JJ Redick shares a LeBron story

#lebronjames #jjredick #lakers #nba #basketball #firsttake

[@Boog5]

One thing I hate is when people try to argue with former players about stuff like this😂

[@koreypaul6698]

Former players argue with former players about stuff like this

[@afffflacccck7812]

Lmao because he said this with some music in the backdrop doesn’t mean shit

[@jonathancoleman7028]

@@koreypaul6698 them are good arguments worth listening to though, that’s when you get the most insight into how the game has evolved over the years.

[@koreypaul6698]

@@jonathancoleman7028 Oh for sure

[@MrAlvarez23]

🤣🤣 I can't argue that

[@nyonthemap617]

The beauty of an opinion is that we all got one. And no matter who agrees i think Lebron is the goat of there can be one

[@MrAlvarez23]

💯

[@MrAlvarez23]

I don't believe in the Goat, I grew up watching MJ, AND HE was my favorite until I saw Bron in his first game in high school since then he's been my favorite player and the greatest to ever do it

[@swelly84]

@@MrAlvarez23 well said brother. I couldn’t agree more. I’m a 80,s baby so u know I love and respect MJ but Bron bron is like Magic with a more dominate scoring ability and athletic like a Dominique Wilkins . Just a different breed. Kobe’s game and mentality was the most similar to MJ. I got love for all of them but LeBron is my fav too.

[@jh8914100]

​@@swelly84 why cant everyone just like players for how they play? Some people just bash and hate on players for no apparent reason...i know everyone is entitled to their own opinion but the hate is just unwanted. Every player is unique in their own style of play and i admire these greats because they wont come often.

[@222poketo]

Ding ding ding

[@dilleon]

Sean Dockery Was a Chicago Baller!

[@Don-Frio]

He was the truth, him Luther Head! Them boys could play!!

[@Batangs-gp2uy]

Jj stating facts

[@khleung1306]

Yea his high school friend who didn’t know anything better decided to just fuck it and tell everyone another kid at that time was the best basketball player ever.. don’t be a disgrace to dukes education Jj redick

[@fellowamerican7923]

That’s wild

[@ATJ253]

We love JJ

[@Kuhlection]

damnn🔥🔥

[@danielmichellozach6890]

i cant believe that JJ is the same age as LeBron😂

[@mrsaltyful]

They saw Michael Jordan?!!!

[@robstark9274]

Dockery got down there and yall did not let him shoot

[@hostility24]

Fax

[@bGzzzzz]

Until LBJ entered the league…..that changed pretty quickly 😂 gap between LBJ and the actual GOAT is as wide as the Grand Canyon 😂

[@tryingtochangemyways5074]

Get off his 🥜JJ

[@MrMarkchu]

I felt the same way when I saw LeBron play in high school. 20+ years later, MJ is still the GOAT. And Kobe is better.

[@armanii4005]

Kobe?😂

[@MrMarkchu]

@@armanii4005 Kobe is better than LeBron if you want to win.

[@sh43n]

Kobe starting, Jordan benched.

[@SimplyAJ24]

@@MrMarkchulebron is better than both overall.

[@MrMarkchu]

@@SimplyAJ24 Maybe in NBA2K Lebron is better. In real life Lebron < Kobe < Jordan.

[@regdexter4014]

So what you saying because your friend was wrong

[@SincereSentinel]

He was wrong. The majority of the world thinks Jordan and Kobe are better. Nothing he can do now will change that. Too late.

[@love6ic202]

Jordan maybe but kobe? That’s just not logical in any way besides rings lol & I love kobe he’s me favorite player right next to lebron but come on.. & to say it’s “too late.” When he’s literally about to be the number 1 scorer ALL TIME amongst other records is incredibly disingenuous 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@aramel3942]

The world 😂according to whom 😂

[@SincereSentinel]

@@love6ic202 It's under thought and overly naive jump-to statements like yours which aren't properly contextualized the way they should be, which make you part of the problem in today's sports culture, and why I can't watch shows like ESPN and several others that make unsubstantiate & naive declarations without properly telling the whole story. Should be ashamed of yourself.

[@SincereSentinel]

@@aramel3942 The Majority of people in Russia, China (As well as Asia in general), Europe, South America, India and tens of millions in America. Amounts to well over a billion people. So quite a few. Notable mentions include the entire NBA Official Top Ten list all choose Kobe over Lebron, except Lebron himself of course. I originally also listed nearly 50 of the NBA's Official 75 Greatest List outside of the NBA Official Top Ten list who also irrefutably agree, and choose Kobe over Lebron, it's very well documented, but I ultimately cut the long list from this message to save you from essentially reading a book.

[@SincereSentinel]

@@love6ic202 Kobe was not your favorite player. I used that same unauthentic debate tactic as a child to sound reasonable, therein by getting more people susceptible to being convinced of my point and coming over to my side. 11 year old me- "Jordan was my favorite player, but look at what Kobe is doing out there, like come on...." reverse psychology 101. Child's play, that only works on naive and weak minded individuals who can't even decide what they want for dinner, whilst only having eggs and a jar full of worm bait in their fridge during a famine. Kobe was elite on Both ends of the floor. His ball anticipation was among the best that the NBA backcourt has ever seen. He wanted it as bad as anyone on Both ends of the floor. He relished 1 on 1 matchups on the defensive end as much as offensively, and in a parallel yet similarly close second life, if you actually watched his career that time around for a change, it would be self evident, and we wouldn't even be having this discussion to begin with. Lebron sacrificed his overall defensive potential/two way game for his offensive prowess, and it's been entirely noticeable for well over a decade now. Kobe viewed both ends of the floor as one in the same, giving equal effort at all times. Stats/Usage Rate etc. can easily be calculated, skewed, and butchered to fit any kind of narrative deemed beneficial to the one professing it. I'd suggest you go back and watch some tape of Kobe. Like actually watch. He was dominant at his position on both ends of the floor and was mesmerized by knowing where the ball was and would be at all times, whereas Lebron has clearly been more of a shade/blend standard defender by-in-large and especially by NBA standards, for the majority of his career. If Kobe had put defense to the wayside as often and visibly as Lebron had and has, it's safe to say that Kobe would have had several thousand more points, without even including the Achilles injury that affectively robbed him of his elite athleticism, body contortion, hang time, and first step explosiveness offensively and defensively as well. Kobe was unfairly looked down upon by Dell Harris and many other senior aged organizational heads for several years upon arriving in the league, due to bias of him being a confident young kid that they didn't feel deserved the praise until he put his time in on the bench first for several seasons. Those same people have all since publicly admitted regret for that, and also conveyed the same truth that his individual stats would be much higher had they allowed him to showcase his abilities on a consistent basis earlier in his career, in the form of minutes played per game, and usage rate/offensive schemes that could have been used to his, and the teams benefit, when allowed to play, which was sporadic to say the least during that timeframe. He was affectively robbed of at least two full seasons and part of a lockout season also, where his stats could have garnered him several thousand more points and accolades. Kobe was a much better basketball player than Lebron overall. His skill and will only have been rivaled and or surpassed by Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and the majority of the other NBA honored/titled 75 'Greatest of All Time' group choose Kobe over Lebron to this day. If Kobe was actually your favorite player and you truly watched his entire career you would have rationally taken all of those things into account before making cheap blanket statements without substance or explanation to get to the end point of 'Lebron is going to be number one in All Time Points so that makes him better' without proper context behind it, or 'Kobe only is better by Ring count' as if it was all that simple. Every book has a story. Not just a cover and a foreword. And you should be mature enough to realize the layers of context that are deserved to be properly vocalized and fairly recognized when discussing the greatest players of all-time.

[@Panabandit]

He was the best HS player, but not the best NBA player

[@MKG1977.]

Shiiiiiiitttttt …. Lies u telling

[@ryanhammonds919]

That’s your opinion, many think lebron is the greatest including former nba players and champions. I’d say their opinion is more valid than yours(a casual fan)

[@lanellenglish2423]

The goat!!!

[@georgestamatakis697]

JJ barea

[@treecosmos386]

🐐 James

[@janmartinez-w1q]

Lebron has all these 16 year old stories. Multiple people have said he looked like the best basketball player ever at 16

[@ballsballsballs3617]

He was. He came into the league as an 18 year old kid drafted to the worst team in the entire nba…. His first game in ur league he dropped 25/9/6. He was an immediate all star and only 3 years into the league was crowned the best player with Kobe Bryant in his prime

[@hutkin25]

2001 I saw Bron Gratz high-school in Philly I was in 10th grade He was going against a player named Maurice Rice he was another promising player that could of made it.I was like this dude is different.

[@nwsmgquis]

That’s crazy

[@strawmoon9963]

Lebron is great, MJ is an icon, and also every era has their own goat. But from todays point of view, I personally think Lebron is the goat. But I guess the problem with the goat debate is the word goat. There is no goat. How can you rate any of them above the others?

[@BryceMcMurray-xs3st]

Thank you I've been saying this 🙏🏽

[@kristineellis2573]

JJ on LeBalco EPO’s Payroll

[@djlucky8745]

LeBron will go down as great player.. But his body of work will have to speak for him.. Mike has never said he was the goat and never needed to .. MJ body of work is still talking… LeBron will never pass MJ…

[@jakelarson8305]

I agree body of work does the talking, I do disagree with the other stuff. I think it’s fair to say it’s not set in stone, it is completely up to the individual person who they think is the goat and they can’t be wrong if it’s mj or lebron

[@kevintowns9552]

Because he has Steven a and skip bayless saying it everyday for that last 20 years

[@djlucky8745]

@@kevintowns9552 Steph Curry in his short tenure has revolutionized the 3 point shot and 4 NBA Titles with the same team.. Curry has built something .. After 20 years, 40,000 points and 4 Chip with different teams..How has LeBron impacted the NBA…

[@georgestamatakis697]

No one cares

[@vaughncolestock1561]

TRUE

[@greatteacher3237]

Coming from a Chicago baller. That's wild

[@mymanuel187]

Just stroked his EGO real good, thats his new job $$$ JJ the new Nick Wright

[@DemonKing-oi4jd]

Did LeBron lead the USA college team against nba Allstars like MJ did when they went undefeated?

[@markalious]

JJ works for lebron so what do you expect. Like draymond green, he hates lebron and dislikes him but when they became business partners you know

[@dakeelthompson9859]

He is the best

[@kurtllanos1792]

And mind the guys is from chicago. 😮

[@emmanuel9574]

LBJ tge definition of GOAT

[@devinkemp6198]

He's brave going back to Chicago saying that's 💀

[@armanii4005]

I’m from Chicago this facts tho

[@CREEDO.]

*imagine if they just said* *no* to JJ Reddick's story LOL

[@rplayer360]

he was wrong

[@hypent500]

There should have been someone to tell them that lebron would share the worst finals record in mba history while at the same time have the most superstar players than any player. Then ask them if that is something the best player in the nba should hold

[@jakelarson8305]

Dickrider, just enjoy greatness. You don’t need to think he’s the greatest but you also don’t need to bring him down to make you feel better

[@hypent500]

Fact lebron has one of the worst final record in nba history. Fact lebron had the most superstars in his career at the same time. My facts makes lebron sexuals feelings hurt

[@jakelarson8305]

@@hypent500 what do you consider superstars? What about the shear amount of superstars he faced while making it to the finals more than almost every player ever, fact. What a superstar is, is more up to interpretation than anything, fact.

[@hypent500]

@@jakelarson8305 The year before they joined LeBron Larry Hughes 22/6/5 1st Team D Shaq 17/8.4/1.7 Allstar Wade 26.6/5/6.5 Allstar/All-NBA 1st team Bosh 24/11/2 Allstar Love 26 12.5 4 Allstar Kyrie 21/4/6 Allstar A Davis 26/12/4 Allstar Westbrook 22/11.5/11.7

[@jakelarson8305]

@@hypent500 now do the year they joined Lebron

[@raywheeler6822]

Yes he was...

[@raekwonjohnson2760]

🧢

[@miklesolano]

He was close but he was wrong

[@judeserrano1360]

The difference is sean dockery is not even a known nba player whereas those who heralds MJ is GOAT became 75 best players...

[@David-E27]

Doctor J, Kareem, Oscar Robertson, Wilt, Isiah Thomas, Bill Russell, Jason Kidd, David Robinson, among other NBA players don't believe MJ is the GOAT. so that's not true

[@mackdaddy9655]

@@David-E27 😮😮😮

[@cyberbron2077]

Yeah so let’s just flat out lie like Isaiah Thomas, Oscar Robertson, dr j, and more top 75 players called Lebron the goat. Get that MJ meat out of your mouth.

[@scottboras7647]

sounds like lebron got you the espn job- you have never said anything bad about clutch players or lebron literally ever.

[@tomgardner8825]

why should he?

[@cojack636]

Shut up...

[@808bboarder]

Sounds Like the Clutch Clients fucked your wife Nigga

[@ryanhammonds919]

Would you prefer that he hates on players like skip or something? Because that just sounds like hatred and you should never hate someone you don’t know.

[@taylorhall9852]

He’s been critical of lebron multiple times watch the show and you would know that. And plenty of clutch athletes lol. Plus that would be dumb for him to get jj a job at Espn when Lebron literally has his own media company if he wanted to get him a job he would just hire him

[@abhishekchakraborty63]

He is not the best imo he is not even in top 5.

[@AgentWK]

If you say Lebron is not in the top 5, then all your doing is expressing your ignorance. Every single NBA player and every single former NBA player except for Paul Pierce will argue the 2 best players to play the game is Jordan and Lebron. And you saying hes not top 5 tells me your an idiotic child, or an idiotic hater

[@abhishekchakraborty63]

@@AgentWK here comes the hate. I just said its my opinion you dont have to agree with me fanboy.

[@AgentWK]

@@abhishekchakraborty63 your stating he is not the best and not even top 5. What world are you even in? Thats some hating stuff right there, you did it to yourself

[@Darkskinjus]

I never understand how people can tell others what their opinion should be…

[@Darkskinjus]

@@AgentWK no logic, all emotion and hate.. he’s about to be number one scorer of all time and he’s not even none to be a “scorer” lol. If that’s not great within itself then idk what is cause that record hasn’t been touched for like 30 yrs and probably won’t be for another 30

[@nyonthemap617]

If not Wilt or Kareem, Lebron is the goat!! Because I said it f whoever else don't agree

[@treecosmos386]

Definitely Wilt but mfs don't know basketball fr

[@KingLucky1211]

JJ a Bron stan. Been that way for years. Mike the 🐐

[@Twkout]

Yeah ok

[@PHXNKVHXLIC]

Jordan has more 1st round exits then LeBron, less trips to the Finals, had weaker comp, didn’t face any pressure near the level LeBron has for over 20 years now

[@unanimousdecision6107]

He literally said that Jordan is still the goat as of now for him though. You miserable ass people just like to hate on Bron lol.

[@thefilthduke]

@@PHXNKVHXLIC First person I've seen who actually knows anything about the NBA when GOAT is brought up. Thank you

[@TheBigPhoondaMental]

Plot twist: he was wrong

[@rongrandi1570]

He could of said the smartest player ever. But definitely not the best!

[@ryanhammonds919]

Why would he? He believes lebron is the greatest and he was actually a pro, so I’d say his opinion is a lot more valid than what you think.🤣

[@DamienAOrtiz]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andrallorencyl6008]

Bs history....KOBE is the closest to Jordan. Period

[@Kimeikus]

🧢 LeBron is

[@Msani_88]

I saw the best basketball player ever, not best player since Jordan. Listening is a skill...

[@jgg6932]

Maybe in terms of play style true but if we're going off the greatest basketball players ever only 3 names should be on everyone's list MJ, Kareem and LeBron

[@Boog5]

@@jgg6932 I agree

[@rustynail1071]

*The Beauty of LeBron, It's nothing like him.*

[@jesse3698]

Hahaha he loves Lebrick