Today, as I typically do,
I started the day off by reading a few articles on ESPN.com. I came across anarticle about the sting Kevin Durant is feeling having to be teammates with theLeBron, the man who beat him in the finals. Didn't think it was an overly good
article or anything but I enjoyed it. What I enjoyed more was the comments
section. Most comments sections are better than whatever is being commented on.
This is mostly because of the trolling that goes on. On ESPN that takes the
form of outrageously stupid opinions from irrational fans usually with
ridiculously handles: "NatsDukesSkins," "Lebron - The Greatest Of All Time - James," "FeartheOlympicBeard" (which I actually
like lol) being a few examples. Comments are also great because occasionally
you will come across a fan that really knows what they are talking about or at
the very least makes a compelling, logical comment.
Today that came from a guy
named "MyWordsSpeakTruthAllDay" (heavy burden to bear). He came up
with a top 10 list of players and provided some pretty good info to back it up:
1) Jordan: No explanation
needed... 6 Rings, 6 Finals MVP’s, 5 MVP’s, Only Player In History Other Than
Wilt To Go For More Than 3,000 Points In A Season (3,041 in 86-87), All-Star
every year played (14), 10 Scoring Champ, Scoring Titles 10, DPOY 1, Steals
Titles 3, All NBA 1st Team, NBA All Defensive 1st Team 9, ROY
2) Magic: Finals MVP As A
Rookie... 3 X Finals MVP, 3 MVP’s, 5 Rings (9 Finals), All Time Leader In Avg
Apg 11.2, All-Star 12 X’s, All NBA 1st Team 9 X’s, All-Star MVP 2 X’s, ROY
3) Kareem: 6 Rings, 2
Finals MVP’s, 6 MVP’s, NBA All Time Leading Scorer, 19 X All-Star, All NBA 1st
Team 10 X’s, All NBA Defensive 1st Team 5 X’s, NBA Scoring Champ 2 X’s, ROY
4) Russell: 11 Rings, 5
MVP’s, All-Star 12 X’s, All Star MVP 1 X, NBA Rebounding Champ 5 X’s, All NBA
1st Team 3 X’s, All NBA Defensive Team 1 X
5) Wilt: 2 Rings, 4
MVP’s, 1 Finals MVP, In 1962 He Avg 50.4 PPG & 25.7 RPG & Scored 100
Pts In A Game... Next Season He Avg 44.8 PPG & 24.3 RPG, All-Star 13 X’s,
All Star MVP 1 X, Averaged 50 Points One Season, All NBA 1st Team 7 X’s, All
NBA Defensive 1st Team 2 X’s, NBA Scoring Champ 7 X’s, NBA Rebounding Champ 11
X’s, ROY
6) Bird: 3 Rings, 3
MVP’s, 2 Finals MVP’s, All-Star 12 X’s, All NBA 1st Team 9 X’s, 3 Point Champ 3
X’s, 3 X’s All NBA 2nd Team Defensive, ROY
7) Shaq: 4 Rings, 3
Finals MVP’s, 1 MVP, All-Star 15 X’s, All Star MVP 3 X’s, NBA Scoring Champ 2
X’s, All NBA 1st Team 8 X’s, ROY
8) Duncan: 4 Rings, 3
Finals MVP’s, 2 MVP’s, All-Star 13 X’s, All NBA 1st Team 9 X’s, All NBA Defense
1st Team 8 X’s ROY
9) Kobe: 5 Rings, 1 MVP,
2 Finals MVP’s, Scored 81 Points In A Game, All-Star 14 X’s, All Star MVP 4
X’s. NBA Scoring Champ 2 X’s, All NBA 1st Team 10 X’s, All NBA Defensive 9
X’s... Why so low? NBA records: 1) most missed shots in a game 2) most missed
shots in a regular season 3) most missed game winners 4) only finals MVP to not
shoot above 50% in a single finals game (9 & 10) 5) worst shooting performance
by a finals MVP in history (40% shooting) 6) of the top 10 scorers of all-time
Kobe has lowest shooting % 7) there are only 13 games in history where someone
shot below 50% to reach 50 points, Kobe is responsible for 7 of those 13 games
8) most missed shots in a series 9) most missed shots in a finals
10) Lebron: 1 Ring, 3
MVP’s, 1 Finals MVP, All-Star 8 X’s, NBA Scoring Champ 1 X, All NBA 1st Team 6
X’s, All NBA Defensive 4 X’s, ROY
That's pretty well done
if you ask me. It’s kind of hard to argue with his list. What do you think?
