Amongst all of the eye-catching statements LeBron James made on “The Pat McAfee Present” this week, none had been as controversial as his tackle the Seventies NBA.
The Los Angeles Lakers star brazenly mocked the standard of ’70s basketball, suggesting that Giannis Antetokounmpo would have scored 250 factors had he performed within the decade. Many felt James’ feedback had been disrespectful to legendary scorers like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob McAdoo, who received a number of scoring titles within the Seventies however by no means scored even 60 in a sport, not to mention 250 factors.
On Friday, Antetokounmpo weighed in on James’ feedback after the Milwaukee Bucks suffered a 116-107 loss to the New York Knicks. “The Greek Freak” mentioned whereas he was flattered by James’ reward, he disagreed with the notion that ’70s basketball would have been kid’s play for him.
“Nice praise, however I do not like evaluating eras,” Antetokounmpo instructed reporters. “It is not truthful. If I would performed within the ’70s, how all people practiced and the way all people performed, we might have performed the identical means. That is all you knew on the time. The sport evolves. We acquired to 2020 and we all know extra. Folks shoot the ball from half court docket. It’s very totally different, proper? You possibly can’t examine this period with that period.”
