The new generation isn’t buying the MJ propaganda

[10bandz]

What is this impact/influence Kobe had?

Look as this fukking retard right here.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

mfers still arguing this goat shyt is fukking silly. People have been brainwashed into thinking 1 player in a TEAM SPORT can be the best all time across several eras, especially considering how rules have changed to make offense easier. shyt is stupid, but I guess they need something to talk about..

 

[cyndaquil]

Paul George and KD

These young dudes love Paul George for some reason

 

[Road20]

These young dudes love Paul George for some reason

I get it. PG game is pretty in a vacuum. He might have the best handle ever for a 6-10 or over player. Can shoot, used to be able to score from all three levels, and was a dog defensively.

 

[TEH]

If I posted the LeBron Worship songs on TikTok that exist.


Some of y'all old nikkaz heads would explode

Bronify is hilarious but they diefy him.

If you plugged into TikTok or have young kids you know what I'm talking about.

Bron basically has A MILLION versions of the "like Mike" song on TikTok

Couldn’t even get his own song

 

[Ozymandeas]

Neither will Kobe

That doesn't hurt Kobe Stans feelings like it hurts Bron Stans

 

[10bandz]

That doesn't hurt Kobe Stans feelings like it hurts Bron Stans

Exactly lol. Bron and his boys been running a "better than MJ" campaign for 20 years now. For Kobe it was always just about being considered on MJ's level, which he accomplished. Phil always said MJ was better but also acknowledged several things Kobe did better than Mike. Kobe fans never hated MJ, tried to downplay his era, etc.

The argument really was always "he's near Jordan" it was never about desperately trying to place Kobe above him with a full propaganda campaign. When the Last Dance was airing, it was the Bron fans that went ghost for some strange reason. Certain brehs literally didn't post for over a month

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Exactly lol. Bron and his boys been running a "better than MJ" campaign for 20 years now. For Kobe it was always just about being considered on MJ's level, which he accomplished. Phil always said MJ was better but also acknowledged several things Kobe did better than Mike. Kobe fans never hated MJ, tried to downplay his era, etc.

The argument really was always "he's near Jordan" it was never about desperately trying to place Kobe above him with a full propaganda campaign. When the Last Dance was airing, it was the Bron fans that went ghost for some strange reason. Certain brehs literally didn't post for over a month

Kobe played like MJ, so the comparison made sense. He was a lesser (but still elite) version of Mike.

Bron has never played like MJ. The comparison is only about "who's da GOAT" but stylistically Bron is some weird mashup of Magic/Big O/Malone.

Kobe can be compared to MJ both on resume and play style but I feel like the only comp between Bron and MJ is accomplishments.

Bron's problem has ALWAYS been that he never embraced being the bad guy. You're 6'8" 250 lb freak athlete. Just be mean, elbow people, dunk in their face and kick them in the nuts. Stop trying to be "loved" like MJ.

 

[Trav]

We are also in a time where some think that The Godfather is long & boring, Jay-Z was nothing special, lol.

"Father Time is undefeated" doesn't just apply to mfs sports capabilities...

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Bron played nearly a quarter of a century and has three rings with a Mickey Mouse trophy. Most manufactured GOAT argument ever. It's Kareem, Jordan and then everyone else. LeBron might not even be top 5.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Silent Gen was all about KAJ/Wilt/Russell/Big O and maybe The Logo.

Boomers and Gen Xers are MJ stans with honorable mention for Bird & Magic. Kobe getting more love now.

Millenials are split between Bron & MJ. Kobe gets honorable mention, especially for West Coast peoples.

Gen Z and Gen Alpha won't automatically be Team MJ. Probably Bron + ???

Gen Z (at least the ones actually in the league) don’t fukk with LeBron like that. They’re literally seamlessly beating him off the dribble, scoring, and shouting out Kobe

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Why would I expect these little nikkas to be MJ fans outside of his shoes? I know a lot of you capping ass nikkas speak fondly of "watching tapes" from games way before you were born, but nobody actually takes you seriously when you speak on Wilt or Moses, brehs

That's the thing that myopic Coli flabbyheads don't get, the era of basketball they grew up on - the mid-90s/early 2000s was actually an anomaly. Since the NBA got rid of the shot clock, it's been fast paced the vast majority of its history, but the Bad Boy Pistons revolutionizing of defense coinciding with overexpansion led to a decade of slow offense. So when they talk about today's stats being "inflated" to discredit the LeBron, Steph, Harden etc...what's really the case is 90s/00s stats were deflated. Makes a lot of the era by era arguments silly both ways.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Same.

My parents/aunts/uncles were all born between 1944 and 1958. MJ was NOT their dude.

This is mostly Gen X nikkas (ex players & media) hyping their favorite guy.

Gen X and older Millenials (let's call em Xennials, like 1980-1985) are definitely the MJ crowd, mid-millenials (85-90) I've noticed are split between Kobe and LeBron and then Zillenials like myself lean more Bron

 

[10bandz]

That's the thing that myopic Coli flabbyheads don't get, the era of basketball they grew up on - the mid-90s/early 2000s was actually an anomaly. Since the NBA got rid of the shot clock, it's been fast paced the vast majority of its history, but the Bad Boy Pistons revolutionizing of defense coinciding with overexpansion led to a decade of slow offense. So when they talk about today's stats being "inflated" to discredit the LeBron, Steph, Harden etc...what's really the case is 90s/00s stats were deflated. Makes a lot of the era by era arguments silly both ways.

And that's why 2006 Kobe is the best scoring season ever.

 

[///Vega+++]

He ain't gonna last 3 years in the league