LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

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  1. abeer3

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    probably not for the 7 games it would take. he could do it for a couple, though.
     
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    Bronny and the king go at it in different uniforms. That would be an epic battle.
     
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    They are going to all play out of their minds. Theiro does need minutes and that will be on JJ for sure. Bad coaching can always wreck the train. The thing is, LeBron is healthy and has been playing so he is in playing shape. We haven't seen this LeBron since the bubble in the playoffs. He was either playing his way into shape or dragging a leg. The entire script of this series is written for us to win. Plus, I heard the fat lady has bronchitis, so there is that.
     
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    Worth the read.

    Here's some of the highlights



     
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    Sigh. Yeah, the stretch followed by getting waxed against OKC. Season sweep, actually. And even with a healthy James, Reaves, & Luka, we likely lose in 5 to them this season, but let's try it again. Unreal.
     
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    F****** Lakers front office and Jeanie ownership. Oh wow we got Mark Walter now! Winning time do it right ownership! Will trust Mark the fab Dodgers proven owner running this train wreck going forward. Oh wait top 3 guys “may” be back. Dumb Mark Walter can just tell the rest of the roster he’s going to f*** up too. Championship or bust …. give me “another” new owner who’s going to see things like I do so we can win. No time for waiting to see what actually happens this off season. I lied about about being good with whatever Mark does. Doesn’t know ball like me … Baseball guy! Weeee!
     
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    more than one quote like this, hinting that lebron thought someone was me-firsting. who was it? gotta be luka, right? doesn't seem like him, really.
     
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    If Lebron cared so much for winning, he should accept less money, because his play doesn't match his salary
     
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    I mean, watching the team prior to that was pretty tough too. I was ready to sim to the off season. A lot of individual play, your turn/my turn from our 3... if they were even on the court together. It was more heliocentric Luka play, less team ball. Team seemed disconnected at that time as well. Now the real shift came when Bron returned from his injury and fully embraced the DrayBron role, so I'm sure the anti Bron contingent will solely put that all on him. But really it's the collective injuries, lack of camp together, not getting those reps and time to figure it out, then sure there's some blame to go around to JJ, Bron and Luka as well.

    Pre-March I think there was a legit chance he wasn't going to be a Laker next year (although much smaller than the majority thought). Post-March I'm fairly confident it's Lakers or retirement, 80/20.
     
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    This may be the last we see LeBron as a Laker. I'm going to enjoy watching this series and see the arguable goat deliver. It's a long shot, but we'll see what happens.
     
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    8 Assists in the first quarter. The old man's got something left in the tank.
     
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    He took the midrange Js in the 1st quarter , that's the name of game in the playoffs .

    Might need 35+ from him in Game 2
     
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    I saw a tweet that said:

    "For 4 mins Bron just pushed a 117 ORTG with a lineup that had 2000s double big spacing and 1 non nba player"

    This game was super impressive from Lebron, he dominated from the center of the court. It also just kind of broke any chance they had of playing the zone with Rui and Kennard spotting up and Lebron play making from the elbow - you either collapse the paint so he can't score on a post up, or you let him kick it out to the tune of 13 assists.

    Going to be interesting what happens in game 2. I don't think our guys can shoot that well again, but Lebron can also explode for 40 if he needs too. Is it too much to ask for to go up 2-0?
     
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    Karl Malone esque in the post
     
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    F*** Karl Malone
     
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