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re: Charles Barkley says LeBron James is the 'greatest story in sports history'
Posted on 3/28/23 at 11:41 am to Keys Open Doors
Posted on 3/28/23 at 11:41 am to Keys Open Doors
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People deal with love, success, and hundreds of millions of dollars in shockingly bad ways, and it’s damn impressive how well a guy born in poverty to a single mom crack smoker who is a train wreck herself was able to handle himself and have an incredible career.
I'd rather grow up homeless in the US than in a slum in Brazil.
Ronaldinho and Ronaldo chose to live life to the fullest rather than have their PR teams suck everyone's dick about every single issue. Ronaldo is still rich and owns multiple soccer clubs.
This post was edited on 3/28/23 at 11:42 am
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Posted on 3/28/23 at 11:49 am to Keys Open Doors
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All of those guys dealt with fame and success so much worse than LeBron. That’s the most impressive part of his success. He met and exceeded the unbelievable expectations and didn’t ruin his career with a massive drug addiction (Maradona), a notable drug and alcohol addiction that limited his effectiveness (Ronaldinho), didn’t get passed up in his prime through the evolution of the game (Ronaldinho), stayed healthy for the vast majority of his career (unlike Ronaldo and Neymar), didn’t gain 100 pounds of fat (Ronaldo), and didn’t have significant off-court issues due to tax evasion (Maradona, Neymar), and was never caught with transgender prostitutes (Ronaldo). People deal with love, success, and hundreds of millions of dollars in shockingly bad ways, and it’s damn impressive how well a guy born in poverty to a single mom crack smoker who is a train wreck herself was able to handle himself and have an incredible career.
Great post
Posted on 3/28/23 at 11:52 am to DownSouthCrawfish
He's correct that Lebron has thrived with unrealistic expectations placed on him from the word go.
That being said, Lebron is also an egotistical douche
That being said, Lebron is also an egotistical douche
Posted on 3/28/23 at 1:10 pm to Jcorye1
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That being said, Lebron is also an egotistical douche
Almost all of the great ones can be labeled as this. Few examples...
MJ
Bird
Brady
Ali
Saban
Posted on 3/28/23 at 1:12 pm to SMD
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Or the time he put a hit out on white cops.
White cop that saved a black girl from getting stabbed
Posted on 3/28/23 at 1:34 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
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Charles Barkley says LeBron James is the 'greatest story in sports history'
Lia Thomas says hi.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 1:37 pm to smash williams
And Tiger.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 1:41 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:HOW DARE YOU!
I can’t stand Lebron, and there is something negative to be said about how he’s changed his sport for the worse with player control (and also weirdly for the race war he seems to want so bad to happen). But there likely hasn’t been anybody in sports history that had the amount of expectations he did and lived up to them or surpassed them. So I don’t think Charles is terribly off with his comments.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 2:31 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
Boys, there’s fairly good chance that Lebron is the best basketball player to ever live.
I’m proud to have been a fan from day one.
I’m proud to have been a fan from day one.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 2:32 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
No scandal? 
Posted on 3/28/23 at 2:47 pm to Honest Tune
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Except that time he created a fake racist scandal on his own property. Lebron is cringe as frick.
I love how this board just somehow decided that that thing was a hoax, and just absolutely ran with it no questions asked.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 3:03 pm to Honest Tune
I think you’re just mad someone didn’t actually make a racist graffiti
Posted on 3/28/23 at 3:20 pm to QJenk
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Except that time he created a fake racist scandal on his own property. Lebron is cringe as frick.
I love how this board just somehow decided that that thing was a hoax, and just absolutely ran with it no questions asked
You didn't have to be Sherlock Holmes to be a master of the obvious.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 3:42 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
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Only knock against him is being cringe on Twitter
Barkley has repeatedly and unashamedly defended the CCP from deserved criticism because he was worried about pissing off his Chinese/CCP Overlords and losing that phat CCP money.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 3:43 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
Was a fan from the day he set foot onto an NBA court till after he beat golden state. Since then I’ve started to dislike his political views and the way he plays ball now.
I’ll admit he’s 2nd or 3rd greatest all time. I can’t decide between him or Kobe as #2 the other is #3
I’ll admit he’s 2nd or 3rd greatest all time. I can’t decide between him or Kobe as #2 the other is #3
Posted on 3/28/23 at 3:48 pm to bulldog95
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him or Kobe as #2 the other is #3
Anyone who has Kobe over Lebron doesn’t know shite about basketball. Lebrons a racist POS, but he’s easily better than Kobe.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 4:02 pm to UncleRuckus
Hotshit take right here
Kobe didn’t have to go ring shopping.
Kobe didn’t have to go ring shopping.
This post was edited on 3/28/23 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 3/28/23 at 4:03 pm to Woopigsooie20
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think you’re just mad someone didn’t actually make a racist graffiti
I think you’re a goddamned idiot.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 5:25 pm to Honest Tune
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Give me Kobe all day every day. He’s a real champion.
He had his issues too. That he got away with
Give me Larry Bird.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 6:28 pm to Keys Open Doors
quote:yeah, I guess in my first post I was a lil too focused on Barkley and his relationship with MJ to look at Lebron's career objectively. But you're right in a really good post by you in that it's a very commendable how Lebron's career or life has turned out. You can say he basically raised himslef into the man that he is today because his Mom's had little to do with that, in fact he had to be there for her more than she was for him. His dad (whoever he is) should feel really bad in not being a part of such a fine young man's life, how he turned out in the man that he's become, most father's would really be proud of that. He not only didn't have a father around, but made sure that wouldn't happen with his own sons in grooming them to also become fine upstanding young men from the looks of it. So, yes it is a great story!
People deal with love, success, and hundreds of millions of dollars in shockingly bad ways, and it's damn impressive how well a guy born in poverty to a single mom crack smoker who is a train wreck herself was able to handle himself and have an incredible career.
Ronaldinho and Ronaldo I'm disappointed in because they both had the great Pele to look up to all their lives, and they've had controversial lives. Smh I haven't really kept up with them, but I'll take your word for it in that Ronaldo is a huge success in Brazil. To tell you the truth I think they both are rich and successful despite their crazy lives. Lol But great post, man!
This post was edited on 3/28/23 at 6:32 pm
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