LLLLLeBron 3-5 Finals Record Without SuperTeam

Yeah I got two things from watching the game and his post-game interview:
1. All this silly nonsense about how many points he could score if he took more shots needs to be put to rest. This series he took a ton of shots which I actually have nothing but respect for. I thought it took guts for him to finally- I say FINALLY- stop worrying about his almighty FG% and just go for it. In doing so though he proved that a) he's only efficient because he picks and chooses his spots extremely carefully (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) and b) he cannot score like the best of them. He just can't do it. He proved in this series why he's NOT Jordan or Kobe. Sorry ESPN! He doesn't have that in him.

2. He knew during the game he was going to lose so he did. Self-fulfilling prophecy for the win! The dude knew he didn't have the horses and he gave up. He put up all kinds of numbers, but in the end he gave up the last game. I stuck up for him because the five games prior to this were a tremendous effort, but this last game was a microcosm of why NBA fans can't embrace him. ESPN might never understand it, but LeBron is a Beta. He's the greatest player in the world and he just doesn't have the Alpha mentality.

Case in point: Curry was a beast shot maker down the stretch. He was making shots right in Cleveland's grill and kept their run at bay.

 

He got to the Finals my man, that's not too bad for karmic return on his previous douchebaggery.

Real karmic return for all of that would be if he didn't make the playoffs.

 

Cleveland would have to get to the Finals and lose 3-4 more times for me to say "okay this is karma".

I look forward to that possibility...

 

I'm calling it.... Cleveland gets to the finals again next year and just before game 1, Dan Gilbert brings his friends into the Cleavland showers, looks at LaBronz and says "Look at that beautiful Black body", then proceeds to tell his girlfriend not to take pictures with Magic Johnson... we sit back, and watch the fireworks

 

28 times a player has taken 30+ FG in a Finals game. How many have averaged <1 Point Per Shot?

LeBron James 24 on 30
Scottie Pippen 26 on 35
LeBron James 32 on 33* this Finals

 

Sharing this with Pippin makes this is a very interesting stat that lends some credence to the notion that he is really a beta trying to be an alpha.

 

All these excuses for his team's injuries. Did anyone feel sorry for our Lakers when Malone and Grant got hurt? How about in 08 when Bynum was hurt? Kobe could be 7 - 0. But no one gives him a pass, but they are quick to give it to bron. Sickening.

 

The only things I heard on ESPN today that bugged me are that some people are saying really LeBron is 2-2 in the Finals because his first against the Spurs and this one shouldn't count because he had no help. He did have no help, but come on now, you can't wipe 2 Finals away like they didn't happen to make the guy look better. There's no reason for an excuse like that to be given to LeBron, when many other stars in NBA history have lost because key players on their team went down with injuries. It's a legit excuse as to why he didn't win, he lost to better teams, but you can't ignore and wipe clean the losses. It's almost like these ESPN guys are paid to prop up LeBron. He's 2-4, not 2-2, it is what it is.

 

It's the same way the media ignores Jordan's years in Washington, his years before Pippen, or the year Shaq put him out of the playoffs. To hear them, Jordan won the title every year.

 

Early NBA 2016 odds...Vegas has Cleveland on top at 9-4, Dubs and OKC at 5-1, the Hallway Wannabees 10-1, Jurassic Spurs and Chi-town at 12-1. Ain't life great? Their reasoning for the Return of The King? The script will follow what he did in South Beach... Better health, better chemistry, all that beautiful stuff.

Oh and the Lakers? 80-1. The Knicks are with us. Bottom feeders...200-1? MinnesoTowns, Jordan's Charlottenaires, The Seventy-Fixers and the Orlando Tragic.