I would take Bird over Lebron all day long......Bird was an excellent shot.
LOL heard that.
I was surprised...Thought he would show his usual racist side and dis Bird & pick Lebron
Lebron looks so good for periods of time, but really does have a tendency to disappear and he did it again late in game 3
For some reason he looks to defer when he should be taking charge, and that's the biggest difference between LBJ and most of the other greats
For some reason he looks to defer when he should be taking charge, and that's the biggest difference between LBJ and most of the other greats
comparing lebron to jordan is very similar to comparing crosby to mario or gretzky. everyone loves to think their their current star is the best of all time but those that actually watch the game know the difference. there is nothing wrong with being a top 10 or top 15 player of all time but every generation doesn't have the #1 guy like they want them to be.
nhl has been pretty much devoid of a true superstar for 20 years....same with nba. neither can admit it so need to "over"-elevate current players way beyond their actual ability. Crosby and Malkin and Jagr were all great players but none of them are anywhere near the true greats of NHL just as Lebron is nowhere near the top 5 players of all time.
just like MLB pushing Mike Trout into Mays/Aaron/Ruth/Bonds/etc status. silly
nhl has been pretty much devoid of a true superstar for 20 years....same with nba. neither can admit it so need to "over"-elevate current players way beyond their actual ability. Crosby and Malkin and Jagr were all great players but none of them are anywhere near the true greats of NHL just as Lebron is nowhere near the top 5 players of all time.
just like MLB pushing Mike Trout into Mays/Aaron/Ruth/Bonds/etc status. silly
on the flip side many older chaps like to cling to past heroes, sacrilegious to even suggest a modern player is comparable. Notice no definition of 'true' superstar in the above. Rather, vagueness and of course ' but those that actually watch the game know the difference'
. How about those that PLAYED the game at the highest level? A compliment to a surgeon from a fellow surgeon will carry more weight than that of a non-surgeon. BOTH Lemieux and Gretzky have called Crosby a 'generational' player. Now, i concede, they didn't use the term 'true' superstar Crosby is 5th in pts/game ever. Playing in an era of less goals/per game. Various factors have contributed to that- size of goalie equipment, a deeper NHL- 4th liners today are better than decades ago. The NHL extracts our planet's best from around the globe more aggressively than 30 yrs ago.
Gretzky's vision had no equal. One on one skills and pure talent give me Lemieux. Sid, of the three, has the least 'natural' talent. But the best work ethic. Tougher , willingness to battle in the corners, a two-way player
Sid's resume is still filling. He has won 2 gold medals. Gretzky had a chance failed terribly in the gold medal game - they even passed on him in the shootout. Gretz never won a Cup once he left Edmonton. In fact, the Oilers won a cup WITHOUT him. Lemieux won 2 Stanley Cups, Sid can pass him win with another victory over Nashville. Let's not forget Lemieux had the 'C' on his jersey on one of the deepest teams in NHL history (1993) which included the likes of; R Francis, J Jagr, J Mullen, K Stevens , L Murphy, Tocchet, Straka, U Sameulson) and CHOKED as a huge fav vs the Islanders. Now this paragraph is not meant to slight Gretz/Mario,but rather to remind all that the 'greats of the past' are not without their failures....time has a tendency for us to put the past greats on pedal stools
