The Shortest of Honeymoons - Cousins signing to the Warriors stole the LA-James thunder.
Hot Seat - Early heat between Magic and Walton
(Only a Somewhat) Merry Christmas - James groin cramps injury
Injuries Galore - more injuries
The Anthony Davis Flirtation Fiasco - self-explanatory
The Final Collapse - Lebron's pattern of laziness, mental weakness, and physical decline in the last 20+ games
Honest TLDR:
LeDecline
Western Conference
Worst team for Lebon. All his career, Lebron's team's formula has been Lebron + 3pt shooters, where Lebron dribbles for 15-20 seconds and either rams to the rim off of switches against smaller defenders, or drive and kick to open shooters, or no drive but wait for his teammates to get themselves free and make the pass. This Lakers team has no shooters, no strong cutting players, and no hustle. Magic wanted to replicate the showtime Lakers but Lebron is a bad off-ball player and they do not have the right chemistry even if they have good transition guards in Rondo and Ball
Meme team galore. Signing controversial and odd vets to 1 year deal will surely inspire them to put the team's success first before their own interests, right?
Injuries. Just bad luck. If everyone stayed healthy, they could have squeezed into #8.
AD fiasco + Lebron drama caravan. KD is right, toxic.
My back-to-back MVP! Only Harden and Jordan have 30+ career points against every other team. I won't mind if Giannis gets it, he has the narrative push, but Harden destroyed his last season's MVP numbers, carried a corpse Houston team when they needed it the most, and is putting an absolute offensive exhibition this year!
On March 20 2019 12:52 Ethelis wrote: Literally unwatchable. He's ruining our sport. Kids these days just wanna do step-backs and flop.
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You made me think about it, we have generational "trends" that spill over to fans and streetballs: - Jordan era - kids were all doing aerial ballet/reverse layups and tongue wag - Kobe era - kids shot against 3-4 defenders and felt good about it + fade away post ups - Curry era - kids shot from halfcourt - Harden era - kids do stepback and double stepback every possession every situation
I wonder what the Lebron era was like (prime maybe 2012-2014)?
On March 20 2019 12:52 Ethelis wrote: Literally unwatchable. He's ruining our sport. Kids these days just wanna do step-backs and flop.
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You made me think about it, we have generational "trends" that spill over to fans and streetballs: - Jordan era - kids were all doing aerial ballet/reverse layups and tongue wag - Kobe era - kids shot against 3-4 defenders and felt good about it + fade away post ups - Curry era - kids shot from halfcourt - Harden era - kids do stepback and double stepback every possession every situation
I wonder what the Lebron era was like (prime maybe 2012-2014)?
On March 20 2019 12:52 Ethelis wrote: Literally unwatchable. He's ruining our sport. Kids these days just wanna do step-backs and flop.
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You made me think about it, we have generational "trends" that spill over to fans and streetballs: - Jordan era - kids were all doing aerial ballet/reverse layups and tongue wag - Kobe era - kids shot against 3-4 defenders and felt good about it + fade away post ups - Curry era - kids shot from halfcourt - Harden era - kids do stepback and double stepback every possession every situation
I wonder what the Lebron era was like (prime maybe 2012-2014)?
Kids doing roids?
Lol no one can just be big and fast
Hahahahaha.
I wonder if Lebron will have a Lance Armstrong moment after he retires...
On March 20 2019 12:52 Ethelis wrote: Literally unwatchable. He's ruining our sport. Kids these days just wanna do step-backs and flop.
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You made me think about it, we have generational "trends" that spill over to fans and streetballs: - Jordan era - kids were all doing aerial ballet/reverse layups and tongue wag - Kobe era - kids shot against 3-4 defenders and felt good about it + fade away post ups - Curry era - kids shot from halfcourt - Harden era - kids do stepback and double stepback every possession every situation
I wonder what the Lebron era was like (prime maybe 2012-2014)?
NBA defenses, especially nowadays with analytics, specialize in ceding bad shots. A lot of the top players, and you can include Kareem's skyhook and Dirk's one legged jumper, made their living making bad shots efficiently enough to win games.
Lebron is an exception. He just bullied his way to attempting good shots at the rim. And he did make a higher percentage of those shots than anybody else for a very long time. Giannis is doing the same thing. Just unstoppable surrounded by 4 3-pt shooters.
Good point on Giannis. What makes him more fun than LBJ for me is that he dunks everything. I'm not sure if he still on pace but he was at a rate to have more dunks than Shaq. Also because he was so unheralded and no nearly as polished as James when he entered the league we have got to watch his improvement. Also, up to this point his loyalty to Milwaukee is endearing, that is probably the city most would least like to live in, in the entire NBA and in the era of super teams and players forcing their way to certain markets it nice to see one of its biggest stars just owrry about winning and playing where he is at.
On March 20 2019 12:52 Ethelis wrote: Literally unwatchable. He's ruining our sport. Kids these days just wanna do step-backs and flop.
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You made me think about it, we have generational "trends" that spill over to fans and streetballs: - Jordan era - kids were all doing aerial ballet/reverse layups and tongue wag - Kobe era - kids shot against 3-4 defenders and felt good about it + fade away post ups - Curry era - kids shot from halfcourt - Harden era - kids do stepback and double stepback every possession every situation
I wonder what the Lebron era was like (prime maybe 2012-2014)?
Kids doing roids? Lol no one can just be big and fast
the most sophisticated allegations have been that LBJ and his friend Chris Paul might rely on HGH rather than Steroids
On March 20 2019 12:52 Ethelis wrote: Literally unwatchable. He's ruining our sport. Kids these days just wanna do step-backs and flop.
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You made me think about it, we have generational "trends" that spill over to fans and streetballs: - Jordan era - kids were all doing aerial ballet/reverse layups and tongue wag - Kobe era - kids shot against 3-4 defenders and felt good about it + fade away post ups - Curry era - kids shot from halfcourt - Harden era - kids do stepback and double stepback every possession every situation
I wonder what the Lebron era was like (prime maybe 2012-2014)?
Kids doing roids? Lol no one can just be big and fast
the most sophisticated allegations have been that LBJ and his friend Chris Paul might rely on HGH rather than Steroids
I want so much accusing him as saying playing like LeBron doesn't work for most people. And its not even that fun
the claim in the article is the player has a fractured left thumb. Typically, tissue regrowth requires 6 weeks. Bone, Tendon, Ligament... whatever... its 6 weeks. The 2-4 week estimate is incongruent with the report he has a fracture.
On March 21 2019 02:59 darthfoley wrote: Sad day to be a Kings fan
let's take a moment to remember the good times. "they're dancing on the streets of Belgrade"
On March 20 2019 12:52 Ethelis wrote: Literally unwatchable. He's ruining our sport. Kids these days just wanna do step-backs and flop. \s
You made me think about it, we have generational "trends" that spill over to fans and streetballs: - Jordan era - kids were all doing aerial ballet/reverse layups and tongue wag - Kobe era - kids shot against 3-4 defenders and felt good about it + fade away post ups - Curry era - kids shot from halfcourt - Harden era - kids do stepback and double stepback every possession every situation
I wonder what the Lebron era was like (prime maybe 2012-2014)?
Kids doing roids? Lol no one can just be big and fast
the most sophisticated allegations have been that LBJ and his friend Chris Paul might rely on HGH rather than Steroids
I want so much accusing him as saying playing like LeBron doesn't work for most people. And its not even that fun
ah gotcha. i hate playing against guys like that.
Colin Cowherd speculates LBJ might be enterting the "Fat Elvis" stage of his career. I guess Cowherd must be 60+ years old to spew out an analogy like that... "Fat Elvis" .. ROFLMAO.
On March 20 2019 12:52 Ethelis wrote: Literally unwatchable. He's ruining our sport. Kids these days just wanna do step-backs and flop.
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You made me think about it, we have generational "trends" that spill over to fans and streetballs: - Jordan era - kids were all doing aerial ballet/reverse layups and tongue wag - Kobe era - kids shot against 3-4 defenders and felt good about it + fade away post ups - Curry era - kids shot from halfcourt - Harden era - kids do stepback and double stepback every possession every situation
I wonder what the Lebron era was like (prime maybe 2012-2014)?
NBA defenses, especially nowadays with analytics, specialize in ceding bad shots. A lot of the top players, and you can include Kareem's skyhook and Dirk's one legged jumper, made their living making bad shots efficiently enough to win games.
Lebron is an exception. He just bullied his way to attempting good shots at the rim. And he did make a higher percentage of those shots than anybody else for a very long time. Giannis is doing the same thing. Just unstoppable surrounded by 4 3-pt shooters.
But I dont think it echoed to basketball courts and gyms across the country and the world. No one played thinking theyd be playing like Lebron, unless it was a trend elsewhere I dont play at.
On March 21 2019 00:19 JimmiC wrote: Good point on Giannis. What makes him more fun than LBJ for me is that he dunks everything. I'm not sure if he still on pace but he was at a rate to have more dunks than Shaq. Also because he was so unheralded and no nearly as polished as James when he entered the league we have got to watch his improvement. Also, up to this point his loyalty to Milwaukee is endearing, that is probably the city most would least like to live in, in the entire NBA and in the era of super teams and players forcing their way to certain markets it nice to see one of its biggest stars just owrry about winning and playing where he is at.
Imagine the league-wide heartache once Giannis decides to play elsewhere, esp a big market team. Could we attribute Giannis model to Kidd? Like playing a guy like that as a guard?
Grats to Kobe for getting in the space. The problem with BodyArnor is that it looks like its a college marketing student muck-up, from the name to the packaging. It needs a little more mainstream appeal.
Bronstans be like: Lebron is 34 He is resting load management carrying the team in a bad team no help activate playoff mode flip the switch look in the mirror greatest of all time
Tyson Chandler: Lakers' season was derailed by 'the perfect storm' LATimes
“So when you are just kind of getting used to him and you take him out of the equation, and you have young players that are getting used to him, and you take them out of the equation, and you start putting them back, it’s tough. I’m 18 years in, I played with him on Team USA, under different circumstances. It was even difficult for me in 18 years to learn [Rajon] Rondo, learn LeBron, learn Lonzo [Ball]. Learn everybody.”
LeBron James and SpringHill Entertainment’s new athletic competition show finally has a premiere date. “Million Dollar Mile,” which will be hosted by football legend Tim Tebow, will premiere on March 27, 2019.