This Is Why NBA Players REFUSE To Call LeBron “The GOAT” 

Who's greater? Kobe or LeBron?

Lebron doesn't 'work' on flopping. He's a natural talent at it.

The only reasons he gets his stats this year: - Refs don't call his traveling - Refs don't call his offensive fouls -Refs don't call his flopping -Refs don't give him technical foul when he bitches -Refs award him with free throws when someone even thinks about defending him. -He gives zero f&cks on defense and has become a liability

Lebron doesn’t belong in the conversation with Kobe, Kobe is wayy better

LeBron has not faced tougher competition in the finals. Jordan just beat all his tough competition.

"We don't work on flopping" - lol that's why they are so obvious.

Flopping is frustrating, but not owning up to it is the worst. Pure gaslighting us like its not on camera.

flopping and wearing number 23 and jumpman logo, woww

Stats don't make a case for GOAT, a combination of rings + clutches + intangibles do.

The argument that Lebron faced tougher competition in the finals is a mute argument, because MJ made the Bulls the best team in the finals every trip they made to the finals. The reason Lebron is not the GOAT is because he did not sustain dominance on both ends of the court like MJ did, and for as long as MJ did (10 scoring titles and 9 All Defensive FIRST team in a row), on top of NEVER disappearing in the Finals. Lebron can not escape what Dallas did to his super team in Miami. As well as the Spurs. So what, Dallas was a better team than Lebron's created super team?? Y'all need to stop. On the highest stage with the most stakes (the NBA Finals) MJ NEVER disappeared. NEVER! Lebron did. Period. And We don't even hold Lebron's first trip to the finals against the Spurs in 2003 against him.

If you keep begging for the title you will never get it

The Petty Queen. NBA had to issue a warning to knock off the flopping. What other player has been issued that warning? Not any of the all time greats. Or stretched out on the floor like he’s been shot. And if you’re the all time leader shot’s taken, well it’s no surprise that you’d be the all time leader in scoring, and turn overs. He hasn’t won the regular season MVP since 2012/13 season. There’s nothing that says GOAT when you’re only 4 Chips in 10 finals over a 21/22 yrs in the association. One game separates a 72 / 10 Bulls from the 73 / 9 Warriors. Only 2 more rings you say? How about those 2 three peats? MJ accomplished with the same team. No teaming up with other All stars to try and win a chip. And stats without accomplishments, are just stats. NBA owners are not paying multiple million dollar salaries to see who has the best STATS at the end of the season. Trophies, rings and Chips. There are other reasons why he’s not the GOAT, besides his ridiculous antics on the court.

About LBJ flopping <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="438">7:18</a> : ".. in fact, he often spends more time on the floor than.. Giannis to finish his free throw routine.." This was Dave Chappelle level comedy gold.

If crying, traveling, double dribbling, flopping, LeBron played during era of Magic, Bird, Dr J, Karl Malone, and Kareem his career would have ended 10 years ago. There's no "CRYING" in baskeball!!! Lebron is definitely not the GOAT. He doesn't rank in the top 5. He's on the bottom of the Top 10.

The Kawhi "ghost laugh" in this video is absolute GOLD!!! 🤣🤣🤣

LeBron doesn't flop, he just has very big reactions to his very sensitive feelings.

Need for attention, drama king, flop king, staying on the floor excessively when he's not really injured that bad, antics with courtside audiences (getting fans ejected), drama, drama, atttention, flop, excessive need for attention, drama and more drama, social justice victim outside of basketball, putting a target on the backs of police officers, a billionaire but still a victim of America . . . IQ of a grade schooler, and on and on. No, NEVER the goat but a number one narcissist!

Never been Lebron fan. And this is exactly why. I told my son, back when Lebron was desperately trying to pass Kareem…and he was staying on the court almost the entire game, constantly….I said, “I’ll bet my life, when he finally passes it, he’ll claim he’s hurt and sit on the bench for the next few weeks.” And what do ya know… he did exactly that. Then, miraculously, when the rest of the team started racking up wins and got into playoff contention.. He suddenly got better and started playing again. Lebron is for Lebron… period.

Kawhi's laugh is the best

That Kwahi Leonard laughing in the background is giving me laughing stomach cramps!!!😂😂😂

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“We don’t work on flopping” killed me 😂💀💀

This the same guy that runs through 3 ppl intentionally tackling him just so he can get himself a layup.

Im just curious how he doesnt seem to get a technical when he throws his temper tantrums and gets in the officials faces.

Speed up that 'we don't work on floppin' montage and you got a sick hook yo! 😂😂😂😂😂

The thing that gets me is, like, he does know there is replay and yet he can flat out deny it. What?!?!?!

That game Saturday night and the 43-16 free-throw disparity when steph dropped 46 and shot 3 free-throws ans Austin wonder bread reeves shot 9 free-throws on 7 field goal attempts had me getting ptsd flashbacks to the lakers warriors series last year. The lakers are like +300 free throw attempts on the year yet are last in the league at 38 drive attempts per game. Shit is rigged bruh

Kawhi’s move to Toronto may have changed the franchise’s history but his interview there undoubtedly changed the NBA RU-vid landscape

He is not the Goat. He plays for Stats. He is a arrogant, ego statistcal person.

The Kawhi laugh had me cracking up almost every time😂

The Kawhi laughing in the background is PRICELESS..

Hearing some random guy say the same things about Lebron I have said for 6 years is excellent.

The background Griner’s laugh HAHAHA😂😂😂

Could you see Lebron playing against the bad boy Pistons? He would have been laughed out of the game.

Tougher competition? Whats harder? Going against the dynasty or being the dynasty year after year after year after year after year …? You get the point

“Even the commentators was in distress”😂

Great analysis, straight forward blunt and professional but what made me sub to you is the Background Leonard laugh😂

A big reason why Le-Bum and Cleveland came back from a 1 - 3 deficit against the Warriors was the officiating in games 5 thru 7!!! Draymond being suspended for game 5 was ridiculous after Le-Bum stepped over him. That creep Le-Bum has been crying and flopping for 10+ years!

Flopping is A reason, not THE reason. His resume doesn't stack with Jordan's or Kareem's. He doesn't pass Jordan or even Kobe or Bird on the eye test. Also, he didn't face tougher Finals competition overall. Facing teams that averaged fewer wins with fewer all-stars. Plus he got crushed by the Spurs and Warriors anyway, going 2-5 against those teams. Also, he does lack "the bag" that Jordan and Kobe had. He has no handle. He is laterally slow and his shot is very stiff and robotic. 90% of his points come on transition dunks, ramming guys in the paint and getting the foul, or chucking low % 3's. He can't adjust his shot in mid-air like Jordan or Kobe. Can't shake an elite wing defender in iso. He relies on picks and mismatches in those situations. He's definitely a top 10 player and maybe even top 5, but for me personally, if I need to win a basketball game to save my life, and get to pick anyone at their peak, I'm taking a lot of guys over LeBron. Jordan, Bird, Kobe, and maybe even guys like Shaq and Duncan.

Didn’t even mention the team stacking, team hopping, colluding, steroid abusing, and preferential treatment for him and his teammates from the league office and refs

2013: the Ray Allen shot 2016: the Kyrie Irving shot 2020: the bubble ring, Anthony Davis

😂😂that delayed flop was hilarious 😊

There's no way Lefraud has faces tougher competition In the finals with the rules of today's sport.

the thing is he wasn't asked if they "work on flopping" weak sidestep

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="300">5:00</a> why would he not try to miss being down 115-117? The lakers were trying to get a three.

Both MJ and LBJ played stiff competition in the Finals, averaging about 61 wins each. The reason we don’t hold MJ’s Finals opponents in high regard as we do the Spurs, Warriors, and *gasp* the 2011 Mavs is that Jordan never allowed any Finals opponent the chip. Jordan denied hall-of-famers Ewing, Miller, Barkley, Drexler, Mourning, Payton, Stockton, and Malone championships during his reign. LBJ couldn’t deny Jason Terry one.

refs don't call offensive fouls on him, he picks and chooses when he will play defense, the list is long.

It's amusing how people so often get their farm animals confused... A jackass is not the same as a goat!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="481">8:01</a> - Why is it seen as more impressive to lose 3 games in a finals and win, than to win it 4-0 without dropping a single game to best team of the opposing conferance?

MJ will always be the goat for me

"I felt like they fouled, and we didn't" 🗿 😂😂😂

Lebron is reminded everytime he see that jump man on his jersey 😂

You can’t give them kudos for his strength when there is other players who don’t Use steroids. Is Unfair sportsmanship

"We don't work on flopping" might get turned into the new kawhi laugh💀

Those who knows, knows.... I would choose MJ, Kobe Kareem and Bird in a picking before I choose Magic or Shaq over LeBron

He was just "flopping" when he said that he is the goat😂😂😂

I'm dying.. We don't work on flopping. 😂

bro, that kawhi laugh is something else 😂😂😂

Probably because he hand picks his teams and teammates mortgages the teams future and leaves the franchise in ruins when he departs. All of this crying and Le GM stuff and still hasnt caught Kobe or Jordan who stayed put through highs and lows. Also Steph has tied him while also staying put and riding out the down seasons instead of crying and going somewhere easier.

Exceeded expectations on paper ONLY. On film you see more help than any player over 20 years with just 4 rings. An the stat stuffing is glaring if your watching. Playing NO Defense, litterally crippling the team dynamic to get easy defensive rebounds. He is a scavenger, he collects his stat numbers in situations that dont matter...when its easy. His primary focus is his stats. Not the wins.

That Kawhi laugh was throughout is hilarious

That one with Jimmy Butler Leflop was just glitching in the matrix 😂😂😂 shit took me out nobody was even close to him.

When Lebron went to birthday parties as a kid he always ended up on the floor when the candles were blown out.

The Kawhi laugh <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="303">5:03</a> gets me everytime lmao

He's also a top 10 traveller , captain 4 step and ones, and gave himself his nickname... never sat well

I’m sorry if it wasn’t for Draymond Green getting suspended the Cavs never would have came back from that 3-1 deficit plus Lebron needed Kyrie to go off.

Shooting stats that are off the charts*proceeds to highlight free throw 73.6% field goal 39%*. LOL😂

He said he has to make flopping a serious part of his game 😮 should have shown that clip 😂😂😂

The Kawhi laugh😂😂

Bro literally load manages during games all the while stat padding by camping near basket for defensive rebounds... What a sad 'superstar'. 😤😤

His flopping is better than his acting in space Jam

"We never saw mike cry after a missed call." Tell me you never watched jordan play without telling me you never watched jordan play.

the fact that a team with lebron wasnt the most dominant team says it all tbf

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="170">2:50</a> The disembodied laugh of Kawhi Leonard with reverb killed me. LMAO!

He dont work on flopping but he definitely work on that hairline

how difficult is it to break records when there is no more defense.

There is a portion of his fanbase that i call the "hater brigade" that has slowly made me resent him over the years. Those fans that respond to any (fair or unfair) criticism by calling someone a hater. They'll often try to dismiss any criticism by saying he's more talented, rich, and successful than you. You have to be a 6 time nba champion to criticize him for flopping. He's a great player, and there are lots of cool lebron fans. Having a different opinion doesnt make you stupid or my enemy. Its not fair to generalize all lebron fans. Its just that obnoxious vocal portion of his fanbase that's made me slowly start resenting him. Partly anyway, there is still all the stuff mentioned in the video.

Because Curry beat him 3 out of 4 times in the Finals? Or because so many other players won Mvps and rings during Lebrons time in the league? Dirk, Kobe, KG, Curry, KD, Jokic, Giannis, Kawhi, Duncan etc

How many of his points are cheap? What moves does he have minus lowering his shoulder bulling his way to the basket? Besides traveling? Besides flopping??

I think another factor is Bron's long history of putting his foot in his mouth off the court, like sending his IG follower mob to attack a policeman who saved a girl from being stabbed to death. His off-court antics combined with his on-court ones paint the picture of a guy who's full of himself, and not nearly as intelligent as he thinks he is. Would you ever see Mike or Kobe doing that?

The points are truly irrelevant since the new modern version of the league doesn't allow defense. These players are a joke compared to the past. No defense, flopping deluxe, whine to refs to kick out fans who hurt their feelings, softest players in the history of basketball. No current players even in the conversation about the GOAT.

Good video, but at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="295">4:55</a> you say he misses free throws (which is true,) but the clip is of him purposely missing a free throw.

The greatest leading scorer in history is Michael Jordan: *10x scoring champ and 30.5 ppg.* MJ has in his career 127.5 points per 100 possessions, LBJ 115.0. The point total is determined by the number of seasons and games played. LeBron has 1751 games played and 47866 total points, Michael 1251 games and 38279. If MJ had played 1751 with an average of 30.5 ppg he would have scored about 53405 points.

Lebron era is a Flag Basketball and NOT even closed to Mikes grown ass man defense.

The Kawhi edits are perfect 😆😆😆

It's easy to dominate when no one plays defence anymore.

If Kobe would still be alive today, he would probably laugh and bonk Leflop James for shaming the LakeShow so much.

I'd also keep him out of the goat conversation as he plays a completely different game with different rules. Be interesting to see how many rings and records he'd have if he was called like everyone else. No one else gets away with his level of flopping, travelling, offensive fouling not being called and verbally abusing the refs without getting a tech.

Showed a guilty mind by denying something he wasn’t accused of. Was asked if the Lakers flopped; replied “Uh, we don’t work on flopping.” This is like randomly going up to a cop in the street and saying, “I didn’t knock over the convenience store at 10th and Main.”

the video left out all the times he walked off the court on his team with time left on the clock

We don’t work on flopping it’s only me who takes acting classes

Forget LeFlop! It's not even a discussion!

grayson allen: bruh if i had touched you, you'd be injured..phew

How can you be GOAT of any sport when: You have two consecutive third place finishes and an overall 50% success rate in international competition, a 40% success rate in finals rounds and a 22 win 59 loss record giving you less than a 25% championship probability for your career, have been eliminated by lower seeds for three consecutive seasons and the only MVP in the history of your sport to have done so (for context, MJ was a perfect 24-0 vs lower seeds), have only ever led your peers in the league in two categories (one of which was aided by an immediate shortening of the season) out of 20 seasons of eligibility, 50% of your championships came in shortened seasons, have lost both an entire series by a world record deficit (71 points, average margin of defeat 14ppg) and a close out game by a world record deficit (23 points, only attempted 4 field goals in the final 30 minutes), have been swept in the playoffs in three different decades, have lost over 100 playoff games, outright leader in turnovers in the regular season, playoffs and finals and one of three players in the history of your sport to average more than four in back to back seasons, have articles written about you such as "Final second shots are tough, just ask LeBron James" demonstrating how poor your performance is in the clutch (17% for his career, all in the article), needed to join forces with two of the other top five picks from your own draft class who both led the league in PER for an organisation who won just three years prior to win your first championship, despite colluding and ring-chasing for 80% of your 20+ year career still havent caught the championship tally of peers in your era (Kobe and Duncan five each, same era), have lost as many as three finls series to the same player and are tied in championships with said player (3-1 record in favour of Curry, also losing record to others such as Duncan and Nowitzki), 13-10 record vs 50+ win teams in the playoffs just barely above 50% (for context, MJ eliminated 22 50+ win teams and Kobe eliminated 25), for any other player just one or two of these points is enough to keep them from touching MJ but LeBron has ALL of them and there's crazy ass people who think he's greater? Gimme a dam break lol

damn that warriors v lakers game done pulled his last straw

I agree sportsmanship is part of the goat debate, and that deducts some points for him.

Ray allen basically said his bag is trash😂

All time scoring record doesn’t mean anything when you have less rings less mvps and only leading the league in scoring once compared to a player that has 8,000 less points

MJ: 6-0, Kobe: 5-2, LeBron: 4-6. If you ask MOST NBA players and fans, they will tell you that MJ is the GOAT and that Kobe > LeBron.

Lebron has a guy in the league now dominating him since 2015. Stephen Curry. Kobes ended like 2012. Lebron had 3 years of the league being his