To look at the physicality of Lebron compared to Larry Bird, and think Lebron wouldn’t absolutely destroy Bird in every way shape and form is silly. Bird’s vertical was 28”. Lebron’s is 44”.

I have been to a couple of NBA games years ago when Shaq played for the Magic.

I'm not a basketball fan but it was a great fan experience being in the arena.

Takes more than strength and vertical to be a great basketball player; Luka Doncic is best player in the league now and he probably has a Larry Bird vertical. Bird was a killer competitor, assassin on the court.
But; MJ is #1.

Yep ^^^^^

I thought I would chime into this. I’ve watched more videos n the 70’s 80’s than I have since then. The Pistons and bully ball ruined it for me. I wasn’t an MJ fan, but I respected his athleticism. The current state is much like NFL, all scoring and a little defense. You might as well put the globe trotters back in business. The younger generation wants scoring and plenty of it. Take three steps is the new norm for dunking or layups. I’m not much of a fan of this.

The celtics back in the day was the team I rooted for. I had the ugly black and green Larry Bird Converse basketball shoes. But, the pistons were tough and fun to root against. Lakers were great and also fun to root against. The Bulls were fun to watch.

As a Pistons side note: I went to school with Joe Dumars' niece. She was a great dancer (ballet and jazz) and a nice person (cute too).

Lebron would cry to his mama if he had to play against the kind of contact that went on in the 80's.

You know Larry played against big men then too? For all Lebrons size, he doesn't or can't use it. What would Larry have to fear? Larry's fundamentals were flawless and he made black athletes look like fools his entire career. Lebron makes himself look like a fool with no help. Could he compete with Larry? Absolutely. Could he beat Larry? Maybe. Would he destroy Larry? Absolutely not. There are hundreds of black athletic basketball players that learned that the hard way. Magic Johnson, MJ and many others will attest to that and have done so.

Larry Bird once said after a playoff game against MJ that MJ was just God disguised as Michael Jordan. It is not much disagreement amongst the experts that Michael Jordan is the Greatest Basketball Player of All Time. MJ led the Bulls to 3 Peat twice. The absolute competitiveness and unwillingness to be beat plus the Superior athleticism and work ethic led Michael Jordan to be considered by most as the Greatest Basketball Player to ever play the game.

How's the fishing?

Therein lies the problem; basketball is a team game

IMO Lebron James is Top 5 Greatest Player to ever play the game. He is the Best Small Forward to ever play His position. The problem with Lebron being considered the Greatest to ever play the game is that His team lost several NBA Finals and He did not have that sheer unwillingness to not allow His team to lose like Michael Jordan did. Lebron James had some give up in his game and Michael Jordan would simply refuse to lose and would put His team on His back and simply wouldn’t allow His team to lose. 6 and 0 NBA Finals career record backs up MJ’s sheer competitiveness that is unmatched. Lebron’s longevity in the NBA definitely puts him way up high in the conversation of Greatest ever though IMO.

Zero interest and rather watch grass grow. As far as how it’s funded just figure out how cnn and msnbc news is still on air and that will give u a good idea.

I always liked the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up.

how did I know CNC is a Lebron James fan??? for the record Lebron is a POS crybaby....

I am as far to the other side politically from the NBA’s views as You can get. It is a shame that politics gets intertwined with sports. It simply should not be allowed but sadly it does at my disgust. I enjoy watching great athletes compete at a game I loved to play in my Youth and grew to love competing in.

I saw them in a few episodes of Scooby Doo.

Jordan had much better talent around him than Lebron