The LeBron James Thread

[DocHolliday]

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Umm...the Miami/Utah play was designed for Haslem to take the shot.

It is not the same play.

If Noah gets the ball in that situation...you send DRose to the D-League for the rest of the season. Point, blank, period.

I'm sick of this "LeBron made the right basketball play".

He executed the play as it was designed. If he broke it off and went for his...kudos. He didn't.

Has Spolestra come out and said that he designed that play for Haslem to take the shot? At the best, Haslem I think was the 2nd option and that play was designed for Lebron to get free for a Jumper.

[RedSceptile]

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I refuse to believe that Erik Spoelstra designed a last second play for Udonis Haslem to take the last shot, because if that's true then his *** deserves to be fired yesterday. Not buying that mess one bit.

Got a link?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Just going by what I read on here after the game and today from folks.

[Jasong7777]

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Well, Jason Whitlock fired off a few shots with his column this morning. I cant quote quote it or link to it (phone's jacked) but you guys should check it out. He makes a few good points and some pretty bogus ones. Entertaining read.

LOS ANGELES

No one benefits from LeBron hate more than Kobe Bryant.



Hatred of LeBron — more than even Kobe’s five championship rings — is the primary reason Kobe is allowed to delude himself with the notion that he is on equal footing with Magic and Bird and in hot pursuit of Michael Jordan’s legacy.
We sell the false Kobe narrative because it fuels and justifies our disdain for King James. The closer Kobe is to NBA royalty, the more distance James must travel and the more people he must pass to get a seat at the table reserved for Jordan, Magic and Bird. LeBron haters don’t want him anywhere near the NBA’s Lord, Savior and Holy Ghost. LeBron is Judas, in the haters’ mind, the man who betrayed Cleveland. Kobe is Peter, Jordan’s most trusted disciple.
Sunday, inside Staples Center, Kobe spread more of his false gospel. He dropped 33 points in a 93-83 victory over the visiting Heat. His congregation loved it. It was more proof that Kobe is unrivaled in this era, that James and Dwyane Wade are young stars with a long haul if they ever want to be in the same class as Kobe the Great.
“What I have left to accomplish, those players retired a long time ago,” Bryant said Friday night. “At this point my rivals, in terms of what I have left to accomplish, (left the game) when Magic and Michael retired.”
Yep. That’s the delusion LeBron hate empowers.
Well, I don’t hate LeBron or Kobe. I love basketball. I don’t care if Kobe wins eight championships, he’s not on the same level as Jordan, Magic, Bird or even the title-less King James. That’s not hatred of Kobe or the Lakers. It’s an objective statement of fact.
In baseball terms, Kobe Bryant was born on third base and we’re allowing him to act like he hit a grand slam. There is no bigger competitive advantage in sports than playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. Because of the weather, the beach and the entertainment options, an indoor professional sports franchise operating in Los Angeles has no excuse not to stock its roster with the best talent money can buy. It’s not a coincidence the Lakers have been home to Wilt, Kareem and Shaq.


While the Lakers have patiently waited for the opportunity to acquire Dwight Howard, Kobe has had to make do the past few years with two very good 7-footers, Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol, rather than a once-in-a-decade big man.

Playing alongside mammoth space-eaters, lane-cloggers and rim-defenders the overwhelming majority of his career has given Kobe the freedom to be a one-dimensional all-time great. Kobe is a scorer. Period. He can’t touch Michael Jordan as a defender. Kobe is not in the same zip code as Magic and Bird as a creator and teammate-elevator.
When you compare Kobe’s all-around game to the Lord, Savior and Holy Ghost, he’s completely outclassed. Kobe is a scorer. Period. That’s all he did Sunday. He put 33 points on Shane Battier, a terrific defender. Kobe had a great game. But he also did little else. He had three rebounds, one assist, zero steals or blocks.
Meanwhile, on a day the Heat played without Chris Bosh and on an afternoon when Wade was off his game and fouled out in 31 minutes, LeBron James played the entire 94 feet. He scored 25 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, passed out seven assists, nabbed three steals and blocked two shots.
Given Bosh’s absence and Wade’s miserable play, the Lakers should’ve won by 25. The Heat had no size and James had little help. He defended Gasol, holding him to 11 points. James single-handedly kept Miami in contention.
You put Bynum and Gasol around LeBron James and everyone in the league would expect that team to win a championship. Kobe wants the roster blown up. He’s still upset David Stern stopped the Lakers from acquiring Chris Paul.


You give Wade the same rosters Kobe has played with throughout his Los Angeles career, and I guarantee you the Lakers win the same number of titles — if not more. If you look at their career numbers, Wade is a better all-around player than Bryant. Wade bests Bryant in field-goal percentage, assists, steals and blocks and is in a virtual tie with Bryant in points per game (25.4 to 25.3) and rebounds (5.3 to 5.2).

Don’t even waste your time comparing Kobe’s averages to Jordan’s, Bird’s, Magic’s and LeBron’s. Kobe isn’t on their level.
I don’t hate Kobe Bryant. I love watching him play. He played a beautiful game Sunday. Kobe is the Jerry West of this era. But let’s stop the blasphemy of elevating Bryant to the same level as the Holy Trinity. Don’t let your hatred of LeBron convince you that Kobe is something he’s clearly not.

Lebronhahaha

[marq]

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Well, Jason Whitlock fired off a few shots with his column this morning. I cant quote quote it or link to it (phone's jacked) but you guys should check it out. He makes a few good points and some pretty bogus ones. Entertaining read.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/LeBron-James-haters-make-Kobe-Bryant-Los-Angeles-Lakers-a-false-living-legend-030412

[Drewski]

Don't give WHITLOCK page hits. Dudes pathetic.

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[Jasong7777]

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Whitlock is an idiot and a blowhard. I hate when people invent new reasons to hate Kobe, and Lebron for that matter.

[bigeastbumrush]

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I refuse to believe that Erik Spoelstra designed a last second play for Udonis Haslem to take the last shot, because if that's true then his *** deserves to be fired yesterday. Not buying that mess one bit.

Has Spolestra come out and said that he designed that play for Haslem to take the shot? At the best, Haslem I think was the 2nd option and that play was designed for Lebron to get free for a Jumper.

Watch the play again.

LeBron takes the inbound beyond the 3 point line, dribbles it once at about 18 feet in and does a no-look pass back to Haslem.

LBJ made no basketball intent to get to the hoop...pull up...nothing.

[King_B_Mack]

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That just confirms that Spol should be fired and kicked in the nuts repeatedly by both LeBron and Haslem for putting them in that situation then.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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If you want to say that the play was designed for Lebron to find an OPEN man, then that's fine. But again, any coach that designs a LAST SECOND play for Udonis Haslem should be fired automatically for that.

I don't even care about Lebron passing it up(my beef is with him later on in the year)but ANY coach that designs a LAST SECOND play for their 7th-8th best player to win the game, needs to be fired on the spot for that. There's no arguing that at all.

[1Rose]

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What's even worse was that Wade was no way directly involved in that play.

I understand catching them off guard, but going to your 5th option is a huge fail.

Whoever's decision it was, Bron or Spol, they both need to be beat with a sack of soap bars. Haslem should never be taking the last shot in a game ever, especially when you have LeBron and Wade on your team.

That said, Bron probably gave it up because he knew how much crap he would get if he missed it. You should know by now how weak minded this guy is, don't put it past him.

[bigeastbumrush]

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That just confirms that Spol should be fired and kicked in the nuts repeatedly by both LeBron and Haslem for putting them in that situation then.

I'm not trying to be funny...but I agree.

You can't let LBJ just go off to get the team back in the game and then look him dead in the face during a timeout and tell him pass the ball to someone else.

And scared LBJ is looking back at him like Sure Coach.

[RedSceptile]

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I'm not so sure calling LeBron weak minded is true. His basketball makeup is to get other guys involved/scoring. He's more of a Magic/Big-O.

[1Rose]

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I would.

Just look at the things he says and does, and his reaction on twitter after that game. He just wants people to like him, really really bad.

He may have the physical game of a Magic, but he has the mental makeup of a prepubescent child.

[Jasong7777]

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Lebron's first instinct is to pass. Been that way since high school.