With the preliminary games over from last night, the tournament "Officially" begins tonight! My Final Four matchups are 2 seed Kansas over 4 seed Michigan State, and 2 seed Wisconsin over 2 seed Michigan. I have Kansas defeating Wisconsin easily, and, as a bonus prediction, Kansas forward Andrew Wiggins going number one overall in the NBA draft, who that will be, I have no idea.
Mount Rushmore?
Mount Rushmore has been an interesting topic in sports recently. For those of you who don't know, a "Mount Rushmore" is your top four of something, now the NBA is all the focus, with a feud between Celtic's great Bill Russell and King James himself.
James included Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, and Magic Johnson on his list. He then went on to say that he would "for sure" replace one of them on their.
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My turn.
Russell, James, Robertson, and Bird all get taken out of my top five.
#5. Kobe Bryant.
Kobe has been the face of the Lakers for the past two decades. He brought them back after Magic Johnson's career ended with his HIV announcement. Kobe established himself as the greatest one man defender ever, a king of clutch, and a champion. 5 times. People will tell you three of them were earned by Shaq. People also don't know that Shaq was either injured or fouled out in most of their Finals appearances together. Kobe has made a career off of dominating anyone who tells him he can't. He has a killer mentality, and will win at all costs. The man tore his Achilles last April, got up, and finished his foul shots before walking off the court under his own power. I'm not a Lakers fan, but I am a huge Kobe fan. I hope I haven't seen this great play for the last time.
The Black Mamba, Kobe Bryant
#4. Earvin "Magic" Johnson
The greatest point guard to ever play the game. He would most likely be higher on this list if his career wasn't cut short by his diagnosis of HIV. If anyone ever tells you Larry Bird was better, they're most likely a bitter Celtics fan. That's because Magic made his career off of trashing anyone The man made passes that will make anyone who doesn't watch basketball just watch in amazement.
#3. Wilt Chamberlain
Arguably the most singlehandedly dominant player ever. He dropped 100 points in one game once. The man was a tower. Simply put, there was no singlehandedly bigger game changer. That being said, he is only at 3 for me because of his lack of team play. But honestly, who needs team play when you can drop 100 points?
Arguably the most singlehandedly dominant player ever. He dropped 100 points in one game once. The man was a tower. Simply put, there was no singlehandedly bigger game changer. That being said, he is only at 3 for me because of his lack of team play. But honestly, who needs team play when you can drop 100 points?
#2. Michael Jordan
That's right, Mike's not my number one. I know, 6 rings, 5 MVP's. His Airness. The perfect dunk. Space Jam. Who can compete with that?
This guy.
#1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6 Championships, 6 MVP's, a 20 year career of pure dominance. High school state and college national champion. The NBA's all time points leader, Kareem. This man developed the toughest move in basketball (sky hook) and perfected it into an art, a deadly weapon. And yet this man, formerly known as Lou Alcindor is forgotten in the list of greats today.
If anyone would like to share their top five on here, or disagrees with my list, feel free to leave it in the comments.
Links for Today:Russell Comments
That's right, Mike's not my number one. I know, 6 rings, 5 MVP's. His Airness. The perfect dunk. Space Jam. Who can compete with that?
This guy.
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#1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6 Championships, 6 MVP's, a 20 year career of pure dominance. High school state and college national champion. The NBA's all time points leader, Kareem. This man developed the toughest move in basketball (sky hook) and perfected it into an art, a deadly weapon. And yet this man, formerly known as Lou Alcindor is forgotten in the list of greats today.
Links for Today:Russell Comments
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