OT: Remember when people thought LeBron was overhyped and that Melo...

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  1. KingSpeed

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    ....would be the better player?

    Ha ha ha. Old times.
     
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    Did people really think that?


    I can't say I have ever been a fan; 'Melo is and has always been an overhyped stoner IMO. I wouldn't want him on this team, at really any cost.

    Hopefully we'll get to enjoy kicking his arse tonight.


    that coming from an underhyped stoner, tho'...:pimp:
     
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    I don't recall hardly anybody thinking that...
     
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    LeBron was the closest thing to a "collective agreement" I have ever seen in the NBA. You should have used another example.
     
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    Nope. I do not remember that at all.
     
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    I actually believed that James would be FAR superior, with Darko being the second-best player.

    Oops. :)

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    The only extreme position I remember about LeBron James was on the ESPN board by "The_Taint". He was convinced that James would be a bust because "he has only dominated HS players". Shortly after James blew up the NBA, "The_Taint" disappeared, never to be heard of again.
     
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    I remember saying he would need 3-4 years before becoming a good player and probably 5 or 6 before becoming a dominant all star.


    oops
     
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    Yeah, I remember a lot of people claiming James was "largely hype" prior to his playing a game in the NBA. This was back on BBB/BBF, mainly on their main NBA forum. It was a minority but, as is quite common, a very vocal minority. Melo was a "proven winner" thanks to his championship year at Syracuse, while James was all hype, no accomplishments.

    As James' rookie season wore on, though, the detractors' ranks were thinned to purely the hardcore lunatics. ;) The more interesting debate was Carmelo or Wade. Unfortunately for Melo, that, too, has resolved itself rather conclusively.
     
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    Um, No.

    I do remember that show Marcus Welby though.
     
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    i remember some in the national media even making those claims. i never bought into it but i did think that LA would be better than Broy for their careers. i'm VERY close to admiting i was wrong on that one.
     
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    I have to admit, I thought LeBron would struggle in his rookie season. I watched some of his high school games, and it seemed he was just a big kid out-muscling little high school kids, so I figured he would have trouble when he went up against the bigger players of the NBA. It also seemed like he didn't have much of an outside shot either. I remember being shocked as I watched his first few NBA games.
     
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    Lebron sucks...totally overrated
     
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    agreed, just like Kobe. :wink:
     
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    I thought Cleveland should've drafted Carmelo over LeBron.

    Also thought Orlando should've drafted Emeka Okafor over Dwight Howard.

    Oops. Blame Kwame Brown.

    I thought the Blazers should've tried to trade up for Amar'e Stoudamire, though, so I wasn't always wrong about HSers.
     
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    Wade was and is my favorite of the three.
     
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    I remember people putting Melo and James together and writing off Wade. Now, Wade and James are up there and its Melo who hasnt reached their level.
     
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    Yeah I remember some college BBall friends of mine thinking Melo was better mostly cause thats all they watched. Objective people who paid attention to HS prospects all knew Lebron was the real deal.
     
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