Oscar Robertson sides with LeBron on His Decision to join the Heat; Rodman has a Diss

Good perspective from perhaps the most qualified player in history to empathize with LeBron. Not really comparable in that he had no choice but to stay in Cincinnati in the Celtics' era of domination due to the reserve clause, and the best season for them was 55 wins and 2nd place behind the Celtics. At 32 he was traded to the Bucks, where he won a ring with Kareem in his 2nd NBA season. The Big O's stats were still incredible - 19.7 ppg on .496 FG%, 8.2 ast and 5.7 rebs per game.

Then a short paragraph from Rodman essentially saying Pippen was better than Lebron:
http://blogs.bulls.com/2010/08/rodman-dont-compare-pippen-to-lebron/?loc=interstitialskip

""People talk about LeBron," said Rodman. "You’ve got to understand, LeBron has no business even being in the same conversation with Scottie. Scottie was the epitome of the (do it all elite player). What do you want me to say? Scottie was great.""

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good luck with THAT argument, dennis

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by finzrule on Sep 7, 2010 7:16 PM EDT reply actions

pippen was a great player

but he is not even on Lebrons level. Im not even going to waste my time on rodman. but Barkley needs to shut his mouth. I do Remember when he joined the Rockets to play with Hakeem and Drexler to try to get a ring and that didnt work out. So i guess Lebron should wait till he gets old and then try to get a ring when its to late. whatever

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by sparker2513 on Sep 8, 2010 6:06 AM EDT reply actions

Too soon to say

If having a well-rounded game is considered as key to what a player’s “level” is, one could agree with Rodman and be correct.

Time will tell.

by nba is the worst on Sep 8, 2010 9:19 AM EDT reply actions

Really?

What a joke!

1+3+6=how many rings???

by Dollar Man on Sep 10, 2010 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

How so?

by nba is the worst on Sep 11, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Your trolling.

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by GovernorStephCurry on Sep 16, 2010 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions

It's kind of funny...

There have been so many comparisons between Robertson and James and now this article points out another: they both speak about themselves in the third-person.

As for Rodman’s comments, they are a bit on the extreme and way too self serving, but at the same time not entirely off-base. Fans get too caught up in comparing Hall of Fame players accomplishments to current players’ potential. Why not make comparisons a few seasons down the road?

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by Joshua S on Sep 20, 2010 11:02 PM EDT reply actions