Like any sports fan, I have a hard time taking anything Skip Bayless says seriously. His hate against LeBron right after the dude won a championship for his hometown is nauseating. This style of trolling punditry is what’s putting public discourse in this country in the shitter. The fact he’s getting paid $5 million+ a year AND once tweeted that Johnny Football is bigger for Cleveland than Lebron makes me want to stick my head in an oven
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— brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd) June 20, 2016
Even his own ESPN co-workers don’t seem to like him.
Tomorrow Bayless has his last show on ESPN before heading to a greener (as in $$$$) pasture at Fox. As he prepares to leave Bristol, Bayless lit up Twitter with a rant about how MJ is still better than LeBron from a basketball legacy perspective.
As I predicted, all I'm seeing/hearing/reading is that LeBron now rivals MJ and could pass him as Greatest Ever. HILARIOUSLY ABSURD.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
MJ never melted down in playoff series vs Celts or Finals vs Mavs. MJ never came apart down Game 6 stretch & had to be saved by Ray Allen.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
MJ never lost a Finals to Spurs in 5 BY A RECORD MARGIN while playing 4 weirdly lackluster games. LeBron did in 2014.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
MJ never benefitted from a Draymond suspension, a Bogut knee injury and a back issue suffered by his nemesis defender Iguodala. LBJ did.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
Michael Jordan had the greatest clutch gene ever. LeBron, not so much.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
Maybe LeBron could've hit the Game 7 step-back three Kyrie did to win the championship, but that has not been his history or forte.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
So please don't tell me LeBron James, great as he is, will ever even sniff the legacy of Michael Jordan, who went 6-0 in Finals with 6 MVPs.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
But I did like the Ultimate Warrior T-shirt LeBron wore today. GSt deserved it after warriors couldn't back up insults directed at LeBron.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
With 2 chances to win the chip at home, Warriors shot 1-10 from three in 4th q of G5 & 7. Steph: 2-9 from three in those 4th quarters.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 20, 2016
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I don’t think anyone would argue against those things. Skip makes some good points — I don’t think anyone who remembers watching Jordan dominate the world in the ’90s would ever adamantly preach that Lebron is better. But what makes Skip the douchenozzle here is how he’s forcing a debate down our throats that no one is really asking for. Most sane human beings are perfectly fine with realizing that Jordan is Jordan and Lebron is Lebron. Both do things in their own unique way, both have their own unique resumes. There’s no need to take away from Lebron’s accomplishments just to prop up Jordan’s well-cemented legacy.
Skip is the asshole you take to your favorite pizza place and, instead of enjoying the damn pizza, he just keeps talking about how much better his favorite pizza place is. That’s the definition of narcissistic douchebag behavior.
I think this is a good time to remember Scott Van Pelt’s words late last night.
See you on Fox, Skip.
Scott Van Pelt is forever my favorite. The statement to end all statements to LeBron haters. pic.twitter.com/qnrWCFObVH
— 🦁J.C. De Leon🦁 (@jcdeleon1) June 20, 2016