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@SPACEKNOCKERZ76
January 21, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Bron could’ve helped elevate the whole all star weekend.
@BronGotGame
January 21, 2025 at 8:03 pm
The King doesn’t waste his time with meaningless things
@NYK347
January 21, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Him playing for the lakers the past few years is meaningless
@Gochiefss
January 21, 2025 at 8:07 pm
@@NYK347 how is playing for one of if not the most iconic team in nba history meaningless?
@NYK347
January 21, 2025 at 8:07 pm
@@Gochiefsscause he ain’t doing shyt
@SPACEKNOCKERZ76
January 21, 2025 at 8:16 pm
@@Gochiefssmid team isn’t iconic.
@ShawnReed-ny1hd
January 21, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Ain’t like he’s competing for championships these days
@uvolhdninasiw
January 21, 2025 at 8:07 pm
Dumb reasoning
@cremdeniro237
January 22, 2025 at 1:13 pm
Its dumb to you cause you were most likely born after they year 1999 gen z babies are slow
@thomascrowniii1693
January 21, 2025 at 8:22 pm
No one but Stephen A cares that Lebron wasn’t in the dunk contest. The dunk contest has nothing to do with winning basketball games. Get over it…
@eyeamfranchyze
January 21, 2025 at 8:36 pm
It’s not about winning basketball games, it’s about putting on a show for the millions of fans that tune in to watch their favorite players play. All-Star weekend (mainly the Slam Dunk contest) is what everybody really tune in to watch because they wanna see something extraordinary happen. This the time where the players can unwind and have some fun but also be competitive.
@thomascrowniii1693
January 21, 2025 at 8:54 pm
@eyeamfranchyze You’re contradicting yourself. If it’s about watching your favorite players play, then you’re not talking about the dunk contest because there is no playing going on. There’s sitting and there’s dunking — that’s all the participants in the dunk contest do. And if All Star weekend is a time for the PLAYERS to unwind and have some fun, then Lebron shouldn’t be expected to do something he clearly has no interest in doing because no one has fun doing things they don’t want to do.
@PennyDisciple
January 21, 2025 at 8:59 pm
@@thomascrowniii1693💯
@JoshCConnor
January 21, 2025 at 9:16 pm
Bro literally explained what it means and if you want to fixate on winning then he still wasn’t that special in that area too. The reality of the situation is LeBron is the first star to not leave the game in better shape than he got it.
@thomascrowniii1693
January 21, 2025 at 9:38 pm
@JoshCConnor No he didn’t. He explained that the weekend is about playing and there’s no playing going on in the dunk contest. And the reality of the situation is that Lebron left the players in a better position than they were ever in – more money, more job security, more power.
@asabovesobelow2323
January 21, 2025 at 8:28 pm
A tradition? Ninja PLEASE
@SPACEKNOCKERZ76
January 21, 2025 at 8:37 pm
It was.
@eyeamfranchyze
January 21, 2025 at 8:32 pm
Facts about LeBron but Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine stepped up gave us one of the greatest dunk contest competitions EVER SEEN!!!
@PennyDisciple
January 21, 2025 at 9:02 pm
Here’s another fact, the highlight of both of their careers is the dunk contest. The highlight of Lebron’s career is winning titles and being Finals MVP. I know which one matters more…
@thomascrowniii1693
January 21, 2025 at 9:05 pm
@@eyeamfranchyze And Lebron means more to the league than both of them combined without being in the dunk contest.
@lil.raiden
January 21, 2025 at 8:34 pm
Facts
@bosslady83
January 21, 2025 at 8:39 pm
Why so they can say he only one because he’s LeBron? Or because they just wanna have something else they can say he didn’t win that Jordan did.
@aniussunbolt
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 pm
Get over it bruh 😂
@jasontomas5169
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 pm
Could he have done one sure but he doesn’t it owe it to anyone. Get over it.
@Egun_esin
January 21, 2025 at 10:42 pm
I don’t understand why they want lebron to participate so badly in the dunk contest. He has NEVER been a creative dunker. He’s just a hard dunker. He wouldn’t even be good at it. And I’m a lebron fan…
@Utube777-e4t
January 21, 2025 at 11:00 pm
I agree. Bron is not a dunker like Aaron Gordan. People like Stephen A always bring up stuff like this to discredit Bron and make people watching ESPN think Bron is the problem
@Egun_esin
January 22, 2025 at 9:25 am
@Utube777-e4t Yeah his dunks be hella basic.
@caldwell2253
January 25, 2025 at 4:11 pm
Did you muss the part where he said “tradition”?
@Egun_esin
January 25, 2025 at 7:33 pm
@@caldwell2253 No. But who’s tradition are we supposed to carry? Who said he had to carry this so-called tradition? It’s also tradition to retire before 20 years are up. But he’s clearly broken that. He can do whatever he wants. It’s HIS career.
@caldwell2253
January 25, 2025 at 8:13 pm
@Egun_esin i agree. However I disagree with the analogy for retirement 😁🤣. The only traditions that come with retirement is, award ceremonies, going away tours, jersey retirements etc. There is no “traditional age” that players retire at.
And i was only answering your question when you asked why? That was the premise of Stephen a’s point. Though I understand the points he made and can agree in some respects, im of the notion like you, at the end of the day, it’s up to the players to define or carve out their own path. That includes traditions, games played, contacts signed, teams played for, events participated in etc.
@marcusg1021
January 22, 2025 at 9:18 am
This really all he got? Cmon 👑🐐🥇🇺🇲
@chief6541
January 22, 2025 at 10:33 am
Being a good ambassador for the game is a big part of greatness and legacy- this is partly why LeBron at T-5 is ridiculous.
@cremdeniro237
January 22, 2025 at 1:10 pm
These stars are scared they would lose & how it would look bunch of puxxies
@johnwilliams4806
January 23, 2025 at 1:57 pm
Because he can’t do nice dunks lol.. just power dunks lol.. he sucks
@l.torrence4603
January 25, 2025 at 11:35 am
Finally,this is Lebrons way of telling yall I am none of those dudes. He is an individual, not Kobe, and not MJ. Good, Im sick of people thinking because one person does something the next person is supposed to follow suit.