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06-12-2017, 10:50 PM | #2431 |
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LeBron didn't join a made team. He didn't join a 73 win team, and he didn't join the team that eliminated him from the playoffs. Yeah, he went to a team that had some advantages, but what are the Cavs or Heat w/o LeBron? Borderline playoff teams. The Warriors w/o Durant won a title and then won 73 the next year.
I know people get off on hating LeBron, but he just averaged 34-12-11 while shooting the highest percentage of any regular and he was his teams' best defender. He's still the best player in the world. By far. Just like Jordan was the best player in the world in 1988.
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06-12-2017, 10:54 PM | #2432 |
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Those are scrubs. There not all star players. Thompson, Curry, Green and Durant are all all star players but are homegrown except Durant. Cavs have 3 all stars and are homegrown except Love
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06-12-2017, 10:55 PM | #2433 |
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06-12-2017, 10:57 PM | #2434 |
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Do you really think that Kevin Durant is more valuable to his team than LeBron James?
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06-12-2017, 11:05 PM | #2435 |
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06-12-2017, 11:08 PM | #2436 | |
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06-12-2017, 11:10 PM | #2437 |
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How did he fail in this case?
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06-12-2017, 11:12 PM | #2438 | |
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06-12-2017, 11:16 PM | #2439 | |
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Williams, Williams, and Bogut were brought in because the Cavs depth was lousy and the Cavs were struggling to compete not just with Golden State, but with anybody. I don't take much stock in those moves because they brought in whomever they could afford. The Cavs team is representative of Lue's philosophy. Zack Lowe wrote a terrific piece on the Cavs earlier today and he's right -- the Cavs play better when they slow the pace down. And I don't understand how playing in a sprint was considered the best way to beat Durant. |
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06-12-2017, 11:25 PM | #2440 |
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Did you not witness his team's complete inability to stop Golden State's offense or their best player?
For a guy with a reputation as an elite defender it was a miserable failure. The only game they won was due to an all-time great offensive performance. LeBron is supposed to be a basketball mastermind, and exists as the de facto GM, HC and Superstar for his own team. His entire strategy for beating the Warriors, from player acquisition to gameplan to execution was WRONG. Throw in an epic fourth quarter choke job that would have had the series at 3-2 right now, and it was definitely a failure. Remind me how the greatest offense in NFL history was beaten in the 2001 Super Bowl. It sure wasn't because someone tried to outscore them. As I've been saying for weeks now...LeBron has been hoisted by his own petard. If he had swallowed his ego in Miami he could have had the career he and all his dickriders wanted so badly. Instead he's going to go down as the biggest Finals loser in NBA history. |
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06-12-2017, 11:29 PM | #2441 |
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LeBron had an unbelievable series. He's going to continue to deny it, but I actually do think he looked tired at times tonight. Just lapses where he got beat and didn't hustle. Dude's been in the Finals 7 straight years. That's an amazing achievement. He's logged way more minutes than anyone else though. I don't know how you offset that.
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06-12-2017, 11:37 PM | #2443 |
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I actually don't know if it's as bad as what Durant did. Durant joined a 73 win team. There might not be another comparison in sports. It'd be like Marvin Harrison joining the 16-0 Patriots.
LeBron did join up with a couple other guys, but what was bad about that was he made it into a big ESPN spectacle and turned his back on his hometown. To me, leaving wasn't as big deal as the way he did it. |
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06-12-2017, 11:38 PM | #2444 |
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James is a beast. Top 5, I would still take a couple ahead of him all time, but he's earned his seat at the table. He'll never be GOAT.
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06-12-2017, 11:39 PM | #2445 | |
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