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Old 05-17-2012, 07:39 PM   #17
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Re: Sound Off: Is Lebron the Guy You Want Taking the Final Shot for the Heat?

Guys you all realize it should be Joel Anthony taking these last-minute shots, right?
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Old 05-17-2012, 07:54 PM   #18
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Re: Sound Off: Is Lebron the Guy You Want Taking the Final Shot for the Heat?

Yes, His jumpshot is much improved and he can still get to the basket. the wizards learned first hand in the playoffs
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Old 05-17-2012, 08:12 PM   #19
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As a person who wants to see the Heat lose, YES I want him taking the last shot.
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Old 05-17-2012, 08:15 PM   #20
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To be honest, in my opinion, no. I believe at this point in there careers, I prefer Wade. He has the most experience and success in high pressure playoff games. This is not a knock on Lebron he is DEFINITELY the second option. He will have ample opportunity to step up in big games in the playoffs playing for the Heat. My opinion may change in the future.
Here's why i prefer Lebron over Wade...

#1, He's a better athlete. He's 6'8-6'9, 250-260, younger, in the best physical shape, never gets hurt, can play more minutes. He jumps higher, is quicker, is longer, is taller, is stronger. So he can get his own shot whenever he wants. He can drive, he can shoot a mid-range shot, he can shoot a 3. He has just as much of a chance to make one of those shots as he does miss them.

#2, He'll make the better decision. When Wade has the ball in the final moments you know Wade is taking the shot. Very rarely does he look to pass it unless he can't get anything and needs a bail out. With Lebron he makes the right basketball decision. The pass the Haslem was the right decision. The pass to Marshall early in his Cavs career was the right decision. No matter how many times he gets criticized for passing up the last shot it's usually the right decision.

Jordan passed to Kerr, Jordan passed to Paxton. They made the shots. This idea that he only gets credit if he makes a game winning shot is something that we didn't hold athletes accountable for until recently. People weren't sitting around asking if Barkley was clutch if he could or couldn't make a last second shot.

But once Jordan retired everyone was judged on the Jordan scale. The media was looking for the next Jordan. Hill, McGrady, Kobe, they were looking for the next Jordan and unless they did what he did they weren't good enough. Kobe is really the only one to compare with Jordan because his game is the closest to MJ's. He plays that post with the turnaround J, he's the same size, same type of skills. Even though Kobe played with Shaq numbers wise he has ended up with 5 rings.

So now Lebron comes in. He has to be better than Kobe because he is supposed to be the best since Jordan. All the hype and he was better than was hyped. He played for a crap franchise with mediocre teammates and carried them to the best record in the NBA and a Finals appearance. Every thing he did was judged on the Jordan scale though.

If he makes the last shot tonight people brush it off and say no big deal its Indiana. If he does it next round against Boston big whoop it's not the Finals. If he does it in the Finals big whoop it was a shortened season and he got lucky Rose got hurt.

He is hands down the best player in the world. If you don't want the ball in his hands on the final play then you don't know basketball.
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Old 05-17-2012, 08:53 PM   #21
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I think the "Who takes the final shot" issue is one of the most blown out of proportion concepts in all of professional sports. When the game is on the line, you need to have scorers on the court. Blake, who attempted and missed the final shot for the Lakers last night, is also the same guy who buried three after three to help win game seven against the Nuggets. They're all professionals and the guys on the court in crunch time all can score. Any open shot is a good shot, it doesn't matter who takes it.
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Old 05-17-2012, 08:59 PM   #22
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He won't take the shot. He is not built for failure, and he can't fail if he doesn't take the shot, at least it's how he sees it. His ego is as fragile as ARod's. They both want to be accepted, yet keep doing stupid things to alienate people.
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Old 05-17-2012, 09:55 PM   #23
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Re: Sound Off: Is Lebron the Guy You Want Taking the Final Shot for the Heat?

Wonder how Lebron would answer this question.
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Old 05-17-2012, 10:36 PM   #24
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Re: Sound Off: Is Lebron the Guy You Want Taking the Final Shot for the Heat?

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Yes, His jumpshot is much improved and he can still get to the basket. the wizards learned first hand in the playoffs
You talking about 2007/2008? THAT Lebron was a different Lebron, a kid having fun playing the game. Not the same because he started being scrutinized after passing to Damon Jones for a wide open look, and everyone began the "Is he clutch" talk...
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Wonder how Lebron would answer this question.
He'd get 3 quarters through his answer and then stop...

To answer the question, you give him the ball. He is as intelligent of a basketball player that there is in the game, let him read the situation. If he takes the shot, the shot needed to be taken by him. If he drives and dishes, it was "probably" the right basketball play. LBJ has GREAT knowledge of the game, and how to make the right play. He just doesn't force the issue when history has shown us that he should (if he wants a clutch label).

The Buzzer beaters that Jordan made, Kobe made, the greats before him have made, weren't technically the "right" basketball play for the "team", but because they had supreme confidence in their individual game, they went against the grain, rose up and took the shot.

And therein lies part of the problem. Lebron has confidence in his Team game, and his individual game is "behind" because of it. Best true talent in the game today, but isn't and probably will never be a selfish enough player, that the greats before him have conditioned us to believe is clutch.
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