GOAT NBA Discussion: Biggest fraud poster: fallguy. Super AIDS Containment thread
Luka is a high-scoring primary ball-handler (ball-dominator) just like Lebron.So he turns everyone into spot-up shooter (bad chemistry), thereby requiring more help.. Unfortunately, the bad chemistry prevents a great team REGARDLESS of cast.Btw, Reaves is lucky that he already had 5 years to develop alongside a big assist target like AD before Luka arrived - Luka was gifted a r
43% big assisted Reeves.
You are always off the rails, but you've been really bad in the last few days. I mean you've just said LeBron underachieved in seasons he won the MVP and the Championship.
Must have some high expectations for players to do better than that.
I think everyone is in agreement that SGA is tracking to finish ahead of MJ on the GOAT list now.
You are always off the rails, but you've been really bad in the last few days. I mean [u]you've just said LeBron underachieved in seasons he won the MVP and the Championship.[/b]
Must have some high expectations for players to do better than that.
His rosters should have 70 win seasons and at least 60 wins every year.
Instead, he won 60 games only 1 time in 7 seasons with Big 3's from 2011-2017.
Aside from 2006 and 2013, every other season was either a lottery season (04', 05', 19', 22'), 1st Round loss with an all-star teammate (21', 24', 25'), historically locked up (07', 08', 11'), upset loss (09', 10', 11', 21', 25'), record margin loss (14', 17', 18'), 2nd option season (20', 26'), or a fall from preseason favorite to underdog or loser (11' thru 16' except the Allen miracle).
Ultimately, Lebron had 75-win rosters, yet he never had a dominant title run (4 losses or less; 1 loss avg per round)... Never a dynasty (3 in 5)... Never 70 wins... Almost never 60 wins.... Barely 50 wins most years despite 2 other franchise players on his team, aka 54 wins with a preseason favorite, super-team was the standard (massive underachievement)
^^^ all this despite teaming up with Bird (Luka), Robinson (AD), KJ (Kyrie), McHale (Love), Drexler (Wade), Derrick Coleman (Bosh), Dale Ellis (Allen), Reggie Lewis (Ingram), and much more ..
Btw, it's an underachievement to barely win the 13' Finals against an old team where Kobe swept the prime version in 08'... Lebron barely beats great players/top 10 candidates and can't convincingly beat them (sweep) like Kobe, MJ, Curry or Duncan did... Lebron barely won because he only averaged 25 and was really bad - the Heat didn't win with him on the floor (zero plus minus). They had a 75-win roster but nearly lost the Finals to an old team.
Only 25 players have played 1298 games, streak is unbreakable.
Losing the streak for a game winning assist wide open 3 instead of contested 2.
Seems a little high.
He still extended his record single double streak by having 11 assists. I'm assuming nobody beat that with rebounds but it's possible someone like Jabbar might have. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the single double record.
Only 25 players have played 1298 games, streak is unbreakable.
Losing the streak for a game winning assist wide open 3 instead of contested 2.
If LeBron shot himself his streak almost certainly extends because he either scores or gets overtime. But this record needed to die. The way it died was right.
Also 11 assists 0 turnovers, a little early for the totally washed status. His shot has been off but it's 6 games after an extended injury. There will be a day when he does officially fall all the way off, but I'm not convinced it's now.
I watched the game. He had no ability to score. His shots were bricks and his drives had no finish. The droves are the really concerning part. He looked like his speed and spring were gone, so his drives were useless. If he focuses on playmaking he can still provide a lot of value but his scoring days are over. If he plays his role correctly this year he'll average less than 15 points per game.
Yeah, it might be it, prognosis on back issues on someone with 1800 games on his body can't be great, but he's had a superhuman ability to recover.
When it's tied with 5 seconds to go is it smarter to drive to the hoop or dish for a 3-pointer? If it's really sciatica and career threatening, that's one reason to not even try to pull off a drive. So many talking heads are saying he made up the sciatica to spite management. Don't know where they are getting that.
Yeah, he wants to play as many games as possible and set as many records as possible too. He's not a guy who just misses action for questionable reasons.
When I watched that game, LeBron looked like he might be the least athletic guy on the court. Like a stiff old man. I'm in my 40s and even though I'm in really good shape I'm old and stiff and slow compared to what I was 20 years ago. Just 2 years ago he often still looked like the best athlete on the court.
Makes me think this is his final season, unless he somehow gets healthy. If I were him, I'd take off until Xmas day game.. try to get as "right" as possible.
Looking at the C's, Jordan Walsh, 40in vert, 7 foot wingspan, that Gonzalez beating guys up with the hands they say measure 2nd only to Tacco Falls' (idk about that but that is what they say was measured at combine), they got other wing defenders...and they are all just role playing kids. Every team has somebody or several in the mold of these players.
MJ played against a lot of Sleepy Floyd's and Mark Aguirre's and Kelly Tripuka's and ****.
Guys his very next game
29/7/6 on 12/17 shooting, 4/6 from 3 on the road vs a decent team. He needs more than a handful of mediocre games to call it the end or full-time washed status.
He looked powerful on that dunk. He's not going to be catching lobs one-handed with that hand over the square anymore, still man he's a truck. I am thinking after hearing him talk basketball and seeing his game, given he's been doing it longer than a lot of head coachs have watched it, I think maybe he knows and sees the game better than any player ever.
First of all, in order to "Know and see the game better than anyone ever", you HAVE to have played it within the last 10 years. It's just a different and evolving (improving for a standpoint of winning basketball) game. As far as vision, being so big and it's Lebron ok we all see how he sees the floor, anticipates, directs, etc.
If they played today, Magic would "Know and see" better and probably Larry too, but they were playing checkers.
