re: Michael Jordan’s 1988 DPOY might have been fraudulent

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Y’all remember when Lebron stole the ball from Malone and then went down the court and hit the game winner for the ring during game 6 of the finals? I rememb…Oh wait….

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No but this was pretty cool in game 7 to be the first player ever to come back from 3-1 in the nba finals



Mj was awesome. Lebron is awesome. I truly don’t understand the difficulty to say both

there is no point in suspending someone and not telling anyone.

if he’s so important you have some conspiracy to hide his suspension, he’s important enough to not suspend.

He also missed 157 games. Weird suspension.

you could at it’s all of 1 season and 65 games of the next but it’s just a weird number.

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The privilege/catering comes into play for MJ when Stern labeled his departure as a 'retirement' and not a suspension

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If Jordan was “privileged” he never would have been “suspended” in the first place.

He left because he wanted to play baseball. Not sure why that is so hard for some of y’all to accept.

Only thing laughable is LeBald’s defense:

I’m and MJ guy, but I dont think Lebron is #2

1. MJ
2. Lebron
3. Kareem
4. Wilt
5. Kobe
6. Shaq
7. Dr J.
8. Bird
9. Magic
10. Duncan

Jordan and Kareem have the best resume's by far.

There really should be more people that argue for Kareem 3 chips with 3 final four MVP's in college plus 6 chips with 6 MVP's in the NBA is just insane.

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Jordan and Kareem have the best resume's by far.

There really should be more people that argue for Kareem 3 chips with 3 final four MVP's in college plus 6 chips with 6 MVP's in the NBA is just insane.

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Kareem’s best argument had been the cumulative impact over his long career, whereas Jordan’s was his peak, and LeBron had the 2nd highest peak.

But now LeBron has surpassed Kareem on the cumulative stat, so he’s a distant, albeit solid, 3rd.

the Advanced stats love Kareem (and centers in general)

I look at 3 things.

1. Stats- career averages, Peak averages, seasons leading in a major category
2. Accolades- MVPs, FMVPs, All-NBA, DPOY, All-Def
3. Championships

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Not when he has to spend 40 minutes a night guarding someone on the other end of the court one on one as well.

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Michael Jordan was not guarding the best player on the opposing team (who were for the most part less talented than today's players) 40 minutes a night. He had two of the best defensive players of all time on his team who would help with that.

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Not when they don’t call ticky tacky light contact as fouls.

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His colleagues routinely joked that you couldn't get close to Mike or it was a foul. He got more calls than any player in his era.

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Not when you actually had to dribble and couldn’t carry 3-4 steps.

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Come on lol Jordan carries rival today's hesitation carries.

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Not when you were allowed to hand check ball handlers.

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See No. 2.

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LeBron is by far the most privileged, spoiled, and catered to athlete in North American sports history and there is no one that is a remotely close second.

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What does this even mean.

I detest Lebron James. The level of which some of you go to discredit him baffles me. The NBA literally encouraged teams/scorekeepers to pad Michael Jordan (and other stars of that era) stats to paint a better picture of who they were as players. A journalist demonstrates that favoritism and you people just resort to "Oh yeah!! well Lebron is a pussy and the NBA is soft!" It's so strange.

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What about their heights? How are their bench press numbers? (I already know the answer, you won’t like it).

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in 1988 the average offensive line was:

OT 77.4 inches, 285.9 lbs
OG 75.6 inches, 276.2 lbs
OC 75.3 inches, 275.1 lbs

In 2023, it was:

OT 78.1 inches, 315.6 lbs
OG 76.1 inches, 312.4 lbs
OC 75.5 inches, 304.1 lbs

Athletes today are bigger, stronger, faster, and quicker than ever before.