LABron James Discussion: The Big 4 0!

He injured himself flopping, I guess that is playoff mode.

 

Suck on that Lebron hate bud..it's terribly misplaced.

 

Well the timing of his injury might turn out to be blessing in disguise. If we're being honest, we would have been OK going 4-4 during this stretch even if fully healthy. We're probably going 1-7 or 0-8 and we'll drop to the 5th/6th seed in the West. So that's 3 or 4 more losses than expected. We can make up for those losses if Lebron comes back in a week or two to make a final push. Hopefully we're coming out of this stretch with a rejuvenated Lebron, similar to his performance in January/February.

 

Brilliant

 

I recall saying I definitely didn’t think the pace he was playing at was sustainable. Hopefully, it’s something minor and he’s able to come back pretty quickly from it without it nagging him for the rest of the year

 

I think it was a couple things: he was trying to lead by example with Luka. If he's doing that at 40, you're going to get Luka to up the effort. Second, I think he saw this team had a legit shot to at least make the WCF. Entering the season, no way he saw that as an option. So there's a level of buy in and desperation because there's such a finite number of those chances left in his career.

 

I’m sure he was pumped up, and I bet his ego played a role as well. He’s never played with anybody at Luka’s level most likely, and I am not sure he’s ready to pass the torch 100% yet no matter what he says.

but to put up those numbers and get player of the month at 40 in year 22 is pretty absurd. We all knew it couldn’t last, but it sure helped push us in the right direction.