This isn't rocket surgery. Lebron is going to find a team that can build a dynasty around him. There are only a handful of teams like that out there. If Mike Riley can work his magic with Lebron over the summer, he can probably convince him to stay if he promises some wholesale changes. But he's got his work cut out for him. As for comparing Jordan with Lebron, they are two totally different players. Lebron is stronger and muscles his way to the basket, but he basically has no moves. Jordan on the other hand had that unstoppable turnaround shot from 15-20 feet that will never be topped. Lebron is basically about lowering his shoulder and bullying the guy out of the way, without the moves. Jordan had the crossover and turnaround moves that looked much more impressive to me at the time than Lebron style does today. That's just me. But right now you have to give it to Jordan on sheer numbers. Lebron still has a long ways to go.
I don't see anything lebron does not do better than jordan
ointer:
My goodness, is that idiotic.
How many defensive player of the year awards has James won again?
Michael Jordan, David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Kevin Garnett are the only Defensive Player of the Year winners to have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) during their careers; Jordan and Olajuwon won both awards in the same season.
Jordan holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game)
6 NBA Finals MVP Awards
10 Scoring Titles
We can see why you're so bad at this gambling thing...
ointer:My goodness, is that idiotic.
How many defensive player of the year awards has James won again?
Michael Jordan, David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Kevin Garnett are the only Defensive Player of the Year winners to have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) during their careers; Jordan and Olajuwon won both awards in the same season.
Jordan holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game)
6 NBA Finals MVP Awards
10 Scoring Titles
We can see why you're so bad at this gambling thing...
Lebron to the Clippers!!! it could happen...
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Regardless of what happened in the NBA Finals this week, Miami's LeBron James is still one of the greatest ever to play in the NBA.
But when it comes to winning NBA titles, it's clear that James needs help - lots of help.
That's why the idea of him staying in Miami makes little sense now.
The Dwyane Wade of old is not walking through that door.
The clutch shooting of Chris Bosh?
Yeah, that's gone, too.
When you throw in Father Time finally catching up with the rest of James' Miami cohorts, it's pretty clear that the best chance at him winning another title will have to come in a new zip code.
That zip code will likely be in Los Angeles.
And it won't be running as Kobe Bryant's sidekick with the Los Angeles Lakers, but instead with the on-the-rise Los Angeles Clippers.
The Clippers will need to get this Donald Sterling mess worked out obviously. But that aside, there doesn't appear to be another team that 1) is close to winning a title, 2) is a city that James would approve, and 3) has the pieces in place now to not only acquire James but ship out a high impact player that the Heat would be pleased with acquiring.
And that piece the Clippers would have to part with?
We're talking about Blake Griffin.
He is a perennial All-Star whose game is indeed expanding before our very eyes. But if you're the Los Angeles Clippers and Griffin stands between you and acquiring LeBron James, how tough of a call is that really to make?
In the Clippers, James would have a chance to play for a coach (Doc Rivers) that he has a tremendous amount of respect for, to the point where he reportedly tried to recruit Rivers to be his coach.
James would also get a chance to play with Chris Paul, one of his closest friends.
And the X-factor in a James-to-Los-Angeles trade is that it would likely have a similar ripple affect in Los Angeles to what happened in Miami when James and Chris Bosh joined forces with Dwyane Wade in Miami.
Ray Allen. Rashard Lewis. Shane Battier.
All three came to Miami for salaries that were clearly below market-value, with the only goal being to win an NBA title.
They each accomplished that goal.
When you look at free agents this summer, it would come as a surprise too if a trade of James to the Clippers would then lead to former Celtic Paul Pierce signing on with the Clippers as well.
Even with Pierce in Brooklyn this past season and Rivers in Los Angeles, the two remained close with the kind of bond that both have said repeatedly will never go away.
Adding him to an already talented Clippers team that's now led by Paul and James, could be just what the Clippers need in order to get past the Western Conference's elite teams such as Oklahoma City and the current champ, the San Antonio Spurs.
But again, this could be one of the many options James will give some thought to if he indeed opts out of his contract with the Heat.
Because as much as James has made it clear that he loves Miami and the entire Heat franchise, he also loves winning championships.
And that isn't going to happen in Miami anytime soon, not with an aging roster and few assets coming up to significantly improve.
So he may find himself in a similar plight he was in during his years in Cleveland, attached with a good team but not capable of winning it all.
His departure upset many, but the end result - two titles in four seasons - validates his decision as being the right one.
Because in LeBron's world, winning titles is all he really has to play for now.
And for that to continue, he's probably going to need to take his talents away from South Beach and venture out West to La La Land.
-- A. Sherrod Blakely, CSN New England
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Regardless of what happened in the NBA Finals this week, Miami's LeBron James is still one of the greatest ever to play in the NBA.
But when it comes to winning NBA titles, it's clear that James needs help - lots of help.
That's why the idea of him staying in Miami makes little sense now.
The Dwyane Wade of old is not walking through that door.
The clutch shooting of Chris Bosh?
Yeah, that's gone, too.
When you throw in Father Time finally catching up with the rest of James' Miami cohorts, it's pretty clear that the best chance at him winning another title will have to come in a new zip code.
That zip code will likely be in Los Angeles.
And it won't be running as Kobe Bryant's sidekick with the Los Angeles Lakers, but instead with the on-the-rise Los Angeles Clippers.
The Clippers will need to get this Donald Sterling mess worked out obviously. But that aside, there doesn't appear to be another team that 1) is close to winning a title, 2) is a city that James would approve, and 3) has the pieces in place now to not only acquire James but ship out a high impact player that the Heat would be pleased with acquiring.
And that piece the Clippers would have to part with?
We're talking about Blake Griffin.
He is a perennial All-Star whose game is indeed expanding before our very eyes. But if you're the Los Angeles Clippers and Griffin stands between you and acquiring LeBron James, how tough of a call is that really to make?
In the Clippers, James would have a chance to play for a coach (Doc Rivers) that he has a tremendous amount of respect for, to the point where he reportedly tried to recruit Rivers to be his coach.
James would also get a chance to play with Chris Paul, one of his closest friends.
And the X-factor in a James-to-Los-Angeles trade is that it would likely have a similar ripple affect in Los Angeles to what happened in Miami when James and Chris Bosh joined forces with Dwyane Wade in Miami.
Ray Allen. Rashard Lewis. Shane Battier.
All three came to Miami for salaries that were clearly below market-value, with the only goal being to win an NBA title.
They each accomplished that goal.
When you look at free agents this summer, it would come as a surprise too if a trade of James to the Clippers would then lead to former Celtic Paul Pierce signing on with the Clippers as well.
Even with Pierce in Brooklyn this past season and Rivers in Los Angeles, the two remained close with the kind of bond that both have said repeatedly will never go away.
Adding him to an already talented Clippers team that's now led by Paul and James, could be just what the Clippers need in order to get past the Western Conference's elite teams such as Oklahoma City and the current champ, the San Antonio Spurs.
But again, this could be one of the many options James will give some thought to if he indeed opts out of his contract with the Heat.
Because as much as James has made it clear that he loves Miami and the entire Heat franchise, he also loves winning championships.
And that isn't going to happen in Miami anytime soon, not with an aging roster and few assets coming up to significantly improve.
So he may find himself in a similar plight he was in during his years in Cleveland, attached with a good team but not capable of winning it all.
His departure upset many, but the end result - two titles in four seasons - validates his decision as being the right one.
Because in LeBron's world, winning titles is all he really has to play for now.
And for that to continue, he's probably going to need to take his talents away from South Beach and venture out West to La La Land.
-- A. Sherrod Blakely, CSN New England
Personally feel bad for James - he should just enjoy his life and not spend 24/7 paranoid about his legacy - now he's looking to whore himself around to win titles because he's not a player titles are built around - go back to Cleveland and try to build a team around U - then u can be a Bird, Jordan, Duncan or Kobe - if not ur legacy will be that of, "can't beat em so I joined them"
