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Patrick Kane is the greatest American-born hockey player ever

Kane, holy shit, he keeps getting better. It's the best I think it's the best he's ever been. It's just he's the best American-born player ever. That's my hot take of the day.

Kane holds many scoring records for American-born players and has three Cups, making him a lead candidate in this subjective debate.

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Feb 27, 2019
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LeBron James is the best basketball player of his generation and his antics are hilarious

[LeBron] is absolutely the best player of his generation. ... My problem with LeBron lies mostly in the fact that you guys fail to see how hilarious he is. ... without LeBron James in the NBA, there would be so much less laughter.

The claim that he's the best of his generation is widely accepted, though the 'hilarious' part is subjective.
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Feb 27, 2019
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LeBron James has no friends left and even Carmelo Anthony is ducking his calls

He's such an unusual individual that he's lost all of his friends. ... Even Melo, it's gotten to the point where Carmelo Anthony is ducking LeBron James' calls because that's a toxic friendship.

There's no actual proof Carmelo was ducking calls, and LeBron remained close with his circle, though Carmelo never joined that specific Lakers team.
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Feb 27, 2019
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LeVar Ball is right: LeBron James will never win a championship with the Lakers without Lonzo Ball

Lonzo Ball is actually the most correct of anyone because he said that LeBron will never win without him... or sorry, LeVar Ball, said that LeBron will never win without Lonzo, and the Lakers are not as good of a team when Lonzo's out.

Lonzo Ball was traded in the summer of 2019 for Anthony Davis. LeBron James won the NBA Championship with the Lakers in 2020 without Lonzo Ball on the roster.

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Connor McDavid is playing the best hockey of his career in this Olympic tournament

I don't know if McDavid's ever been this good... It's incredible. Like I think he gave guys maybe six or seven grade A scoring chances. He had seven shots on his own. Then the Finnish coach today said, yeah, McDavid is the best player in this tournament by a mile.

McDavid's brilliance is widely acknowledged, though 'best ever' is always debatable.
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Sidney Crosby's Olympic injury is likely an MCL sprain

He was trying to stabilize on his right leg and it just, it opened up, which to me speaks MCL sprain... I'm hoping it's not too bad and it's just a grade one, maybe two MCL sprain.

Ryan Whitney correctly diagnosed Sidney Crosby's Olympic injury as an MCL sprain. Former NFL doctor David Chao confirmed Crosby likely sustained a low-grade left knee MCL sprain after his collision with Radko Gudas. Crosby missed the rest of the Olympics and was placed on IR for at least four weeks upon returning to the Penguins.
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Team USA has a better defensive corps than Canada, but Canada has significantly better forwards

The D's better overall. I believe their forwards are significantly better than ours... Crosby being out, it's scary. And if he's out, that's a big difference... On D our D's better, their forwards are better.

A widely held scouting assessment of the two 2026 Olympic rosters.

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