LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

Some of these shots that KCP took made me scream at the TV. But he's on a hot streak so he's making these bad shots so far

 

Hey so I heard them call it a groin contusion tonight. Where's @Doc Brown or @therealdeal ? Isn't that a whole bunch better than a pull? He just got kneed there and is bruised and sore only? Unless it somehow exacerbated the tweak of whatever he had since there was a report of something like 5 days ago?

 

Hey LT maybe you and RonStu can experiment on which is more painful by kneeing each other in the groin just to see how it feels.

 

Only issue with Lebron is his free throws. I've been impressed with everything else.

There was a sequence in the Clippers game when Lebron and I believe AD after a offensive rebound where they passed to wide open Danny Green for 3s. Green missed both and it would have been a momentum builder had he made the shot.

Lakers role players have to make open shots in big games , otherwise it doesn't matter what AD and Lebron do. The other team will always force it to the role players.

 

right. and in fairness, management went out and got a couple guys who had a track record of catching the ball and making shots. they just aren't doing it so far.

lebron's fts bug me, as does his tendency to avoid driving the ball in crunch time. though, again, i really think this is partly due to him playing hurt.

 

Overall he’s been fantastic, but besides the free-throws, I’m not a big fan of holding the ball with no motion in the offense and then jacking up a step back three to beat the shot clock. That is happening too much as well.

 

i mean, that's houston's entire philosophy!! #2 offense in the league.

 

It’s ugly basketball

 

It's beautiful because it's Kang inspired

 

No

---Oxen (probably)

 

I realize most of don't like LeBron nearly as much as I do, but I'm posting it anyways.

LeBron James named AP top male athlete of decade

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28389041/lebron-james-named-ap-top-male-athlete-decade



He left Cleveland for Miami, finally became a champion, went back to his beloved northeast Ohio, delivered on another title promise, then left for the Los Angeles Lakers and the next challenge. He played in eight straight Finals. No NBA player won more games or more MVP awards over the past 10 years than he did. He started a school. He married his high school sweetheart.

"That's all?" LeBron James asked, feigning disbelief. No, that's not all. Those were just some highlights of the past 10 years. There were many more, as the man called "King" spent the past decade reigning over all others -- with no signs of slowing down.

James is The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Decade, adding his name to a list that includes Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky and Arnold Palmer. He was a runaway winner in a vote of AP member sports editors and AP beat writers, easily outpacing runner-up Tom Brady of the New England Patriots.

"You add another 10 years of learning and adversity, pitfalls, good, great, bad, and any smart person who wants to grow will learn from all those experiences," James, who turns 35 Monday, told the AP. "A decade ago, I just turned 25. I'm about to be 35, and I'm just in a better [place] in my life and have a better understanding of what I want to get out of life."

Usain Bolt of Jamaica was third for dominating the sprints at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics; soccer superstar Lionel Messi was fourth; and Michael Phelps -- the U.S. swimmer who retired as history's most decorated Olympian with 28 medals, 23 of them gold -- was fifth.

click the link to read more of the article

 

it is that. the league should make it less effective somehow, but until then, we get to watch the houston rockets amass the league's best record over a several-year period.

 

why not kawhi? i mean, i know he was only good for like, half the decade...but who cares, right?

 

He really should rest and rehab during 7-10 days like right now though