lakerevolution wrote:There's no shame in admitting that this Warriors team may be better than any of our title teams . . though how you deal with Shaq in his prime is always going to be a question mark. 3-pointers can't save you every game. What makes all stellar championship teams truly great is their level of defense, and the Warriors have played some of the best team defense in recent memory. None of our title teams can match their intensity, I think.
As for LeBron, he's still a great, great player . . but his weaknesses get exposed when he plays too many minutes. His team has pulled a no-show so far, and he has probably played the best basketball of his career already, so unless KD catches the swine flu tomorrow this series is all but over. We will probably see these two teams in the Finals at least once more. Many will put LeBron over Kobe, but not over Mike, and that will be the discussion forever.
LeBron is a Top 10 player of all-time, Top 5
Is he better than Jordan, Magic, Kareem, Wilt, or Kobe? That is 5 right there. To me LeBron is in the Russell/Bird/Shaq/Duncan group. Think about this, I left off Big O and Logo and Hakeem as well who all are arguably Top 10. Regarding all-time teams, I think the Showtime Lakers would definitely be the 1 team that can hang with and beat these Warriors because they are the only team that can run with them. That was what the Lakers were known for. No teams today can run with the Warriors and play their pace, those Lakers could've. The 96 Bulls had MJ and were perhaps the best Defensive team I have ever seen. MJ is so much better than LeBron, MJ would could average 40 points a game something LeBron cant do against this team. So the 96 Bulls could beat them as well.