LeBron is inconsistant. One game he'll explode for 38 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assist and then the next game he'll play passive and go for 4-13 and just stand around like he's not LeBron James. Sometimes (like yesterday) he can forget who he or what kind of impact he has on his team. He's the leader of the team and it's up to him to get things rolling in Cleveland. Last night he didn't do that and because of that his team got smothered by the Celtics. LeBron has proven he can win games by himself.
If Lebron Continues To Struggle, Will He Get Labeled The Peyton Manning of the NBA ?
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everybody is saying lebron and the cavs lost this game. am i the only one who saw boston crush every comeback attempt cleveland made? boston has the best team in the nba BY FAR if healthy.
thats a big if, and right now they are playing up to their potential. ive been saying it all year. the old guys saved their gas this season for the playoffs and this series in particular. how easy everyone forgets how boston was on pace to surpass chicago's 72-10 record last season until the old guys showed their age. they didnt make that mistake this season, and everybody wrote them off. dont get me wrong, i dont think its out of the question that cleveland can blow them out in game 6 and 7 but the opposite is just as probable if not more.
thats a big if, and right now they are playing up to their potential. ive been saying it all year. the old guys saved their gas this season for the playoffs and this series in particular. how easy everyone forgets how boston was on pace to surpass chicago's 72-10 record last season until the old guys showed their age. they didnt make that mistake this season, and everybody wrote them off. dont get me wrong, i dont think its out of the question that cleveland can blow them out in game 6 and 7 but the opposite is just as probable if not more.
I'm mad at Lebron...he played like shit...but it is only 1 game.
His team sucking it up ain't an excuse...it's true. They get by during the regular season cause they play a bunch of crappy teams all year. They're good...but not championship level.
The Celtics and Magic are both better than the Cavs and it's showing again this year.
I know Lebron is gonna get all the shit thrown at him...that's expected...but if you put the hate to the side and really look at the teams it's pretty obvious that his supporting cast is pretty weak compared to the Celtics, Magic...and the Lakers.
His team sucking it up ain't an excuse...it's true. They get by during the regular season cause they play a bunch of crappy teams all year. They're good...but not championship level.
The Celtics and Magic are both better than the Cavs and it's showing again this year.
I know Lebron is gonna get all the shit thrown at him...that's expected...but if you put the hate to the side and really look at the teams it's pretty obvious that his supporting cast is pretty weak compared to the Celtics, Magic...and the Lakers.
Boston's veteran presence smashed on the Cavs. Lebron can only do so much, and to deny that hes hurt (even if hes said it) is garbage. Either way he doesnt look comfortable, and he has no one else on the team that can step up. And even if Rondo doesnt ball outta control, Garnett, Allen, and Pierce are there to step it up. On top of it Kendrick Perkins is a solid body in the middle.
look at most of Lebron's post season stats... they're off the hook
this one of the very few playoff games where he doesn't play good
so... NO... you can't say the same for Lebron... if you wanna base his playoff career off one game... sure... like I said his teammates CONSISTENTLY suck int he playoffs
no player is ever gonna play to their full potential every single night
not even MJ did
this one of the very few playoff games where he doesn't play good
so... NO... you can't say the same for Lebron... if you wanna base his playoff career off one game... sure... like I said his teammates CONSISTENTLY suck int he playoffs
no player is ever gonna play to their full potential every single night
not even MJ did
ummmm..... Lebron averages 27.5 points 7 rebounds and 6.7 assists in his playoff career (those are the stats not including this year)
Lebron has had some amazing games in the playoffs... sure he's had some bad ones... but so has almost every great player... it happens
the fact of the matter is if Lebron doesn't have a great game it's almost guaranteed they're going to lose
if Kobe doesn't have a great game he has a team around him to pick up the slack... that's the difference
nobody is going ot be great night in and night out... nobody...
Lebron has had some amazing games in the playoffs... sure he's had some bad ones... but so has almost every great player... it happens
the fact of the matter is if Lebron doesn't have a great game it's almost guaranteed they're going to lose
if Kobe doesn't have a great game he has a team around him to pick up the slack... that's the difference
nobody is going ot be great night in and night out... nobody...
Lebron may not have as deep of bench. But he def has quality players.
I was sharing this little stat with my friends.
PPG this season
Lakers
kobe 26
gasol 20
fisher 10
cavs
lebron 29
antwan 16
mo 13
shaq 11
thats two more people averaging more than the third highest scorer on the lakers.
Like i said. Lebron doesnt have the best supporting cast but he has a damn good one. No excuses. His best team by far.
Lebron should stay but he isn't. He is gonna go to Brooklyn, and they are gonna have to rebuild around him and it could be a few years before he has the team and coaches he needs to get a ring.
He needs to be more vocal about the coaching and the supporting cast he has. Everybody made a big deal about shaq, but that nigga is just in the way. Everybody else really doesn't have the drive. If bron is hot, they hot. If he has an off game, they play all timid like they can't do shit.
But to get destroyed at home like that? He had to have gave up. But if they had a coach like phil or doc rivers, they would be cruisin.its gonna be several years tho before he gets a ring.
He needs to be more vocal about the coaching and the supporting cast he has. Everybody made a big deal about shaq, but that nigga is just in the way. Everybody else really doesn't have the drive. If bron is hot, they hot. If he has an off game, they play all timid like they can't do shit.
But to get destroyed at home like that? He had to have gave up. But if they had a coach like phil or doc rivers, they would be cruisin.its gonna be several years tho before he gets a ring.
the main thing people were saying this morning wasn't so much that he had a bad game, Lebron is human, he's going to have bad games here and there, that's a given, but they didn't like his attitude toward the whole situation. especially during the postgame, he was just hella nonchalant like he didn't give a fuck or didnt place any blame on himself. he said he's only had 3 bad games in his career?? wow really? he is undoubtedly the leader of that team and the face of the nba, bad game or not, he needs to step up and be a leader, get fired up, ged mad, light some fire under himself and the rest of his team.