Skip Bayless Drops Harsh Take on LeBron James’ Place in NBA History

At this point, there’s no doubt about LeBron James’ place as one of the best players who have ever played the game. Others may say he’s the greatest of all time, while some put him in second place. Safe to say that he’s inside everybody’s Mount Rushmore list, except for Skip Bayless.

Whether LeBron plays another season or not, his impact on the game of basketball is already undeniable. He has won nearly every award imaginable. At this point in his career, it’s all about the desire that he still wants to continue playing. However, playing for 23 years has its downsides, too. Well, at least from Skip Bayless’ perspective, anyway. A known LBJ cynic, he discredited the Lakers star’s place in the game by berating James’ NBA Finals performance in 2011.

“They’re up 2-1. In games 4,5,6, the chosen one became the FROZEN one. Go look at the numbers, they’re horrendous. He averaged 15,8,8, with 5 TOs a game. I saw Dwyane Wade the other day say, ‘I just couldn’t snap him out of it.’ Jordan, Kobe, Bird, they didn’t do this! It’s laughable to me. You’re disqualified from being 1,2,3,4 just off that finals alone!” Bayless wrote.