re: How can you justify saying Magic>Lebron?

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And the difference between this and the LeBron crowd who discounts titles because it's not in their favor is what?

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Actually, the argument for the MJ/Magic/Bird era is evaporating. 3 Weeks from now LeBron may have a 3rd ring at the age of 29. Bird only won 3. MJ won 6 but won 40 of them after he turned 30. Magic won 5 rings....all before turning 29. But do you really want to compare the 1978-79 Lakers that won 47 games, advanced to the WC Semi-finals and returned a roster with Kareem, Michael Cooper, Jamaal Wilkes and Norm Nixon to the roster of 2002-2003 Cleveland Cavaliers whose 17 wins was the fewest in the NBA. FWIW, the 79-80 Lakers won 13 more games in Magic's rookie season (79-80) while Cleveland won 18 more in LeBron's rookie season. The Lakers regressed from 60 wins in Magic;s rookie season to 54 in '80-81, to 57 in '81-82, 58 in '82-83 and 54 in '83-84 while Lebron led Cleveland from 17 wins prior to his arrival to continual improvement of 35 wins in '03-04, 42 wins in '04-05, 50 wins in '05-06 and '05-07. Comparing Magic's rings to LeBrons certainly isn't fair.