Why Lebron James is the most overrated player in all of sportsLebron James is currently the SECOND best player in all of basketball right now. He is a great talent, with a massive physique that is well ahead of our time. His combination of speed and strength have never been seen before in this league. However, he is overrated, I have heard comments from fans claiming that Lebron will easily be the "greatest of all time" and "he is easily the best player in today's game. In this thread, I will address these claims by all Lebron fans, and at the same time show why he is really overrated.
1. "Lebron James is on pace to shatter all of kobe's "youngest to do" records".
Wow, great claim there fans. I guess it is simple when you get drafted to the worst team in the league, and they trade away their best current player at the time who was ricky davis, to make it "Lebron's team" sure helps his cause when it comes to statistics. Now with that being said, as many you of should be well aware of, when you are drafted to a team with three other all stars, including one in your own position, how can you become an impact player? Not to mention back in 96, no perimeter player has ever been drafted straight out of high school. Now imagine kobe bryant with all his amazing scoring ability on a team like cleveland his rookie year? How many points do you think he would have averaged with that team? And how how much do you want to bet it would easily be a lot more than Lebron's 18.8 ppg. So really, drop the claim that lebron is better because he will pass kobe's youngest ever.. Bryant did all this with all those talented teammates, including his years when he shared the ball with O'neal. If he didn't have O'neal and was in Lebrons situation, he would arguably have the highest ppg average ever. And Lebron wouldn't even come close....sorry
2. Lebron winning rookie of the year
Please explain to me how a player with better scoring and rebounding numbers who led his team to the playoffs in the western conference(Carmelo Anthony) loses this award to a player who wasn't so impressive statistically, even though they traded away their whole roster just to suite Lebron's game, and doesn't even come close to the playoffs in the eastern conference? Talk about a media bias.
3. Lebron gets away with more travels than any player in league history
Recently this past year, they have been catching on to Lebron's traveling, but it is still not called enough.
Look at this play for example, and tell me how this is not a travel...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_mdDBjpNME Wizards fans are still bitter over this play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH73R9GIbXg&NR=1 just another example of how much he travels.
And yes I have heard his fans retaliate and say "everyone travels" yes that is true, it happens at times, but not to the extent of this player. And I actually heard a league source claim the referees are investigating this whole topic in large part to Lebron James. Looks like he better get his game together, and stop with the "crab" dribbles.
4. "Lebron will be better than Michael Jordan"
This has to be my favorite, his dumb fans claiming he will be better than the GOAT, when he has not done anything superb in his career, for the exception of filling the stat sheet. Same as Allen Iverson really...
MJ is the greatest of all time, had he not retired twice he probably would have had 8-10 titles. And would have put every record out of reach for anyone. MJ was a much better scorer, defender, lethal clutch player, and had a killer instinct that Lebron will never have. You would never see MJ high five the opposing teams and laugh while on the court, he was determined to punish his opponents, something Lebron won't ever do.
5. "In the end, Lebron's team cost him a Championship"
This is another one of my favorites. All year long the media would not shut up about how "lebron finally had pieces in place" or "this team loves one another, they fight for one another" or "this is by far the best team in basketball" or "this team is on a mission" or " this team is a lock to win the championship" with all that bs being said during the regular season and the early part of the playoffs, you would think that the cavs team as a whole should be blamed for this, but no, for some reason the fans blame Lebron's teammates for the loss to the orlando magic. When it reality, Lebron was just as responsible, if not more. He completely went away from the game plan, and resorted back to his old ways where it was everyone watching lebron drive to the basket. He diminished his role players, and took it upon himself to try and win the series. Something kobe gets blamed for more than anybody, so now it's Lebron's turn to hear it. And if any of you paid attention closely to the series, you would notice Lebron missed many of his defensive assignments. Sorry, I refuse to believe a team that was considered so great in the regular season, can just buckle down when it mattered most, and the star player shouldn't get any blame. He deserves just as much if not even more. And another thing fans, while Lebron's team was down in that series, all lebron could think about was upstaging kobe. And don't tell me he doesn't do that, Madison sq garden was obvious what Lebron was trying to do. And he still wasn't near as impressive as kobe. 61 points in 36 min. hahahahahahah thats more than Lebron's career high where he played 44 min.
6. "According to 82games.com, Lebron is the most clutch player in the league"
Now to some extent this is true, in the last 5 min, Lebron was 2nd in scoring to kobe and averaged more assists. So I will give him his props there. But there was another stat that caught my eye, Lebron averages 4.8 turnovers in the last 5 min of a ball game. That is a horrific stat, that pretty much means 1 turnover per min. Five extra possessions for the opposing team. A potential of a 10-15 pt swing. HOW IS THAT CLUTCH? Lets not forget all his airballs behind the free throw line, and all his bad decisions late in games. He has taken a few steps to become better, but is still not at the level of Kobe, Wade, Allen, and anthony. Oh yeah, and what happened to him in game 6 at orlando? When it mattered most, the King didn't produce? You all always blame kobe for his game 6 performance against the celtics, so hear some of your own criticism now.....
ps 82games.com, even though some of it favors kobe, is a complete bs source, that won't even tell the whole tale of the story. And Lebron is not more clutch than Kobe, Kobe actually has more game winners than the goat himself.
7. "Lebron being a sore loser"
What a cocky individual to still defend his decision to not shake hands with players after a series. That is almost as classless as what the pistons team did when they got beat by the bulls. This will hurt his reputation a bit. And I don't even want to get into the confiscated tapes from Nike. Great message you send to your fans Lebron, to be disrespectful and classless after games.
8. The similarities between Lebron James and Allen Iverson.
Don't get me wrong, both are great great players, but the way both players use their role players are so similar it's scary. Lebron and Iverson, both diminish their role players. both players need the ball in their hands at all times to be effective, they cannot play with another player who has the ball in his hands more. In Lebron's case, it was Larry Hughes. He was an all star caliber player with Washington, and came to the cavs only to see his role diminished, because Lebron wants the ball in his hands all the time. Now he does create open shots for them, but he never allows his teammates to create their own shot and gain their own confidence. Another similarity is defense. BOth players have incredible defensive stats, but both are actually liabilities when it comes to being on the ball defenders. Lebron is still a bad on the ball defender. The orlando series really showed it. He missed so many defensive assignments, which kept leading to open three's for the magic. Just another similarity he has with Iverson.Which is why, Lebron probably won't ever win a championship, and will end up being like another Allen Iverson. A great player with great stats, but no rings.
This guy has not even won a championship yet, and his fans are claiming he will be the greatest ever? Even Iverson had more impressive stats during his prime than James. He is a great player who will without question become a hall of famer, but his overall game will not last long in this game. His jump shot is still suspect. And his playing style will evantually lead to injury. So there we have it fans, I am in a hurry so I really couldn't take my time on this like I would have wanted, but you all understand the picture. He is a great great player, but overrated. His fans use his age as an excuse for not winning a championship. Well at 24 kobe had three rings, and wade had one ring. And with all these talented teams and players like durant on the rise, Lebron better win one soon. Or he will be looked at like another Allen Iverson. Lets the debates rage...
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