Excellent work by Mrs. CSzem for pimping my Bachelor recaps to a pregnancy website. I had no idea such a thing existed, but I cannot think of a more passionate group of fans of trashy television than a group of women all jacked up on pregnancy hormones. Welcome, ladies. Feel free to chime in at any time. It will be nice to have some estrogen on this blog that isn’t provided by myself or CSzem.
There were two stories on Pardon the Interruption last night that I feel compelled to discuss. The first was a toss up question. Who is better: LeBron James or Alexander Ovechkin?
Truthfully, I think the mere comparison between Ovie and Bron Bron is an insult to King James. They are both great players yes, but there is a marked difference between the two.
Ovechkin is, without a doubt, one of the best players of his generation. But, there have been legions of prolific goal scorers with his skill set throughout the history of the National Hockey League. Ovie is just the latest incarnation.
On the other hand, LeBron is a transcendent talent. His skill set has never been seen before in the annals of professional basketball. There has never been a player with James’ size, strength, speed, shooting ability, passing ability or ability to make his teammates better.
Yes, there have been players who possess one or two such attributes, but no one has approached the complete package that is LeBron James. He literally has no ceiling. There is no way to tell how good he will be. Scary thought: LeBron hasn’t even entered his prime yet. He could average a triple double for an entire season and I wouldn’t bat an eyelash.
Ovechkin or LeBron? It’s not even a question.
The second story that drew my ire was the decision by the New Orleans Police Department to arrest any woman who flashed her breasts during the Saints victory parade. Their reason: the event was supposed to televised nationally, so broadcasters were wary of young eyes being exposed to such earthly delights.
What a horrible knee-jerk reaction. Look, in New Orleans it is perfectly acceptable to exchange a boob flash for beads. It’s the best thing about the city. And these morons want to take that away from us because kids, who can access thousands of hours of porn on the Internet, might be watching?
Where are we? Afghanistan?
Here’s an idea. Don’t televise the event in the first place. Or keep your cameras away from, uh, chestally blessed young women. But, do not take the parade patrons right to look at naked breasts away.
I spend hours each day trying to give women shoelaces for a chance to look at their orbs and all I get are slaps to the face and restraining orders. The lax breast flash policy in New Orleans is what keeps me going on cold, winter nights.
Don’t take that away from me.
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Ovechkin haven't reached his peak either. I think it is an insult to Ovi to compare him to James. Learn hockey please.
One more thing. There has never been a player with Ovechkin size, strength, and speed. There are hitters and skills players in the NHL. Ovechkin does both better than anyone else.
Well this is exciting, I get to chime in on a topic that won't completely undermine my (alleged) masculinity....
There has never been a player with Ovechkin's combination of skills? How about Maurice Richard? How about guys like Cam Neely (lacking the speed admittedly)?
Ovechkin is a tremendous talent, no doubt, but it's the kind of "what have you done for me lately" attitude that John is employing that's a problem with evaulating era v. era. Ovi is 6'2", 220 lbs. You're telling me those are rare specs in the NHL?
John, no doubt, is of the mind that "you only need to watch the last two minutes of a basketball game", or some other ridiculous argument non-basketball fans offer to disparage the game.
LeBron is 6'8", 250 lbs, and doubles as the most athletic guy in every single room he enters. At 25 years old, he ALREADY is tied with Larry Bird for the most 40 pt, 8 rb, 8 ast, games in the post-shot clock era (1 ahead of MJ). Are you kidding me? He's just getting started.
Ovechkin is an incredible hockey player, who will go down as one of the all-time greats (he's on a nice pace to pass The Great One's career goal mark). LBJ is literally a genetic freak the likes of which our planet has never seen before.
Wow, that was liberating. When's the next episode of The Bachelor?
"There has never been a player with Ovechkin's combination of skills? How about Maurice Richard? How about guys like Cam Neely (lacking the speed admittedly)?"
Richards scored. Ovechkin crushes people with hits. The Rocket was a skills player. he would go around you. Not only can Ovi do that, but he can go through you or use you as a screen.
He is actually 6'2 235. That is very rare for a winger to be that big.
It is amazing that he is averaging 55goals a season. His average is higher than any one has scored since the lockout.
To do what he is doing is amazing. Don't take my word for it. Howe has said Ovechkin is the best he has ever seen. Even The Great One agrees with Howe.
Hockey players hit their prime around 27. Ovechkin is 24 and have been getting better every year. Now that is scary.
An interesting fact is James owns only one hockey jersey. That sweater is Ovechkin's.
This has nothing to do with hockey. I just wanted to say thanks for the shout out! The ladies over at 2nd Trimester on The Bump were pretty pumped to see it and will be tuning in every tuesday morning to get your Bachelor Recap!
Have to agree with Tewks and CSzem here. Both LBJ and Ovechkin are going to go down as some of the best to ever play their respective sports. The difference for me is that LBJ just has the biggest wow factor of any athlete that I have ever witnessed. Ovechkin certainly has his moments, but I challenge anyone to watch a single Cavs game highlight package without one "wow" moment produced by LeBron. I don't know if you could say the same about Alex.
Also, it's not about knowing the game. Anyone can see that these players dominate at what they do. No one needs to "learn hockey" to know that Ovechkin is good at it.
Wow factor? You just proved you have never seen Ovechkin play. He is a human highlight reel. Go to youtube and type in Ovechkin
Why would I even comment on this if I hadn't seen Ovechkin play? You kinda missed the point. I was only saying that Ovechkin doesn't produce the same kind of moments as frequently as LeBron does.
I think this is just the opinion of a huge Ovechkin fan vs. the opinions of fans of both basketball and hockey in general.
Ovechkin is the most exciting player in the NHL. I don't think anyone here is arguing that.
What myself and the others are saying is that people have seen jaw dropping talent in the NHL comparable to Ovechkin. Maybe Gretzky didn't hit anyone but he also put up 92 goals in one season and 215 points in another. Unfortunately I wasn't old enough to witness either but I'm sure people were just as impressed by that as you are by Ovechkin.
I saw Jordan, who most people label as the greatest of all time, play in his prime. He didn't, and couldn't, do things that LeBron does (besides win rings of course).
Ovehkin will at least 5 sick moves in each game where he makes the defender look like a pillar, kill someone with a check, or even break a goal cam. I can say you have not watched him.
Sport Center highlights don't count.
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