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Originally Posted by Asian62150
I guess haters are gonna hate. But over time, casual fans that aren't super invested either way usually look back on his career with fondness. That "wish I saw him" mentality.
Ppl that thought he was good now will think he was great. Ppl that thought he was great will think he transcended the game. As others have said, they'll add some Paul Bunyan-type mythos as time passes, even though all these guys are human. MJ didn't hit every game winning shot he took but it feels like he did. We'll forget Brady ever threw any ducks because every pass that left his hands was perfect. Kobe was a pure assassin through and through even though those last few years were pretty dismal.
Everyone today looks at Wilt's amazing 50/25 season but the players themselves voted Russell as MVP that year by a landslide. I think Russell got like 50 1st place vote and Wilt got less than 10.
But ask most ppl today who had a better season in 1961-62 and they'll say Wilt.
20 years after LeBron retires, ppl will appreciate him more than they do today.
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You would think that but that’s a baseball mentality. Fondness and nostalgia. What I see in basketball is any particular group of fans thinking humans have evolved in 10 years to some super group that nobody else could ever compete against because they are so good.
It’s always who’s coming next. And this player and that wouldn’t be able to play today. and it’s always said with a slant towards today being better. Today’s basketball to my eyes is unwatchable most of the time.
I’m a nobody. I don’t know more than anyone. But that’s my opinion.
In terms of Lebron. I don’t care about this scoring thing. To me he’s an all around player and his 30,35, or 40,000-10,000-10,000 career triple double is right there with cy young winning 511 games. Some of it is situational on that he could come out of high school and be lucky with his health and yeah I know he prepares his body. But some luck is involved to be injury free for that long. That’s what I appreciate. He’s left his mark on the game. And that mark I would bet won’t be touched for 200 years if that.
I just can’t ignore the negative things I’ve seen. It’s weird. If I was looking at blind resumes he has a strong case for #1 ever.
But for my eyes he is 100% not one of the 5 best basketball players I’ve ever seen play basketball the way I look at the game.
Again, I’m a nobody. I realize that’s not blowouts opinion. I don’t care.
One man’s opinion.