LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

And by the way, I heard some mook on ESPN compare LeBron to God. Im not kidding. Thats a 100% serious thing I heard on 710 this morning on my way to the gym. The direct quote was something like: "By the way, LeBron in the Playoffs is better at that, than anyone else is at anything else in the world. Like, LeBron is to the Playoffs what God is to the creation of man."

The worst part is I heard someone say "that's a perfect parallel" before I angrily turned the radio off.

Its moments like this that disgust me and make me glad I stopped watching ESPN for anything other than live events. Good Lord no wonder some of you guys are fed up. I'd be fed up too if I heard that stuff every day. It's so much easier to appreciate these athletes when you're not listening to those talking heads anymore.

 

Yeah that’s bad even for ESPN. On Friday I was listening to two of their airheads claiming that LeBron had already surpassed Jordan as GOAT even if he never wins another Finals game.

 

Wow, they got hammered by Boston!

 

I’m seeing some of the same things. If he doesn’t get the foul call, he’s too busy complaining to cross mid court.

 

Hey, somebody else has figured out the narrative. It’s pretty damn boring, isn’t it? Every year, same story, same ending, fake drama along the way. LeBron destroys some unworthy high seed by round 2, sometimes ECF, (Hawks or Raptors), people make a big deal out of each game of the ECF if he loses any of them, but in the end he advances to the Finals. This is no different, LeBron has always been a frontrunner in the sense that when his team gets down big in a game that doesn’t really matter, he’ll shut it down early and prepare to come out in the next game and dominate. That’s fully what I expect in game 2 as well, the C Bags first home loss of this playoffs. This is probably a 7 game series, but in the end it will be LeBron vs GS or Houston. The only thing different this time is I take no pleasure in either side winning, hate the C Bags, don’t want them reaching an NBA Finals already, hate LeBron, like to see him lose. It’s lose-lose. I stopped watching the game in the mid-2nd quarter when I realized this fully.

 

I'm not convinced. This Cavs team is actually pretty weak. Yes, they could get hot or at least shoot a decent percentage instead of missing everything, and they probably will. But the C Bags defense is disciplined and they match up well. They are younger with more energy and a lot of length. I think they will give the Cavs everything they can handle and more in this series. We shall see.