LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

This is what happens when you give really good players to role players too much money. Kevin Love is not a 22 million/player. 22 million a year is reserved for franchise players. Tristan Thompson getting 16 mil is terrible. he is more like a 8 million per guy. JR Smith is a MLE player if not less and George Hill making 20 million is tragic. He's is the same talent pool as JR smith.

 

Hate the man or not I expect Lebron to personally destroy the "lebron-stopper" next game. That is all.

 

I don't think their team defense will allow that. Tatum and brown matched up with him as well.

 

I agree to a point. However, two things:

One, there isn’t that many franchise players to go around, so teams end up spending on worse players.

Two, it’s up to coaches to put players in positions to maximise their potential for the betterment of the team. With Love, in particular, I think he is wasted in his current role. He for sure looked like a franchise player in Minnesota.

 

i agree. I think put in a different situation or team kevin love could get back to the guy who had a 30/30 game in minny

 

I think we are infatuated with stats a little too much. I do not concern myself with offensive stats anymore in the NBA. The possessions are at an all time high, it is more perimeter originated, which means there are more opportunities to score and assist and get those nice offensive numbers.

I look at team ball and how wins are accumulated. Looking at James Harden last night, he dropped one of the most unassuming 41 points you can drop in a playoff game. CP3 had a double-double and I didn't even know he was on the court. Stats in the NBA right now are like the Steroid Era in baseball. Inflated and all show with no substance.

 

yup. stats are useless. eye test or bust

 

WINS.....PLAYOFF SERIES WINS....TITLES. Live it, love it......KNOW IT!

 

I haven't watched the series but I know this much about any player Lebrons caliber. Most tricks work once. I think Lebron is a front-running baby. I don't think he is anywhere near the GOAT as the media has made him out to be. That being said, he is pretty much unstoppable if he wants to be. The Cavs can still lose but I don't imagine Lebron not dropping 30 on them. If his teammates step up he prob puts a triple-double on them. I def could be wrong but in this case he can be a lot like the Kobe's, MJ's, Shaq's, Bird's and Magic's in that if you personally get the best of him he is going to go after it.

Team D will work best if no one else on the Cavs hits shots. I don't imagine Bron going out like that in game 2 after all the hate he got.

 

hahahahhahahha, "Randle is gone". hahahhahahahhahaha. I'm waiting for response to this.......Ill wait.......

 

dang Ryan Hollins always breaking the hot stories. He said Randle is gone so it totally proves you know basketball.

 

Randle is your kind of player OX unless it is all lip service from you our guys are pansies and can't stay on the floor. So here's Randle working his a** off all summer and then like an ox he bangs players around all year long including bigger players. Your and our mantra ... availability matters. 82 of 82 games. Plays hurt .... well he didn't really get hurt did he but he did check your box off in his ability to play through pain with the busted finger later in the season.

Nah. None of that is good enough for you because Randle still a young growing personality ... you've determined isn't smart enough to be on the team. That's horse****. Not to mention he and they are works in progress mentally in a basketball sense as well as physically. We'll see what the Lakers actually do soon enough. Randle is a Rock down low and inflicts pain and Luke's asked him to be that kind of enforcer. THat's been quoted. You should try a little objectivity?

 

Checkmate!

 

I never liked Ryan Hollins

 

We will let the results speak. Right now, Julius Randle has been an LA Laker for 4 seasons. That is more than half of an NBA players career average in the league.

He has produced zero all star appearances, been apart of zero playoff appearances. Has made zero all NBA teams. Made zero All NBA defensive teams. Has earned zero awards for his play.

All these zeros, and I have to submit to the fact that this player has all of a sudden earned a near to max contract in the NBA. Sorry, no thank you. You can all bring up all the ANALyrics you want, the results of zeros speaks louder.

 

Then you're a hypocrite with all your tough talk around here wanting that kind of player. A highly skilled one no less.

And no, your argument is that he's worth no more than 12M which is ludicrous. No one wants to pay him 22-25M. Dummy. Cuban may offer it.