LeBron can play for another decade if he chooses and jump on board a contender if he wants to win more titles. His GOAT status has to do with much more than that.

Ham/Russell. Haven't you been reading?

https://i.imgur.com/kXjF73T.gif

Which part of that do you doubt? If the Lakers were to have somehow won this year, he wouldn't have even been the best player on the team. There are plenty more opportunities as a role guy to win them if he chooses to go after them (the guy is still averaging a triple double in the WCFs).

They could start Schroeder but he will get quick fouls plus he isn’t a scorer.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the first legitimate playoff series LeBron has lost since 2014.<br><br>Congrats to Denver &amp; Darvin Ham.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660118636760104961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Jordan is the GOAT, then Kobe.

James is behind Jabar, Bird and Shaq.

Nope, just getting caught up now. After I put the kids to bed, I check the score for the first time. Then I eat. Then I turn the game on if it's still on. Then when the Lakers are losing, at the next commercial, I make a post wondering which non lebron laker you are blaming.

LMAO

Ham (for treating a must-win game like a regular season game with no urgency for reasons that are unclear) and Russell (for being an absolutely atrocious basketball player who can't shoot, maintain the ball or defend).

Russell may be an upgrade on what Westbrook is these days, but he's still effectively unplayable against an actual contender in the playoffs. They've gotta get rid of him and go for Kyrie this summer.

I would take a healthy Embiid over Jokic because he can dominate on both ends of the court.

But given that Embiid has never been able to stay healthy through the playoffs, that is a huge knock on his resume.

Denver is looking pretty good.

Embiid also doesn’t show up in the playoffs when he is actually healthy but that is routinely ignored for whatever reason. Marc Gasol completely made him his bitch in 2019 to the point that he was terrified of even shooting.

Jokic is the best player in the league by leaps and bounds due to how historically good offensively he is. Perhaps he will actually get some recognition for it after the Nuggets win the title this year (which appears inevitable now that Boston is choking out).

There is a realistic scenario where Kroenke's three major sports teams win their respective championships in a 1.5 year span.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats on sacrificing the season to not hurt DLo&#39;s feelings I guess.</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1660125792213319682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He should buy the Rockies.