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as you guys know when it comes the
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player podcast era I'm not the biggest
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fan of it and looking at these podcasts
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the majority of them just utter nonsense
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hot takes and straight up garbage and
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looking at someone like Michael Beasley
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on the OG podcast hearing this dude talk
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I would say one of the bottom three
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weakest goat Arguments for LeBron James
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I've ever heard who's who's who's your
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goat who's my goat all the time
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LeBron and and I can give you very
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compelling arguments right if we had
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right
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here all the players from history stats
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no names yep right and you know we
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stacked the best point guard shooting
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guard uh small forward Etc whatever even
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bench even coach yeah you can put that
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man stats up and he can be the best one
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two three four
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five so Michael Beasley right here just
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completely off base making really no
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sense as St LeBron James his overall
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stats are the best one through five I
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mean what this dude is saying is LeBron
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James at point guard is better than
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magic at shooting guard better than Kobe
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and Jordan at Power Forward better than
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Tim Duncan and at Center better than
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guys like Kareem Wilt Hakeem Shaq Etc
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now the positive with Beasley having
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this awful take now we're going to
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educate the fans of the actual best
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players at every position now first off
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looking at the point guard obviously
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Magic Johnson at his peak in
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1987 that year magic 24 points per game
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career high 12.2 assist NBA High 6.3
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boards 1 7 assist on 52% shooting for a
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Lakers team that won 65 games that year
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magic as an offensive player the best in
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the world and debatably the best all
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time and when it comes to a point guard
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controlling the offense even some
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controlling the defense these guys are
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the leaders and the spear on both ends
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of the floor and looking at the Lakers
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that year of course Kareem was getting
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up there in age so magic scoring wise
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passing wise had more of an impact
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than ever offensive rating first by
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whopping Four Points fial percentage
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first points per game first assist first
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true shooting percentage first and
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margin of Victory 11.4 points which
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ranks fourth all time for a championship
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run if you compare the 87 Lakers led by
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Magic at point guard to the 220 Lakers
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with LeBron at point I mean it's a no
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contest not even close
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now looking at the shooting guard I mean
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Michael Beasley do you really want to go
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there when it comes LeBron at shooting
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guard the only time he played this was
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an ' 04 as a rookie and looking through
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history guys like Jerry West Dwayne Wade
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Kobe Jordan I mean you can go on and on
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and on with players individuals who had
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better years at his shooting guard than
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LeBron as a rookie and to be fair to
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Beasley we'll take one of Michael
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Jordan's worst years if not the worst
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year of his career in ' 02 with the
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Wizards Jordan this year 23 point six
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boards five assists 1.4 Steals on 42%
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shooting LeBron James 04 at shooting
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guard 21 points six assist five boards
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nearly two Steals on 42% shooting and
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some might say LeBron James at the
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shooting guard being a fresh rookie
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playing 40 minutes per game was better
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than Jordan and more valuable well not
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entirely true Washington with Jordan on
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the court offensively versus off the
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court is a plus
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6.6 on the defensive end plus
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3.5 looking at LeBron James on offense
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plus 6.1 and defensively plus 4.0 I mean
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it's quite comical and hilarious even
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the worst version of Jordan at shooting
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guard still better than LeBron James at
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the exact same position now looking past
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shooting guard we have power forward and
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when LeBron played power forward it was
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kind of late 2013 2014 Miami and the
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early 2020s with the
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Lakers now here's the thing those eras
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the 2010s early 2020s power forwards
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weren't the same as they were in the
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early 2000s or late 90s as a Duncan
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played power forward I mean offensively
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you on the Block and defensively holding
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it down in the paint for your entire
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team and you weren't playing small ball
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four stretch Fives Guys who were 6'8 6'9
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maybe
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6'1 back in Duncan's day Garnett Dirk
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Nowitzki Chris Weber Gasol aari a
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Rasheed Wallace Zach Randolph and later
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on someone like Chris Bosch if you want
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to go bar forar bar the best power
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forwards the 2000s first to 2010s and
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2020s it's not even close and looking at
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Pak Duncan the 03 playoffs in the dead
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ball era carried his Spurs team to a
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championship as a power four 24.7 points
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15 boards five assists three blocks on
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above 50% shooting for Duncan Spurs team
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11 points rebounds assist and blocks and
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looking at that roster Tony Parker in
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his second year was 20 years old Stephen
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Jackson kind of Hit or Miss was 24 David
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Robinson 38 and then jobi who was a
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rookie LeBron James power forward or not
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has never carried a team of a
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championship like Duncan in 2003 and in
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terms of defensive impact I mean not
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even close Duncan in the 03 playoffs
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debatably the best defensive run of all
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time as looking at his ranks in NBA
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history third in defensive wind shares
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third defensive plus minus second in
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blocks and eight in defense rating and
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compared to his peers in ' 03 I mean
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just was them all out of the building
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defensive win shares first defensive
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plus minus first blocks first and
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defensive rating second look Michael
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Beasley I don't care if you look at the
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ey test the stats LeBron at Power
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Forward never was better than 03 Duncan
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or Duncan in general now last but not
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least we have the centers and for LeBron
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himself
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the only time he really played center
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was in
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2022 and of course LeBron's team that
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year going into the year a stack super
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team had Westbrook Carmelo Anthony Davis
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and a ton of help but despite that only
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won 33 games and look yes LeBron James
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individually averaged 30 points per game
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but looking through history one of the
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more empty stat seasons of all time on
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par with someone like a Bradley Beal and
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when it comes to the greatest centers of
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all time averaging 30 points per game
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for the best of them that was really no
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problem and look at Kareem 1980 in route
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to a championship 32 points 12 boards
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nearly four blocks three assist on
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almost 60% shooting shaken 01 also 30
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points per game 15 boards three assists
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two blocks on
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55.5% shooting and then aim Elijah won
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take your pick
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94 or 95 as in both runs 30 points per
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game all around dominance and carrying
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his team on both ends of the floor not
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to beat a dead horse when it comes the
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all-time great centers LeBron James is
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not one of them like I feel like people
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that's stand Michael Jordan is the goat
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like no disrespect but y just holding on
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to Old feelings you know what I'm saying
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like you have to acknowledge the fact
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that what I just said is M you know what
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I'm saying like he got 40,000 right now
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counting yeah and dog you seen his
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resume bro do so that right there is the
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last Beasley clip and like earlier this
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guy his arguments really no substance
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and saying Jordan fans 9s fans are just
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holding on to feelings is that the best
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you've got if LeBron had six seven
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championships had no finals meltdown
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I'd be the first guy in the front row
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saying this guy is the greatest player
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of all time but unfortunately for him he
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just does not have that now the funny
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thing about this argument you can flip
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it on its head by saying fans today
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players today are prisoners of the
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moment with LeBron James I mean it goes
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both ways recency bias and Nostalgia
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does it exist of course it does but
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we're looking at Jordan's career
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Jordan's resume versus LeBron's career
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and his resume in my VI not really close
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who's better all time and one last thing
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I do want to comment on B at the end of
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that clip of LeBron James he's got
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40,000 points look at his resume and
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look yes LeBron James has 40K props to
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Beasley finally cting some stat some
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number that actually backs him up but
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here's the thing for close to 30 years
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Kareem was the N alltime leading score
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with 38k points six titles and six MVPs
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and Michael beas to my knowledge not
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once said Kareem the greatest player in
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NBA history it's almost like Beasley
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people of his ilk are moving the gopost
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in real time as a 30 plus years Kareem
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his longevity resume it was there set in
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stone and not one MC Kareem was better
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than LeBron James or better than Jordan
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so that right there is the end of the
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video as always thank you guys for
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watching hope you enjoyed it I'll see
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you next
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time
