Nah.....Michael Jordan transcended the sport......if you asked the average person outside the US who doesn't follow basketball to name one basketball player till today most will say his name......
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Nah.....Michael Jordan transcended the sport......if you asked the average person outside the US who doesn't follow basketball to name one basketball player till today most will say his name......
PortCityProphet
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Wayne Rooney is more well known in America than LeBron is known in England.
who?
Wayne Rooney is more well known in America than LeBron is known in England.
Only soccer fans in America know who is Wayne Rooney
Only soccer player that is most known in mainstream America is David Beckham.
Exactly.
So why do you expect us to know who LeBron is?
I only know because i post here/take an interest in american sports.
Oh and you know damn well who he is
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Only basketball fans in Britain know who lebron is.
There are a bigger proportion of soccer fans in america than basketball fans in Britain.
Exactly.....Rooney is massive in the Europe but I'm sure in the states they don't know him from a can of paint.....
That's how Lebron and them are viewed here
QuarterCenturyLegend
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I forgot... Euros= Golf, Soccer, & Tennis. I take back what I said... I'm just happy i'm in America
If you watch sportscenter regularly, he topped that stupid best of the best poll for a while with that bicycle kick.
Freedman
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Didn't Beckham get like 200 million to play for that Los Angeles team I think I seen that on ESPN had me ready to go learn how to play that shyt
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Wait...you dudes are not trolling?
You seriously think heads in Britain on the whole know who lebron James and Kobe Bryant are?
you lot are beyond delusional...us UK heads aren't even trying to troll you when we're telling you this stuff
You seriously think heads in Britain on the whole know who lebron James and Kobe Bryant are?
you lot are beyond delusional...us UK heads aren't even trying to troll you when we're telling you this stuffthis time 
PortCityProphet
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GreatestLaker
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Exactly.
It shocked me too when I was in London that no one knew who Kobe was. Its the opposite in the US. Where everyone knows him.
We dont give a fukk about Phelps either btw
Swimming medals are like 1920's Deutschmarks
Swimming medals are like 1920's Deutschmarks