LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

Right, what I mean is in order to be successful, Lebron is now required to exert more energy on both sides of the ball. If he doesn't, it's more reflected in the outcome than previous iterations of the roster.

 

(L)eastern Conference had a ton of scrub teams in the 2010s. West has always been a dog eat dog competitive conference and Lebron is now realizing that.

 

I don't claim to know what the dude is realizing.

The only thing I know as a fan is this team has a lot of flaws as we sit and watch this season get flushed down the toilet.

And LBJ had a lot to do with that.

 

Lebron's is shooting 31% from outside of 5 feet in the last 10 games (35/115). He' shooting 35% from 3 though but only 30% on catch and shoot 3s. He needs to dribble dribble dribble to get his shots off and get his scoring going, its not helping the team as its moving players away from their comfort zones and not involving them in the offense. Unreliable jumper rearing its ugly head at the most crucial time right now. His lack of jumper, post game, footwork, mid range and lack of variety in his scoring prowess hurting this team right now. Its either layup or 3 pointer mostly

https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2544/shooting/?Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular Season&LastNGames=15

 

LOL. Yes for these games I guess the stats are true but then your 2nd to last sentence jumps the shark. Seriously?

 

the only way he's hurting the team is by setting a bad example with his effort, particularly on defense. he and the other two need to set the example, not take the shots and have everyone else do the rest of the work. you can't have three james hardens. in fact, it's best to not even have one james harden. but one is the max.

 

I’m going to say something bold and controversial:

I like Lebron James and I’m very glad he’s a Laker.

 

lol; yes. it's better than the alternative. i just feel like all year until just recently, he's been teflon when he's been a part of our problems, too.

 

I do not like LeBron James. I am not glad he is a Laker, not this season.

I do appreciate the championship, but ultimately, his name won't be spoken in the same breath as the other Lakers' greats.

 

Lebron is an All Time great player. I appreciate what he brought to the franchise. I hope he adjusts his game some next season,or I will be looking forward to seeing him, go out on a high note back in Cleveland. That team should be pretty solid after next season.

 

if he really cared about the Lakers, he'd be playing 40+ minutes a night ala Kobe and doing treatment all night long. But he just isn't that committed.

 

It's funny how once LeBron left the east, now it's "strong". He just dusted every team in the conference for so long that there was the illusion it was weak IMO.

 

disagree. the east was, by all measures, weaker then than it is now. for a long period of time, one could have argued that the west often had 4 of the top 5 or 6 teams in the league every year. the inter-conference records were pretty brutal, top to bottom.

however, i don't think what lebron is realizing is that the west is tough. lebron is just 37. if lebron was 28, we'd be fighting for homecourt even with all the injuries, tbh. his statistical output is similar, but his on-court dominance isn't. and that's ok. he's 37.

 

I respect many people's opinions even if I disagree with it. I think it's alright and I'm glad LakersBall gives us an opportunity to have a conversation and debate at this.

I'll stick to my guns on how I feel about Lebron and how he's hurting the Lakers franchise right now

 

It was weak, his biggest challenge was the PG led Pacers and the Derozan and Lowry Raptors.

Meanwhile to get out of the west you had to beat the Spurs with Duncan, Ginobili, Parker and Kawhi, the Warriors with Curry, Klay and Green, the Thunder with Russ and KD or the Clippers with CP3, Blake and Jordan. This doesn’t account for the other competitive teams like the Grizzlies, Jazz or Mavs.

It was just absolutely brutal out west for 20 years, an absolute blood bath. That’s why Lebron lost in so many finals, the quality difference was stark.

 

The MVP Rose bulls was a legit series win, as was the 73-9 warriors. Other than that, he’s won a fraction of playoff series against 50+ wins opponents compared to the other all time greats.

 

“Don’t trade for Westbrook”