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Showing posts with label Dirk Nowitzki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dirk Nowitzki. Show all posts

Friday, January 13, 2012

Bosh's comments likely won't hurt anybody, least of all James





For those who might question why Chris Bosh, in a recent GQ interview, would give the ball to Dwayne Wade to be the one to take the last shot with the game on the line, the Bible will help you to understand.

Proverbs 18:23 reads "The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly," which is an olde English way of saying "when you have no power, you care what people think and you avoid offending anyone; when you have power, you don't give a rat's butt what people think so you say what's on your mind without worrying if it hurts anyone or not."

These guys are men, they're rich, and they call it as they see it - like it or lump it.



Friday, May 27, 2011

NBA All-Time


A few weeks ago, Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle argued that his star Dirk Nowitzki is among the ten greatest NBA players of all time. Recently, none other than Scottie Pippen suggested that Michael Jordan was merely the greatest "scorer" (which, itself, is debatable) and that LeBron might end up being the best player ever.

So, for the record, here's how I see the discussion.

First of all, your top four names can be interchanged within the group as anyone cares to deem fit, but these top four names - each one #1 in a category - are the only names in the discussion for the title of greatest ever:

1. Kareem Abdul Jabbar - six championships, six MVPs, career total points leader
2. Bill Russell - career 11 championships in 13 years, (including one as player-coach!)
3. Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain - 50 ppg season average, 100 pt game, 4th in career points
4. Michael Jordan - six championships, six MVPs, career ppg leader, 3rd in career points.

The next two are...