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Hey, yo. Hey, yo. Let me Let me Let me just speak on that. Yo, yo, Bron. Yo, Bron, stop it, bro. You ain't never had to check nobody, bro. But, he was saying something like he could have got Marc Gasol awards.
He said that is his award. That's his award.
Cool. Cool. Cool. Cool. So, let me pull a seat up on something. Bro, soon every time Marc got the award when Marc got that award, everybody that that summer or everybody was asking me why I ain't get the award. Why I ain't get the award. Why I ain't get the award. Man, I didn't think not one time LeBron deserved it. If Marc didn't get it, I should have got it. And see that he's saying for his legacy he should have got that award. I'm saying to myself, "Bro, every game you came in, you was the hunted. You was the guy."
You was a traffic cone.
And all you did was a couple of chase-down blocks a game. Name somebody that he had to lock up and get the win.
Hey.
You can't think about that cuz it was always somebody trying to stop him.
Mhm.
He had time to be stopping nobody. That what that caught confused me about that.
The one time in the playoffs.
Man, we had a run. What What you talking ABOUT? WE MADE HIM.
I'M JUST LISTEN.
WE MADE THAT MAN GO TO GO TO uh.
Miami.
The decision started.
He ain't.
Shake our hand that game. Look it up. He ain't shake nobody's hand.
He didn't shake nobody's hand?
He didn't shake nobody's hand. He dipped.
He did. He dipped.
He dipped. And and that showed me he's really emotional about this game. He cared a lot about these stats. He cared a lot about all this stuff because you know damn well you weren't trying to lock nobody up.
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Ooh. I love when the OGs come out and keep it a hundo. Because you see, this generation, you know, they got things messed up, bro. LeBron trying to rewrite history. He pushing all these narratives, you know, eventually the young folks going to start to believe some of this BS. LeBron came out and said he should have won Defensive Player of the Year award. Stop it, LeBron. I'm not even trying to hate on you on this one, you feel me? LeBron James never been a good defender like that. This man have played 20 plus years.
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And you ask folks, "How many guys do you that you know of that LeBron have locked up?" You know the names they're going to give you? In 20 plus years, man. They're going to give you Paul George, Derrick Rose, and Paul Pierce. That's it. And they're going to throw in Tiago Splitter. You see what I'm saying? You see what I'm saying? 20 plus years, and that's all we can remember you locking up? Man, folks only notice boy for the chase-down blocks, that's it. Man, you're a help defender, man. And that's what separates LeBron James from Kobe.
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And MJ. LeBron know that. That's why he came out and spoke it at that time. He knew his fans was going to run with it, but he knew that he can't stand next to MJ and Kobe defensively. He just can't. Them boys were lockdown defenders. They would give you 30, and they was going to lock you up where you wouldn't going to get yours. Or.
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If you got yours, they were going to make you work for it, you feel me? Ain't nothing was going to be easy. Man to man, let's go. You know what I'm saying? LeBron James, he took away the competitive spirit of the game. You know? From the dunking contest, he made it cool for folks not to want to participate in that, making these super teams, and you know, cheating the game by just playing offensively. Man, I could count on one hand how many times I seen that boy go guard the other team's best player. I'm talking about when he was on the stack team. He didn't go defend like that. He didn't take that. He didn't accept the challenge like that. Because if he did, it would have been a big story. LeBron always ducked that smoke, man. You could tell Allen right here when he was young. He made his ball, man. You're a sucker. Look at LeBron's reaction. He ain't trying to get it back. He's looking at him. He didn't stop playing. He's been like that. This ain't nothing but a little legacy call right here. No, LeBron James, you didn't deserve to win no Defensive Player of the Year award in 2014. No, you didn't. And I'mma give you this. You probably was the best in the game at that point. Kobe had lost a step, but Kobe was still that dude. You know what I'm saying? But look, Marc Gasol deserved that award. Even though I think he was on the second team defense, it don't matter. The NBA was all about pushing LeBron at that point. Why wouldn't they want to give him every award? You got to respect the NBA for that, what? For not giving him a award just because of the name. He didn't earn it. Marc Gasol deserved that. He was the heart and soul of that Memphis Grizzlies team in the Grind House. Them boys played ball in there, man. Tony Allen is certified to speak on do man. Like, you don't know LeBron from being a defender like that. What he got? Six all-defensive teams? I'm surprised he got that many. To me, he should have more like three. Like I'm just keeping it buck with you. That's why he always has so much energy to dominate offensively. You know? He a weak rebounder as well. He didn't He never put that energy into rebound and play defense that's how he should. Larry Bird is a better rebounder than him all time. A guy that could barely jump off the ground. Huh? Had no athleticism, a better rebounder than LeBron. See, it's not all about your body. It's not all about trying to look cool out there. It's all about what you got beating inside your chest. And Larry Bird had something that LeBron James has never had. Heart. You feel me? LeBron James He need to just chill, you know? Trying to push these narratives that he's so great. You're not on Kobe, MJ level, man. I'm just sorry. You know, by him making this weak move going to the 76ers, I'mma keep it a hundo with y'all. I can't even put him top five no more. I had him in there, you know, just out of respect. He got so many records and he played long. You know, I factor in longevity. But when you look at all the bad moves and grimy things this guy has done and all the hating and no way I could keep that boy in the top five, man. It just ain't no way. Out of respect for the game, out of respect for the from the past. Yeah, if you got LeBron in your top five, I can't really even talk sports with you. That's where I'm at with it. You feel me? Like he did it to himself. And ain't no one-way player in my top five, you know? MJ, Kobe, Kareem, you know? That's top three off the top of the head, man. And you know what's so crazy about LeBron James, like not playing defense, he made it okay for other guys to do the same thing. A lot of folks look up to him. Oh, LeBron not really playing defense like that. I'mma save my energy for offense, too. It working for LeBron, let me try it, too. Man, I didn't watch this dude night after night, man. Like what you think about to happen with the 76ers? Man, he about to guard the weakest opponent, man. Real talk. Every real Even when he going to have to guard someone decent, he going to be ducking them. Man, that's how he is, man. Man, you ain't never had to pump up Michael Jordan and Kobe to go play defense. Man, y'all remember when Kuzma pushed him to go play D? Like come on, bro. Stop it. A goat?
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A goat? Yeah, right. LeBron phony, man. Dude is sorry. You know what I'm saying? And look how crazy this is, though, man. Man, homeboy not even going to be staying in Philly. How you move to a new city and want the city to embrace you and you staying in New York? Man, that's crazy, man. Man, that's crazy, man. That go to show y'all right there. He He trying to come along for the little cheap championship and go over to Ben's. Thank y'all for y'all service. But that boy dirty, man. He don't even like Philly like that. It's bigger than basketball was going on right now. That boy don't even like Philly like that. You feel me? He tried to go to the Knicks first. How you look yourself in the mirror, man? Man, you think Kobe Bryant would have ever went to the front office and been like, "Man, look. I want to go to the Miami Heat. Or I want to go to the Celtics. But wait, yet. Man, trade me to Dallas. Oh. Man, look. I'm putting in my trade request. I want to be a San Antonio Spur. I want to go play with Tim Duncan. Man. Or what if MJ would have been like, "Man, let me go play with the Mailman. All they need is another scoring option. Me, Mailman, Stockton, and Hornacek. Ain't nobody beating that." Or maybe even MJ would have called up Hakeem. Huh? Coming back fresh. Man, what's up? Y'all just went got two? Man, look. I'm about to come aboard. We going to go get three more. No. You know what he did? He said, "Hell with all that. The king is back." Put him over the fence like a big dog supposed to. Solidified himself forever in my mind as the goat. Y'all need to open y'all ears up, man. MJ the.
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Goat, bro. LeBron will never be in the boss status field, you feel me? Man, I'll let y'all on the next one, man. Y'all let me know what y'all thought about Tony Allen keeping it a hundred, you heard me? Huh? They don't like that. They don't like when folks come out and keep it a hundred. They don't like folks that's that's that can't be bought. They don't like folks who don't really. You know what I'm saying? They stand on business. Tony Allen couldn't look himself in the mirror if he wouldn't keep it a hundred, you feel me? Why wouldn't he speak the truth about his teammate? Huh? That boy got his jersey in the rafters, man. His word got to mean something. When you know Tony Allen would tell us a lie. Tony Allen a real one, man. Homie really got it out the mud, man. Nothing but sand to him. Salute, homie. Let me know what y'all think. Is Tony Allen keeping it a hundred or he was just capping for his teammate? Until next time, this Sports Savage TV. I see y'all on the next one. Make sure you like, comment, subscribe, share the video, hype the video. I really would appreciate that. I'm out, man.