The latest ranking of the No. 1 James Skip has sparked controversy! King James is only ranked ninth, Kobe beats Bird, and O Neal actually surpasses Jabbar?

The top ten basketball celebrity Skip Bayless ranked in history, causing the NBA fan circle to explode.

The commentator, known as "the No. 1 James in the United States", placed LeBron James in the ninth position in history in the latest list released on July 12, while Michael Jordan sat firmly on the throne without any suspense. What is even more shocking is that Shaquille O'Neal beat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar into the top three, while Kobe Bryant surpassed Larry Bird to be ranked seventh.

"If I were given any of the second to eighth, I promise to beat James and his team," Skip threw out a very controversial point on the show without any concealment. The commentator, who is famous for criticizing James, even did not forget to finish the game: "That ring James has produced? Thank you for Ray Allen's magical three-pointer."

01 Ranking logic of the controversial manufacturing machine

As the ace host of Fox Sports, Skip Bayless is well aware of the law of media survival where traffic is the king. Among his top ten lists in history, Jordan is ranked first, but the subsequent ranking is full of controversy: Magic Johnson overwhelmingly ranked second, O'Neal jumped to the third highest in history

Jabbar and Duncan ranked fourth and fifth respectively

Russell, Kobe, and Bird occupied six to eight seats

James was crushed to the ninth place

When netizens exclaimed, "The famous James actually ranked James in the top ten?!", a sharper comment pointed out: "You must bring James with you. Tenth is too deliberate, and ninth is just right." The ranking logic of

Skip is consistent. As early as the 2022 All-Star period, he placed James in ninth place for the same reason: "Give me the Magician, O'Neal, Jabbar or Duncan, you can all defeat James."

He even used the Lord of the Rings Russell and Kobe as weapons to "suppress James" and built a seemingly self-consistent "anti-Jack theories system."

02 The root of the obsession between Zhan Hei Godfather

Skip and James have been with grudges and hatred for more than 20 years. Since James entered the NBA in 2003, the criticism of this famous speaker has been with him.

Even if James is crowned the NBA historical scoring champion and holds four championship trophys (2012, 2013, 2016, 2020), Skip is still the "actor who disappears at critical moments."

After the Lakers were eliminated in this playoffs, Skip immediately tweeted and mocked: "Miss you, LeBron - Miss your dramatic performance, your emotional sideline, your disappearance in the fourth quarter."

Intriguingly, when James was on the same stage with his son Brownie, Skip expressed his appreciation rarely. This contradictory attitude reveals the complex relationship between hatred and traffic - without James, Skip's tens of millions of dollars would not be worth.

As fans joked: "Skip will be beaten to James", when extreme criticism becomes a personal label, the position itself has surpassed the scope of basketball.

03 The traditional ranking password

Skip's ranking hidden anti-mainstream passwords are everywhere:

O'Neal's third counterattack

When ESPN ranked the sharks in the eleventh history, Skip carried it behind the Magician. This move to break the tradition of "center forwards are not in the top three" is in line with the admiration of dominance by the new generation of fans.

Kobe's seventh symbolic meaning

Black Mamba surpassed Bird and ranked seventh, forming a spiritual suppression of James. Although netizens bluntly said that "Bird is definitely higher than Kobe", Skip needs Kobe as a cultural symbol to fight against James.

Duncan's fifth carefully designed stone Buddha was shaped into a tragic hero who "should have been one more ring", which contrasts with James who "relying to save his life with Thunder Allen". This narrative reinforces the binary opposition between purity and speculation. The most wonderful thing about Chamberlain is the arrangement of being the bottom of the game - not only to prevent James from becoming a "goalkeeper", but also to maintain the superficial credibility of the ranking by suppressing another legend.

04 The mirror war with mainstream media

Skip's ranking is a full declaration of war on ESPN. The top ten mainstream media history are usually: Jordan, James, Jabbar, Magic, Chamberlain, Russell, Bird, Duncan, Kobe, and O'Neal.

When ESPN puts James in the second place in history, Skip uses cliff-like suppression to create contrast. This opposition is precisely the core asset of its content business.

Comparing the rankings of the two groups, we found an amazing pattern: what ESPN raises is exactly what Skip suppresses; what ESPN lowers is exactly what Skip promotes. O'Neal jumped from ESPN's 11th to Skip's third place, Kobe rose from 9th to 7th, while James plunged from 2nd to 9th. This precise alignment is by no means accidental, but a flow equation that has been accurately calculated. As netizens pointed out: "He is not so queuing, no traffic, no one watches it."

05 The crack of the times behind the controversy

Skip's ranking is essentially a collision of old and new basketball values. On his list of praise: The Magician represents gorgeous transmission

O'Neal symbolizes absolute dominance

Kobe is the instinct of the killer

Duncan embodies team loyalty

These traits are just opposite to the modern all-round basketball represented by James. When the new generation of fans advocate data accumulation and cross-team building capabilities, Skip adheres to the classical aesthetic of one person, one city and one single item.

This split was fully exposed in netizens' comments: "James was only about 11.. Curry won four championships in one team, James only had four championships in three teams, and James had no reliable helper in Cleveland for seven years. If he was selected by a big city, he would have achieved even higher results.

Skip knew this well - his ranking was never a real strength list, but a provocative love letter to the innocent era of basketball.

When fans were red-faced about "Is James' ninth reasonable?", the real winner had long been determined.

After this list was released, related topics instantly swept social media, and netizens joked: "Skip can rank James in the top ten, which is a bit valuable."

Perhaps just as the insight of senior fans: "Greatness does not need to be compared", but the NBA needs controversial manufacturing machines like Skip. His ranking has never been the end point, but the key to a new round of traffic carnival - after all, in today's media ecosystem, hate is more lasting than love, and controversy is more valuable than consensus.

Who should be in the top ten in your heart? Should James really be behind Kobe and Bird? The battlefield in the comment area is ready for you.