On 7/24/2026 at 1:35 PM, we_gotta_believe said:

Yea, Pippen was a real bum. And that Phil Jackson? Worthless Know-Nothing, amirite?

Lebron is top 5... easy. But, top 1? Nah. Jordan is that guy. No point in debating it. If you take the other side, we can both dig in our heels and yell at the wall. No point in that.

But that's not to dial down Lebron. He's a great talent, always has been. But, then again, he's not what he was. And I fear that there's a great many who will see the name and not the reality of who Lebron is now, not who he was as he comes here. And, I hope that Lebron plays nicely with the others around him and doesn't try to be LeGM James, or the HC.

21 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

So you went out and did something you knew was going to disappoint you. Story of your life, eh?

I know you have trouble with reading. Here it is simplified- my liking it did not hinge on being ribeye or not. I knew it wasnt, however I had been seeing/hearing that it was really good anyway. So today I tried it and I learned that its actually one of the worst I have ever had.

Get it yet?

14 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Pete was only 38. And Pete didn't try to run the organization.

Good news is LeBron is a better HC than Nick Nurse so I hope LeBron is the de facto HC here.

More good news, LeBron even at his age was one of the top 2 fast break scorers in the entire league last year. The other guy in the top 2 was Maxey. So thought he is old, he still plays fast.

And more good news- we had 2 non-guaranteed contracts so we will be able to make room for LeBron's buddy KCP without issue. So he got to make one of his GM moves.

On 7/24/2026 at 2:51 PM, Joe Ball said:

Yeh, I won't argue that, but MJ was absolutley abused anytime he went below the free throw line. I do believe it is truly a generational bias on who the GOAT is. It is just human nature to believe your own generation was better at pretty much everything and there is nothing at all wrong with that. Everyone's late teens to late 30's seem to be the "best of times". There are quite a few others that should be mentioned in the GOAT discussion but never are because they played too far back in time.

The changes to the game from era to era makes a real comparison impossible. Along that way, training, nutrition, and the full year round training changes things. Wilt was the GOAT... until he wasn't. MJ was the GOAT... until he wasn't. Lebron was the GOAT... until he wasn't. (Just wait for it... another will come along, and the debate will continue.)

But, I think we can all agree, that Larry Bird was the greatest melanin challenged GOAT.

8 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I know you have trouble with reading. Here it is simplified- my liking it did not hinge on being ribeye or not. I knew it wasnt, however I had been seeing/hearing that it was really good anyway. So today I tried it and I learned that its actually one of the worst I have ever had.

Get it yet?

You thought Angus was a cut of beef.

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Grizzle is a type of bear not a cow

Grizzle is not a bear either.

On 7/24/2026 at 3:06 PM, Connecticut Eagle said:

Jordan was greater in his era than LeBron was in his. That is the comparison. Compensating for eras is subjective and non-conclusive.

All the baseball and football players whose careers were diminished by artificial turf. Rules changes. Night baseball. Adding referees to the game. Advances in sports medicine.

Imagine if Mantle had access to today's knee repair procedures.

Or Gale Sayers.

For Mantle, he needed a sobriety program. He might have hit the ball better if there was only one of them coming at him... or he wasn't hungover while doing it.

10 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

But, top 1? Nah

If he wins a ring with his 4th team.

1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:

If he wins a ring with his 4th team.

Still no

23 hours ago, just relax said:

Not to mention the owners. Did Irsay ever have a day without godknowswhat? Or Jerruh?

Gonna be hard to get Irsay to fill a guest star spot on the podcast though.

24 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

They are saying it's a non issue regarding his knee and he is just ramping up for training camp. They seem like they are covering it up or down playing it whatever it is that has him on the pup list

Cardinals trying to game the system... again?

5 minutes ago, greend said:

Grizzlé is not a bear either.

It's the French spelling

6 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

If he wins a ring with his 4th team.

So, we knock a guy because he stayed with one team for longer? Seems an odd bar to set. Agree to disagree. Waste of time to debate it. You have your view, and I have mine.

15 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Lebron is top 5... easy. But, top 1? Nah. Jordan is that guy. No point in debating it. If you take the other side, we can both dig in our heels and yell at the wall. No point in that.

But that's not to dial down Lebron. He's a great talent, always has been. But, then again, he's not what he was. And I fear that there's a great many who will see the name and not the reality of who Lebron is now, not who he was as he comes here. And, I hope that Lebron plays nicely with the others around him and doesn't try to be LeGM James, or the HC.

I wouldn't want to try to explain the reason why James is not at least 1a and 1b with Jordan. That said he isn't in his prime but he's still pretty good.

1 minute ago, greend said:

I wouldn't want to try to explain the reason why James is not at least 1a and 1b with Jordan. That said he isn't in his prime but he's still pretty good.

Well, you know what opinions are like...

So... completely off topic question, but one that I am curious if anyone has an answer to.

In 1979, Pete Rose is listed as playing in 163 games... and that that did not lead the league. How is that possible in a 162 game season?!

4 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

So, we knock a guy because he stayed with one team for longer? Seems an odd bar to set. Agree to disagree. Waste of time to debate it. You have your view, and I have mine.

Not a knock on Jordan, a compliment to LeBron for being able to achieve success on 4 different teams. Not unlike Brady being complimented for getting a ring with Tampa.

6 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

So... completely off topic question, but one that I am curious if anyone has an answer to.

In 1979, Pete Rose is listed as playing in 163 games... and that that did not lead the league. How is that possible in a 162 game season?!

Google says tie games or makeup games can add to the season

20 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

You thought Angus was a cut of beef.

Yeah. I dont know nor give a damn about how cows are named. I can admit that, and realize that it does not matter at all anyway. Your not being able to read though, which you are now trying to deflect from... that would be a big issue. Sad...

24 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

The changes to the game from era to era makes a real comparison impossible. Along that way, training, nutrition, and the full year round training changes things. Wilt was the GOAT... until he wasn't. MJ was the GOAT... until he wasn't. Lebron was the GOAT... until he wasn't. (Just wait for it... another will come along, and the debate will continue.)

But, I think we can all agree, that Larry Bird was the greatest melanin challenged GOAT.

LeBron was never the GOAT. Just because the current generation believes it doesnt make it true. MJ was and always will have been the better player. MJ vs Wilt, I have no idea. Im not that old.

Sixers are about to get KCP too? Damn.

39 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Lebron is top 5... easy. But, top 1? Nah. Jordan is that guy. No point in debating it. If you take the other side, we can both dig in our heels and yell at the wall. No point in that.

But that's not to dial down Lebron. He's a great talent, always has been. But, then again, he's not what he was. And I fear that there's a great many who will see the name and not the reality of who Lebron is now, not who he was as he comes here. And, I hope that Lebron plays nicely with the others around him and doesn't try to be LeGM James, or the HC.

I grew up watching MJ in awe so I respect anyone’s opinion that has him as the GOAT but I don’t even think the Sixers need that version of LeBron to win a title. He has an ability to control and facilitate that not many ever have and I think he will be exactly what the collection of talent the Sixers have needs.

23 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Not a knock on Jordan, a compliment to LeBron for being able to achieve success on 4 different teams. Not unlike Brady being complimented for getting a ring with Tampa.

Couple of reasons

Back then they had tie breaker games if 2 teams tied for the final playoff spot at the end of the season. Don’t know if they still have them but 163 game seasons are pretty common

But how you can have 163 games and not lead the league is one team can be ahead by as much as 5 games played from another team at a random point in the season depending on how their schedule is lined up. So if you played every day for a team that has more games in the first quarter of the season and you get traded to a team that has played fewer games, you’ll have a 164, 165, 166 game season

13 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Who’s that happy uncle dude at the end, never seen him before