I understand why Kobe gets that rep, I respect his game, but I don’t know why MJ is known as a “killer” when LeBron isn’t. MJ has 0 career ejections, 52 career techs, and 2 career flagrants. Meanwhile, LeBron as 2 career ejections, 90 career techs, and 8 career flagrants. He had a career high of 10 techs in one season, whereas MJ at his best only had 5. LeBron is much more dangerous on the court than MJ ever was, and is more likely to bite when provoked. MJ just barked, and had to recruit guys like Rodman to do his biting for him. LeBron did his own biting when pushed far enough, which is rare since he’s a scarier dog anyways.
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/1035/type/nba/seasontype/2
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Kobe was a true killer though. Bro was out for blood every night. He has 7 career ejections, 196 techs, and 9 flagrants.
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Killer has nothing to do with techs and ejection.
Techs and ejections means those guys got some anger management issues or just playing dirty.
By your definition.
Rasheed Wallace, DeMarcus Cousins, Dramond Green are Killers.
He’s too friendly with other stars on the court and with the media. MJ was kind of a dick to everyone, and Kobe only became kind of nice to other players after his leg injury when he was a shell of his former self.
LeBron loves his banana boat image of a deal maker. Kobe and MJ were more stab you while looking at you type guys.
Here’s the thing, “killer” and “scary” are pretty subjective terms that could mean different things to different people. One person might say “killer” is someone who never lets his foot off the gas, while someone else might say “killer” is someone who is clutch. You seem to be using a definition that uses ejections, techs, and flagrants as a measurement, which is a new one for me
i think some people remember this moment. did Lebron make the right plays? maybe.
but Anthony laughing and Kobe…doing Kobe instructions(?), stick with some people. right or wrong
because those guys looked to score every time first, so as a defender now you’re on your heels every time
LeBron can have 20 straight possessions where he makes an impact on the game, but he might take 2 shots in that time, get 4-5 assists, set screens for someone else to score, or just call the play for someone else
Being ‘Scary’ is better is just stupid narrative. Created by SAS and Skip Bayless. Ask every eastern conference teams if they were scared of lebron or not. Also, players being scared of other man is crazy glazing. Ever heard of all time great saying they were scared of MJ or Kobe?
There are many reasons why Jordan was a"killer", but I think what’s usually ment, that U better don’t piss him off.
If Dillon would have a loose mouth when he would have played MJ, MJ probably would have dunked 10 times in a row on him and make sure he doesn’t get a shot up.
Several examples during his career, if you Google a bit.
That lead to opponents players even tried to avoid eye contact, just to make sure they are not a target for him.
have you ever seen a ref interact with mj? they loved him way too much to ever eject him lol
but idk what techs have to do with killer instinct or being “scary”
people like making up intangibles to shit on lebron