Re: The LeBron James Thread
No other team SHOULD pay him to be what he is for the Heat. That was my problem with him being one of the 3 from the beginning. But on the Heat, he's being asked to be a better version of Shane Battier. We have proof that he can be much more in a role that highlights his strengths more than the Heat do. Make him a #2 scoring option and the main focus of the inside game of a half court offense, play him at the PF with a defensive minded C behind him and Bosh is once again the budding star he was in Toronto. Keep in mind we are nit picking a guy that gets 17 and 7. That's with his weaknesses out front and his strengths barely being used.
As for the second paragraph, I was talking about guys like Birdman, Battier and Haslem. These guys HAVE to hustle players and fit in where they can around stars... that's why they're in the league. The fact that they're better than Bosh at their roles shouldn't be a surprise at all. The problem is on the Heat, Bosh rarely gets to show the many reasons he's much better than all of them. He's asked to be among them more times than not. He does an okay job at it, and in their spurts they do a better job... but they should.
Lebron CAN be fine well into his 30's. His shot will need to continue to develop, and not necessarily his 3. He'll need to get more comfortable on the post and be able to hit a jumper out of that position. But he's got the body and work ethic to make it happen, it's just a matter of whether or not he will. As someone else says he may fall in love with shooting 3's as he gets older or just try to age more like Kobe. That'd be a bad move. His body should make it easier for him to transition than Kobe's.
No other team SHOULD pay him to be what he is for the Heat. That was my problem with him being one of the 3 from the beginning. But on the Heat, he's being asked to be a better version of Shane Battier. We have proof that he can be much more in a role that highlights his strengths more than the Heat do. Make him a #2 scoring option and the main focus of the inside game of a half court offense, play him at the PF with a defensive minded C behind him and Bosh is once again the budding star he was in Toronto. Keep in mind we are nit picking a guy that gets 17 and 7. That's with his weaknesses out front and his strengths barely being used.
As for the second paragraph, I was talking about guys like Birdman, Battier and Haslem. These guys HAVE to hustle players and fit in where they can around stars... that's why they're in the league. The fact that they're better than Bosh at their roles shouldn't be a surprise at all. The problem is on the Heat, Bosh rarely gets to show the many reasons he's much better than all of them. He's asked to be among them more times than not. He does an okay job at it, and in their spurts they do a better job... but they should.
Lebron CAN be fine well into his 30's. His shot will need to continue to develop, and not necessarily his 3. He'll need to get more comfortable on the post and be able to hit a jumper out of that position. But he's got the body and work ethic to make it happen, it's just a matter of whether or not he will. As someone else says he may fall in love with shooting 3's as he gets older or just try to age more like Kobe. That'd be a bad move. His body should make it easier for him to transition than Kobe's.
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