LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

Dude provides a LOT of gravity on offense. Almost as much as the earth provides on his vertical.

 

I love empty triple doubles.

His defensive focus was still dialed in. HOWEVER, he gets a failing grade for any sense of offensive urgency. No excuses for not asserting himself earlier. We weren't getting the whistles which didn't help some of his usual and 1 opportunities, but i thought the switch was broken last night.

 

There will be uneven performances; and the more we continue to put on his shoulders, the efficiency will go down as the season progresses...I have said this and will continue his mins are monitored and we have another playmaker on this roster.

 

Things change, Bron. Be smart.

 

i think his reluctance to go full bore to close out some games is his version of load management, tbh.

he could have imposed his will on toronto for 38 minutes last night, but he shied away from several opportunities. same as in our other loss this year.

i do think vogel has to find ways to rest him during the game without things going to s***, though. so far, so bad on that front.

 

He shied away from other ops last year, too (close out games). Vogel has to manage him correctly.

 

We were horrible when he was on the bench. We have to fix that somehow.

 

If we could have 2 Brons, we would go 82-0. This guy is the MPV so far. I don't care what numbers Giannis, Luka, Harden or anyone else puts up. Without him, we look like a d-league team out there.

 

d******. Simply not skilled enough to ISO in crunch time and get a bucket. GOAT my a**.

And yes, I know we won. Not thanks to him though. Avery Bradlet, AC, Dwight and Kuz. Some AD.

 

he did hit a big three and pull down a big board on d. but otherwise, it did seem like he was trying to help phx out with some of those shots.

but i haven't looked at the box score and can imagine we were a big plus with him on the floor again. lots of great passes as always. gotta manufacture easy buckets when you shoot like we have.

 

Some of those decisions were head scratching...

 

stand corrected, he was a -2 tonight. *shrugs*

i didn't feel comfortable when he wasn't out there. but i also didn't feel comfortable when he was isoing way out on the perimeter at the end.

 

I think he has a tendency to gas toward the end of games

It doesn't explain the decision making, but some of the shots look like he is on tired legs.

 

It’s amazing the numbers he’s put up being as limited on skill as he is. Devin Booker covered him down the stretch and he couldn’t do a thing lol.

 

What was up with those 40 footers... smh

 

Maybe he yelled “Kobe!” tho

 

He has had more trouble to get by his opponent with his 1st step for the latest 3 seasons .

He hasn't great handles so he has to make more contested J's down the stretch.

He has proven he can do it several times but it's definetely less a sure thing than the relentless attacks of the rim for layups or kicks out for open shots

 

I hate those 3s from the courtside seats that he jacks up. Don't get me wrong, there's times he's feeling it and they're dropping and in that case, go for it. But when they're not, he's too talented to settle for that s***.

Kobe would take his share of F it 3s. But Kobe wanted contact with them. Bron takes an additional 3 steps back to get further away from the defender.

At least he was Kuz's hype man

 

I was at the Lakers Warriors game last night and that is the first time I’ve seen this man play in person. My son and I had great seats so we could see all the little nuances you don’t pick up on TV.

First, LeBron is huge. You can’t appreciate how big this guy is until you see him up close. Wow! What a physical specimen! Second, his court vision is second to none... and the passes he makes that seem so easy are so perfect in speed and placement my son and I were left speechless.

For example, he was in a PnR with Javale and McGee slipped to the basket... LeBron threaded the needle and had the presence of mind to put spin on the ball to slow it down so it would hit Javale in stride... when Javale looked for the pass the ball bounced literally right in his hands!

His effort on D was good at times, great and then porous. But, for a guy that has played as much as he has and for his age it was super impressive.