“Nobody feared LeBron. I’ve heard people say including myself that they feared Michael Jeffrey Jordan” Shaq

[JP_614]

So why did he leave the Cavs again after they built a competitive team according to his specifications? Looks to me like Lebron runs when things get a little rough

They should’ve built a team around him after he took his team to the finals . They could’ve been brought in another star or a real number 2. Go look at that roster the year after they went to the finals.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Basketball always invents these type of empty terms like fear.

FIXED

 

[Mister Terrific]

+ Repped

 

[Mister Terrific]

I think what people are getting at is that at its core the fear that people had for Kobe/Jordan was more organic because it was about them using sheer will and determination and killer instinct in their rise to the top. LeBron on the other hand had always felt like a social engineering project as a means of pivoting away from Kobe post Colorado as the next face of the league and Jordan’s heir. More ticky tack fouls were called and it gradually became less about your bag and your will to kill and more about if you were a part of the NBA’s marketing efforts. I think had Bron won in Cleveland first it would’ve went a long way. Bron’s “bulldoze through nikkaz” offense and hopping on Wade’s team to win has permanently stained Bron for many fans.

With that said, I feel bad from Bron because now he can’t be appreciated for the great player he is because too many people still sense that stench of his being overly pushed by the league as the guy to root for. I honestly hope and wish that the league goes away from this “Next Jordan” bullshyt once and for all.

Thanks to that shyt, nearly 30 years of NBA discourse has devolved into Stan wars which has made it where one all time great is having his legacy erased while the other is being made to be hated by a growing contingent of NBA fans all while the same GOAT exists today and has to continuously be brought up because the sport refuses to move the fukk on.

What the fukk.

 

[Ohene]

The reality is elite athletes in every sport pursue their dreams vicariously through Kobe.

Lions' Darius Slay was 'in a zone' after meeting childhood idol Kobe Bryant

Darius Slay is a cornerback in the NFL, but he became a giddy fan when he got to meet the Lakers' Kobe Bryant.

www.espn.com

Inside Manny Machado's amazing encounter with his idol Kobe Bryant

Imagine you get a chance to meet your sports hero face-to-face -- and he's wearing your jersey.

www.espn.com

Travis Kelce talks about Kobe Bryant's 'Mamba Mentality'

Cavs’ Kyrie Irving credits ‘Mamba mentality’ after NBA Finals victory

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving said that he channeled his inner Kobe Bryant during his team’s 93–89, Game 7 win over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals.

www.si.com

The reality is Kobe's career as an inspiration to the elite, the best of the best across both sports and in international business, while you're a fakkit, a fraud, and a fukking dork who doesn't go outside. You're not around other black people outside going on nerd rants against Kobe, AI, Melo, the 01 All Star game etc. You're inside, perpetually, googling for hours, making misleading statisitcal arguments, making up fantasies about your life, finessing other dorks on The Coli with your performative bullshyt, etc etc.

The entire history of sports fandom revolves around rooting for teams and you've let one basketball player lead you to make arguments that following teams is actually the wrong thing to do, and following one man from team to team for 21 years and dictating your entire opinion of the sports through the lens of that one man is the right thing to do. Nothing about being a Bron dikkrider or The Real Jcotton is steeped in reality.

But you go ahead and keep playing them internet games. POTY is your biggest life accomplishment and just yesterday you were bragging about "getting mad rep in these streets". Yeah, I know The Coli is "the streets" for you. I know.

lol get off his dikk
holy crap

and this thread is dumb. players def fear lebron

 

[NotAHotep]

I think what people are getting at is that at its core the fear that people had for Kobe/Jordan was more organic because it was about them using sheer will and determination and killer instinct in their rise to the top. LeBron on the other hand had always felt like a social engineering project as a means of pivoting away from Kobe post Colorado as the next face of the league and Jordan’s heir. More ticky tack fouls were called and it gradually became less about your bag and your will to kill and more about if you were a part of the NBA’s marketing efforts. I think had Bron won in Cleveland first it would’ve went a long way. Bron’s “bulldoze through nikkaz” offense and hopping on Wade’s team to win has permanently stained Bron for many fans.

With that said, I feel bad from Bron because now he can’t be appreciated for the great player he is because too many people still sense that stench of his being overly pushed by the league as the guy to root for. I honestly hope and wish that the league goes away from this “Next Jordan” bullshyt once and for all.

Thanks to that shyt, nearly 30 years of NBA discourse has devolved into Stan wars which has made it where one all time great is having his legacy erased while the other is being made to be hated by a growing contingent of NBA fans all while the same GOAT exists today and has to continuously be brought up because the sport refuses to move the fukk on.

The bolded is the reason why Kobe fans don't like LeBron.

LeBron was coming. Whether Kobe got caught up in Colorado or not.

 

[Mister Terrific]

I think what people are getting at is that at its core the fear that people had for Kobe/Jordan was more organic because it was about them using sheer will and determination and killer instinct in their rise to the top. LeBron on the other hand had always felt like a social engineering project as a means of pivoting away from Kobe post Colorado as the next face of the league and Jordan’s heir. More ticky tack fouls were called and it gradually became less about your bag and your will to kill and more about if you were a part of the NBA’s marketing efforts. I think had Bron won in Cleveland first it would’ve went a long way. Bron’s “bulldoze through nikkaz” offense and hopping on Wade’s team to win has permanently stained Bron for many fans.

With that said, I feel bad from Bron because now he can’t be appreciated for the great player he is because too many people still sense that stench of his being overly pushed by the league as the guy to root for. I honestly hope and wish that the league goes away from this “Next Jordan” bullshyt once and for all.

Thanks to that shyt, nearly 30 years of NBA discourse has devolved into Stan wars which has made it where one all time great is having his legacy erased while the other is being made to be hated by a growing contingent of NBA fans all while the same GOAT exists today and has to continuously be brought up because the sport refuses to move the fukk on.

Ima need y’all to take a break from this silly ass thread and just reread this shyt with the titanic theme song playing

 

[Mike18jj]

Thread has been interesting to say the least

 

[Gotright]

Thread has been interesting to say the least

It’s over now Rhakim shut this bytch down lol

 

[Theflash]

Kobe >


Whoever compared 24 to oscar de la hoya is a crossdresser

 

[IIVI]

Basketball players are scared of getting embarrassed.

Jordan, Kobe, Steph, Curry, Luka, Embiid, etc. are players will outright embarrass you.

 

[El Jefe]

Players keep saying shyt like this when there’s video of people moving out of Lebrons way so he can do whatever he wanted. It’s not adding up.

Don’t understand the difference between someone respecting your physical prowess and what being feared on the basketball court means breeh x brehettes

And yes there is a difference

No one fears Derrick jones jr

 

[10bandz]

@Billy Ocean , another Coli poster who’s been exposed as a fraud. A midget, small hands, pays prostitutes to write his name on their titties for Coli clout and lives in a dusty apt in the hood. That’s all.

 

[bigrice25]

I don't get this "fear" thing... it really doesn't matter if you fear a great player or not... that guy is going to dismantle you and possibly embarrass you rather you fear him or not.

 

[Po pimp]

JJ Reddikkk didn’t even fear LeBron