Indy5 wrote:winner-within wrote:Saying some one is Freak athlete doesn't excuse him of being the best Basketball player on the Planet....your making it sound like he's way off and way behind somebody....like if they take away his Kryptonite he would falter
I didn't say he isn't a great player. He is. I feel he and Durant are extremely close for the best player. LeBron does more statistically for his team in assists and rebounds, but Durant got 6.8 RPG versus LeBron's 7.5 per game. Not a huge difference. LeBron gets 7 assists a game versus Durant's 2.7, but to be fair, LeBron doesn't have a true point like Westbrook on his team. He actually doesn't have a point guard at all. Durant has scored more in each of the past 2 years. Durant is by far the better shooter, where LeBron is much better at getting to the hoop. Different styles of play.
As for the Kryptonite statement, if he had an average player's strength, he wouldn't be a top 15 player. He gets to the hoop so well because he's so big. He's not a very good shooter. This strength makes him a better defender too.
I'm wondering if Durant could have taken the Cavs to where they were in 2009-10 by himself, Imagine The Thunder without Westbrook...Durant would be spent....not winning the Scoring Title...He Cant play 4 positions like LBJ
The Impressive Stat with Kevin is he Scores more Than anybody in the League and actually makes the Playoffs and then makes noise in them.
on the other hand:
I've never seen a shot blocker, re-bounder, passer, ball handler, shooter like LBJ.....The NBA works like this....every team is somebody's Team and the Heat is Wade's....If it were not, if it were up for grabs, Lebron would have immortalized the NBA Stat Board this season, he would have set the tone, made his mark in the sand and took over as the leader, Riley wasn't going to let that happen.
So he will ease into the next series like he did the season and take what he can get without making Wade feel, lets say, second fiddle.
Now imagine being good enough to accomplish all that and still move forward against the Celtics...which I'm not saying they will but LBJ is actually capable of getting this done....I still say at the age he is right now he has to take more initiative in life and Marry the mother of his 2 boys, fire his friend as his manager and get the real thing and pay him, become less selfish and more humble and he could become the best of all time before he is 30.
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