saw? 

Don't be so stubborn that you can't see history bein' made right in front of you. We've never seen a player do as much on the floor as LeBron does bruh! He affects EVERY aspect of the game! Jordan didn't because he couldn't do everything. LeBron can play all five and guard all five! Mike couldn't because if he could have we would have seen him do it! Stop it! You sound crazy! 

I warn you bruh, don't ever try to reason with these people because rational thinkin' left the buildin' years ago. And most of these duns didn't even see Jordan play! Boyz have been watchin' highlights for so long they believe that he never missed a shot. I'd have more respect for these cats if they would just come out and say I'm brainwashed and can't help it. Then we can stop debatin' this foolishness because makin' up ignorant reasons as to why he's not better is crazy. 

And let me say this playboy! My loyalty is not to MJ or LeBron. My loyalty is to the reader! It doesn't make since for me to know this information and not share it with you. Most people that cover sports know this same information but they wanna be friends with the players and not piss anybody off especially Mike! Well guess pimpin', I'm from G.I.(Gary, In.) and I'm not afraid to say what's real when everybody else is. I don't care two dead flies smashed about bein' MJ's friend or sittin' down and gettin' an interview with him. The truth is the truth and I'm obligated to tell you what's real. And what's real is that Mike isn't the best ALL-AROUND player to ever play this game! He's the best SCORER or ALL-TIME! He's not the best all-around player because he couldn't do everything on the floor and LeBron can. Stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 
1) Spit: verb - to say
2) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender specific. 

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How LeBron is under MORE pressure to win than ANY player in history! "Diamonds"

It ain't over yet bruh!" 

Sigmund Freud, the foundin' father of psychoanalysis, once said, “We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman Stoic philosopher, laid it out like this, “The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man…It is more powerful than external circumstances.” Then Peter Marshall, the famous preacher, shut the buildin' down with, “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.”

On Sunday night LeBron James fulfilled a dream/promise to bring a championship home to Cleveland! Two summers ago this dun put the ENTIRE city on his back and told boyz to ride with him because he's got it. Pressure like no other playboy. To tell a city that hasn't seen a professional sports championship in 52 years that's he's got it is enormous if not impossible. A few years ago the ESPN The Magazine did a cover story with ole boy sittin' down with Chris Broussard. They talked about a number of things from his fear of failure, his relationship with Jordan or lack thereof and growin' up an MJ and AI fan. But what they didn’t talk about is all of the pressure that this dun faced comin' into the league that was created by the very people who put him on a pedestal at 16. 

What boyz have never seemed to realize about LeBron James is that he came into the NBA with more pressure than any player that has EVER been drafted. And oh yes playa… that includes Michael Jeffery Jordan!  

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Boyz have been pilin' on this cat for years about why he couldn’t lead the Cavs (some BUMS) past the veteran San Antonio Spurs in the Finals when he was just 22 years old. They blasted him for leavin' Cleveland after playin' through two contracts and hookin' up with his boys down on South Beach as well. What duns fail to realize, especially Jordan fans, is that their boy Mike never had the pressure that LeBron had to win multiple championships when he walked into the league. There was no expectation for Mike to win titles comin' out of North Carolina. He went to the Bulls bruh! As a kid I could go over to the Bulls games, bring my sneakers and get some playin' time! Nobody expected that dun to win out the gate! Don't ever forget that playa! 

Even though there had been legends like Bill Russell that had come before Jordan, his legacy from day one wasn’t compared to Russell’s. When Mike was drafted boyz weren’t sayin' that in order for him to be great he’s got to win at least 11 championships. They weren’t sayin' that if he doesn’t at least match Bill in titles he’ll be a failure. They weren’t comparin' him to the Big O and sayin' that if he didn’t average a triple double for at least a season he’s not worth the price of admission. Naw playboy! You didn’t hear that! 

The media didn’t say when Kobe came out of Lower Marion High School that if he didn’t win as many as Jordan he would be considered a failure. But from day one LeBron had to be better than Jordan or bust because the media said so and because very few human beings actually think for themselves the fans accepted it as fact. 

When Jordan came into the league as a very inconsistent shooter that couldn’t go to his left they didn't say that he was a bust because there were parts of his game that needed work. They did begin to ask the question, “When is he goin' to win "A" title not 6?” because boyz like Magic, Bird and Zeke were already winnin' and Mike was such a prolific scorer. They didn’t say, “When is he gonna win 11?” No, they let that young boy develop into the player that he eventually became. Nobody said once he won his first joint in ’91 that he’s got to win 10 more to be the greatest player we’ve ever seen! Stop me when I start lyin’ now! 

However, LeBron came into the league with the expectation from all of the media that named him “The Chosen One” that if he didn’t live up to it he’d be a failure. What blows me away is that the same media that named him “The Chosen One” got upset with the kid when he put it on his back. The same duns that called him “King James” even before he’d won anything got mad at him because he ran with the moniker like every other kid that gets a nickname from the media. 

He didn’t come up with his own nickname any more than Magic, The Ice Man, Pistol Pete, Chocolate Thunder or Air Jordan came up with theirs. But the world frowned upon this cat for acceptin' the pressure that came with the name.  

So if you never take time to understand the pressure that this dun had on him to win from day one you’ll never begin to understand why he’s made the decisions that he’s made about his future. You hear cats blastin' him about why he left Cleveland to play with his boyz etc. But nobody seems to deal in the reality of LeBron James!

After playin' through two contracts with some bums and no help comin' in the foreseeable future, his coach had just been fired and his GM had just quit. Why stay? Because the pressure to win and become better than Jordan wasn’t goin' anywhere. That train had already left the station when he was 16 years old playboy and nobody was gonna let him off of the hook and he knew that. 

No other player in the history of the game had been put on the cover of Sports Illustrated and named “The Chosen One!” Not even the great Michael Jordan! Why? Because he wasn’t the greatest high school basketball player the world had ever seen.  

Let me put it where the goats could get it bruh. There has never been a kid drafted into the NBA that HAD to win 5,6,7 championships just to get the respect of the dull media and the ignorant fans that believe everything a dun on TV says because he's, well, on TV.  They've  brain washed the fans into believin' that if LeBron doesn’t win at least 6 championships he’s a failure. Nobody has ever had that type of pressure! Not Wilt, Bill, Magic, Bird or Jordan! 

Sure, LeBron added to that pressure when he did the dull pep rally in Miami and got caught up in the hype and said, “Not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7!” That was stupid because now boyz are gonna hold you to it. But don’t get it twisted, that expectation had already been set on the table the day he walked into the league in 2003 because they constantly compared him to Jordan before he'd even signed a contract. 

So when LeBron made the decision to leave Cleveland not one of the duns doggin' him about why he left ever once thought about the pressure that this cat was under to win! See if Jordan had only won 2 titles boyz wouldn’t have tripped. Why? Because there was no expectation for him to win 11 championships when he was drafted. There was no expectation for him to be better than Wilt, Bill or the Big O etc. Magic and Bird were still playin'. So their resumes were still bein' formed. Therefore, Mike didn’t play under the same microscope that LeBron has been playin' under. 

Not only was LBJ dealin' with the pressure to win. He increased it by tellin' a fan base that hasn't won a title in 52 years and had NEVER seen a basketball title that he was comin' to the crib to win one for them. And in two years he did it in the most amazin' manner. He led his team in darn near EVERY statistical category known to man. Not only did they win the title. They beat arguably the best statistical team in the history of the league with the best shooter of all-time after bein' down 3-1. He led the team in points (208), rebounds (79), assists (62), blocks (16) and steals (18). All of those numbers were No.1 in the History of the Finals! Pressure!

But check this out bruh! He’s lived up to the hype and at age 31 he’s a far better player and he’s more accomplished than Jordan was at the same age. Simple numbers playboy, he can play all 5 positions and guard them, he’s been to 7 Finals, won 3 of them and he’s won 3 Finals MVP's and 4 league MVP’s. Mike at the same age had only been to 3 Finals, had 3 titles and won 3 MVP's. He only won 5 MVP's in his whole career bruh! LeBron's sittin' on 4 already! And oh yeah, MJ could only play 2 positions!

Stop tellin' me about Mike never losin' in the Finals because up to this point in his life he'd only been to 3! At the same age LeBron's been to 7 with three different teams and two franchises! And he's got at least 4 or 5 good years left in him bruh! 

Think about this playboy! Every dun that LeBron had played with has already overachieved in life! Not one of those cats came into the league with the media expectation of havin' to win a title not even D. Wade that has 3 rings to his credit. If he had never won a title comin' out of Marquette nobody would have cared. Duns like Bosh, Kyrie, Kevin Love etc. have become rich beyond their wildest dreams, datin' or married to some broad that they never would have met had it not been for the bread they’ve made as a result of the NBA and winnin' a championship because of LeBron. Cats like Iman Schumpert and JR Smith were traded to Cleveland for a 2nd round pick in 2019 bruh! They are now NBA Champions now. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So the only cat in the car that still has somewhere to go is LeBron. Why? Because the pressure to win ain't goin' nowhere like Puff Daddy! 

Everybody else is just ridin’ bruh. If they make it to another Finals cool, if not… oh well they’ve already overachieved. 

So now you can understand the pressure that this cat is playing under that nobody in the history of the game ever had to deal with. Not even the great Michael Jordan. So when you see this cat on the street just give him a pound because he's doin' the impossible under the pressure continues to make diamonds! Stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 
1) Spit: verb - to say
2) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender specific. 
3) Put it where the goats can get it: verb phrase - to make it as simple as pie. To lower it to the most elementary level of understandin'. To put it in the ground so it can be reached. 

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How to REALLY know when you're a bonafide LeBron HATER! "Plain & Simple"

"Git off me!!" 

Albert Einstein once said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." Marcus Aurelius, the ancient Roman Emperor, gave it to us like this, "Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." Then Steve Jobs broke it down so that it would forever be broken when he spit, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."

Well playas...99.9999 percent of duns walkin' the face of this earth can't think for themselves. It doesn't matter what subject you're talkin' about there will be people deep in the conversation that think they know what their talkin' about without a thread of knowledge of what's really goin' on. And the sad part about it is that the other duns talkin' to him don't know either. So more often than not you've got fools talkin' to fools. 

When LeBron decided to leave Cleveland back in 2010 after playin' there for 7 years without a stitch of help from the front office in getting' him players to make the TEAM better. After watchin' them fire his head coach and then two weeks later seein' his general manager quit ole boy bein' an unrestricted free agent decided that it it made good sense to dip. ESPN and the ENTIRE sports media industry set up the "Decision" as a national television event for an ENTIRE year by constantly talkin' about it. These was no way around the "Decision" and they knew it. That's why they produced the freakin' event. Then turned on LeBron like it was all on him and 99.9999 percent of the fools watchin' it fell for the Oaky Doke. Why? Because NOBODY thinks.

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! I could give two dead flies smashed about LeBron bruh! My favorite player of all time is Kevin Garnett!! Why? Because I'm drawn to people with unbelievable passion for what they do. KG would play a Tuesday night in February like it was Game 7 of the Finals! That's why I've got so much respect for him. 

However, I started defendin' LeBron with more than 84 Hot Joints over the years because people constantly sound ignorant hatin' on this cat without havin' facts to back up what they're sayin'. I'm a thinker by nature bruh that happens to be a sports fan. So when a boy jumps out of the birthday cake and says something ignorant. I've got to address it with facts because I believe that all opinion should be grounded in FACTS!! You can't draw an opinion without the facts because otherwise you're just talkin' and soundin' like a fool. 

For example, not 24 hours after LeBron led the Cavs to their first NBA title I saw boyz sayin' ignorant stuff like "No disrespect to LeBron but he doesn't win the title without Kyrie!" And what's so crazy is that once somebody says it then everybody else starts repeatin' this foolishness like they've never watched the NBA before. 

No disrespect to anybody that's EVER won an NBA title but without their counterpart NOBODY would win the title! IT'S A TEAM SPORT BRUH! You can't win an NBA championship without another superstar! Since you cats don't wanna think on your own let me do it for you! 

The Big O couldn't win without Kareem in Milwaukee playboy! Did you forget that Magic had both Kareem and James Worthy! Larry Bird didn't just show up butt naked with some tube socks on by himself in Boston! He had Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish. Oh and did I forget to mention Dennis Johnson!!! Zeke wasn't killin' boyz in Detroit by himself! He had Bill Lambeer, Dennis Rodman and Rick MaHorn!! C'mon bruh where YOU from? 

David Robinson was just the Admiral without Tim Duncan. He wasn't a champion. Then Tim needed boyz like Tony Parker, Manu Ginobli and Kawhi Leonard to get it done!! As dominant as Shaq was in Orlando he didn't win until he got with Kobe and vice versa! Then Kobe was screamin' to be traded after he ran Shaq out of town and could no longer win until he got Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom! D. Wade was ringless until Shaq went to South Beach! C'mon bruh you've been watchin' this foolishness for way too long to be ignorant of the facts. 

Dr. J needed Moses and as great of a player as KG was in Minnesota he couldn't touch an NBA Finals or win a championship without Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. 

And all you cats wanna act like Jordan showed up like Jesse Owens,  Carl Lewis or somebody and won championships with a do-rag on, some Stacey Adams and a Members Only jacket on and won by his darn self! And that's the edited version. Mike ALWAYS had Scottie! Let's not forget that. He ALWAYS had a dead eye shooter in B.J. Armstrong, Craig Hodges, John Paxson or Steve Kerr! He had Horace Grant and then Dennis Rodman!  And PLEASE don't EVER forget that he walked in with Phil EVERY time he got off of the bus in the Finals! 

So for you cats to act like LeBron is the ONLY person in the freakin' HISTORY of the game that's supposed to win all by his lonesome is crazy!! For this cat to put a team on his back the way he did in this Finals was remarkable and as close to by himself as they come. They were down 3-1 in the FINALS against the NBA's greatest team in history from a statistical standpoint; 73-9 regular season record and shootin' percentage. They had GREATEST shooter of all-time and this dun led the Finals in EVERY offensive category possible. Not only did he lead this Finals he led in all five categories in the HISTORY OF THE FINALS!!! 

This cat put up 208 points, grabbed 79 rebounds, threw 62 dimes, had 16 blocks and carjacked a boy for 18 steals! That wasn't even physically possible before he did it bruh and you wanna scream that Kyrie should have won the MVP? You sound like a complete fool even suggestin' such a thing.  And many of these so-called paid media-types where sayin' it too. 

Don't be such a hater that you can't think straight. What kills me is that NOBODY ever wants to admit to bein' a hater like folks with bein' racist. People act like all of the racist people live on an island somewhere locked away and they come out from time to time and say or do something crazy. If you say something crazy or condone that foolishness you're a racist! And if you're talkin' crazy about LeBron without any knowledge of what you're talkin' about then you're a hater too!  Plain and Simple! Stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 

1) Spit: verb - to say
2) Dun: noun - the person in question,dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and it's non-gender specific.
3) Dip: verb - to leave
4)

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The REAL reason you're watchin' the G.O.A.T. RIGHT NOW BRUH! "Bentleys & 300"

"Y'all better start listenin' to Jay Graves bruh!" 

William Shakespeare once said, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the ancient Roman philosopher, gave it to us like this, "It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness." Then the big homie, Bob Marley, broke it down like a playa at a pimp convention rockin' some Detroit gators when he spit, "The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." 

Well playas...LeBron James has proven that he has the ability to affect those around him positively because the ENTIRE state of Ohio has been revitalized by an NBA Championship comin' home to Northeast Ohio and more specifically CLEVELAND!! This dun put all of these boyz on his back and pulled off the IMPOSSIBLE! He brought the Cavs back from a 3-1 deficit in the FINALS against the BEST statistical TEAM in NBA history with the BEST shooter of All-Time and beat them at the crib 93-89! 

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Like I've been tellin' you boyz for the past 6 years and more than 82 Hot Joints later on this very subject, LeBron James is the GREATEST All-AROUND BASKETBALL PLAYER WE'VE EVER SEEN. Stop it! You sound crazy tryin' to debate it. Why? Because the numbers don't lie! The eye ball test doesn't lie and the facts slap you in the back of the head like Big Momma in the grocery store. 

All year long these fake media-types have been tryin' to discount this cat by lyin' to you by sayin' that Steph Curry was the best player in the league and you believed them. He proved last year in the Finals that he wasn't the best player in the league because he disappeared. Golden State won the title because he was on the BEST TEAM. Then he showed up this year and completely disappeared again. 

Ima put it where the goats can get it bruh! You always hear duns in the hood hypin' a boy up by tellin' him that his Chrysler 300 looks like a Bentley and he believes that foolishness until a Bentley actually pulls up. Well playboy, a Bentley pulled up on Steph and he saw his reflection in the right quarter panel. Self reflection is a beast.  

And for all of you LeBron hater/Jordan lovers that have been in the emergency room with the uncontrollable bubble guts since the final buzzer went off. I know that it was hard to watch that dun hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy but let me take you to school real quick. You are watchin' the G.O.A.T.  right now bruh! What this cat is doin' has never been done before. I know that you've been watchin' highlights where Jordan hasn't missed a shot in 20 years but that's why they're called highlight bruh. They only show the best plays and he doesn't miss in the highlights. I know you've got the old school DVD on watchin' Space Jam and you're even rockin' a fresh pair of J's.   

Don't let the Brand lie to you and please stop listenin' to these fake media-types lie to you because they're afraid to make the Institution mad. Well playa, I care nothin' about interviewin  Mike or bein' his friend. My loyalty is to the reader and givin' them the truth. So here it is playa. 

If you wanna know who the greatest player is just look at the facts. At 16 Mike was cut from his high school team! LeBron was on the cover of Sports Illustrated labeled as "The Chosen One!" At 18 Mike was the third option on his COLLEGE team! LeBron was the No.1 pick overall in the NBA draft and was named the Rookie of the Year. At 22 Mike's Bulls were gettin' tossed in the 1st round of the NBA Playoffs. LeBron took some bums to the Finals and got swept by one of the greatest teams in NBA history, the San Antonio Spurs. Key word here is FINALS at 22 years old bruh.

Stay with me pimpin' because it gets real! At 27 Mike was still tryin' to get to a Finals! Lebron had already won a championship and been to three. At 31 Mike had been to the Finals 3 times and won 3 playin' on the best TEAM in the league. He'd won 3 Finals MVP's and 3 league MVP's. Impressive right? Well playa, at the same age LeBron has been to 7 Finals with two different teams with 6 in a row and won 3! He has the same amount of Finals MVP's and he's got one more league MVP. AT THE SAME AGE BRUH! 

Here's my diehard Jordan fan that can't think straight this mornin' because he's been on the toilet since midnight. "Mike went 6-0 in the Finals!" You know that's their only come back and it makes no sense. Mike was 36 years old before he went 6-0 in the Finals bruh. And he should have gone 6-0 because he was ALWAYS on the BEST team when he got there. However, at 31 Mike had only been to 3 so stop soundin' like a fool because you've run out of excuses to discount this Philistine. And unless he runs into a boy that's handy with a sling shot he's not goin' down any time soon. 

Here's where it really goes off of the rails my dude. LeBron is not only carryin' his teams but he's doin' EVERYTHING. Mike didn't have to do everything because he was always on a complete team when he showed up. Let's even include the 6 championship teams for the sake of argument. 

He was SUPPOSED to go 6-0 because he was ALWAYS on the BEST TEAM when he showed up and they were ALWAYS healthy. He ALWAYS had a dead eye shooter in either, B.J. Armstrong, Craig Hodges, John Paxson or Steve Kerr. So when he needed one or two shots knocked down it got handled. He ALWAYS had the best wing man in the game in Scottie. He had duns like Horace Grant who was a MONSTER and then when he left he had the BEST REBOUNDER in the league in Dennis Rodman. Then to top all of that foolishness off he ALWAYS had the BEST COACH to EVER walk the sideline. AND he was the BEST PLAYER in the league! He was SUPPOSED to go 6-0 in the Finals you idiot! 

LeBron is doin' work with a tenth of the talent Mike had to work with. Let's take what this fool just did in this Finals alone and we can stop talkin' about it because the more I give you facts the angrier you get. LeBron just beat the best Statistical TEAM in NBA history 4-3 after bein' down 3-1 which had NEVER been done in the HISTORY of the league. Not only did he led his team to victory, he led them in EVERY statistical category. Excuse me, I'm sorry, he led both teams and he's ranked No.1 in those categories in NBA FINALS HISTORY! He put up 208 points, grabbed 79 rebounds, threw 62 assists, had 16 blocks and 18 steals on the lesser TEAM!!! Mike wasn't capable of doin' that bruh even if he wanted to. Oh he wanted to because he had the killer instinct. He just couldn't because he didn't have he DNA to pull it off. Not at 6'6" 210lbs. 

Did I forget to mention that LeBron pulled off only the third triple double in a "Po Pimp" Do or Die situation in NBA Finals history? This dun had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists on the road in a Game 7 hostile environment. The only other cats to do that was Jerry West in '68 and Magic in '88! Mike ain't on that list playa just in case you were lookin' for him.  

LeBron's already got more playoffs wins than Mike with as many champions, far more points, rebounds and assists at the same age and he's got 4 or 5 more good years left in him. So y'all can keep tellin' boyz that the300 looks like a Bentley if you want to but the Bentley just pulled up. Self reflection is a beast my dude! Stop me when I start lyin'!

Oh and fa da cats that don't read here's the podcast: "The REAL Playa Podcast"

Playas Thesaurus: 
1) Detroit Gators: noun - alligator shoes commonly worn in Detroit 
2) Spit: verb - to say
3) Crib: noun - home 
4) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender specific.  
5) Put it where the goats can get it: verb phrase - to simplify it to the easiest level. To make it elementary. To put it at the lowest level so you can reach it.   

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Why Golden State is SUPPOSED to win but the Philistine may be aproblem! "House Money"

In my Tupac voice, "It's me against the world" bruh! 

Brian Tracy, the motivational speaker, once said, "Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event." Ralph Marston, the publisher of the Daily Motivator, gave it to us like this, "Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations." Then Ryan Reynolds, the Canadian actor and producer, knocked  a boy'z dominoes off of the table when he spit, "When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment." 

Well playas...after winnin' 73 ball games in the regular season the Golden State Warriors are EXPECTED to win the NBA Championship regardless of the "Po Pimp" Do or Die situation goin' on in Oakland tonight. They have the BEST TEAM with the deepest bench and the better coach! They've got the MVP and the best shooters that the NBA has ever seen. So any red blooded human being with two eyes and ears would expect them to win. Why? Because the NBA Playoffs are set up for the BEST TEAM to always win! Win the best of 7 in every series and advance. So why are they shook at this point with Cleveland standin' in the door butt naked talkin' about they've got a shot? 

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Nobody has an answer for that PHILISTINE!!! LeBron is out here pretty much with the ENTIRE city of Cleveland and this teammates on his back singin' the chorus "Do you wanna ride in the backseat of a Caddy and chop it up with Do or Die?" And waitin' on Twista to destroy that third verse tonight! 

No way should Golden State lose this ball game at the crib with everything they've accomplished this season. No way bruh! They've got the BEST TEAM and they're at the crib. However, they've wet the bed in two consecutive ball games and now that Philistine and his homies believe they can win. That's not good for the home team. 

Steph Curry has completely fallen apart even though he hasn't been worth two dead flies smashed in the Finals anyway. This year or last year.  Now he's really a mess throwin' his mouthpiece and gettin' ejected  because that just adds to the pressure of these boyz tryin' to make sense of their collapse. They were up 3-1 and in the blink of an eye they're lookin' at Big Momma gettin' dressed through the peep hole in the door. Boyz are disgusted at what they're seein' but are forced to watch it anyway. All knotted up at 3 is enough to make a boy throw up all over a brand new pair of Jordan's. 

If LeBron gets loose again on these boyz and wins tonight it would be the greatest accomplishment in sports history! And the biggest collapse in the history of sports too. Stop it! You sound crazy even tryin' to debate it. He almost pulled off this foolishness last year by draggin' the Cavs to the Finals by himself and puttin' up ridiculous numbers. However, the BEST TEAM won like they were supposed to. 

Now here were go again, the BEST TEAM is supposed to win! Not the BEST PLAYER unless he's on the BEST TEAM like Jordan always did. Boyz blow my mind always talkin' about how Jordan went 6-0 in the Finals. As soon as some clown makes that statement it tells me that he or she knows nothin' about the game of basketball. 

Jordan was SUPPOSED to go 6-0 in the Finals! He was ALWAYS on the BEST TEAM when he showed up and they were ALWAYS healthy. He ALWAYS had a dead eye shooter in either, B.J. Armstrong, Craig Hodges, John Paxson or Steve Kerr. So when he needed one or two shots knocked down it got handled. He ALWAYS had the best wing man in the game in Scottie. He had duns like Horace Grant who was a MONSTER and then when he left he had the BEST REBOUNDER in the league in Dennis Rodman. Then to top all of that foolishness off he ALWAYS had the BEST COACH to EVER walk the sideline. AND he was the BEST PLAYER in the league! He was SUPPOSED to go 6-0 in the Finals bruh! 

All Jordan ever had to do was show up and score points. He didn't have to put the team on his back and lead them in not only points but rebounds and assists too. What this Philistine is doin' is nothin' short of remarkable and he's still not supposed to win tonight. However, if he does, count that dun for at least 4 more titles because he's doin' it ALL in Cleveland. A place that hasn't seen a professional sports title in 52 years. He's got more points, rebounds and assists than any player in this Finals on both teams. That's virtually impossible to do and he's doin' it in a Cavs uniform. Are you watchin' this?  

And here we are gettin' ready for a Game 7. Anybody that knows anything about the game of basketball knows that LeBron and the Cavs shouldn't logically win tonight because they aren't the best team. So therefore, they're playin' with "house money" walkin' into this joint. I'm a fan of history bein' made so I'm still in the car with LeBron like I told you boyz when the Finals started in the Hot Joint entitled "No Excuses" even though he logically doesn't have a shot at beatin' the BEST TEAM. I would love to see him do the impossible and win a title doin' it all. That would further prove the point that I've been tryin' to make to all of you playa hatin' cats that he's the greatest all-around player we've every seen. "If" he pulls this foolishness off give that man his props. Why? Because he's in a "Po Pimp" against the one of the greatest TEAMS in NBA history doin' EVERYTHING. So unless Golden State becomes real handy with a sling shot tonight they may be in trouble bruh. Stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 
1) Spit: verb - to say
2) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and it non-gender specific
3) Po Pimp: noun - song by the Chicago rap group Do or Die featuring Twista 
4) Philistine: noun - the Giant warrior that was eventually killed by David with the sling shot in the book of Samuel. 

Check out my rant on Sound Cloud on this foolishness: "Why boyz sound stupid hollerin' that the NBA Finals is rigged!"

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How the Curry's can't handle the pressure that the James' have mastered! "Rigged"

"It's not as easy as it looks baby girl!" 

Brian Tracy, the motivational instructor, once said, "Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation." Thomas Jefferson gave it to us like this, "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Then John C. Maxwell, the well-known author and speaker, put it where the goats could get it when he spit, "People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude." 

Well playas...EVERYBODY and their baby's momma's momma, Ms. Jackson, felt Steph Curry's attitude durin' a Game 6 beatin' when he received his sixth personal foul. Ole boy got so fired up and flustered that he threw his mouth piece, hit a fan and got ejected. Then to make matters worse, his wife jumped out of the birthday cake actin' like my granny would always say, "A Fair Fool!" After the game she went to Twitter and  actually tweeted this foolishness:  

"I've lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money... Or ratings in not sure which. I won't be silent . Just saw it live sry."

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Steph Curry is finally  gettin' exposed out here and he's losin' control! I've been sayin' all Finals long that the dun is pullin' the same stunt he pulled last year in the Finals. No Show bruh!!! He didn't show up last year and he's hidin' in the ride with ole "Skittles and Lemonheads" this year. 

Kyrie is havin' his way with this cat and LeBron let him know with the signature rejection that he didn't grow up in the ghetto and there's something special about growin' up with boyz talkin' crazy to you in the heat of the moment. Now I will say that LeBron was a sucka earlier on in this series when Draymond called him a B**** but I guess he's gotten over that now. I wasn't mad at him because he's all in Draymond's head now as well. 

Now it's Steph's turn to have a boy in his face talkin' side ways and he's not handlin' it very well. If you're really the MVP you would be doin' work! If you were really the best player in the league you'd be doin' work! Not hidin' in the back seat waitin' for the fight to end. Y'all can stop me when I start lyin' bruh but since I'm not, Ima keep goin'. 

Now let's address this foolishness that Steph's wife put out there. Ole girl wants to scream that the joint is rigged because they got the breaks beat off of them 2 games in a row. However, NOBODY includin' her and these fake media-types said a mumblin' word when they were down 3-1 to OKC and Draymond kicked Steven Adams in the family jewels and didn't get ejected. 

The NBA did Golden State a solid by not suspendin' that dun! I broke it all down in the Hot Joint 2 weeks ago entitled "Grace!"   If they would have actually followed the rules of the game Golden State would be at the crib already and OKC would be playin' Cleveland if you wanna keep it real. Now that Golden State is on the verge of pullin' off the biggest collapse in NBA history you wanna scream rigged? C'mon baby girl! You can't have it both ways. You can't be cool with the hook up and then scream when they make you pay to get in this week. 

Did the NBA not make Golden State play defense in Games 5 and 6? Did the NBA glue your husband to the floor so Kryie could blow by him all night? He was Uncle Drewin' that dun! Did the NBA keep the entire Warriors' roster from stoppin' LeBron? Did the NBA hold them hostage in the first quarter of Game 6 and put a lid on the rim holdin' them to 11 freakin' points? I don't think so baby girl they just didn't show up. 

"We got this down to a science bruh!"

You've got the better team and you're wettin' the bed at this point playa! If you keep this up you'll become the laughin' stock of All-Time NBA history! You know that right? You go 73-9 and lose the NBA championship after goin' up 3-1 in the series? I'm just sayin' playboy, it doesn't look good and the terrible attitude's gotta go. 

When the jumper is wet Steph's out there hollerin' "I'm back," shimmying and Crip Walkin' and carryin' on (and mind you he ain't no gangsta) and when he's gettin' the business brought to him he's throwin' his mouth piece at duns in the front row and his wife is throwin' a fit on Twitter! If that were LeBron and Savannah out there actin' a fool boyz would be killin' 'um. So all you can really say is that the Curry's are shook by the pressure that the James' have always been able to master. Stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 
1) Put it where the goats can get it: verb phrase - to make it as elementary as possible. To break it down to it's simplest form. To put it on the ground so that the goats can eat it bruh. 
2) Spit: verb - to say 
3) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender specific. 
4) Ms. Jackson: noun - song by rap group OutKast
5) Skittles and Lemonheads: noun - Roy Hibbert because all he did in Indy was sit in the back seat of the ride eatin' Skittles and Lemondheads while the rest of the team was scrappin' in the middle of the street. 

Why Hood Protocol created the Draymond/LeBron beef! "Game Inside of the Game"

"It is what it is bruh!" 

Roy H. Williams, the best selling author, once said, "A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. " Franklin D. Roosevelt gave it to us like this, "I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues." Then Byron Dorgan broke it down like a playa at a pimp convention when he spit, "Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things." 

Well playas...since everybody is still talkin' about Draymond Green and LeBron gettin' into lightweight squab in Game 4. I believe that I need to educate some of you boyz on how cats get down in the ghetto and how all of this foolishness is the "Game Inside of the Game." I've got tall respect for Draymond for bein' the agitator at all times. However, he needs to understand where the edge of the cliff is so that he doesn't fall off. And ole dull LeBron needs to remember what the ghetto rules of engagment are and that he's used them in the playoffs too. 

Remember when he laughed in Kevin Garnett's face a few years ago in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals?  That was no different than Draymond callin' him a B***** in Game 4 playboy. It's called "backin' a boy up off of you!" It's standard hood protocol! I tripped because I saw so many people on Twitter that were actually upset with LeBron for laughin' at KG because they felt like he was bein' disrespectful. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The same way LeBron had the nerve to act brand new when a boy got in his ear and challenged his manhood. 

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Every single person that felt like boyz either laughin' in a cats face or Draymond callin' a boy a B**** either grew up in the suburbs or is actin' brand new! Let me put it where the goats can get it. When kids first learn how to play ball in the hood, they are taught by the older kids that the game is played between the ears. See everyone in the hood has talent, speed, agility and quickness. So the playin' field/court many times is level. How can a kid get an advantage? By gettin' inside of the other cat’s head. Duns like KG, Dennis Rodman and Draymond are specialists at doin' that bruh!

It is as simple as that. If you want to compete in the hood you have to be able to hold your own. Playin' in the ghetto is where the best games are played. That's why you see guys that have been able to escape the hood and move to the suburbs take their kids back to the hood to play ball. It's the only way you're goin' to know if your kid is good enough! Ballin' some nerdy kids in the suburbs where everybody get's a turn and is told that they're doing a great job means absolutely nothin'. Can he ball with some kid talkin' about his momma and tellin' him how bad he's about to school him? Can he ball with a kid in his face tellin' him that he's garbage for the sake of sayin' it and none of the adults in the buildin' are goin' to stop the abuse. That's the litmus test bruh! All of these guys in the league have passed that test already. You would think!

 If you aren’t strong mentally you won’t make it. So kids in that environment have learned to be tough early on because those are the ground rules. You can’t afford to get labeled as the kid that can’t take the trash talk because you’ll get targeted daily. Guys will intentionally go after you just to break you down mentally. Those are the rules and they don't stop once you get to the NBA bruh.

It’s more than just a game it’s about who’s tougher between the ears. Those that are the toughest mentally usually become the better players. Those that aren’t, typically quit before they got out of middle school. That’s just the way it is. This is the way guys are taught to play the game. The question has always been, how can I get an edge on a guy that has the same amount of talent that I have? There’s no secret formula or magic potion, just rattle him until he breaks. KG has always been a master at doing that! Now Draymond is doin' it to boyz but here's the problem bruh. He can't take it comin' his way. That's why he's kickin' and hittin' boyz and gettin' suspended in the darn Finals. 

Also the game is a lot more fun to play when everyone understands the rules of engagement. The weak players were eliminated in middle school so that the real trash talkers make it to high school. Then the celebrations and talk gets even louder and more harsh. By the time guys make it to college it’s at a fever pitch. Why do you think that the Miami Hurricanes were so successful in the 1980’s through 2001? In a span of twenty years they won 5 national championships! Yes, they were obviously better than other teams but they also got into their opponents heads and wore them down.

 It's much easier to beat guys that are internalizing the taunting and taking it personal. It’s called “gamesmanship”. In the hood it's called, "backin' a boy up off of you!" I can beat you as long as I’ve got you doubting yourself and many times that means trying to embarrass you in the process. If I'm successful at doin' that, I'll beat you 100% of the time. So that's why LeBron laughed at ole boy and got into HIS head. That's why Draymond called LeBron a B***! It's the Game inside the Game bruh!

Muhammad Ali was the king at doing it! Michael Irving “The Playmaker” and Deion Sanders “Prime Time” were very affective at doin' it as well. Remember when Billy “White Shoes” Johnson would do the crazy legs in the end zone and people would go crazy? That made the game more fun to play and watch. It's entertainment isn’t it? But more importantly he was tryin' to get into the other teams head. Why are people tryin' to take the attitude out of the game? That’s what makes the Game the Game! 

I hear commentators so many times demonizin' players for celebratin' or talkin' trash by sayin' that they’re disrespectin' the other team. That’s exactly what they’re tryin' to do! They’re tryin' to get into the heads of the opponent so that they can WIN the game. However, the only people that make comments like that are people that didn’t grow up in the Hood. If the ghetto didn't exist we wouldn't be watchin' the NBA because there wouldn't be any talent in the league bruh! 

If you took all of the guys out of the league that grew up in the ghetto that clearly understand the rules of engagement it wouldn't even be a televised sport! So for all of these folks that are offended by LeBron laughin' at KG or Draymond callin' LeBron a B*****.  I'm just glad you didn't grow up in my hood because you never would have played organized or street ball because you would have been too soft to get on the court or field. Also, your folks would have gone broke tryin' to replace your sneakers every night because boyz would have taken them from you daily. Believe me playboy, Draymond has the permission of the hood to call LeBron or anybody else whatever he wants to call them. As long as he gets into their heads. Stop me when I start lyin'!  

Playas Thesaurus: 
1) Spit: verb - to say
2) Squab: verb - to fight
3) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender  specific.

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