Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:50 am EDT

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I've been on a bit of a Michael Jordan kick the past 25 years. I've read "Playing for Keeps." I watch the "Flu Game" when I'm sick. I convinced the Basketball Hall of Fame to let him in (easier said than done). So do you want to know how excited I was when I found out that two lockers Jordan used at the team's practice facility in the 1990s were being auctioned for charity? It's indescribable.
I've got a second bedroom that needs finishing, and the locker would really tie the room together. But if you have the locker, you have to have the locker room chair, obviously. And the locker has to be filled so you'll need the full uniform. And the jersey. And the other jersey. And all three pairs of shoes (the VIIIs, XIs, and XIIs by my estimation). Once you've got all that, the banner seems so necessary. I think I can work $70,000 in to the budget for May; it's for a good cause after all.
The practice shirt is probably overkill though.
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Kobe LeBron
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long live the true king
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In this era Kobe is most like Jordan and LeBron is most like Karl Malone, but until either does more to surpass MJ that is the end of the discussion. Again, James is like Malone because:
1. He puts up stats.
2. He'll probably be a MVP one day.
3. The only ring he'll be wearing is the one his wife gave him!
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Don`t see how Lebron is a Jordan wanna be. Too many haters in the world.
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Don`t see how Lebron is a Jordan wanna be. Too many haters in the world. "
Totally agree. Who else would you compare them to? The Karl malone comparison doesn't work at all... Where's Lebron's Stockton? Plus, Malone could NOT play shooting guard or small forward.
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No way will Kobe win 6 championships, and do it in two 3-peats like Mike did. And Mike did it while retiring for a year to play baseball, then come back and dominate. Jordan made everyone around him better and took over when he needed. Kobe needed Shaq to get him to where he's at, Lebron and DWade have only decent players around them who haven't seem to gotten any better under their wing. Mike made a hall of famer out of Pippen, helped tame Rodman, and brought the best out of guys like Steve Kerr, Kukoc, Horace Grant and even Bill Wennington. He changed the world of basketball and everything outside of basketball.
Everyone else is just riding what he started.
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Lebron is trying to be like Mike?
what the eff? did you even see Mike play?
Lebron is nothing like Jordan, nor does he pattern his game after him.
I can clearly see that Lebron James is trying to be his own player
someone more well rounded and burdens less of the load than MJ did.
now Kobe? he is trying too hard to be like Mike...look at how he talks, and how he moves and how
he gives face to the media, he is emulating MJ23 in almost every way!
i remember back in the day when Kobe's mind was all over the place, he never knew his identity
and never knew his role with the Lakers...until Phil came, and then people started comparing Bryant
to MJ because of his athleticism and i think that blew Kobe's head apart because ever since then
he has been acting waaaaay different!
Yup, he started talking like Jordan and emulating his speeches and demeanor and everything!
believe me i noticed, because i am an ex Laker fan WHEN THEY HAD SHAQ! and have never been since his trade.
Kobe started then wanting the ball more and shooting all kinds of bad shots and making all kinds of bad decisions with the ball, now i am not saying he sucks...i am not hating on him either, i feel as if Kobe is the best player in the league right now, but this guy stepped on too may backs to get there and that is why he is hated so much! because he is selfless!
Now LBJ? he is all about team..it just so happens that he hasnt the type of team that Kobe or Jordan had, so he has to burden so much at such a young age, and to be successfully doing so, you guys have to give it up for that!
Lebron is easy the 2nd best player in the league, and maybe the most versatile, Kobe is great but he hasnt proved that he has the type of greatness to carry a team on his back like Lebron can.
oh and kobe still never won a title without Shaquille Oneal
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