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After the Hinrich salary clearing trade, the Chicago Bulls can now sign 2 major FAs. The Bulls can get not only LeBron but also, a complementary 2nd banana big man, in Chris Bosh.

After the free agent eyeball of Bosh, Wade and LeBron in Miami, one possibility is all three playing for Heat. But you know how lackluster the crowd is over at Miami sometimes. I don’t know why LeBron will choose to play in half empty arena. Plus, Heat fans attend finals games all dressed in white!

The more intriguing prospect which I am sure Bosh and LeBron is considering is for the two to ditch Wade and head to Chicago. With ready players in Noah and Rose  plus Bosh, that’s the ultimate scenario for LeBron. Be in title contention for the next 8 to 10 years and build his own legacy where his basketball idol, Michael Jordan, etched one of the most remarkable professional careers in all of sports.

• Imagine James visiting Cleveland Cavs for the first time.
• Imagine Obama watching Chicago home games once in a while. That beats Jack Nicholson of LA!
• With thei built-in offensive firepower, imagine LeBron James playing for a defensive oriented coach and team.
• Reminiscent of old Magic’s Lakers versus MJ’s Bulls in 91, imagine “old” Kobe’s Los Angeles Lakers vs powerhouse Chicago Bulls in the 2011 Finals

But, assuming Chicago has a stacked line-up of Bosh, Noah, Rose and LeBron, is it enough to topple the Los Angeles Lakers?

This freshly baked tee ” Ako’y ElyB. Sa’yo” rules Streetcred’s June sales. And because of that, we are forced to re-print this original creation. Second in the list is our Hey!Jay tee and the dark horse Kananete at third place. Shake Yer E-head and Photography tees completes the top 5 list. All of these are still available at P250.

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My rankings in on the right side.

Sportnation votes on the left.

I’m pretty close to what the majority has in mind as to how the NBA’s greatest ranking should go.

It’s pretty obvious, the old-timers are getting the short end of the stick coz the voters remember the “new breed.”

Michael Jordan is pretty much untouchable atop the list.

Guess who’s the guy who can bring him down to two?

Lebron James!

Nooooooooooooooooooooppesss!

It the freshly minted 5-time champion Kobe Bryant! No other guy can fly alongside MJ but Kobe.

How can he? It’s a stretch but Kobe could do the impossible.

Say, he plays at this still good level for 3 to 4 years and hooks up 2 more rings. He’ll get to seven championships. One more than  Jordan. And while doing so, he’ll get to bump his career numbers - pad up his stats and set few more records. Then years 35 to 38 yo, barring any injuries, for sure he can still play (like 20 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists guy) and goes for the “numbers kill”. Numbers Kill means making sure he’ll get to Kareem total points, most games played, most tantrums in a career, get all Los Angeles team records and the likes.

With Kobe being a master of the game, Kobe can switch to different positions depending on who’s facing them. He can be the future point guard of the Lakers for all we know. With his solid inside game, he can play the small forward position (his likely position at the tail end of his career - just like MJ with the Wizards). And, an “old” Kobe is still better than 90% of the shooting guards who play in the NBA.

Since Kobe does nothing but basketball (no rap recording deals, no movie outfit, no documentary films, no cameo roles), I don’t see him quitting hoops tomorrow.

Kobe Bryant could end up playing 20 quality seasons with 7 to 8 championships and owning significant number of NBA records.There are reasons why Kobe picked 24 as his 2nd career jersey number. 2 times 4 is 8, his old number. Or, 24 is one over 23. For now, everybody knows, Michael Jordan is still up in the NBA air. But who knows.

When MJ said come fly with me. Kobe listened.

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I dunno why LeBron James name keeps on poopping, err, popping out even this deep in the playoffs when in fact, he is busy playing Nintedo Wii whilst Bryant is shooting for his 5 tittle, 2 without Shaq. Incidentally, Shaq was supposed to do a “win a ring for the king.”Check the head-to-head comparison here. Most def, THE KING is a super player himself but he has got to win a ring before we can consider him truly one of the greats. Before we can line him up with the Magics, MJs and Kobe’s of the world.