Mar.17 at 9:09 am

Eboy says:
Leave it to Lebron to crush the dudes hopes at being self important with a rapper compartison. Fantastic.

Mar.17 at 9:13 am

Eboy says:
or a plain old comparison.

Mar.17 at 9:15 am

Logan says:
brilliant…..yeah and Jay is not a musician…dude is a businessman….which is more like what lebron is trying to become..

Mar.17 at 9:18 am

iLL wiLL says:
Interesting.
Not.

Mar.17 at 9:30 am

Irishpaul says:
Im guessing that’s DeShawns self-esteem in the toilet… I also find it quite aggravating that Lebron can constantly refer to himself in such elevated terms, as if his greatness is preordained, and have virtually no mass backlash against him. Yet when Kobe made similar statements in the past he was slaughtered as if he represented the arrogant antithesis of what a “real” athlete should do.I have no problem with athletes with justifiable ego’s, but i do have a problem with hypocrisy.

Mar.17 at 9:36 am

uamini says:
I still expect up LeBron to end up as the NBA version of the Williams Sisters…superior talent, a chance to become the best ever but in the end someone who’ll have focused too much on off-court business activities to fully live up to his potential…
And last time I checked Jay-Z actually owned a couple of rings ^^

Mar.17 at 9:43 am

riggs says:
ouch, that hurt me and im not even named deshawn

Mar.17 at 9:45 am

Eric says:
The Williams sisters comparison is silly. They play an individual sport. If Lebron doesn’t win a ring it will because of Dan Gilbert,Danny Ferry and Mike Brown not a lack of focus.

Mar.17 at 9:45 am

BETCATS says:
damm

Mar.17 at 9:51 am

uamini says:
Maybe so, but I just hate athletes (and musicians for that matter) who blatantly care more about the business side of things than about their actual job…I’ve always considered that to be disrespectful towards those loyal fans who support them
I guess Lebron is very much like Jay-Z in that way…

Mar.17 at 9:55 am

data187 says:
you know who is overrated?
pookie, i take 3 steps to the hole and get phantom calls from the ref, wade

Mar.17 at 10:01 am

JackBrown says:
And Tyronne Lue is like Sir Mixalot.

Mar.17 at 10:04 am

Ryan Jones says:
31, 8 & 8 = blatantly not caring about your actual job

Mar.17 at 10:11 am

Andy says:
Yeah, c’mon. To suggest that LeBron doesn’t care enough about his chosen profession is ridiculous.

Mar.17 at 10:11 am

Eboy says:
HAHA!

Mar.17 at 10:12 am

t.dot dude says:
yyooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu da de ad da da soulja boy tell em i got a new dance fo yall call da soulja boy…………… COMPLETELY MINDLESS

Mar.17 at 10:14 am

uamini says:
I said blatantly caring MORE about the business side of things
He’s a great player, no doubt…but so far he hasn’t won anything which makes the Jay-Z comparison pretty ridiculous
And yes, I know I’m hatin

Mar.17 at 10:14 am

Jukai says:
RYAN JONES TO (LeBron’s) RESCUE!!!

Mar.17 at 10:16 am

Jukai says:
Didn’t he win all-star MVP twice, and isn’t he an eastern conference champion, uamini? I mean, it ain’t the NBA championships but give the guy a break. It’s not like he’s accomplished nothing.

Mar.17 at 10:16 am

Irishpaul says:
He cares about basketball. Just not as much as he cares about supplanting MJ as the world’s most recognized basketball face and brand the world has seen. Oh and pulling up his bank balance and seeing a billion dollars gleaming back.

Mar.17 at 10:17 am

Spaceship Jay says:
Well said Irishpaul. Lebron can’t stay in front of Caron though…

Mar.17 at 10:26 am

rob stewart says:
LeBron James = Usher
Deshawn Stevenson = Ray J

Mar.17 at 10:27 am

MK Petrik says:
Jay Z’s not a businessman, he’s a BUSINESS MAN!

Mar.17 at 10:27 am

uamini says:
I don’t care about All-Star MVPs, but yeah, being the Eastern Conference champion is not bad (with all the powerhouses you have to beat along the way…ahem)…
It’s just that we’re talking about a guy who willingly lets himself call the Chosen One, King James or whatever…shouldn’t he have a couple more things on his resume than impressive individual stats?
I guess I’m too much of an idealist to expect a little bit of humility from a guy who has yet to prove he can carry his team all the way…

Mar.17 at 10:34 am

Kevin Wilson says:
That’s the funniest response I’ve heard since, “Don’t put me and dude in the same breath.”

Mar.17 at 10:34 am

JackBrown says:
Let him handle his business damn.

Mar.17 at 10:36 am

riggs says:
“he isnt fit to breathe the air that i farted in” - joe budden

Mar.17 at 10:37 am

Z says:
I don’t like to refer to someone as a hater because,really, everybody is entitled to their opinions. However, having said all of that, you be hatin mayne.

Mar.17 at 10:38 am

riggs says:
offtopic but someone needs to make an article with how skip embarassed sasha yesterday, and on that topic where the hell is ryne with the video?!

Mar.17 at 10:53 am

Allenp says:
Lebron is like four or five years into his career. I’d say that as this point he’s done enough to earn all the nicknames people have given him. Simply put, would anybody on this board be willing to bet a large sum of money that Lebron won’t reign as the best player in the league for most of the next ten years?

Mar.17 at 10:55 am

Jukai says:
uamini… he’s arguably the best player in the NBA right now (or second best, to prevent Kobe fans from jumping on me). Rings aside, why should we NOT call him the Choosen One or King James? He is the most complete player since Magic Johnson but with three times the offensive power. Even if he NEVER reaches his potential and chooses to focus solely on being a global icon, he still may be a top ten legend. We get it, you don’t like the self righteousness… but really, enough with the whole “he’s still got something to prove” deal. If he really wants a ring, he can opt out and join any half-decent team and bring a championship to it. For now though, this is Lebron “cash cow” James, and damnitall, I say let him run his businesses.

Mar.17 at 10:55 am

Jukai says:
Allenp, you’re forgetting about OJ MAYO!!!

Mar.17 at 10:58 am

flitzy says:
hes goin to brooklyn

Mar.17 at 11:26 am

Bubba Chuck says:
this reminds me:
tha other day i was thinkin about tha debate of whos the best rapper alive? Jay-Z or Lil Wayne? I was also thinking about tha debate of whos the best basketball player alive? LeBron or Kobe? Then it hit me: Jay-Z = LeBron
Lil Wayne = Kobe. and it makes sense. just sayin

Mar.17 at 11:27 am

uamini says:
Did I just read best rapper alive and Lil Wayne in the same sentence?

Mar.17 at 11:35 am

Khalid Salaam says:
Bubba Chuck you are funny. Really.

Mar.17 at 11:39 am

Bubba Chuck says:
@uamini: i aint sayin tha carter is the best rapper alive, im actually a big jay-z fan. im just sayin sum people think lil weezy is the best.
@khalid: it wasnt supposed 2 b funny but thanx. i think

Mar.17 at 11:39 am

Bo Diddly says:
Have Baller-Rapper comparisons been done to death? I always think of Method Man when I see Sheed.

Mar.17 at 11:41 am

Eboy says:
I think Mike Miller could be compared favorably to Vanilla Ice.

Mar.17 at 11:51 am

RV says:
and battier needs some def player of the year votes, the guy guards the opposing teams’ best forward.gaurd every single game, never takes a defensive possession off. Too bad there isn’t a stat for “making guys miss”.

Mar.17 at 11:53 am

RV says:
yeah that happens when you’re still half asleep, wrong story, my bad, umm…yeah ouch, Lebron’s gonna kill him next game

Mar.17 at 11:55 am

Eboy says:
It’s a shame the site’s so dead today. No celebrations of the Rockets streak continuing. I imagine if the streak would have been broken by Dos Lakers there would have been a surge in attendance.

Mar.17 at 11:57 am

Russ Bengtson says:
I’ll bet DeShawn doesn’t give a f*ck. He never said he was better than LeBron. I didn’t know you had to be better than someone at something to be accurately critical.

Mar.17 at 12:01 pm

riggs says:
ROCKETS WIN 22 BABY!!! GO SKIP QUEENS BABY!!!

Mar.17 at 12:01 pm

riggs says:
that was for eboy.

Mar.17 at 12:18 pm

Eboy says:
Not amused, riggs.

Mar.17 at 12:19 pm

uamini says:
Yeah, good for the Rockets but does anyone actually consider them to be a serious contender?
Still 22 wins with that roster is impressive…am I underrating them?

Mar.17 at 12:19 pm

vtrobot says:
Bo Diddly, I’ve always made that Meth/Sheed connection. Both can bring the humor or the pain.

Mar.17 at 12:30 pm

RV says:
uamini, you’re right about them not contending for a ring, without Yao its going to be damn near impossible for them to beat 3 playoff teams in the west, BUT, they can definitely get hot/confident for one series and knock off a serious contender, so thats what should be looked out for.

Mar.17 at 12:33 pm

Khalid Salaam says:
Rockets playoff chances—ZZZZZ

Mar.17 at 12:43 pm

Eric says:
You don’t have to better than someone to criticize, but you do have to be good at the topic that you popping off at the mouth about. Stevenson is a bottom feeder with R-Kelly like tendencies. If Lebron is overrated,then Stevenson doesn’t even belong in the league. If I remember correctly, coming out of high-school Deshawn tried his best to be the “chosen one”. The only way Deshawn’s accessment is accurate is if you compare lebron to perfection. That says more about Lebron’s critics and what they really think of his potential/talent. In order to make him look less than amazing player, they have set up an impossible standard for him to reach.

Mar.17 at 12:53 pm

nastruthomas says:
@ Logan… Jay-Z is not a businessman, he’s a business, MAN… let me handle my business, damn!

Mar.17 at 12:53 pm

Free Vick says:
Ryan soiled himself when he heard Lebrons rebuttal.

Mar.17 at 1:05 pm

TMT says:
Push to get these guys on the new Celebrity Wrestling show with Hulk Hogan… King James vs Black Jesus in a steel court match.

Mar.17 at 1:13 pm

Michael says:
Lebron’s man love for Jay-Z is disturbing.

Mar.17 at 1:15 pm

riggs says:
thats like Avon responding to dukie

Mar.17 at 1:17 pm

Winslowalrob says:
Leave it to an overrated player to compare himself to an overrated rapper. Jay-Z? If James had said Nas, or if he took it a little more old school and said Rakim or Grandmaster Flash, then we would be talking. But Jay-Z? Until Lebron starts playing decent defense, can overcome hard fouls, and does not rely on his blatant traveling (that were so obvious the league changed the freaking rules to allow his crazy power hops), he is nowhere near the best player in the league. Also, the fact that D-Steazy got into Lebron’s head to the point that King Travelier hoisted up a three rather than drive and get the garaunteed call at the end of the Wizards game proves that Lebron does not have the mental toughness to take his team to a championship. That and the nail-biting. And the whining. And the pouting. And getting swept in the Finals…

Mar.17 at 1:19 pm

The Best Yet says:
Soulja Boy’s response: “Bron be hatin on me cuz I got me some Baby Bape’s”

Mar.17 at 1:22 pm

The Best Yet says:
for just sorta kinda quoting Soulja Boy I deduct 2 stripes from myself.

Mar.17 at 1:30 pm

John E. Sanford says:
Just as Deshawn’s comment was much ado about nothing, so was Lebron’s. Who gives really gives two sh*ts? Lebron had a witty comeback, great. How this relates to him being more concerned about his life outside of basketball? Again who cares, this a ridiculous comparison as well. Dude is arguably the best player in the game at 23!!! He is only going to get better.

Mar.17 at 2:35 pm

TADOne says:
I thoroughly enjoyed that quote.

Mar.17 at 2:56 pm

The Biz says:
Winslowalrob name three players better than LBJ right since he’s not even close to the best player in the league. I do agree that his defense is pretty bad and his freethrows need to improve but to say he is overrated is getting a little carried away

Mar.17 at 3:10 pm

Son of Shawn says:
Deshawn: 03-abr-1981; Years Pro: 7
PPG: 11,0; RPG: 3,00; APG: 3,2 Lebron: 30-dic-1984; Years Pro: 4
PPG: 30,9; RPG: 8,10; APG: 7,5 Yes Deshawn, Lebron is overrated but lookin above and aplying you your own standars maybe you you aren´t even a basketball player:
1/3 PPG; 2/3 RPG; LESS THAN 1/2 APG, (not talkin´ bout who gets more defense attention) so… shut up and play better!!!

Mar.17 at 3:11 pm

Son of Shawn says:
applying

Mar.17 at 3:34 pm

Andre green says:
IT’S OFFICAIL YOU’VE ALL READ IT HEAR FIRST…AS SOON AS THE NEW JERSEY NETS MOVE TO BROOKLYN LEBRON JAMES WILL BREAK EVERY HEART IN CLEVELAND AND RIDE ON THE D*CK..OH SORRY THE TEAM JAY-Z GOT .000001/2% OWNERSHIP OF IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. An something else that should happen but hasn’t yet FIRE Isiah Thomas.

Mar.17 at 4:30 pm

Balling NZ says:
Uamini, get a clue brother. Lil Wayne best rapper alive?! You’re takin’ the p*ss, surely…..

Mar.17 at 4:55 pm

BxBaller says:
F LeBron

Mar.17 at 6:31 pm

Winslowalrob says:
A) I am a MASSIVE hater of Lebron, I freely admit it. Lebron is good, but he is nowhere near MJ or a post-MJ player.
B) Define “better”. For the sake of argument, I will say “player to build a franchise around”, at which point I have a tie between Kobe and Duncan at one and two, and Nash for third. Put any of those players in the East, especially the modern Cavs, and they will be fantasy gods. Like Kobe said…

Mar.17 at 6:48 pm

what says:
JayZ = Lebron, Soulja Boy = DeShawn Stevenson, Lil Wayne = Zaza Pachulia.

Mar.17 at 6:53 pm

what says:
Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive, if only homosexual frogs are taken into consideration.

Mar.17 at 6:57 pm

RV says:
the thing about lebron is how young he is. He IS overrated in a way, but only because people act like the expectations are certain to come true. As if he’s a lock to get the all time scoring record or to win numerous rings. If he were 32 right now he wouldn’t be hyped up as much, using Winslowalrob’s criteria, people should pick lebron because who wouldn’t want to build a franchise around a kid who’s that good, so young? Nash may be more efficient and better with teammates, but he also didn’t become MVP-good until he was in his 30s. So if both guys play at an MVP level, do you want to build around a 30 yr old point or a 21-ish guard/forward?

Mar.17 at 7:22 pm

Reggie Evans says:
Wait, Lebron isn’t 30 years old?

Mar.17 at 9:08 pm

jeremy says:
He aint Jordan and never will be…in fact,he aint even Kobe…there are players in the league right now that i would take over him…personally i think Melo is better…he can outshoot him any day of the week…so can a lot of other people so i guess that aint sayin much…

Mar.17 at 9:15 pm

what says:
At least Lebron’s the best player on his team… can’t say that about Melo.

Mar.17 at 9:50 pm

The Biz says:
Winslowalrob i don’t want to argue but I would love to build a team around LBJ but I agree that he’s no where near MJ’s level

Mar.17 at 10:17 pm

cannon510 says:
I think its interesting that Lebron is a new kind of basketball athlete. Stronger, faster, more athletic. If someone told me that Lebron was on HGH I would not be surprised. Anyone notice how much muscle he put on between his sophomore and junior year in high school?

Mar.17 at 10:28 pm

Jukai says:
Jeremy and Winslowalrob have brain damage. Severely. I had wrote a lot of counter-arguements but I’m not even going to get into it. No, he isn’t better than Jordan. But you can make an arguement that at his age, he’s almost better than everyone else.

Mar.17 at 10:29 pm

Jukai says:
I mean, really, I love Steve Nash like a father but Nash isn’t even in the same league as Lebron.

Mar.17 at 10:37 pm

Dacre says:
Yeah…thats true. Nash is a back to back MVP winner after all… Nash is The Beastie Boys to your JAy-Z.

Mar.17 at 10:39 pm

Dacre says:
you don’t love nash like a father…your loving him like a red-headed stepchild right now.

Mar.18 at 12:14 am

LordGef says:
I don’t even like Lebron, but that’s hilarious!

Mar.18 at 12:52 am

KA says:
yoooouuuuuuu supermans dat lol, best article title evah

Mar.18 at 1:45 am

Alpha-bet says:
So if LeBron if Jay, is Kobe Nas?.. while we at at… Tim Duncan- The Roots (consistently good, just not exciting) Vince Carter- Fabolous (Started off good, but jsut didn’t reach what he could have been) Chris Paul- Lil Wayne (Could be the best, but has to prove it now: the Playoffs/Carter III) Drew Gooden- Freeway (cuz of the beard..EARLY!) Shaq- Shaq (sh*t, homie went PLATINUM as a rapper, dont have to be compared..that’s more than Memphis Bleek has ever done)

Mar.18 at 4:34 am

karan says:
shaq = biggie
on soooo many different levels

Mar.18 at 4:42 am

uamini says:
Balling NZ, maybe you should re-read my post ^^

Mar.18 at 5:19 am

Gaber says:
ironic king, he responeded after all

Mar.18 at 8:10 am

g gil says:
1. Nash is highly overrated. he is not even the best pg(IMO). he plays absolutely no 1oz of defense. and what has he done. 2. My Top 3 players in the NBA would be KOBE,LBJ,T Duncan. thas my top 3 i would take. 3. Rapper NBA player comparison Ron Artest/The Game- Both are lost at times. dont know what the hell they are gonna do. KG/Scarface- Both been in the game for a while very consistent. Both underrated at times. Joe Johnson/Lupe Liasco- Both dont ooo and awhhh u but when u look up u are thinkin to yourself” that was hot. Gilbert Arenas/Kanye West- When both are around it is all about them and crave attn. But when on there grind are impossible to stop

Mar.18 at 11:14 am

Jukai says:
I’m really happy for this thread, we get to see everyone’s horrible rap tastes. Lil Wayne is a good rapper?

Mar.18 at 11:14 am

Jukai says:
Gilbert Arenas = LUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

Mar.18 at 11:18 am

Bo Diddly says:
Ray Allen is Rakim?? Smooothhh

Mar.18 at 12:27 pm

bballer says:
Kobe is NaS. Their skills and accomplishmets are taken for graned because they are constantly hated on instead of being celebrated.

Mar.18 at 12:28 pm

Bo Diddly says:
G Gill (Graham Gill?) I was gonna make the Gil/Kanye comparison!! and the Joe Johnson/Lupe is ‘on point’ too.

Mar.18 at 1:18 pm

Michael says:
I’ve said for years now Kobe is Nas. They both had the brilliant beginning the downfall where it looked like it was over and then the amazing comeback. They both have kind of funny personalities, one time friends/teamates all seem to end up hating them.

Mar.18 at 4:11 pm

Old Skool Sloan says:
If I were LBJ, well, that could go on forever… But in this instance, if I were him, I’d watch what I’d say to a dude who’s increasing looking like Kimbo Slice’s lil brother.

Mar.25 at 10:40 pm

Sup Fool says:
Man, you know you’ve made it when people devote themselves to talking NONSENSE trash about you. Hatin’ on LeBron. How can any of you say he is not one of the top 3 players in the game??? How about putting LeBron on the Lakers, with Gasol and their supporting cast. How would that turn out. Didn’t they just start winning when Kobe became more like LeBron and started being more unselfish and not shooting 30 times a game??? And if you put Kobe in the East, there is no way he goes for 31-8-8. Only LBJ, Jordan and The Big O have done that. Overrated????
BTW, not hating on Kobe. I think he’s the best player in the league. But there’s no comparin Gasol, Bynum, Odom, Farmar and Fisher with Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace, Pavlovic, Varejao and Boobie.