LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

that one was rough. won despite him for the most part.

 

At least he stop shooting after 13 shots

 

Yikes…

 

Much as you and @ADKOBE want that like months ago, it’s Dumb. You’re tripping if you don’t think we need him and he can still be a force in the playoffs THIS year.

Happily spamming my “same as every team hopes for, IF HEALTHY”, for their best players. After this season whatever the H Walter wants to do … we should all be good with.

 

Never said it was rational. I hate the way he plays at times. At least the chucking and LeEffIt 3s are at a relative minimum.

 

Yesterday's game reminded me of pre Lebron this season when Luka and Austin were going off like the best 1 2 punch in basketball. It was exciting basketball to watch. They played loose and were having fun out there. It may not lead to a championship but at least we saw the potential for the future.

 

When you get older it gets more difficult to play again after a break. Anyone above 30 can likely confirm that you feel better when you're playing regularly but if you miss a week or 2, the body doesn't respond so well.

He still got to his spots and missed 3 or 4 at the rim or stepback mid J he usually makes.
I think he will get better throughtout the rest of the season. And with Luka/AR we can actually manage his minutes. If we're healthy, I'm feeling good about Bron

 

This was the most fun I had as a fan since the last run of Kobe and Pau.

 

Bron is a better fit off the bench at this point with his decrease in rebounding and his 3pts shot being gone .

Let him kill opponent benches in transition with Vando and Smart as defenders .

 

He would demand a trade immediately if forced to the bench.
His ego just won’t allow for it.

 

Can all be handled by rotations. Finally JJ can start pinning down who does what best together and give those groups as much time as possible. But you don't ask LeBron, or for the longest time Reaves to come off the bench.

 

Yeah I think he will lead bench units. Increases the minutes Luka/AR share together which are our best and decreases the Luka/Bron minutes which are our worst

Is also good in a small ball team where Luka is a lesser fit. I like it

Of course he will always start, but you just tweak the rotations in that direction. We already saw a bit of it yesterday

 

Time to retire.

 

I like to see Reeves get more shots up. He should be the number 2 behind Luka. Don't like to see Lebron having more than double the shots than Austin. The game was boring, the offense looked stagnant. If feels like Reeves and Luka have to appease Lebron at times on the court because of his stature. I kind of want to see Reaves let that mamba loose and go off.

 

this is what AI was intended for

 

Austin struggles against younger athletic perimeter players. It's a thing.

 

What LBJ is doing at 41 is crazy, but man would I have loved to see a 31 year old LBJ matched up with Luka. The lift, the explosion, the handle; that LBJ makes us a championship team.

This one? Not so much, but he's much older and can still be effective. . All good.