If this draft were 90's Rap Music, he'd be Tupac.
Are you saying that Tupac choked in the clutch and couldn't reach the top even with a superior supporting cast? History begs to differ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9lYH4U8ySc
(Major parental advisory warning for that video)
But its all a charade. LeBron should go first, there can be a debate, but in the same way that Michael Jordan can be debated whether or not he's better than Larry or Magic, the answer is pretty clear.
Give me Prime Larry or Prime Magic any day. Career to career, maybe it's MJ. Absolute peak to absolute peak, I go Larry, Magic, Michael.
All three at their peak were pretty spectacular and pretty even IMHO. But for a career of accomplishments and given who each had as complimentary parts, MJ was the best of the three.
One thing I love pointing out when people discuss Larry not being as good as MJ at their peaks is this at age 33 these were MJs and Larrys stats:
Larry
24.3 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 7.5 APG, 39.3 MPG, 1.4 SPG, 0.8 BPG, 47% FG%, 33% 3PT%, 93% FT%
MJ
29.6 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 4.3 APG, 37.9 MPG, 1.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 48% FG%, 37% 3PT%, 83% FT%
The difference. MJ was a genetic physical freak of nature and still very much at his physical peak if on the decline. Bird was coming back from a major surgery to remove bones spurs the year before and fought major back pain all year. He was a warrior and game as hell but past his prime physically. Yet what they did as players at the same age even though MJ was in vastly superior physical condition is almost statistically equal when considering the entire set of stats.
Don't tell me Larry at his prime physical peak was less of a player than anyone. Even in his injury riddled older years he was DOMINANT.
Topic: 2011 CB Draft Interest Thread/Team Assignment+Lottery (Read 229179 times)