LABron James Discussion: The Big 4 0!

You know, according to Hoopshype Global Rating, which is pretty cool, Bron is currently performing as the 6th best player in the league, which is absolutely insane. Yes, the guy had a bad game, literally passed the ball to opposing players, but that happens. Be better tomorrow, right?



But seriously, this is extremely impressive. At least now, when Bron is off, you bench him and put Luka in, making your opponents pull out their hair. And vice versa, of course. That has to be tough to deal with. We still won that game, with Bron playing poorly, us missing two valuable starters (and leaving cca. 35 points on the table just for those 2) and Kawhi had an absolutely vintage game.

They had Zubac, who is the type of player we - supposedly! - have no answer for, but we did just fine with Jax starting at the 5 and Vando being the "energizer bunny" that he usually is. None of that mattered and we beat them twice in a row. So, I am OK with Bron just doing what he does, acknowledging that he had a bad game, of course.

Speaking of that Hoopshype rating, in the last 365 days of NBA basketball, Bron ranked #7. Currently, in the last week I think, Luka was #7 and Bron #8, but obviously Luka can play noticeably better than this. Or at least more efficiently.

 

I can’t speak for others but I criticized him today because I felt that he was playing for stats instead of the team and almost lost the game because of it. He was pressing so hard because he wanted that 50k number and it wasn’t working. He needs to acknowledge that he was off and just try for the record tomorrow. I root for the name on the front of the jersey not the back. Bron has many more good games than bad and I usually don’t say anything either way but I really felt that he was not a team player yesterday and I will call that out when ANY player does that.