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Message: [QUOTE="Ward, post: 205465, member: 1958"] It's interesting how LeBron is held to such a higher standard than almost every other athlete out there. I think what people are saying now will be quite different than what people are saying about him 15 years from now when his career is over. To say it doesn't matter that he led a Cleveland team that had no supporting cast to the finals or single handedly brought the east back makes no sense. Basketball in the NBA is a 48 minute game, not a 90 second one. First it was he can't do anything in the 4th quarter, then when he does that its but he passed the ball late even though he was one of about 4 players in that game who made plays that couldve cost their team the game. To make it sound like no other great player has ever failed is just laughable. They conveniently skip over Kobe quitting in the Phoenix series, the finals twice in the last game against Detroit and Boston, and last year when his team fell apart in Dallas and got swept he was no where to be found. People will say LeBron quit in the Boston series 2 years ago, he had a triple double in game 6, something like 27,19,10, but "he quit". Kobe shoots 6-24 in game 7 against Boston but because Gasol gets like 20, 20 that makes Kobe a winner? Magic was labeled a choker in 1984 like someone mentioned, he bounced back won some rings and all is forgotten. Someone mentioned Jordan didn't win until he was 27, exactly. It's very premature to judge people before their career is finished. Dirk was labeled a choke artist and disappearing act after losing in the finals and as a 1 seed losing in the first round to golden state, he wins a title now people last year were saying he was one of the greatest ever. There is no defense for his finals performance last year tho. That was honestly one of the most mind boggling things I've ever seen. [/QUOTE]

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