NBA Finals Discussion Thread

[imi26dude]

Thanks for the friendly discussion everyone! I spent the night designing a custom LeBron Sacramento Kings jersey. I can dream, right? haha

[bakemeister52]

That maybe a stretch but maybe he will become a 76ers (I'm a Celtics fan but Irving left Cavs because of LeBron)!

[bakemeister52]

Why compare people who played in different decades.

To me you can't compare MJ and LeBron, two different times in Basketball glory.

As for Wilt, he played when he was a giant but Russell was great at defense and drove Wilt crazy in the Playoffs.

[Jameis1of1]

Thanks for the friendly discussion everyone! I spent the night designing a custom LeBron Sacramento Kings jersey. I can dream, right? haha

Your dream sounds like a nightmare for LeBron, but a fan can still dream :-)

That maybe a stretch but maybe he will become a 76ers (I'm a Celtics fan but Irving left Cavs because of LeBron)!

I'd put the odds at:

76'ers: 40%% (This seems like the obvious choice)
Celtics: 25% (The Celtics could trade Hayward for LeBron and Kyrie for Kawhi ... but will the Spurs play ball?)
Lakers: 15% (If the Lakers trade Deng/Ingram/Kuzma for Kawhi & sign PG13 it may be tough for LeBron not to sign with them)
Cavs: 10% (This jumps to 51% if they can trade Clarkson/Zizic/Osman/Nance/#8 to Spurs for Kawhi)
Rockets: 5% (They're capped out and have nothing to trade)
Warriors: 5% (Draymond/Iggy/Livingston for LeBron/Korver/Nance works salary wise & sets LeBron up to win 7+ titles, but he knows the media would kill him)

Why compare people who played in different decades.

To me you can't compare MJ and LeBron, two different times in Basketball glory.

As for Wilt, he played when he was a giant but Russell was great at defense and drove Wilt crazy in the Playoffs.

I'm not sure how Wilt got into the LeBron v MJ comparison ... but Wilt dominated Russell in the playoffs just as he did in the regular season. Regardless, Kareem has a better claim to GOAT than Jordan does imho but the guy gets overlooked all the time, possibly because the media never really liked him.