Lebron never entered the dunk contest because he was afraid to lose. See Lebron entering the Dunk contest would put the spot light on him. If he loses, he has nobody to blame but himself. Lebron playing on a team and losing, he can blame someone else.
Here’s the thing. There’s really no way he was going to lose. Especially if he did it when he was like 19 or 20 years old no chance he was going to lose. Not saying he was going to be epic in his dunks, but just the fact that he’s in the dunk contest, they got his name on the trophy already.
@@dbreiden83080so why didn't ever do it Lebron is an insecure person he anoites himself you Don ni kname yourself the king real secure stars are given nickname by other people.. Lebronis a loser as a person and ignorant I seriously in an interview and was talking about McArthur Luther king book the interviewer asked him about it what his response was embarrassing you knew he didn't read the book the social media killed him
The most GOAT thing about Mike was in the 2nd 3 Peat, he played every single game. Hell the 1st 3 peat he only missed 6 games. 6 titles and only miss 6 games during the run! Meanwhile Bron played 82 once.
Once in 22yrs the lame played a full season smdh?? Nba put their $ on the wrong horse for 20yrs. League did errthang they could & mo, to help that lame, shoved him down our throats 20yrs. While the whole world knew he was not cut like that, they knew the country disliked him as a player. Small hatz did this.
@orlandoguss1019 I don't even see LeBron as the king of longivity because Kareem played all 82 5x! As a Big man! In the 70s and 80s! And played 80 games at 40 and 74 at 41! Bron's played 70 games once in LA.
Because it was an exhibition game lol. In the regular season LeBron was kicking his ass handily with worse players. Please do some research you don’t know basketball sorry
LeBron (and most of these players) embody most, if not all, the problems with today's NBA - player entitlement, load management, lack of accountability, constantly whining and crying to the refs, FLOPPING, team hopping, having fans kicked out of games, mailing it in during AS weekend, lack of defense, complaining about having to play games, etc.
@kirbyaugustine761 I Would Agree! That Is A Very Large Component Of The Downward Spiral Of The League. In All Honesty, This Is A Generational Thing. A Predominantly Single Female Raised Generational Thing. The Insecurity, Entitlement, The Diva Nature, The Rebelliousness, The Disdain For Structure And Respect (Modern Female Characteristics). I Can't Recall Myself, Nor My Friends Referencing Our Fathers And Grandfather's As "Old Heads". I Can't Recall Ever Disrespecting Jim Brown, Archie Moore, Joe Louis, Dick Butkus, Sugar Ray Robinson , Lenny Moore, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, Smokey Robinson, The Dells, The Beatles, Muddy Waters (My Grandfather & Father's Athletes/Entertainers) Etc. Why? We Got Everything And Tried To Meet Or Exceed The Standard Set By Them! I Never Heard My Grandfather Say "Walter Payton Ain't Shit"! I Never Heard My Father Say "Dad Ray Robinson Fought Wino's". This Hypersensitive, Overly Emotional, You Hurt My Feelings So I'm Gonna Shoot You And Then Make A 🗑️ Diss Song Is 5,000% Gynocracy Produced Degradation 🤷🏿♂️🤣.
I can't believe Shannon said this out loud without thinking it through.. :). I remember when Lebalco didn't sign up as a teenager... I was like, "Who is this guy". Been afraid to fail since forever... Weak heart...
And he’s a sissy who has been terrified of competition his whole life which is why he has to run and join all the other best players in the league just to give him a chance.
Excuses.... He can easily win one if he just enter the dunk contest.(given the competition) He is just AFRAID of THAT SPOTLIGHT! (Where you are ALL ALONE on the court, especially when you make a mistake) I bet that THAT is the reason too for his bad FT%! (Probably he is on the 80+ft% on practice)
Charles there’s an even easier way to end the GOAT debate. There’s only been one player who four times in each year won regular season MVP, finals MVP, scoring leader, nba first team defense four times all in the same year Michael Jordan Michael Jordan Michael Jordan Michael Jordan
Bron, Melo, and wade actually stopped competing at the end of the 4th of the rookie game and had a friendly dunk contest.... That says enough about brons competitiveness
I don’t know how anyone with any sort of common sense can believe LeBron is the goat with a losing record on the biggest stage while MJ is undefeated? MJ cemented his legacy as the goat in 12 years. LeBron is on year 22 and still chasing him. There is no debate. Ps- longevity doesn’t work in Lebrons favor. In fact, it hurts his case. The longer LeBron takes to achieve what MJ did doesn’t help your case.
OMG THANK YOU FINALLY A PERSON BESIDES MYSELF SAYING THE 'longevity' thing makes him look. more idiotic because now it shows how crap he really is by taking FOREVER to get nothing done. and plus, he did NOT beat Jordan and whoever else with most of these 'milestones' because he took like almost a DECADE more so it doesn't count lmao unless you take LESS time than Jordon omg these lesimps have NO braincells man. im glad you see what i see, common sense ain't so common sadly these days.
@@redheadforlife8526 not sure how playing at a high level for this long helps LeBron’s goat case when it doesn’t amount to winning. LeBron James numbers are like empty calories. They don’t amount for anything. He could score 50k points by the end of his career and it still wouldn’t change a thing. We have seen enough of LeBron’s game to know he is nowhere on MJ or Kobe’s level. There isn’t anything he can do today in this garbage modern era to sway anyone’s opinion. Plus how can you be elevated as the goat while playing in the worst era of basketball ever. All while the ratings continue to plummet. One could argue LeBron has done more damage to the game of basketball than moving it forward in a healthy way.
People said Saquan should've played the last game to break the rushing yard title that took Eric Dickerson 16 games to do, but that extra game doesn't matter in some of these clowns heads. Until someone does that in 16 games, that is the record. If done with 17 games, it needs an asterisk beside it just like everything Lebron has done in 22 years.
12:28 OK, fellas, Charles has got me fired up... I am ready to "feel the way I feel." I feel LeBron is by far the biggest FRAUD in the G.O.A.T conversation. Say that again 12:33 Anyone who feels otherwise, just grab your honey jars and go do you 😂😂
It all started when Kobe shut LeBron down in one of the All-Star games. After that we've had weird All-Star games. Kobe retired and nobody takes it seriously. There's no defense and that's because LeBron got shut down once and he doesn't want to play anymore. Just my opinion
Charles, I hope you read this LeBron can never be the goat because he hadn’t played no 8 2games only one time the goat in Michael Jordan only miss one season because he was injured. this world and this NBA season it was low management. players can not play back to back games LeBron the NBA when somebody buy season tickets for the Lakers they come to see LeBron James play not missing games because of low management because he pretended he hurt and he’s not. Yes cheating the NBA.
Gil and Shannon ride on and ride for LeBron like their life depends on it. Why he hasn't been on either one of their shows? Just curious. From one "Real" Kobe guy to another, love the show
In the 1994 All Star Game there were 36 fouls called total..the last 4 years there has been 36 fouls in all 4yrs combined. So you can see how noncompetitive its gotten.
His size makes him great, his son plays exactly like him. And he can’t translate his game to the league. Just watch their games side by side and prove me wrong
Julius Erving was the best 2 way player EVER. Guarded the best player thru his whole career. Even in zone defenses, he would switch sides. Saved the league from foreclosure also. IYKYK! The GOAT!
@@jamargraham6707Julius literally got the league out of foreclosure as the best player in the merger. He was the most entertaining player on both ends of the court selling out arenas every game.
@ Do you know what competitor even means? Because in sure if you knew you wouldn’t reply with that weak point. What did he do when he got tired of losing? 🤷🏽♂️
@@CabralCreates I’m sayin winning 4 rings without trying/wanting to win speaks to his greatness, if we are going off of YOUR statement, because imagine how many could he have one if he was a competitor. What 10?😭 you clearly the slow one, and does not know basketball.
@@CabralCreates he won like everybody else who hasn’t won a championship they rookie year😭 so you Pretty much sayin Jordan/kobe weren’t competirs until they won their first ring, again BASED ON YOUR OWN STATEMENT 😂😂😂😂😂
At the end of the day, they all just make too much damn money. Years ago players would come to the weekend thinking this is a fun way to spend the weekend, I’ll participate in the dunk contest, etc. Nowadays, when you pay rookies 200 million bucks for doing nothing they all think they’re above this shit. I mean, look at Zion Williamson he’s making $200 million so he could sit at the Wendy’s drive-through.
Shannon is one of those guys who has never had a woman in his life besides mommy dearest. He is a swabber of the deck when onboard a ship of pirates.😂😂
Everything Steven A said is facts! Lebron didn't participate because he didn't want to lose. I believe he's the reason why other all stars have chosen not to participate in the dunk contest.
Mhmmm, and who started branding in the NBA? Again, we don't wanna have this conversation because the true facts come out and then it comes down to biased opinions and cherry picking. The NBA didn't have social media back in the day. It has grown exponentially due to people talking every day about people and their legacies and their brand. MJ was the pandoras box, it helped build the leagues popularity, but it was always headed here because money ruins everything. Now look, guys want out of 50 million dollar contracts. Lebron never asked out, never held a team hostage and said move me or else. He finished his contracts. We've seen Kawhi, Butler, and Harden do horrible acts for their legacy to get traded. I guess that's someones fault who's never done any of that? Branding and money ruined basketball, blaming Lebron is lazy. But I get it, he's all the media talks about which is why the ratings suck. There's no other players being hyped like in the 90's, we don't know anyone except 10-15 players.
Growing up the all star game and dunk contest and three point contest was something everyone who watched basketball was something to be thankful and excited for but now…..idk
If LeBron joined and won a slam dunk contest, I can bet my life savings that Shannon Sharpe would never have said he doesn't like or care for the slam dunk contest.
This is total insanity. Here is how you fix this. You make the slam dunk contest more appealing to top-tier players by offering them a financial incentive to participate in the event, along with all of the other All-Star events. Once the final All-Star game participant list is set, you have a separate voting for each individual event where the only participants can be those selected to play in the All-Star game. If you are voted in you participate. If you don't participate then you get fined whatever the league would pay you to participate. Players should get paid for each event they participate in on All-Star weekend. The league is to blame for the lack of player participation during all-star weekend, not LeBron James.
There’s an interview no one talks bout but when Shannon Sharpw was on All The Smoke Podcast he said he was a Kobe fan because one of his partners was a LeBron Fan , then he said when KD became “KD” he said his partner pick KD tht when he Pick LeBron as his favorite player so ThTs like 2011 . I’m not lying look it up 💯
The regular season isn't that exciting anymore so why would anyone think the all star weekend would be exciting. This is when you have to read the room
I 100% agree with everything you stated. LeQueen has destroyed the greatest game ever invented at it's highest level. I can't fathom the fact that( for even unintelligent people) that they can call someone the goat of any sport with a 4-6 losing championship record. That floors me! Also, they don't understand how impressive MJ's accomplishments were in 13 seasons vs Le🗑's 22 seasons. They act like longevity is the greatest accomplishment ever.
Don’t forget to add that Michael Jordan let the league in field goal attempts every single time he won the scoring title😢 LeBron never let the league in field goal attempts😅
Pretty sneaky adding "total field goals" and not field goals per game. Because in 21-22 and 22-23 LeBron led the league in FGA per game but didn't play enough games to qualify. In 3 of Jordan's 10 scoring titles he did not lead the league in FGA per game. Not to mention LeBron has only played 82 games 1x and Jordan played 82 games 9x. Its easy to not lead the league in FGA when you never play 82 or anywhere near the most games.
Shannon just downplaying the dunk contest because Lebron never did it. We had arguably the best dunk contest when Aaron Gordon and Lavine went back and forth and that was not too long ago. Jordan was the ultimate competitor. Lebron is the ultimate deck stacker. I mean they literally changed the All Star format and had Lebron as the caption pick his team. Fuggin ridiculous
Its not just player empowerment...its lessening defense allowed that killed the game in 2010s and onward...this allowed 3 point shooters to easily get free and shoot unlike ray Allen who had to run and catch and shoot with defender chasing and grabbing him...bring back 90s defense
So Larry Bird and others came into the locker room to ask for better game. Lbj said "no", so other players followed him? What kind of men are these people?
Another day, another stupid Lebron topic on this trash channel?? Why can't you think of something different to talk about? Is Lebron the only player in the damn NBA?? Same shit every day??
This man is blaming LeBron. LeBron is supposed to maximize on his return! That is his only job! LeBron is not my favorite player by a long shot. You are supposed to go to work and maximized on your return. Thats it. He made 500 million in the league. He is a basketball player. Dont blame LeBron. They cant stop a 40 year old. Someone can't get talent.
Okay I'm convinced LeBron really doesn't want to compete. How he's treated the All-Star weekend most of his career, and all the superteams, is proof of that. Besides the one skills contest he participated in in the 2000s, he's avoided the dunk contest and didn't maintain the standard of competitive play in the All-Star game that MJ and Kobe did.
I like when he disses basketball players but I hate when he reacts to stephen A reacting to someone else reacting. "Up next, Stephen A reacts to Lebron James reacting to Kevin Hart reacting to vanilla ice"
Disappointed is Shay Shay's copout speech. These youg men are just weak and entitled, and that's a reflection on the owners who enable this too by paying outrageous guaranteed contracts.
The ONLY reason Lebron keeps coming back and playing every season is because he knows the second he retires it’s all over. The so called goat debate ends. Everyone knows MJ is the goat and when Lebron retires that phony discussion ENDS.
Lebron is 16-6 against Kobe and beat him in all categories head to head except free throw percentage...Kobe destroyed the nba for his efficiency, shot attempt, and Jordan ficticious comparison
@melloboyz805 LeBron over Kobe, my point.. .BUT LeBron had better numbers than Kawhi in all categories but kawhi had the wins. MJ vs LeBron is the talk
They lowered the dunk contest contestants back in 2001 or so… they have had 4 contestants instead of 6 and that has been one of the main reasons for the decline. They never speak on it and around it…it’s obvious they killed the dunk contest to give more attention to the 3 pt contest. We know why, look at the current landscape
The million dollar question no LeBron fan can answer is who was his Scottie Pippen… LeBron has never took a player from 0 ppg to 18 ppg! He’s never made home grown talent better
They ruined the NBA all star since they made the team Lebron vs Giannis or the best player in the East! I know all star is February but i do not see anybody excited about it. I have to google the date to know the exact game weekend! The soft era ruined the all star game!
Blaming LeBron James on the NBA failures is crazy. We’re talking about grown men that have endorsement deals that make over 100 million of dollars that’s not his fault. They do not want to compete 1 min people saying the players do not respect LeBron James but on the other end, y’all saying that he runs the NBA which one is it?
We not going to mention MJ's mindset and how he affected his teammates and opponents. MJ had a serial killer type mindset when it came to basketball. Read the article Kerr said about MJ's mindset.
There's an old popular saying in Mexico: I GONNA BE LIKE JALISCO, IF I CAN'T WIN I'LL SNATCH IT AWAY FROM YOU. This is exactly what LBJ is saying, If you guys won't let me be an owner, I'll create a league of my own to compete and destroy your precious business.What this pampered spoiled brat seems to forget, either by ignorance or pride is that the last time someone else created a league like the ABA to compete with the NBA it didn't last too long, in fact it disappeared never to come back again. LBJ may be jeopardizing his future Hall of Fame induction by trying to stay above everyone else in the NBA, plus, a lot of fans may never forgive or forget this audacity of creating a monster from within, hence tarnishing his legacy for good. Guys like Magic and Jordan were smart enough not to fight against the system, they waited their turns to sit at the Big Boys table, and eventually each one got a chair. Good for you LBJ, keep it up, eventually Life will kick you on your rear end and you won't have any excuses to call out others as the culprits.
I think LeBron James never doing a dunk contest shows he kind of always took himself a little bit too seriously. I mean even at 18 or 19 years old He was taking himself too seriously. When you’re that young, you shouldn’t be that concerned about not winning the contest or looking bad. Just go out there and have fun. It’s like he was always panicked about his brand being harmed, even when he was still basically a kid.
Being a person that has dealt with the youth for like 26 years, LeBron is a representation of them. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TAKE A L. Simple as that. For instance, ive hosted plenty of Madden and 2K tournaments. Tons will talk about how good they are and cant be beat... but wont sign up for the free tournament when it comes down to it. Lol. Big reason a lot of them have a first reaction to shoot after almost anything happens to them. In their eyes it is the ultimate victory. Sad. Anyway, Bron never got in the dunk contest to avoid taking an L... and kept running to form super teams.
The kind of dunks they do now are a specialized skill, nothing to do with regular basketball. The best dunkers are not in the NBA and the best players are not the best dunkers. That’s why the contest doesn’t really work anymore.
Cook Charles Cook! MJ's impact has and continues to be unmatched. Whether or not LeBron meant to, he has sabotaged the NBA. This puts LeBron in an ideal position to help create a rival league with the NBA's numbers being as unimpressive as they are.
Let's see how well the NBA All-star game does when the NFL hold the Super Bowl on President's Day weekend in 3 years because it's coming. I bet they will move it off that day and to the following week.
Lebron knew he was not good enough to win the dunk contest , what a coward
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Yah know nothing about basketball
Lebron never entered the dunk contest because he was afraid to lose.
See Lebron entering the Dunk contest would put the spot light on him. If he loses, he has nobody to blame but himself. Lebron playing on a team and losing, he can blame someone else.
That’s crazy because he should be used to losing. It’s what he does when the lights are brightest.
Here’s the thing. There’s really no way he was going to lose. Especially if he did it when he was like 19 or 20 years old no chance he was going to lose. Not saying he was going to be epic in his dunks, but just the fact that he’s in the dunk contest, they got his name on the trophy already.
He knew he wasn't good enough to win. That's also why he had to team up with other first team all NBA players to win chips
@@dbreiden83080so why didn't ever do it Lebron is an insecure person he anoites himself you Don ni kname yourself the king real secure stars are given nickname by other people.. Lebronis a loser as a person and ignorant I seriously in an interview and was talking about McArthur Luther king book the interviewer asked him about it what his response was embarrassing you knew he didn't read the book the social media killed him
Shannons love for lebron is gross
The most GOAT thing about Mike was in the 2nd 3 Peat, he played every single game. Hell the 1st 3 peat he only missed 6 games. 6 titles and only miss 6 games during the run! Meanwhile Bron played 82 once.
Then went 8 years without losing three games in a row
Tell them.... 🦾🦾... it's crazy....
Once in 22yrs the lame played a full season smdh?? Nba put their $ on the wrong horse for 20yrs. League did errthang they could & mo, to help that lame, shoved him down our throats 20yrs. While the whole world knew he was not cut like that, they knew the country disliked him as a player. Small hatz did this.
@orlandoguss1019 I don't even see LeBron as the king of longivity because Kareem played all 82 5x! As a Big man! In the 70s and 80s! And played 80 games at 40 and 74 at 41! Bron's played 70 games once in LA.
It's not debatable. MJ is #1 and if anything we should be comparing Kobe, not Lebum.
It's really sad because back in the day when I was a kid i couldn't wait for dunk contest
It was WAAAYYYY more popular than the 3point contest now the opposite
LEBUM NEEDS TO RETIRE EXPEDITIOUSLY!!
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Ruining the game
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I remembered when Kobe first played against LeBron at his first all star game , he didn’t even wanted to compete against Kobe
Because it was an exhibition game lol. In the regular season LeBron was kicking his ass handily with worse players. Please do some research you don’t know basketball sorry
@@jalenmorgan9338and yet LeBron said Kobe was better than him 🤡
@@mindurbiznez651 why did LeBron say Kobe was better than?
@@jalenmorgan9338 don’t try to lie either and say he didn’t 🤣
@@Dapperdan972 yall think yall be slick sayin what people said and takin it outta context, I can tell yall was failing English
With a 4-6 record in the finals. 22 years and only four rings. When four other greats have more rings than you.
Russell, Jordan, Kareem, Magic, Kobe, and Duncan... all were the number one man on the team during those championships except Kareem.
that 4th ring don't count. bubble year
@@anthonyjackson2241facts 😂
LBJ is a manufactured Goat by ESPN & Klutch sports
Only 2 full season championship's, the other 2 were short seasons. LeBricks sucks
LeBron (and most of these players) embody most, if not all, the problems with today's NBA - player entitlement, load management, lack of accountability, constantly whining and crying to the refs, FLOPPING, team hopping, having fans kicked out of games, mailing it in during AS weekend, lack of defense, complaining about having to play games, etc.
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I’d add the denigration of NBA past legends and era’s.
@@kirbyaugustine761 yes. I wanted to add that but it was already getting long and I would have kept going.
@kirbyaugustine761 I Would Agree! That Is A Very Large Component Of The Downward Spiral Of The League. In All Honesty, This Is A Generational Thing. A Predominantly Single Female Raised Generational Thing. The Insecurity, Entitlement, The Diva Nature, The Rebelliousness, The Disdain For Structure And Respect (Modern Female Characteristics). I Can't Recall Myself, Nor My Friends Referencing Our Fathers And Grandfather's As "Old Heads". I Can't Recall Ever Disrespecting Jim Brown, Archie Moore, Joe Louis, Dick Butkus, Sugar Ray Robinson , Lenny Moore, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, Smokey Robinson, The Dells, The Beatles, Muddy Waters (My Grandfather & Father's Athletes/Entertainers) Etc.
Why? We Got Everything And Tried To Meet Or Exceed The Standard Set By Them! I Never Heard My Grandfather Say "Walter Payton Ain't Shit"! I Never Heard My Father Say "Dad Ray Robinson Fought Wino's". This Hypersensitive, Overly Emotional, You Hurt My Feelings So I'm Gonna Shoot You And Then Make A 🗑️ Diss Song Is 5,000% Gynocracy Produced Degradation 🤷🏿♂️🤣.
You just mentioned all of LeBron's strong points.
I can't believe Shannon said this out loud without thinking it through.. :). I remember when Lebalco didn't sign up as a teenager... I was like, "Who is this guy". Been afraid to fail since forever... Weak heart...
No dude, the reason Labron James NEVER competed in the slam dunk contest is because he is CLUMSY AND he can’t do acrobatics in the air, just saying
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And he’s a sissy who has been terrified of competition his whole life which is why he has to run and join all the other best players in the league just to give him a chance.
So he's justified in not competing right? None of us want to see clumsy and uncoordinated people in the dunk contest right?
Excuses....
He can easily win one if he just enter the dunk contest.(given the competition)
He is just AFRAID of THAT SPOTLIGHT! (Where you are ALL ALONE on the court, especially when you make a mistake)
I bet that THAT is the reason too for his bad FT%! (Probably he is on the 80+ft% on practice)
You don’t even believe he wouldn’t win lol. His in game dunks better than 75 percent of dunk contests ever lol. Another dicksucker lol
Charles there’s an even easier way to end the GOAT debate.
There’s only been one player who four times in each year won regular season MVP, finals MVP, scoring leader, nba first team defense four times all in the same year
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
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Bron, Melo, and wade actually stopped competing at the end of the 4th of the rookie game and had a friendly dunk contest.... That says enough about brons competitiveness
Not only the impact MJ had on the game, but on the entire world, and still impacting both without even playing the game! 😂😂
Shannon needs to hop off the Bron train before that 304 crashes with him on it 💀
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Shannon was complicit…
Shannon is a client of Klutch sports, so no surprise there
Not only complicit, he enabled it
Unc gotta clear those Klutch cheques
I don’t know how anyone with any sort of common sense can believe LeBron is the goat with a losing record on the biggest stage while MJ is undefeated?
MJ cemented his legacy as the goat in 12 years. LeBron is on year 22 and still chasing him.
There is no debate.
Ps- longevity doesn’t work in Lebrons favor. In fact, it hurts his case. The longer LeBron takes to achieve what MJ did doesn’t help your case.
OMG THANK YOU FINALLY A PERSON BESIDES MYSELF SAYING THE 'longevity' thing makes him look. more idiotic because now it shows how crap he really is by taking FOREVER to get nothing done. and plus, he did NOT beat Jordan and whoever else with most of these 'milestones' because he took like almost a DECADE more so it doesn't count lmao unless you take LESS time than Jordon omg these lesimps have NO braincells man. im glad you see what i see, common sense ain't so common sadly these days.
Especially when he keeps loosing and missing the playoffs each year on one of the most historic franchises in NBA history 😂😂😂😂
@@redheadforlife8526 not sure how playing at a high level for this long helps LeBron’s goat case when it doesn’t amount to winning. LeBron James numbers are like empty calories. They don’t amount for anything. He could score 50k points by the end of his career and it still wouldn’t change a thing. We have seen enough of LeBron’s game to know he is nowhere on MJ or Kobe’s level. There isn’t anything he can do today in this garbage modern era to sway anyone’s opinion. Plus how can you be elevated as the goat while playing in the worst era of basketball ever. All while the ratings continue to plummet. One could argue LeBron has done more damage to the game of basketball than moving it forward in a healthy way.
People said Saquan should've played the last game to break the rushing yard title that took Eric Dickerson 16 games to do, but that extra game doesn't matter in some of these clowns heads. Until someone does that in 16 games, that is the record. If done with 17 games, it needs an asterisk beside it just like everything Lebron has done in 22 years.
Bro hating lebron is now a sport and yall tryna make it to the HOF
MJ participated 4x in Allstars weekend
Not to mention he at least tried to compete in the 3point contest
@mikerobinson6969 yes. 3 dunk contest and 1 3 point contest
Hey JJ Redck... They just criticized the game. And it wasn't Charles Barkley... I wonder why....
Lebron wants to create a league because he doesn’t want to retire
No it's because the NBA aren't following him to own a team so he's threatening create a rival league
12:28 OK, fellas, Charles has got me fired up... I am ready to "feel the way I feel."
I feel LeBron is by far the biggest FRAUD in the G.O.A.T conversation. Say that again 12:33 Anyone who feels otherwise, just grab your honey jars and go do you 😂😂
68yrs old LOVE basketball... don't even care about the all star game!!!!
LeBron became the GOAT 🐐 in NEVERYEAR
It all started when Kobe shut LeBron down in one of the All-Star games. After that we've had weird All-Star games. Kobe retired and nobody takes it seriously. There's no defense and that's because LeBron got shut down once and he doesn't want to play anymore. Just my opinion
Bro LeBron is the only one who half way participates why do yall hate LeBron so much?😂😂😂😂😂
Shannon passionate about everybody else who is not on point, but coddles LeBron like a child. He loses all credibility.
How did LeBron’s son and JJ Redick helped build the NBA legacy ?
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Charles, I hope you read this LeBron can never be the goat because he hadn’t played no 8 2games only one time the goat in Michael Jordan only miss one season because he was injured. this world and this NBA season it was low management. players can not play back to back games LeBron the NBA when somebody buy season tickets for the Lakers they come to see LeBron James play not missing games because of low management because he pretended he hurt and he’s not. Yes cheating the NBA.
Gil and Shannon ride on and ride for LeBron like their life depends on it. Why he hasn't been on either one of their shows? Just curious. From one "Real" Kobe guy to another, love the show
In the 1994 All Star Game there were 36 fouls called total..the last 4 years there has been 36 fouls in all 4yrs combined. So you can see how noncompetitive its gotten.
The Honey Bron boys ain’t gone like this one 🫵🏾🤣🤣🤣🍯 🍯🍯🍯
“When you have a commissioner who’s not Stern”
That pun was definitely intended, stop the cap 😂
His size makes him great, his son plays exactly like him. And he can’t translate his game to the league. Just watch their games side by side and prove me wrong
Julius Erving was the best 2 way player EVER. Guarded the best player thru his whole career. Even in zone defenses, he would switch sides. Saved the league from foreclosure also. IYKYK! The GOAT!
What Dr J was good never saved the league😂😂😂. Magic and Bird saved the league. Then MJ elevated to a whole new level.
Didn't Dr J lose to the rookie Magic in the finals
@@jamargraham6707since u want to move the goal post to teams, cool. In 83, he swept Magic in the regular season n the championship
@@jamargraham6707Julius literally got the league out of foreclosure as the best player in the merger. He was the most entertaining player on both ends of the court selling out arenas every game.
The reason LeBron gave is not a reason it’s an excuse, he’s not a competitor period that’s the issue.
@@CabralCreates winning 4 rings without being a competitor helps his goat argument lol
@ Do you know what competitor even means? Because in sure if you knew you wouldn’t reply with that weak point. What did he do when he got tired of losing? 🤷🏽♂️
@@CabralCreates I’m sayin winning 4 rings without trying/wanting to win speaks to his greatness, if we are going off of YOUR statement, because imagine how many could he have one if he was a competitor. What 10?😭 you clearly the slow one, and does not know basketball.
@@CabralCreates he won like everybody else who hasn’t won a championship they rookie year😭 so you Pretty much sayin Jordan/kobe weren’t competirs until they won their first ring, again BASED ON YOUR OWN STATEMENT 😂😂😂😂😂
@ Did Kobe and Jordan leave their teams to collect rings? Are you slow?
At the end of the day, they all just make too much damn money. Years ago players would come to the weekend thinking this is a fun way to spend the weekend, I’ll participate in the dunk contest, etc. Nowadays, when you pay rookies 200 million bucks for doing nothing they all think they’re above this shit.
I mean, look at Zion Williamson he’s making $200 million so he could sit at the Wendy’s drive-through.
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FACTS OVER FEELINGS
Shannon is one of those guys who has never had a woman in his life besides mommy dearest. He is a swabber of the deck when onboard a ship of pirates.😂😂
Poo pirate Shay Shay
There's a youtube game 1980 sixes at Celtics game 5 the Celtics avg 113 pts a game in the 1980
LeBron ruined basketball! Jordan lifted it above anyone else! Period end of discussion
The Jordan part isn’t true. Quit playin!
You got straight bots in your comment section now. Weird names same pics…I guess you made it lol. Klutch hiring bots now.
Great analysis, once again.
Everything Steven A said is facts! Lebron didn't participate because he didn't want to lose. I believe he's the reason why other all stars have chosen not to participate in the dunk contest.
There’s no one to pass it to in a dunk contest and therefore no one to throw under the bus. This is why Bron never competed.
Remember in that same all star game Lebron went and sat on the bench for a lot of the game.
La'Bron obviously refuse to compete in the slamm dunk contest because he was intimidated , no excuses don't know what else to say ..
Great Educational Show Charles, and Stephen A. seems to be coming back to his Great Out Spoken Self With Out Of Sight Input✌️💯
The issue today is, It’s not about growing the league anymore, it’s about growing your brand.
Mhmmm, and who started branding in the NBA? Again, we don't wanna have this conversation because the true facts come out and then it comes down to biased opinions and cherry picking. The NBA didn't have social media back in the day. It has grown exponentially due to people talking every day about people and their legacies and their brand. MJ was the pandoras box, it helped build the leagues popularity, but it was always headed here because money ruins everything. Now look, guys want out of 50 million dollar contracts. Lebron never asked out, never held a team hostage and said move me or else. He finished his contracts. We've seen Kawhi, Butler, and Harden do horrible acts for their legacy to get traded. I guess that's someones fault who's never done any of that? Branding and money ruined basketball, blaming Lebron is lazy. But I get it, he's all the media talks about which is why the ratings suck. There's no other players being hyped like in the 90's, we don't know anyone except 10-15 players.
I guess I’m old school but I was a huge fan of the All Star game way back when the vets set the tone and it was competitive.
Growing up the all star game and dunk contest and three point contest was something everyone who watched basketball was something to be thankful and excited for but now…..idk
If LeBron joined and won a slam dunk contest, I can bet my life savings that Shannon Sharpe would never have said he doesn't like or care for the slam dunk contest.
"Smiling in your face. All the time they want to take your place, the backstabbers, backstabbers...
Prime Jordan: destroyed a era
Prime LeBron: destroyed by a rookie
Lebalco sabotaging the League and trying to convince the world that he's the goat at the same time is CRAZY WORK.😂😂
Bron in dunk contest will look like
Amare Stoudemire.
No finesse at all.
That's what I'm saying his in game dunks don't wow you ain't no flare to them absolutely nothing special
This is total insanity. Here is how you fix this. You make the slam dunk contest more appealing to top-tier players by offering them a financial incentive to participate in the event, along with all of the other All-Star events. Once the final All-Star game participant list is set, you have a separate voting for each individual event where the only participants can be those selected to play in the All-Star game. If you are voted in you participate. If you don't participate then you get fined whatever the league would pay you to participate. Players should get paid for each event they participate in on All-Star weekend. The league is to blame for the lack of player participation during all-star weekend, not LeBron James.
There’s an interview no one talks bout but when Shannon Sharpw was on All The Smoke Podcast he said he was a Kobe fan because one of his partners was a LeBron Fan , then he said when KD became “KD” he said his partner pick KD tht when he Pick LeBron as his favorite player so ThTs like 2011 . I’m not lying look it up 💯
The regular season isn't that exciting anymore so why would anyone think the all star weekend would be exciting. This is when you have to read the room
LeChicken James Knew he was Afraid To Enter the Dunk Contest because if he Lost he Wouldn’t Have any Teammates To BLAME 😂🤣💯
Lebron killed competitive basketball.
I 100% agree with everything you stated. LeQueen has destroyed the greatest game ever invented at it's highest level. I can't fathom the fact that( for even unintelligent people) that they can call someone the goat of any sport with a 4-6 losing championship record. That floors me! Also, they don't understand how impressive MJ's accomplishments were in 13 seasons vs Le🗑's 22 seasons. They act like longevity is the greatest accomplishment ever.
Don’t forget to add that Michael Jordan let the league in field goal attempts every single time he won the scoring title😢 LeBron never let the league in field goal attempts😅
Pretty sneaky adding "total field goals" and not field goals per game. Because in 21-22 and 22-23 LeBron led the league in FGA per game but didn't play enough games to qualify. In 3 of Jordan's 10 scoring titles he did not lead the league in FGA per game. Not to mention LeBron has only played 82 games 1x and Jordan played 82 games 9x. Its easy to not lead the league in FGA when you never play 82 or anywhere near the most games.
They take the all star weekend off. They don't play.
Shannon just downplaying the dunk contest because Lebron never did it. We had arguably the best dunk contest when Aaron Gordon and Lavine went back and forth and that was not too long ago. Jordan was the ultimate competitor. Lebron is the ultimate deck stacker. I mean they literally changed the All Star format and had Lebron as the caption pick his team. Fuggin ridiculous
Blake Griffin and Dwight Howard also did it at their peak.
Its not just player empowerment...its lessening defense allowed that killed the game in 2010s and onward...this allowed 3 point shooters to easily get free and shoot unlike ray Allen who had to run and catch and shoot with defender chasing and grabbing him...bring back 90s defense
You always CLICK BAITING.
So Larry Bird and others came into the locker room to ask for better game.
Lbj said "no", so other players followed him?
What kind of men are these people?
Another day, another stupid Lebron topic on this trash channel?? Why can't you think of something different to talk about? Is Lebron the only player in the damn NBA?? Same shit every day??
But yet here you are to watch and comment 😂
He's the clown and everyone should know. Please retire LJ.
If the sport isn't on broadcast TV (over the air /antenna), I'm not watching. Basketball, baseball, hockey? They're not sports to me anymore
Shannon avoiding saying anything about LeBron in his take…..😂😂
His reason for not participating in the dunk contest is because he was afraid of competition. Period.
This man is blaming LeBron. LeBron is supposed to maximize on his return! That is his only job! LeBron is not my favorite player by a long shot. You are supposed to go to work and maximized on your return. Thats it. He made 500 million in the league. He is a basketball player. Dont blame LeBron. They cant stop a 40 year old. Someone can't get talent.
Weak.
Okay I'm convinced LeBron really doesn't want to compete. How he's treated the All-Star weekend most of his career, and all the superteams, is proof of that. Besides the one skills contest he participated in in the 2000s, he's avoided the dunk contest and didn't maintain the standard of competitive play in the All-Star game that MJ and Kobe did.
Dam it’s been 4 months since I listened to you DREAMERS PRO!!
You still sucking LeBrons James.
I like when he disses basketball players but I hate when he reacts to stephen A reacting to someone else reacting. "Up next, Stephen A reacts to Lebron James reacting to Kevin Hart reacting to vanilla ice"
Disappointed is Shay Shay's copout speech.
These youg men are just weak and entitled, and that's a reflection on the owners who enable this too by paying outrageous guaranteed contracts.
The ONLY reason Lebron keeps coming back and playing every season is because he knows the second he retires it’s all over. The so called goat debate ends. Everyone knows MJ is the goat and when Lebron retires that phony discussion ENDS.
Alright dude, we get it. You don’t care for Lebron. To quote a famous royal, let it go
Lebron is 16-6 against Kobe and beat him in all categories head to head except free throw percentage...Kobe destroyed the nba for his efficiency, shot attempt, and Jordan ficticious comparison
Took him 22 years and counting. Lol
@davidmurray6176 k
@davidmurray6176 Kobe still has the most fg attempts in history. Mamba mentality
@@ultimatewarrior7766 kawhi has a 20-13 winning record against LeBron. So what are we doing here?
@melloboyz805 LeBron over Kobe, my point..
.BUT LeBron had better numbers than Kawhi in all categories but kawhi had the wins. MJ vs LeBron is the talk
They lowered the dunk contest contestants back in 2001 or so… they have had 4 contestants instead of 6 and that has been one of the main reasons for the decline. They never speak on it and around it…it’s obvious they killed the dunk contest to give more attention to the 3 pt contest. We know why, look at the current landscape
So where was the confrontation?
The million dollar question no LeBron fan can answer is who was his Scottie Pippen… LeBron has never took a player from 0 ppg to 18 ppg! He’s never made home grown talent better
2025 and people are still talking about LeBron “ruining” the dunk contest.
They ruined the NBA all star since they made the team Lebron vs Giannis or the best player in the East! I know all star is February but i do not see anybody excited about it. I have to google the date to know the exact game weekend! The soft era ruined the all star game!
Blaming LeBron James on the NBA failures is crazy. We’re talking about grown men that have endorsement deals that make over 100 million of dollars that’s not his fault. They do not want to compete 1 min people saying the players do not respect LeBron James but on the other end, y’all saying that he runs the NBA which one is it?
Man you are annointed to do commentary!!!! God Son preach!!!!
Why are all of these nba players following lebron instead of thinking for themselves.
We not going to mention MJ's mindset and how he affected his teammates and opponents. MJ had a serial killer type mindset when it came to basketball. Read the article Kerr said about MJ's mindset.
There's an old popular saying in Mexico: I GONNA BE LIKE JALISCO, IF I CAN'T WIN I'LL SNATCH IT AWAY FROM YOU.
This is exactly what LBJ is saying, If you guys won't let me be an owner, I'll create a league of my own to compete and destroy your precious business.What this pampered spoiled brat seems to forget, either by ignorance or pride is that the last time someone else created a league like the ABA to compete with the NBA it didn't last too long, in fact it disappeared never to come back again.
LBJ may be jeopardizing his future Hall of Fame induction by trying to stay above everyone else in the NBA, plus, a lot of fans may never forgive or forget this audacity of creating a monster from within, hence tarnishing his legacy for good.
Guys like Magic and Jordan were smart enough not to fight against the system, they waited their turns to sit at the Big Boys table, and eventually each one got a chair.
Good for you LBJ, keep it up, eventually Life will kick you on your rear end and you won't have any excuses to call out others as the culprits.
The NBA has to boot some upper staff around the country and start over ; rebuild staff that is willing to get back to professionalism ......
I think LeBron James never doing a dunk contest shows he kind of always took himself a little bit too seriously. I mean even at 18 or 19 years old He was taking himself too seriously. When you’re that young, you shouldn’t be that concerned about not winning the contest or looking bad. Just go out there and have fun. It’s like he was always panicked about his brand being harmed, even when he was still basically a kid.
Being a person that has dealt with the youth for like 26 years, LeBron is a representation of them. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TAKE A L. Simple as that. For instance, ive hosted plenty of Madden and 2K tournaments. Tons will talk about how good they are and cant be beat... but wont sign up for the free tournament when it comes down to it. Lol. Big reason a lot of them have a first reaction to shoot after almost anything happens to them. In their eyes it is the ultimate victory. Sad. Anyway, Bron never got in the dunk contest to avoid taking an L... and kept running to form super teams.
Charles went off here 😅😅😅
The kind of dunks they do now are a specialized skill, nothing to do with regular basketball. The best dunkers are not in the NBA and the best players are not the best dunkers. That’s why the contest doesn’t really work anymore.
New events for NBA All snooze weekend ( wine and paint with your fav player) ( book reading half time session) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sharpe work so hard to prove he’s not in love with Ramon James
Kobe took Basketball to Asia, something Michael Jordan and LeBron never did.
Have to agree with stephan a on this lebron have ruined the nba and plus lebron is not a good dunker anyway.
"LeFraud is a Great Leader" ... Ruined All-Star Weekend for 19 or 20 years 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cook Charles Cook! MJ's impact has and continues to be unmatched. Whether or not LeBron meant to, he has sabotaged the NBA. This puts LeBron in an ideal position to help create a rival league with the NBA's numbers being as unimpressive as they are.
Let's see how well the NBA All-star game does when the NFL hold the Super Bowl on President's Day weekend in 3 years because it's coming. I bet they will move it off that day and to the following week.
Lebron lebron lebron lebron lebron lebron. Bruh damn