Okay LeBron, Come Back to Reality!

Celtics legend Larry Bird
says  play with Kobe Bryant
and not LeBron James
if you want to win
and NBA championship.

Clearly, LeBron James missed the entire point of what Bird was hinting at. Bird was saying that Kobe Bryant is a cold-blooded killer on the court that wants to rip your throat out while James is more playful in nature and not nearly as competitive in the game’s most pressure-packed moments.

If LeBron thinks that Larry Bird only picked Kobe Bryant over him because of his five titles, then he’s even more out of touch with reality than Eye On Sports believes.

Hell, I‘ll go on record right now to say that Bird would rather chase an NBA Championship with Dwyane Wade faster than he would with LeBron!

Um ….. Okay LeBron!

LeBron James has more daily
drama than a soap opera these days.

LeBron James seems to think that Larry Bird said he’d rather have Kobe Bryant as a team than himself because Kobe has five NBA titles and he has none.

"It's simple, (Kobe) has five rings and I have none so it's easy to say that," James said. "If I had five rings and Kobe had none, it'd probably be the other way around” he said about Bird’s selection.

Larry Legend's Bird’s Eye View!

Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird
says  he'd rather play with
Kobe Bryant than LeBron James.

Anyone that knows me, knows I worship the ground that former Boston Celtics superstar Larry Bird walks on.

Having said that, I can’t begin to express how happy I am that Bird pretty much told basketball fans everywhere what knowledgeable NBA followers already knew – that LeBron James is a lot of fun, but if you want to win championships, Kobe Bryant is the far better choice to get the job done.

Bird did an interview with sports writer Bill Simmons a couple of days ago, and Simmons asked ‘Larry Legend’ to weigh in on the Kobe vs. LeBron talk and which player would he prefer to team up with.

While Bird’s answers on the subject probably aren’t much of a shock to those that really know the game, hearing the words from such a respected legend really hit home – and made James look like … well …  like LeBron James.

Polarizing Miami Heat superstar
LeBron James has plenty of detractors these  days.

"Well, probably Kobe, because of the fact that ... well, of course he wouldn't have been shooting as much as he does now ... but his desire to win, his dedication, to always get better, uh, and he's just, he's just tough," Bird said. "He's just a tough cat.

"But, if you want to have fun, like I did with Bill Walton, play with LeBron. It would have probably been more fun to play with LeBron, but if you want to win and win and win, it's Kobe. Not that LeBron's not a winner, just that [Kobe's] mindset is to go into every practice, every game, to get better."

While Bird tried to clean up his words an not offend James, the point that James is not a leader – or winner – was emphatically driven home by the widely-beloved Bird.

LeBron’s Not Clutch – Duh!

Okay Eye on Sports NBA fans, with Wednesday night’s disturbing 95-89 overtime loss to Chris Paul and the Clippers, hoops fans and pundits across the globe got to see firsthand why LeBron James will never, ever reach the same status of superstars like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan – or – Kobe Bryant for that matter.

James has shown a massive inability to make plays – or show up – in the fourth quarters of close games – and now, it’s painfully clear that he just doesn’t have the mental makeup to be a real team leader when things are really tight in a close ballgame.

In back-to-back overtime games this week, James took no fourth-quarter shots against the Warriors on Tuesday – before coming back with a pitiful 0-for-3 effort against the Clippers on Wednesday that looks even worse considering he also went just 1-for-3 in overtime – while missing four free throws in the final quarter and OT.

To make matters even worse, James sounded like his pride and belief in himself had suffered further damage following the loss.

"My teammates trusted me, especially down the stretch, and I was able to get fouled and at least give us a chance to win the game," James said.

Of course, maybe James should have been thinking about the two free throws he missed in the game’s final 17 seconds – ouch!