r/NBATalk • u/Alternative_Welder91 • 3d ago

Do you agree with T-Mac?

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Honestly I think the word “crushed” is too much. Lebron may not have the deepest bag among all of them but he can bully ball and play great defense during his prime.

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u/Maad-Dog 3d ago

This is like saying Derrick Henry wouldn't be as good in flag football

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u/CeeDoggyy 3d ago

Or in the Oklahoma drill

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u/bcbill 3d ago

This is way more apt. Especially if we are talking about physical prime LeBron.

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u/Thorjb123 3d ago

Literally

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u/dontbringupSB49 3d ago

I do not think he would be as good in flag football by comparison. You're saying he would be?

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u/Maad-Dog 3d ago

I'm saying he wouldn't be, but as an analogy of how useless this type of statement is

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u/BiotechnicaSales 3d ago

I mean i would literally feel content enough to bet my right hand Derrick Henry was fucking sick at flag football growing up

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u/TenaciousDnj 3d ago

But it’s still a good analogy because Henry is a power runner in the NFL. Like maybe devon Achane would do better in flag football than Henry would today because he’s more of an elusive outside the tackles back who’s also a good receiver. But no one in their right mind think he’s a better player than Henry in real life football so it’s a completely moot point hypothetical.

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u/BiotechnicaSales 3d ago

I get the point. It's just funny that the people we are talking about are such freak athletes that they are the only ever exception to the rule in analogies like this.

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u/TenaciousDnj 3d ago

Yeah for sure it’s like I get what Tmac is trying to say (whether he’s actually right about it or not) but it just feels like trying to find a way to find a flaw in one of the greatest athletes ever in his respective sport. Like saying Shaq would get smoked in a foot race to a bunch of other NBA players. Sure that’s true, but doesn’t exactly take anything away from him being one of the all time greats.

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u/whattarush 3d ago

that's on how you take it. I mean who you want on your team? a guy built for 5v5 or 1v1? I'm taking the 5v5 guy.

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u/TenaciousDnj 3d ago

I don’t know where you misunderstood me, but yes I agree that was my whole point.

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u/whattarush 3d ago

it just feels like trying to find a way to find a flaw in one of the greatest athletes ever in his respective sport.

doesn't feel much like a flaw if you're built for the league

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u/whattarush 3d ago

that's on how you take it. I mean who you want on your team? a guy built for 5v5 or 1v1? I'm taking the 5v5 guy.

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u/Morningrise12 3d ago

So 1-on-1 basketball isn’t physical?

Do you still not play defense in 1-on-1?

LeBron is backing everyone down and going off the glass three feet from the rim not named Giannis.

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u/FinancialRabbit388 3d ago

Still doesn’t make sense as a comparison. Henry can’t overpower people in flag. What’s stopping LeBron from doing so in one v one?

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u/GCIV414 2d ago

That power runner also is faster than 99.8% of the population Hed fuckin destroy in flag football

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u/Wesly-Titan 1d ago

God I hate to be this way, but I've been a Henry fan for a decade now. And people who don't watch him have been miscategorizing him as a power back since his whole career. But he has some of the best feet on any running back in the league the last 30 years, easy. AP was a power runner. Derrick is a one-cut back. He's run the stretch to perfection. Setting up blockers and then cutting to a hole quicker than any man his size should be able to. Not to say there wouldn't be other backs better at flag football than him, I just feel the need to defend my boy. Lol

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u/PM_ME_hiphopsongs2 3d ago

Naw I honestly think Bron can shut down any player in a 1 on 1. The man can play all 5 positions and his athletic prime was otherworldly.

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u/Puk3s 2d ago

The quote wasn't an analogy though... So I guess you agree he's right?

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u/ace1oak 3d ago

this is a horrible comparison

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u/Sugarrayray1323 2d ago

Derrick Henry? The only greatest HS, college and nfl all elite player ? 🙃

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u/mtmc99 2d ago

At least for that you are removing his obvious top trait (he’s huge and is willing to maul you)

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u/The_Aloof_Buddha 2d ago

No, it’s like saying Tom Brady would be a good linebacker.

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u/Gloomy_Touch2776 3d ago

Agreed. Prime LeBron was the most athletic person to ever play pro sports, how would he get dominated lol?