re: who the hell cares if Lebron is GOAT?

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Can we stop this madness? I'm the biggest Lebron fan in the world. I have been following him since he was at St. Vincent St Mary's. I have over fifty of his rookie cards stored away in boxes. But before Lebron, I loved MJ. And in between, I've loved other players. Nash's smarts. AI's ferociousness. Kobe's cold-blooded assassin nature. DRose circa 2010 explosiveness. Right now, I love Russel Westbrook's mania and Anthony Davis' ascension. And Steph Curry is the best shooter I've ever seen.

i think Lebron's one of the finest blends of sheer basketball ever. he's a hybrid michael/magic with the defensive prowress of pippen. he sees the court like Bird. he's been the single most fascinating basketball player to watch for over a decade now, and he's built a ridiculous resume. all pros, MVPs, taking overmatched teams to finals. he's been the best player in basketball clearly for 5 years and maybe longer. he left. came back. we have literally watched him fail, win, grow from a high schooler to a young man and father. and now he's taking this injury ridden cleveland team up against a western juggernaut. who knows how many more chances he'll have after this.

but for frick's sake. can we stop framing this argument as whether or not he's the GOAT?! he could retire right now and he'd be top 10 all time. but does everything have to be weighed right now? if he loses the championship to the warriors as an underdog (which Vegas will clearly prove that they are underdogs), does that disqualify him from being GOAT? probably. realistically right now, he would be about future five-six years of total domination from really being in the argument.

but who the hell cares? this story is so much more fun than how he compares to GOAT. it's a prodigal son. the hopes of one of the most woe-begotten sports towns in america. a superstar with a thrown together group of scrappers and an injured young gun. the most tv ready team in america going against america's biggest sports star.

enjoy this finals. lebron's team might get blown the frick out. but some of these arguments are patently ridiculous. we're watching an all time great player go against an all time great team (and burgeoning all time great player/ already all time great shooter). it's old nba model vs the new nba model.

fricking watch it. and stop comparing players that can't be compared.

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