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'! 

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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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Why MJ has hater tendencies but boyz keep ignorin' them! "The JordanIssues"

"Man, bump that team I'm running! I know I can still play!"

Oliver Stone spit some fire when he said, “Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.” Johnann Kasper Lavatar, the Swiss poet, got up and said, “The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and dull spirit at the same time.” Then William Penn took his wide brim gangsta off, put his drink down and said, “The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.” 

The great Michael Jordan is somewhere havin' a fit right now because his career is over and this young boy is literally doin' the impossible! LeBron has now won his third title and put up numbers of a lifetime durin' the Finals. As a matter of fact, All-Time stats in EVERY category. EVERYBODY with eyes have commented or flat out given this young boy his props but Mike! Now that dun won't say a word until he's asked about it and you already know he's gonna hate because that's what he does bruh!

Remember a few years ago when LeBron was still in Miami at media day after comin' off of  winnin' back to back titles and Jordan side swiped him? LBJ said that he had gotten better over the summer and that his long term plan was to become "the greatest basketball player EVER." Now that’s nothin' more than an honest conversation from a boy that’s still competin' in the NBA right? 

However, when he said it I knew that ole dull MJ was gonna hit the news with some foolishness within 24 hours because he can’t just let this young boy shine! LeBron was comin' off of back-to-back championships and his 4^thleague MVP so the world was his at the time just like it's his right now. Keep in mind that Mike only won 5 MVP’s in his career and LeBron was sittin'' on  4 at the young age of 28 at the time. 

But ole dull Michael Jordan couldn’t stand that this young boy was shinin' so he tried to steal his  shine by sayin' that he’d beat LeBron in a game of 1 on 1 if he was in his prime while he was shootin' a video promotin' “NBA 2K14." You boyz wanna draw a blank but I'm not gonna let you. Y'all heard him say it. Now keep in mind that Jordan had been on the cover since 2011 when he signed a sponsorship deal with 2K Sports. Then in 2012 he shared the cover with Magic and Bird. But that year Lebron was on the cover by himself so this dun felt like ole boy was takin' his shine  even in the video game! 

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! For years boyz have been crucifying LeBron and Mike is the O.G. Now everybody knows that the O.G. can control the noise level in any hood in any situation. But Mike chooses not to because he wants to be the G.O.A.T. forever. MJ is what we call a 100% U.S.D.A Prime and FDA Approved Hater! 

Now here’s the roof top screamer shoutin' at me again, “Why is Jordan a hater for sayin' what he really thinks bruh? You always protectin’ LeBron! Wassup wit that dawg?” 

Here’s wassup with that pimpin? Let’s put it in perspective playboy! Jordan was the G.O.A.T., the greatest player to ever play the game at the end of his career. His resume speaks for itself. You can’t add anything to it or take anything away from it. You would agree with that right? But nobody's askin' Bill Russell or Kareem how they feel about that though.

So why is a 53 year old man that is considered by most as the greatest player ever constantly takin' shots at a young boy that's simply tryin' to do his thing? You didn’t hear the Big O or Bill Russell talkin' about how they would beat Jordan in their prime and so on and so forth. They weren’t sittin' in the joint giving away a boy’s trade secrets and tellin' the media that if he goes to his left he’s goin' to the rack and if he’s goin' to his right he’s shootin'! Oh y'all wanna act like you don't remember Mike pullin' that stunt? 

You never heard of Muhammad Ali doin' interviews and tellin' boyz that he would have knocked Tyson out when he was comin' up! 

Deion Sanders ain’t runnin' around tellin boyz that Darrelle Revis or Richard Sherman can't cover like he could or Joe Montana constantly tellin' folks that he’s better than Tom Brady or Peyton Manning. Jerry Rice ain't at the food court in the mall tellin' boyz that Megatron didn't have hands like he had. Jim Brown and Barry Sanders ain't in the barber shop throwin' dominos at duns sayin' that Adrian Peterson can't tote the rock like they did! Stop it! You sound crazy!

Sidney Poitier wasn’t in the street dissin' Denzel on his way up! You didn’t see Richard Pryor slammin' Eddie Murphy’s routine. Michael freakin’ Jackson wasn’t tellin' folks that he was better than Usher or Chris Brown! And you know that some fake media-type has asked all of them those same dumb questions. Why haven’t you heard of them talkin' crazy? Because they are/were secure in who and what they are/were! People that are accomplished don’t need validation bruh because their resume has already been validated!  

The great Walter Payton said it best when he said, "When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you!" 

Mike’s got issues because he’s been famous long enough to know that boyz are fishin' and he keeps voluntarily takin' the bait.Somebody is goin' to ask him what he thought of LeBron's All-Time Finals performance of 208 points, 79 rebounds, 62 assists, 16 blocks and 18 steals and like clockwork he's gonna dismiss it like he was playin' in the rec league somewhere. Why? Because he wants to be the man forever!  

When Mike was 50 years old that dun was braggin' about beatin' a then high school senior, O.J. Mayo, in a game of 1 on 1. You know you’re dealin' with a cat with some serious issues regardless of how great a player he was. That same year when he turned  50 he was tellin' boyz durin' the All-Star break that he’s thinkin' about makin' a comeback because a certain young boy was shinin' that weekend. That's a problem bruh. But Jordan diehards can’t see that their boy is a hater. 

Take your heart out of if bruh and while you're at it take off those same ole sneakers that he's been sellin' you since '86! Also, come out of the Jump Man 23 sweat suit, the Jump Man goggles and turn off Space Jam so that you can see this dun for who he is. 

Most cats defendin' Jordan never even saw him play or only got in on the back end of his career. That's anybody under 40 playboy! He revolutionized the sports marketin' and brandin' game and boyz can't separate his foolishness from that. He was a great player but he's a selfish individual! Just go listen to his Hall of Fame speech if you think I'm lyin' to you! It's all about him bruh!

First of all, O.J. Mayo ain’t even close to being LeBron James. Also braggin' about beating Michael Kidd-Gilcrist was just as stupid too but boyz just let it slide because it’s Jordan.

The Kobe fans were runnin' around hyped that he said that he couldn't beat him and completely missed the shove in the face that he gave him. They were so gullible that they didn't even pick up on the fact that Jordan took a swipe at him. He straight up said that he couldn't beat Kobe because Kobe was him. Why? Because Kobe wasn't creative enough to be his own player and person! He played like Mike! He walked like Mike, talked like Mike and even chewed gum like Mike! So Mike can't hate on himself right? Only the real G's in the buildin' picked up on that though! I'm spittin' but y'all ain't listenin'!

 Mike needs to go somewhere and sit his “A” down like Big Momma used to say. Let these boys do what they do and stop hatin’! He’s gonna be 75 years old still talking crazy because he can’t accept that his playin' days are over and that he can’t change his stats nor add to his accolades. All he can do is sit and watch this young boy win, put up more points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals, stock pile awards, take his place as the G.O.A.T. and it’s drivin' his dull spirit crazy. 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) Dull: adjective - when a boy can't get right bruh! When you look at him you just shake your head because he's a buster, a mark just foul. 

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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
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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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What LeBron did for Steph that Jordan should have done for him! "The Nod"

"I got ya back bruh! These old heads keep on hatin' don't they bruh?

Thomas Paine one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, once said, "It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same." George Grosz, the German artist, gave it to us like this, "I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self." Then Simone de Beauvoir, the French writer, put it where the goats could get it when she spit, "Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself." 

Well playas...where I'm from defendin' the truth or just your homeboy is ALWAYS out of a sense of duty not reward! You can keep the rewards because they won't keep a boy loyal to you when it counts. Earlier this week LeBron did for Steph Curry what Jordan should have done for him years ago. He stood up for him or at the very least came along side of him when cats were comin' at him sideways. With all of these playa hatin' old heads talkin' reckless against Steph, LeBron did what the O.G. is supposed to do for the young gun comin' up makin' a name for himself. He put his word on him. For you boyz that don't understand what that means it's to essentially to say, "Back up off of my boy because ain't gone be to many more of them #@%!$#!"  

Durin' an interview with USA Today Sports LeBron said, “Yeah, for me personally in my career I’ve done nothing but big-up the guys who paved the way for us.  I’m respectful to all the guys who paved the way, the greats, guys who were role players, guys who were part of a championship team or was not. I’ve always been respectful, so it does kind of suck when you’ve got guys who played before us and paved the way for us (and) …they like to talk down on a lot of our players, saying, ‘Well if they played in our era it wouldn’t be the same.’” 

He even brought up when ole dull Dennis Rodman was reckless with his name back in 2013 when he said that if LeBron played durin' his era he would be just an average player. Now when a boy makes a statement like that he's overflowin' with hate bruh. LeBron? An average player in any era is a boy smokin' crack and eatin' heroin and I wouldn't put anything past Rodman bruh. LeBron goes on to say,  "And they say the same things about Steph, ‘If Steph played in our era, then we’d be more physical with him and we’d go at him.’ And it sucks because we’re just trying to carry the torch for the next group to come behind us."

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Boyz were killin' LeBron before he ever won a championship in Miami. Just talkin' reckless and Mike just sat in the cut and let it happen. Even though LeBron looked up to him comin' out of high school and the dun had been a mentor for him when he was about to get drafted. Then once LeBron started ballin' he backed up off of him and left him hangin' so that the wolves could eat him alive. Now Mike forgot all about the criticism he used to get about not bein' able to get out of the freakin' first round of the playoffs in his first 3 years and not even makin' it to the Finals until he'd been in the league 7 years. But you young boyz don't remember that.

When I say young boyz I'm talkin' about any cat 38 or younger. Why? Because a dun 38 was only 6 when Mike got drafted in 1984 bruh! So you don't even know what you were watchin' at age 6 bruh. Jordan played 7 seasons before he ever won jack squat or went to a Finals but all of you young boyz don't know that because all you can ever remember is wearin' Jordan's or watchin' highlights of this dun winnin' championships. If you're goin' to talk about it pimpin' know the history of the game.
And if you're gonna talk Mike you gotta at least be 45 years old to have seen the full career of Jordan and understand what you were lookin' at. If you're 45 you would have been 13 when the dun stepped onto the scene. At 13 you at least understood the game by then. At 6 all you know is who's scorin' the most points and that "if" you could count bruh.

But back to my original point playa, the O.G. controls what is said and isn't said about the next dun comin' up. Why? Because those are the rules of the streets. As the O.G. begins to pass the torch in the hood to the 1st Lieutenant that's next in line to run the streets he'll first put his name on him. Whether they're ready for the title or not it's on the O.G. to give him the nod to let boyz know that this is the chosen one. Once the nod is given the respect is given and boyz back off. 

Well...it works the same way in the world of sports playboy. Michael Jordan is the G.O.A.T. or the O.G. in hood terms. Mike had the power to back boyz up off of LeBron years ago but in classic Jordan form he never said a word. The very player that LeBron has been constantly compared  to since he walked into the league has never once said something as simple as, "Listen bruh, LeBron is a great young player. He's accomplished things in his career like go to multiple Finals and compete for titles that I was never able to do durin' my first 7 years in the league. Sure, he has a long way to go but he's probably one of the greatest young players that we've ever seen or will ever see. So I think ya'll need to pull a Gin & Juice and back up off of him and sit yo cup down." If Jordan had just done that boyz would have chilled on all of the LeBron hate because the G.O.A.T. had spoken. The O.G. had given the nod but he didn't. 

So for LeBron to come along side of Steph is huge. Whether you like him or not is irrelevant. He's doin' for Steph what Mike should have done for him and you gotta respect that. At least say something when you hear boyz hatin' for no darn reason. And that's the edited version. All of these suckas know that they've NEVER in their lives seen a boy shoot like this kid is shootin'. They've never seen a cat create and shoot off of the dribble like he's doin'! Stop it! You sound crazy tryin' to tell me otherwise. He's the GREATEST shooter in the HISTORY of the league whether you put a hand in his face or not! And guess what play? Mike isn't gonna give Steph the nod either. Why? Because he wants to be the G.O.A.T. forever and to give a boy the nod is to chip away at the INSTITUTION at that is the Jordan Brand! And that instituation has suckas all over the world believin' that NOBODY will EVER be greater than Jordan. 

And please stop tellin' me about how boyz played such great defense back in the day when you saw scores of 135 and 140 points without even havin' a 3 point shot!!! Stop it! You sound crazy!!! And 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) O.G.: noun - the original gangsta, the old head that runs the street, the cat that everybody respects. 
4) 1st Lieutenant: noun - the next cat in line to run it bruh. 

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Why LeBron's GREATNESS doesn't translate into better teams! "In The Way"

"What position am I goin' to play this quarter bruh? 

Arnold Glasow, the famous businessman, once said, "A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit." Nelson Mandela gave it to us like this, "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership." Then John Quincy Adams poured out a lil' liquor for all the dead homies when he said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." 

Well playas...if great leaders inspire dreamers to dream, learn, do and become more we've got a problem with LeBron James. He doesn't do either of those with his teammates. For years I've been tellin' you boyz that he's the best all-around basketball player we've ever seen. However, because he's so good he's become a detriment to his team and doesn't make the guys around him better. 

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! The dun is so good that he can play multiple positions durin' the course of a freakin' game at any point and he often does. The fact that he can get down like that and will, allows him to stunt the growth of the duns he's playin' with. He's one of the only cats in the history of the league that can do it. Oh, I'm just talkin' bruh? Here's what he's been able to accomplish in NBA history and be the only one to it: 

• 1st place all-time in career assists by a forward.

• 1st place all-time being named Conference player of the Week with 51 nominations.

• 1st place all-time being named Conference player of the Month with 30 nominations.

• 1st place all-time in points scored in All-Star games with 291.

• Only player in NBA history to average at least 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists for their career.

• Only player in NBA history to post at least 2000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists, and 100 steals in four consecutive seasons.

• Only player in NBA history to post at least 2000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists, and 100 steals in a single season for at least seven seasons.

• Only player in NBA history to post at least 2000 points, 500 rebounds, and 500 assists in a single season for at least seven seasons.

• Only player in NBA history to win the NBA Player of the Month Award four times in two consecutive seasons.

• Only player in NBA history to change teams after averaging at least 27 points, twice.^[29]

• Only player in NBA history to average at least 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists for 11 consecutive seasons.

Now there are multiple reasons as to why he's the ONLY player in NBA history to do all of those things. A) He's the only cat that could consistently do it.  B) He's the only cat that has had to do it because other than the Miami teams he's had no help. But MOST IMPORTANTLY and  C) He keeps jumpin' in and out of boyz way durin' the regular season to the point where he's stuntin' the growth of his role players. At some point you've got to trust a boy to do his freakin' job and make the players around him better.

Kyrie hasn't gotten any better since LeBron has arrived in Cleveland and why isn't Kevin Love any better today than he was 2 years ago? I could argue that he's worse today than he was 2 years ago. Why? Because his attitude is a mess because LeBron is in his way. Love was frustrated most of last season because he never knew where he fit in the offense. 

Jordan never got into Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, Dennis Rodman or Steve Kerr's way. Kobe didn't show up to work and jump into Derek Fisher and Lamar Odom's cubical and take over. Naw playa, they let boyz do their jobs and they got better at them all season long. Naw playa, they demanded that boyz got better! So when they showed up to the Finals EVERYBODY knew what they were expected to do and they went out and did it.  

Let's take last year's Finals for example. LeBron HAD to do EVERYTHING just to keep the water out of the boat. Now logical minds can and will argue that if he hadn't done everything they wouldn't have even made it to the Finals. And that is 100 percent correct, especially with boyz hurt. However, when you've got to do EVERYTHING you can't win championships because the duns you're playin' with don't ever get comfortable in their roles. Why? Because the dun doin' everything is gettin' in their way. It's IMPOSSIBLE for you to win in the Finals if only one cat is ballin'.

It's like the dun that owns the bakery down the street tryin' to compete with the best bakery downtown. My man down the street has crazy skills but won't let his employees do their jobs. He's got a dun that specializes in icing and decorations another cat that bakes only and a boy that does presentations. But when it comes down to the final competition my guy down the street takes over and does everything. But the downtown bakery allows the specialists to do their respective jobs and they win every time bruh. Why? Because one cat can't beat a team of specialists no matter how good he is. Jordan could play the wing but he couldn't defend it better than Scottie! Jordan could rebound but he couldn't rebound better than Rodman. So guess what? He let them do their freakin' jobs.  

I pulled up the SBNation Finals Guide from last year and it confirmed what I've been tellin' you boyz. It said that only LeBron and Jerry West has had a triple-double in the Finals while scorin' as many as 39 points. Which is NUTS!! It went on to say that ole boy had a usage rate of 41.4 percent in the Finals. Now for all of you cats that don't know, the usage rate is an estimate of the percentage of a team's possessions ended by a single player via a shot, drawn foul or turnover while he was on the floor. Let me give you an idea of how nuts his was bruh. Kobe has the highest joint ever recorded for the regular season is 38. 74 durin' the 2005-06 season. The highest ever in the playoffs before LeBron was 39.3 by Tony Parker in 2009. 

What am I sayin' bruh? He's doin' too much and his teammates aren't gettin' better. He'll continue to get to the Finals but he'll continue to lose in the Finals. Why? Because you can't win championships havin' to do EVERYTHING. You gotta give him credit for bein' able to do more with less. But you can't win titles with less! 

This ain't the NCAA Tournament where you can show up and win one game and win it all. You've got to win the best of 7 playboy and the best TEAM always wins. 

Duns like Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Jordan, Kareem, Kobe, etc. etc. etc. stayed in their lanes and won. Why? Because the players around them were better by the time they showed up in the Finals. Did I also mention that he's been in the league for 12 years without a coach and doin' everything? That's a problem too. 

Now don't get it twisted bruh, LeBron will probably go down as the greatest individual basketball player we've ever seen because the numbers won't lie. However, he won't be one of the greatest champions we've ever seen because he doesn't make his teammates better. Therefore, he's not playin' on better TEAMS. 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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