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The 5 Weakest Arguments Against LeBron James Being G.O.A.T., Ranked

Kiss the ring

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2 min readOct 13, 2020

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5. “He didn’t spend his entire career with one team.”

Bron was a rolling stone, indeed. He split his time between three NBA squads, including the shit show that was the South Beach migration. But riddle me this: Shaquille O’Neal (a.k.a. The Big Aristotle) played for six teams and also has four golden rings to show for it. Are you going to call out the 7’1”, 300-pound center on his lack of unilateral allegiance? Yeah. That’s what we thought you’d say.

4. “The league is soft as a baby’s ass these days.”

Sure, there’s no Bill Laimbeer or Rick Mahorn around to clothesline LBJ coming down the middle like a freight train. But let’s not act like Hack-a-Bron wasn’t a thing in past playoff series. Besides, Malice in the Palace went down during dude’s second year in the league — and even if Akron’s finest wasn’t there when they was shootin’ hands in the gym, dudes like Ben Wallace and Metta World Peace (back when he was Ron-Ron) weren’t exactly making it easy for Eastern Conference…

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