LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

0 points in the 4th Quarter. Wake up Lebron.

He's so inconsistent. Tired of it.

 

He's totally disregarding the midrange shot this season , this is a huge mistake ....

 

Lebron isn't a great player when his team is trailing ... always has been the case .

His usual feel out game 1 too ...

 

Lebron’s game is driving to the hoop/shooting 3s/playmaking at this point in his career.

Last night
- He couldn’t drive to the hoop because Vogel had AD/Dwight/Rondo in the court at the same time.

- He couldn’t be a playmaker because he was on the court with Rondo who controls the basketball.

One of the best, if not the best basketball player in the world, is getting the rock taken out of his hands for > 15 minutes by Rajon Rondo. RAJON RONDO. Not KD, not Kawhi, not Steph. RAJON RONDO.

Stop the games AD at the 5, surround Lebron/AD with shooters and stop effing around with Rondo. This hurts how obvious this is.

 

He had a bounce in his step and didn't look bad, but those are acceptable numbers for 1 half of play. Needs to do 2x the work he was doing. They might be able to sandwich AD but they can't do anything to stop Bron. Get the ball, go downhill, get to the line. Match the Beard's FT attempts. Force your will, don't let them dictate the game to you.

Highlight of his game was the three sequences against Westbrook. Two blocks and a baptism.

Finally 0 in the 4th is unacceptable. No one on the NBA's Mt Rushmore would roll over like that. Game 1 or 7, don't care.

 

Sure , still the midrange game is necessary against good defense in the playoffs , always has been .

Bron big scoring games in the playoffs include a significant amount of midrange J's .

He hasn't had good scoring games against the Clips this season for the exact same reason

 

I knew last night was gonna suck so I saved myself the agony of watching. How was lebron in the post?

 

I knew we were going to lose as soon as he checked out mentally. Unfortunately, this is how our team works. If he's not all in, the effort from the rest of the team is going to be suspect.

 

He basically won the game with AD on the bench.
He loves playing with Kuzma, Morris, and AC

 

I think the spectacular dunk at 1:10 which tied the game basically was the turning point.
Agree with others who basically think the way to beat this Houston team is let the centers sit. Play Morris to start with AD and then bring in Kuzma with Lebron at the 5. With Kuz/Morris/AC, Lebron should have a run way to get to the basket

 

Stats weren't much different from game 1, but the way he played and impacted the game was, I felt. More aggressive getting to the hoop, doubling his FT attempts.

 

Seeing posts from Skip Bayless on here is tragic. Skip Bayless is one of the main reasons why sports commentating is garbage in today's sports. That and an audience that have the IQ of a zucchini that allowed an a**hat like that to be as famous as he is. And then we have to listen to Nasal mouth Shannon Sharpe and his useless commentary about Lebron and how much he loves him even though I've seen Lebron do interviews where he doesn't even acknowledge him when he gets brought up.

Worshiping people and kissing their a** is stupid. Admire and respect and have a heart for people, but never idolize them.

 

I think that's the point. You need someone to be anti-Lebron and someone else to be pro-Lebron and then have them duke it out for entertainment and ratings. If I want actual basketball analysis I listen to one of the many Laker podcasts out there.

 

Lakers podcast and Laker station commentary are usually done by homers who have nothing but good things to say. I want a break down of what happens, not opinions and feel good over heel like commentary. And when there is criticism, its usually just like us on here, "he sucks, kill him".

 

Beast mode first half scoring the ball. Then went Deke mode blocking everything in sight.

Some of the non whistles when he attacks is just absurd.