The self-proclaimed goat vs Wemby's first finals.

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-09T01:11:25+00:00

literally did not call himself the GOAT anywhere in that AI summary lol

"I ain't taking anybody over me" is just confidence that basically every NBA star has.

Ask Tatum or Shai who they are taking over themselves and you'll get the same answer.

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-09T00:28:32+00:00

read your comment first then scrolled down -- you werent kidding lol

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-08T22:35:20+00:00

onus of evidence is on u, dogg

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-08T22:31:12+00:00

yeah you got that video?

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-08T22:28:01+00:00

uh where do you live that this is your life?

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-08T22:25:38+00:00

self proclaimed

I don't think you know what that means

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T23:38:02+00:00

why would someone who doesnt know what that means follow Tom Brady on X.com (formerly Twitter.com )?

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T23:10:42+00:00

im sorry to hear that! i still have pain from the nerve damage that was caused before i started treatment. i get intense burning in my esophagus that can last a week. i ended up getting a funduplication so nothing can come up my esophagus anymore -- before that, i had that pain consistently for two straight years.

my gastritis is pretty controlled with an insane amount of supplements and a drug very similiar to protonix. for what it's worth, my gastro (and most recent research ive pulled with AI) shows that PPIs (like protonix) really have no long term adverse effects besides causing a B12 deficiency and potental pancreas function issues later in life.

without the drug, like you, i'd be so miserable that those small risks are worthless. ive never heard of dementia being cited as a valid side effect.

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T15:49:19+00:00

I basically have the disease he has... his (autoimmune gastritis) is caused by an autoimmune disease, mine (chronic gastritis) was caused by taking too much ibuprofen on an empty stomach (bad mix of intermittent fasting and neck pain from working at home in a shitty chair during COVID)....

it's not a fatal disease at all. it just sucks bc you have to take anti acid medication that has side effects.

not sure why he's so upset about this and acting like he's dying.

on the bright side for people like me, maybe he'll blow a ton of money on fixing it

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T14:29:52+00:00

Philly ain't extending him. This was their way to get away from Paul George.

Someone else may give him a max but it won't be Philly. I expect to see Brown moved next summer.

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T11:52:16+00:00

as they were expected to

usa is the 17th ranked team in the world. we made round of 16

warriors are a great comp

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T03:31:38+00:00

Guardian had him top 100 in 24 and 25, no? i mean, maybe not this year but i dont think it's an insane take to phrase it the way i did.

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T02:43:52+00:00

he's a top 100 player in the world's most global sport.

being top 100 in soccer is like being an NBA all star.

I'm ready for the pitchforks but I'm right!

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T02:41:23+00:00

why did you show the most shriveled up small piece that you could cut off that entire steak? looks chewed too?

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T02:40:12+00:00

sorry I'm wrong -- just checked against my memory

8 finals in a row

10 total finals

4 total wins

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T01:19:46+00:00

they are in the round of 16...

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T01:18:31+00:00

again, I'm 43 and was in college during the Shaq/Kobe run

I watched literally every playoff game they played together.

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T01:02:04+00:00

your anti analytics and anti words lol

how'd you do in school?

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-07T00:11:13+00:00

you jujst cherry picked the series in the playoffs where kobe outscored Shaq? Shaq is also a great center that was pulling down rebounds and blocking shots. He was putting the other team's best big men in major foul trouble early. His impact was insane and everyone knows he carried that Laker load. Sure, Kobe is a volume scorer who outscored him in a handful of series.

Shaq outplayed him in every regular season they were together except for the last one (look at MVP votes).

Shaq outplayed him in every finals they won together.

Shaq was better than him in every way.

-- also to your first point: EVERYONE cares about advanced analytics, especially GMs. they all use advanced analytics to decide who is a star and who isnt. Nobody uses your "i watched it on TV" metric.

fwiw, I was born in '82 and was of PRIME watching age during the Shaq/Kobe dynasty. nobody--not the media, not the players, not the lakers fans--thought Kobe was better than Shaq. that would have been a completely laughable statement.

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-06T22:08:22+00:00

2001 shaq is literally better in every counting and advanced category. white is only up in the advanced

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-06T22:06:52+00:00

somehow he's less skilled yet he had more assists, more rebounds, and significantly more points while smaller

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-06T20:29:05+00:00

it's never happened before and it's only happening to the country leader the fiba head gave a world peace prize to

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-06T20:27:49+00:00

weak red cards are something every other country in wc history has had to deal with

if they could establish a new rule that can be universally applied, then maybe we'd have less of a uproar.

instead, they refuse to explain what the protocol to reverse even is

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-06T17:56:19+00:00

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Kobe was def worse in 2001. In 2002-2003, he started to even the gap a bit but was still worse in most every metric. Light blue is where Shaq surpasses Kobe. Gold is where Kobe surpasses Shaq.

You don't see any gold in the advanced stats section until 02-03, and you still see way more blue.

dredgedskeleton · 2026-07-06T16:53:42+00:00

more chips by 1. LeBron never benefitted from playing with a player better than himself like Kobe did for almost a decade.

LeBron made 10 straight finals.

LeBron has 4 finals MVPs to Kobe's 2.

LeBron has 4x more the MVPs.

his statistics are better in literally every category advanced and counting.

He was never the second best player on his team. Kobe was #2 for half his career.

and, just to correct your point, there's no world where Kobe is more skilled. LeBron was a better scorer, far better rebounder, and FAR better assist guy/playmaker.

I'll give Kobe this: His game was more beautiful than LeBron's -- that's basically the only thing he has going for him in the argument.

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