Re: Here is an updated 3Peat archives, best ever's, etc..
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:13 pm
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3Peatkb24 wrote:If LeBron James wins this championship in 2021, I will probably move him to 2nd all-time on my greatest players ever list. Ahead of Magic and Kareem and I love both those guys. The Lakers are going to have to beat teams like the Jazz and Nets to get it done is why, another reason why is his longevity - he still plays like he is 30 lol. The Nets are just loaded and the Jazz are loaded too! The only reason why I have LeBron ahead of Kobe is he could just do more as an all-around player and he has won 4 League MVP's, Kobe only won 1. Kobe did get cheated out of a League MVP in 2006 though. The championships are about even, Kobe has 5/LeBron 4 but if LeBron wins this season that gives him 5. I have Kareem at #3 still out of respect because IMO he is greatest Center ever and has won 6 Championships and 6 League MVP's. He is also the NBA's all-time leading scorer. Centers can't do the things that floor players can do though, as in creating their own shot and the passing like a Point Guard.
What Magic did by winning Finals MVP as a rookie scoring 42 points, getting 15 Rebounds, and dishing out 7 Assists still may be the greatest thing I have ever witnessed. Magic did that without Kareem who was injured. The Lakers put the Sixers away at Philly, (otherwise we would've been facing a Game 7) who had DR J, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney, and Darryl Dawkins. 4 great Vets, it didn't matter. My eye test seen something that night that blew me away. I was almost 9 then and remember telling my mom that is the greatest basketball player I have ever seen and it's not even close. At the time I loved Kareem too. Michael Jordan came along and by the end of the 90's, I had to say he was the best ever. He just accomplished so much and never lost in the Finals going 6-0 with 6 Finals MVP's. It took that much for someone to out due Magic to change my thinking.
3Peatkb24 wrote:End of an era for my Cubs as July 30th, 2021. They cleaned house today. Already traded Rizzo and today trade Bryant and Baez + to add to that Jake Arrieta looks done. Baez getting traded is the one that really blew my mind, nobody seen that coming. Bryant getting traded is plain dumb to me but I expected it with the rumors that had been flying around. I have been a Cubs fan for 37 years, talk about loyalty but the FO we have in there right now has no loyalty toward Cubs fans. Today is another example of that. It was a hell of ride while it lasted, finally winning the 2016 NL Pennant and the 2016 WS, + winning 3 Division Titles in 5 seasons = 2016, 2017, and 2020. It's over now, great 5 season run
A look back at the 2016 Playoff run:
Defeated the Giants 3-1 in the NLDS
Defeated the Dodgers 4-2 in the NLCS
Defeated the Indians 4-3 to win the WS
lakerevolution wrote:3Peatkb24 wrote:End of an era for my Cubs as July 30th, 2021. They cleaned house today. Already traded Rizzo and today trade Bryant and Baez + to add to that Jake Arrieta looks done. Baez getting traded is the one that really blew my mind, nobody seen that coming. Bryant getting traded is plain dumb to me but I expected it with the rumors that had been flying around. I have been a Cubs fan for 37 years, talk about loyalty but the FO we have in there right now has no loyalty toward Cubs fans. Today is another example of that. It was a hell of ride while it lasted, finally winning the 2016 NL Pennant and the 2016 WS, + winning 3 Division Titles in 5 seasons = 2016, 2017, and 2020. It's over now, great 5 season run
A look back at the 2016 Playoff run:
Defeated the Giants 3-1 in the NLDS
Defeated the Dodgers 4-2 in the NLCS
Defeated the Indians 4-3 to win the WS
Keep soaking it all up 3Peat -- the Cubs went HOW MANY LIFETIMES without winning one and YOU got to live to see it, so there's that. My childhood was blessed with multiple Laker, Dodger and Raider titles so I grew up thinking that it was going to be that way every few seasons . . but I was rudely awakened to the rise in competition and animosity . . trust me, the heated HATE between California teams out here is as real as death and taxes. But hey it's what drives sports. The fucking San Francisco Giants have had the best record in the MLB all season and my BUMS keep losing to them!!! Sports is a love/hate relationship and as True Laker Fans we know both sides of the coin.