LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

So you expect a coyote....




.....to do a wolf's job?



Bruh, that's just pump fiction...uh, pulp fiction.

Either way, adultery is an issue...Wilt was the most dominant player of his time but an underachiever as well. Maybe if he had his head in the game instead of some dame, he would have more championships to his name.

Speaking of coming up lame in title opportunities...Bron at least redeemed himself with that awful "Decision", when he came back to Cleveland and brought them a title he promised after a 52 year drought.

Dude was a media darling, had a life contract with Nike and a movie/media operation BEFORE coming to LA. Let's not act like his decision to come to the Lakers was mainly for entertainment, when he clearly had that industry by the Balls already.

Anyways, I'm tired of discussing unwarranted hate. Go love a little...but be mindful of STDs. I hear that s*** isn't as easy to fix once you got it. You can't just sweep that under a table...cause its already all up in your rug.

#PumpFriction

 

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I'm always here to chat, old friend

 

I may take you up on that. I'm not in a good place if I'm being transparent. It's a humbling experience having your mental health affected. You can know things you should do to help, and the reality is you don't give a crap. This place has been a life saving distraction more than once.

This is related to the whole Lebron jersey thing, but once someone in my family bought me a Shaq jersey. I knew they spent quite a bit of dough on it, but I don't think I ever wore it even once. I warmed up to him during his tenure here, but it's so obvious years later why I felt justified in not being a big fan. He skated by on natural ability. Maybe I root for the underdog. I'd prefer to root for a less talented/naturally gifted player with a better attitude/work ethic over the arrogant behemoths of the sports world. The ones with no fear to seize the moment, who had the balls to attempt to come through in the clutch.

Shaq was not known to be a hard worker. He did work hard for Phil for about 2 years is my guess, and about 2 years in Miami. He didn't really ever improve. I'm still flabbergasted at how a professional shoots free throws worse than me. The excuses for missing "chippies", not being in shape, recovering on company time, now you gonna pay me, etc etc was masked a bit by his jovial personality, but at the end of the day, I wanted the ball in Kobe's hands.

Lebron is an easy guy to root against. There is no denying the Olympic experience with Kobe helped him improve his mindset, and by literally not having a closer by his side after Kyrie, he was forced to improve his "closer" game. He was always too quick to give up the ball and make the right play, but with Kobe, you knew what was coming, and you probably still couldn't stop it. Kobe had me on the edge of my seat wondering what one or two moves a game would leave me smiling in awe. He was a performer. He was gutsy. He was a hard worker. He got the most out of his ability. Others like McGrady were born with more talent, but he out-shown them all.

Lebron never had the balls to enter into a slam dunk contest. He was too image conscious to have that L on his record. He was super athletic, but lacked that type of jaw dropping creativity required for victory in most cases, so without a sure victory, he'd rather not play. He's the best all time player for the first 45 minutes of the game (Stats wise), but his lack of balls in the last few minutes for the majority of his career is indisputable. His blatant flopping and cheating while at the peak of his game is just shameful. I have to laugh at small ball center. Take one bow to the chin and he's down for the count and needs a neck brace.

I rooted for a guy that used tie wire and duct tape to make sure he held together to be on the floor to go to war with his peers. He played with a face mask, broken fingers, torn this and that, sprained ankles, and never came with excuses. It's really hard to want to root for possibly the most gifted NBA athlete in our lifetime and possible ever when he's born with the Goliath frame, the Adonis physique, and the mickey mouse mindset.

With the game on the line, and Kobe in the game, you knew what you were going to get, and you could live with the results because Kobe EARNED the right to take that shot hit or miss. With Lebron, he'll shrink behind making the "right play" whenever it suits him. Imagine Kobe with those physical tools.

We'll win more games for sure this year. He may help raise the play of our other guys, and they will find the gravity of James on the floor making their lives easier. They will also find James more than willing to give up the rock to them so they can make game winning plays. I'm sure our young guys will love that. Our fans will probably love that. I might even like it.

But in the end, I'll know that Kobe had bigger balls than Lebron, and it's just no easy task following such a legend and being compared to him. Anyone coming here will face the same scrutiny, and it's true for anyone following a legendary coach or player. We had Kobe his whole career, so yes, he does have a special place in our hearts.

But when it's suggested that it's Kobe "stans" and not Laker fans that don't like Lebron, I have to laugh. I was a bit disappointed we signed Shaq, and I had never even seen Kobe play yet. Some people just have preferences in who they root for and their qualities as players and people. I'd pick Fisher over most PG's in the league in his era, but we all know it wasn't because he was the best or most talented. That smack he laid on Scola explains exactly why fans loved the guy. No fear. No fear in the clutch, willing to sacrifice his body on charges, always in shape, always giving effort. I'll go to war with that guy any time. I just won't introduce him to my girl lol. Obviously Shaq is an all time great, as is Lebron, so I understand this makes me a very picky fan. I'd rather lose with guys I want to go to battle with than sell my soul rooting for players I can't stand.

Lebron has an opportunity to change how 10's of millions of fans think about him. I'll give him that shot, but what I've been presented over his career and his entire body of work leaves him a notch below guys I want to root for. I'll be a bigger fan of Lance Stephenson and Rondo. Maybe as Lebron ages, and maybe as he's aged and been forced to grow in new areas, and perhaps even as his athleticism fades and he becomes wiser, maybe just maybe, he becomes more likable, and ends up thriving as the *gasp* underdog role. When people know what you are capable of, and you come up short because your balls shrink for most of your career, that doesn't go away overnight. I hope his balls finish dropping, and he fulfills his potential leading our young squad back to the highest of heights, and doesn't act like a narcissistic douche in the process.

I still trade him to Toronto for Kawhi in a heartbeat. THAT's a guy I could root for no questions asked. (He gets a pass from me for being hurt last year)

#endrant

 

I love you, my man.

 

I was talking to Vash.

 

Billionares got wolfs.

I still don't know who is this adulterer. Are you talking about Kobe and Colorado?

He showed his character i don't care how many rings he gets.

He wants to have it by the balls even more.

 

Ouch

 

“Hello? Mrs. John 3:16? Is your husband home?”



Memories...

 

(Sans the 1st paragraph) Reading @sirronstuff's rant...



Damn bro...you wasnt the one that made that tldr gif about real and my posts and then posted that lengthy a** diatribe??? That couldn't have been you, right?

You do know that Kob’s pops was in the NBA and that his moms had a brother (Kob's uncle) in the NBA too. Sure, he can rock them #LeatherPants...



...but you still can't deny that man's genes.

Also a Kobe Stan doesn't equate to a Bron hater. You don't have to be enthused with nabbing the best free agent in all the land circa '96, but to feel so much hostility against it where you need to s*** on other's enthusiasm towards it...well that's another story.

A Kobe stan is threatened by Kang dangalang so goddamn much that they take up to vandalizing someone's enthusiastic expression, so that they can still feel something down there. The simple solution is to not have their panties all up in a bunch cause it cuts off the circulation.

Seriously tho, when I call out stans, it's no one in particular here (unless you think it's about you, in which case you a stan haha). Nah, but I truly believe everybody on this site is a Laker fan that truly appreciated Kob and how he bled purp & gold for our team.

Sirron, I only got on you about it cause you brought that stan's trashy vandalism Twitter request to this site. Don't promote that b******* here bro. I'm not going to stan-d for it.

All that being said, thanks for expressing yourself so candidly and although I disagree with a majority of it, I never question your standing as a Laker fan. You create hateful gifs/memes/sites towards Bron, rather than go trashing/destroying another's creation exhalting him. Respect! You can hate...imho just come correct with it...create your own hate inspired mural/creation rather than destroy someone else's. That's all I'm saying...and seriously f*** those stans for doing it too. I got no respect for that!

@Punk-101

 

TLDR

 

I am more in awe of Jay-Z than I am of Warren Buffett. I am more in awe of LeBron than I am of Kobe. All 4 have done amazing things...

But what distinguishes 2 from the other 2 is their starting points. If you can’t appreciate LeBron then you are just half-sighted.

 

But I hope one can agree that "appreciate" him doesn't necessarily mean "want him" on my team.

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone unwilling to give him due for what he has done on the court and off. Doesn't mean he gets a pass for all the crap that goes with it and ALL fans are just waiting with open arms. Just, no.

I don't agree with your assessment, but nor do I need to for everyone to be happy. Everyone has their preferences, and that was part of my point. There are millions of fans that would take Lebron over Kobe. I'm just not one of them, and there's a legitimate case that I should.


oh..... annnnnddddd.......you're in the book



That's right. You are now BBQ chicken.