Big Chief Triangle

They tried to treat them as rivals but it blew up in their face when Bron got popped by Dwight in the Conference Finals.

Thx man. If Nike wants to market Lebron that bad they can have him star in You Got Served 2

That's the first thing I thought...lol

I really don't understand the hype with these commercials. Lebron isn't even a peer of Kobe's and has not accomplished half of what Kobe has. Lebron is nowhere near any type of threat to the Lakers or Kobe's next ring I just don't see the correlation or rivalry that Nike or the media is trying to start. To me this is just a way to involve Lebron in some type of marketing but unfortunately Lebron hasn't done anything to deserve to be viewed as Kobe's rival. Some players that I feel would be more appropriate would be Duncan then Garnett. These are the only two that even come close to being viewed as a rival or peer. Personally I think Nike should do a commercial with two Kobe's playing against each other making each other better. Everyone knows who TD AND KG are with. I'm just saying for the sake of the commercials to make sense. Not speaking from a marketing aspect at all. Not at all. I'm speaking from an aspect that truly reflects the state of the game. Lebron isn't a rival of Kobe so he shouldn't be marketed like one. I just think it looks forced especially when Kobe is shining rings and Bron is looking for shoes or eating cookies. One of the main things I notice is that the Kobe puppet doesn't reflect Kobe's true persona at all. The more that I think about it I think if Nike was dead set on having a rival for Kobe it should be Melo. Melo has played Kobe tough in the playoffs and they have a great relationship. Melo is a little more focused and driven than what Bron is so the commercials would come off as more of a pending war than a Sesame Street rip-off

I voted for Tim but Jamal Crawford has a nasty behind the back crossover. I've seen him devastate cats with it. But pound for pound I got to go with Tim being #1 because he could shoot, finish, or dish off the continuation of his crossover. I'mverson can only score of his crossover.

The problem with Iverson is that he is the most selfish player ever. He wants to win but he doesn't want the sacrifice that comes with that. I have a saying I live by.... You can do anything you want but you can't do anything you want. Iverson has always resisted being coached and any type of uniform behavior. If he wasn't a rich basketball player he'd be a bum because nobody would employ him due to his selfish attitude. I think the league has black-balled him. The stuff that he has pulled in his career has caught up to him along with the way he quit on the Pistons. Iverson has superb career numbers but the problem is that he has never gotten those numbers in a efficient manner along with winning. Iverson is a cancer should never have the opportunity to compete for a championship. I agree with the previous poster who said that Iverson isn't a Hall of Famer. There is more to the HOF than numbers simply because there is a panel of humans who vote and deliberate on who is inducted. If HOF induction was computerized like the BCS then yes, Iverson would be a lock. I think you see Iverson get the Pete Rose treatment. Lastly, someone in this thread said that championships weigh to heavily into HOF induction. Coming from a perspective of a winning and championship history I can say that it should matter even more. Fans of franchises and players who have never won a championship can't relate to this. I'm not saying that a player like Steve Kerr should be a HOF'er over a guy like Reggie Miller but I can say that Kerr has hit just as many is not more meaningful playoff shots than Reggie.