"Kobe Bryant's first championship is here and in the books, averaged 31 and 7 in the finals."
"Oscar Robertson is famously known for being the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double back in 1962."
"The greatest performance of them all may have been from one of the more underrated legends of league history."
"Do Jay West guard over 25 27 thousand points with no 3-point line and got to nine NBA Finals."
"This crossover and stepover will forever be in the NBA storybooks."
"I got the chance to play against them I mean we both did when it was young."
"Headlined by Mark Price and Ron Harper and the god Craig Elo."
"It's tough bro, you know you gotta admire what MJ and Scottie were doing back in the day."
"Some players like Reggie that just I mean he embraced that and he thrived on that... the league is a little more influenced by that and making sure that was the standard the double standard."
"We did win eight championships in 20 seasons."
"I'm telling you, I got the greatest shooting back court of all time."
"Jordan was the coldest blooded assassin that ever laced them up."
"He's got all-time top five talent, it's indisputable."
"He was as feared as any basketball player who ever laced them up."
"For me it's Wilt Chamberlain. I think people take for granted that things Wilt was able to accomplish. He's quite possibly the most athletically gifted basketball player who ever lived."
"This could be the last time we've seen Steph, Klay, and Draymond play a game together on the same team."
"Kareem has both the same amount of rings and MVPs as Michael Jordan."
"Basketball was invented as a safe way to keep track stars in shape in the winter."
"Michael Jordan without Michael Jordan, basketball is not where it is."
"Jordan is arguably the best two-way player in the history of sport."
"Lastly, shout out to Michael Jordan the 76ers almost, you know it's a pretty solid improvement."
"Welcome to 'I traded for every draft pick in the 2003 NBA draft and re-simulated NBA history.'"
"Guess who was voted by fans in an ESPN poll as the greatest college basketball player ever?"
"It's the NBA Finals, and two teams are about to make their mark on 75 years of NBA history."
"Shaq was the most dominant player to ever play."
"LeBron's first ring and he didn't even win finals MVP, it was Boogie."
"Kobe Bryant, oh my god. Kobe beat Shaq, running around the court, he hugs Kobe."
"This is where he honed his skills become the greatest basketball player just a couple blocks away from the famed superdome."
"If he wins Finals MVP, he'll be one of five players to have two regular season MVPs, four titles, and the Finals MVP."
"Back-to-back championships! Bringing back the Jordan Bulls!"
"A few weeks ago we experienced one of the greatest NBA trade deadlines of all time."
"Kobe Bryant became the first guard ever drafted from high school into the NBA and just the sixth player to ever get drafted straight out of high school."
"That [ __ ] Will Chamberlain was playing against [ __ ] who was dribbling the ball like this around the court."
"I wonder how long this guy's had his job for him to tell what everybody knows that Kevin Durant is the greatest scorer of this generation."
"If you select one of the top 10 greatest shooting guards of all time, W. Train."
"Jonah becomes the youngest player in NBA history to win MVP at the age of 21, 29 and a half points per game, 14 rebounds, six assists, legitimately is Yogich 2.0."
"So, after all that, I rest my case: Michael Jordan [has] been the greatest scorer in NBA history."
"Seattle superponics number one overall pick Michael Jordan welcome to the team."
"Steph Curry, the first unanimous MVP in league history."
"The last 30 years of basketball have been beyond my wildest dreams."
"Dwight, though a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, one of the greatest defensive centers ever."
"Triple double from Michael Jordan: the first ever in the history of the NBA."
"2003 Tim Duncan... the most underappreciated pantheon guy... the best power forward of all time."
"I think many people forget just how good KG was in his early years in Minnesota."
"Iverson's 2001 playoff run remains one of the stunning singular efforts by a basketball player."
"Everybody always points to Michael in making all these changes or things, but Wilt Chamberlain was the first one that really made changes. He was the first dominant person about basketball."
"Larry Bird is one of the five greatest offensive players of all time."
"Larry Bird turned out to be one of the best players in NBA history with that type of attitude and work ethic."
"Dwight is going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. He is one of the 15 best centers ever and one of the 100 best players of all time."
"I want to make sure I prioritize the actual great Lakers before I put in the best Lakers card."
"The East was terrible. No one in the history of basketball has played a weaker era of basketball than LeBron James in the Eastern Division."
"That's a dream team right there of non-Bulls who didn't get even a chance at the finals, let alone a chance at a ring."
"The 24-second shot clock came about because of a 19-18 game against the Fort Wayne Pistons."
"The 1969 finals belong to the Celtics who defeated a more talented Laker team with hustle, intelligence, and luck."
"The Celtics' 11th championship in 13 years was monumental."
"College basketball had never seen a scoring machine like Pete Maravich."
"James Naismith created the rules of basketball when he was given the job of designing an indoor game that was non-physical and stimulating for students."
"They're joined at the hip in NBA basketball and even more Jazz basketball history forever."
"Larry Bird was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1978... a decision that would prove to be one of the most important in the history of the sport."
"Those 13 years saved professional basketball, delivered a disproportionate amount of memorable moments."
"According to 2K, the 2003 draft is the best draft in NBA history."
"Scotty Pippen is remembered properly. He was the second guy, people give him love, people admit it's undeniable they didn't win a championship without Scotty, so we give you props."
"Jermaine O'Neal became the youngest NBA draft pick ever at 18 years and one month old."
"Michael Jordan would not have been Michael Jordan without me, Horace Grant, Tony Cuco, John Paxton, Steve Kerr, Dennis Rodman, Bill Cartwright, Ron Harper, B.J. Armstrong, Luke Longley, Will Purdue, and Bill Winnington."
"LeBron faced more Hall of Famers in the finals than Jordan."
"We've seen all of the great NBA players of the modern era play in their prime."
"Carmelo Anthony is one of the top nine scorers to ever play the game in basketball."
"LeBron James' 2009 performance is the most valuable MVP season in NBA history."
"He's the youngest Nick to score 45 points or more in the game since 1947."
"LeBron is in the midst of one of the greatest performances in NBA history."
"That dunk has lasted a long time, 30 years, man."
"That's the greatest accomplishment ever in basketball history, maybe sports history bro, like no bias, that's crazy."
"All for that one move, AI got his fame. They forgot Jordan had 35 and still won that game."
"Basketball can actually trace its origin back to one single person, a guy named James Naismith."
"Most NBA fans that have been watching the NBA for more than five minutes will tell you that it's quite disrespectful to so many other great players that have played basketball."
"Where does his offensive peak rank amongst other all-time great players?"
"He plays center and goes 42 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists playing out of position to win the championship as a rookie."
"Jordan faced more than 60 win teams than anybody, so he was facing some of the best teams in the NBA in every NBA Finals."
"James Harden's regular season resume is that of an all-time legend."
"Maybe it's not LeBron's legacy we should be comparing to the GOATs; maybe we should instead be discussing Steph Curry versus Michael Jordan."
"He's no ordinary Joe and he could become the first Maryland Terrapin chosen first overall since '76."
"There was no outsmarting Bill Russell, being able to read plays and actions like nobody else in the history of basketball."
"For D Wade to come out that draft in '03 and then winning '06 was nuts."
"If the Sonics had made one simple adjustment, they would have pulled off the greatest upset in NBA history."
"It's a responsibility of basketball fans to preserve the history and talk about history with context."
"First player with 10 plus rebounds, seven made threes in the playoff games since Steph did it in the NBA finals."
"They went 72-10, the best record to that point in NBA history."
"He's the architect and the heartbeat of the best dynasty since Jordan's Bulls."
"That might be the best basketball game I've ever seen anybody play considering the opposition, the stakes, all of it."
"Jokic is putting himself in impressive company. Tim Duncan didn't even do it."
"John Morant will go down in NBA history as one of the best at his position."
"The Cleveland Cavaliers have clinched a playoff spot without LeBron James for the first time in 25 years."
"One of the great what-ifs in NBA history, the great Bernard King."
"That same Pistons team that would years later hem up Michael Jordan three years in a row, Bernard King beat them."
"He's easily a top five offensive player of all time."
"No one's ever won MVP in his 15th year... well, his name is LeBron."
"One of the most baffling all-time MVP debates still continues to get talked about."
"I remember when Kobe Bryant went on that streak where he scored 40 points in nine straight games."
"If he wins it again this season, he'll join Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo as the only players to ever win it four times."
"From 1990 to 1995, Hakeem Olajuwon was without a doubt the second best player in the NBA after Michael Jordan."
"The franchise had one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history."
"The Celtics dynasty prevailed in every clutch Game 7 moment you can imagine."
"The modern era of the NBA started in 1979 with the drafting of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird."