LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

2nd in scoring. 0.6 points away from being the NBA scoring leader and closing in fast.
8th in Steals (37 years old 260lbs wtf?)
17th in Assists
21st in Blocks
39th in Rebounds

Not bad old dog.

 

didn't see the game, but lebron getting a double-digit lead then settling for jumpers has been sort of a staple in our s***tiness.

 

He was due for an off night, but damn we needed that win. The schedule is brutal from here on out

 

Lebron, as good as he is, and as "smart" sure makes stupid decisions alot during games.

Lakers were up 14 towards the end of the 2nd and then the Lakers went iso and 3 pt shot happy. Completely killed them and they never recovered.

 

Yeah I posted on Twitter that I can't recall a game in which he more nonchalantly settled in consecutive possessions. Our garbage defense made the offensive possessions that much more important, yet Lebron just chucked. It was bizarre.

 

10-25 FG 2-13 3pt
12-26 FG 3-10 3pt
13-29 FG 3-12 3pt

The 3 games he's played against the Kings. Their size at forward and wings bother him. He's to slow to beat them off the dribble and not strong enough to bully them in the post.

 

He does it a lot. This isn't an isolated situation. Only justification is energy saving? The constant drives to the rim take a toll even if it's to pass it out to the open man. That part is what makes the Russell Westbrook situation worse because I thought he would be the guy to handle alot of that for LeBron.

 

He needs to rebound and defend better. His energy would be better spent doing that than trying to score 30pts every night, he's not helping himself and the team with the current strategy

 

yeah, i totally get why he settles for jumpers--and it's more than settling*: it's clear his plan to take a long lazy jumper in the hopes that it goes in and we can just get up 25 and run away with it. but it basically hasn't worked yet. work for the same shots that got us up 10 points. they weren't contested, off the dribble, 26 ft fades.

*to me, "settling" is attempting, being thwarted for some reason, then opting for the jumper. people get on AD for this, and i'd agree he settles (though in his case, often settling is better than turning it over or committing an offensive foul). when we get up, lebron isn't "settling", he's not even trying to get good shots.

 

At least we got one Laker on the list

 

Further proving how ANALytics continue to be sooooo telling....

 

Will be interesting to see if he starts at Center vs Jokic tonight

 

Really, LeBron???:
https://s22928.pcdn.co/lakers-news-...uilding-better-habits-defensively/2022/01/15/

 

#LeadershipBaby

#JustaKidfromAkron

 

He looks like he's lost faith in this team. Too bad he played a big part in blowing up the quality team we had. No moves to be made either to salvage this. Might need to move him and AD this off-season for as much picks as possible and rebuild.

 

Must be busy in the Broncave working on trades.

 

I can't accept that. Against poor competition and when things are going good he was putting in the effort just recently









He's simply being a frontrunner here. When things go south he will pout and won't put in the effort where it doesn't benefit him. Against bad teams he will flex his muscles but when he's getting out played like today he will ghost like Casper.

The Lakers have played only 5 games in 13 days including 2 in the last 6. He's had the time off too so I don't want to hear the tired legs excuse.

We have to call a spade a spade.
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Its very interesting wherever he goes we quite often hear Lebron doesn't get enough help but he's been the common denominator in all those situations. Its pretty obvious this team is hell bent on pleasing Lebron...heck he's the Longest tenured Laker and this is only his 4th year! He has a lot of media people who have been carrying the water for him especially this year. He has been largely inconsistent with his defensive effort and its one of the biggest reasons why the Lakers are not at title contender last year and this year.