birdman:


LeKing: 38 12 8 whats your story for today? Front seat, abi na middle seat?

birdman:


I didnt even watch the game as I was expecting easy 3-0. Imagine my shock! CP3 is trying to play spoiler. We need to come out next game and flog them. Make them lose hope forever

birdman:


LeKing: 38 12 8 whats your story for today? Front seat, abi na middle seat?

Roland17:


You need to go back a couple of pages to know my thoughts about LeBum this season, I say December/ January or before the season shut down. After you locate those posts, you may have a better angle to arguments. If anything this performance supports and lays credence to my position.

chic2pimp:
AD came through in the end. Great Game from Bron Today. He needs to continue giving the kind of performance if the Lakers are to have any chance.

How did the Blazers loose so many games in the Regular season? On the evidence of the first 3 games, I am impressed.

Afromentalist:

I am not trying to argue here about some old discussion you guys might have had (which I doubt I was a part and parcel being relatively new in this forum/topic).

Also far from me the idea to absolutely convince you to like or change your mind on Lebron. That’s not my goal, people are free to Bleep with whoever they want.

I’m referring to a specific recent allegation of yours! I challenged you to pin point the specific comment by any of us claiming Lebron is carrying AD. You did not.

Some of you also seemed to write Lebron off because of an average game. That’s what I am talking about.

Your views and tastes about Lebron are totally ours and you are entitled to have them.

chic2pimp:
AD came through in the end. Great Game from Bron Today. He needs to continue giving the kind of performance if the Lakers are to have any chance.

How did the Blazers loose so many games in the Regular season? On the evidence of the first 3 games, I am impressed.

birdman:


I didnt even watch the game as I was expecting easy 3-0. Imagine my shock! CP3 is trying to play spoiler. We need to come out next game and flog them. Make them lose hope forever

Roland17:


Under B. Donnovan you guys have drafted/recruited/developed very good perimeter/ 1v1 defenders. From A. Robinson to SGA and now L. Dort and all 3 need to get their offense going even though SGA is ahead of the curve. My only concern with stacking up these defenders is that it affects your perimeter offense and the depth in your bench offensively.

Dort looks good going to the bucket, he needs to stop settling for jumpers including 3's even when he is open. It will come, as long as he continues to work on it.

birdman:


But thats the whole point - you do NOT want Lebron to shoulder the scoring load. At this age, he is deadlier as a facilitator. If he gets 3 shooters hot, and each scores only 6pts more, that is an extra 20 points. Completely changes the game to a blowout vs just Lebron dropping 40 in a tight game. And this is what haters in their rush to take a shot at Lebron refuse to see. You want a 25PT 8RB 10+AS Lebron. There are many other things he does on the floor that shows up only in +/- of his teammates

Blazers lose a lot of games because Dame plays the same way every game. He has not gotten much better in the last few years. If you have guards who can match his athleticism, you can prepare game plan for him, absorb his scoring and deliver a loss to them. Sometimes CJ will step up and they win anyways. Other times CJ gets streaky like all jump shooters and they lose. With the bigs they have, its actually a bad thing that they are so guard dominant. Nurkic and Whiteside are not been used well so far imo.

DeeMain:
The Danny Green-Lebron-Howard-Davis on-the-floor defense tonight was a scary thing to watch. Damn!

benji93:
Only recently? How recently? You mean as recent as the 80s? . Where were you when the centers like Kareem, Hakeem, Shaq e.t.c were the go to offensively. I included Shaq cos he played in the 90s too. But come to think of it, you may not be wrong. We can only mention a handful of centers who were great offensively. .We can not say the same for centers generally.

steady986:

Bro I don't know what you're talking. Big men have always been for offense as well. From Wilt to Kareem to Shaq and to Embiid

steady986:

I'd take Caruso on D over Danny. Danny can be lethargic sometimes.

DeeMain:


His problem is consitent inconsistency. But today he delivered. That's the old playoff Danny doing his thing defense wise.

alexxiswrites:
These men are vital in protecting their low post. Check out how many boards they have. Blocks too. Match em up with the points!

Khanben:


I will not say a handful, there are about 15-16 players who have played the Center position (even if not solely the 5 like Duncan) who are in the top 50 of the NBA in points scored.

Afromentalist:

I am not trying to argue here about some old discussion you guys might have had (which I doubt I was a part and parcel being relatively new in this forum/topic).

Also far from me the idea to absolutely convince you to like or change your mind on Lebron. That’s not my goal, people are free to Bleep with whoever they want.

I’m referring to a specific recent allegation of yours! I challenged you to pin point the specific comment by any of us claiming Lebron is carrying AD. You did not.

Some of you also seemed to write Lebron off because of an average game. That’s what I am talking about.

Your views and tastes about Lebron are totally yours and you are entitled to have them.

benji93:
He was not referriing to you per say....

Afromentalist:

I am not trying to argue here about some old discussion you guys might have had (which I doubt I was a part and parcel being relatively new in this forum/topic).

Also far from me the idea to absolutely convince you to like or change your mind on Lebron. That’s not my goal, people are free to Bleep with whoever they want.

[b]I’m referring to a specific recent allegation of yours! [/b]I challenged you to pin point the specific comment by any of us claiming Lebron is carrying AD. You did not.

Some of you also seemed to write Lebron off because of an average game. That’s what I am talking about.

Your views and tastes about Lebron are totally yours and you are entitled to have them.

Afromentalist:

Baba you are mixing things up here. First off I never said he was talking about me. I said he should pin point any comment by ANY OF US who claimed LeBron is carrying AD. That’s the bone of contention.

Now what you say about LeBron not being perfect and having issues, again who disputed that here ?

I have a single specific unique particular peculiar identified issue. LeBron having a bad game 2 is not enough reason to claim he is thread as that niggar.

THAT is the issue and the bone of contention.

Afromentalist:

Baba you are mixing things up here. First off I never said he was talking about me. I said he should pin point any comment by ANY OF US who claimed LeBron is carrying AD. That’s the bone of contention.

Now what you say about LeBron not being perfect and having issues, again who disputed that here ?

I have a single specific unique particular peculiar identified issue. LeBron having a bad game 2 is not enough reason to claim he is thread as that niggar.

THAT is the issue and the bone of contention.

Afromentalist:


Baba you are mixing things up here. First off I never said he was talking about me. I said he should pin point any comment by ANY OF US who claimed LeBron is carrying AD. That’s the bone of contention.
As @Roland17 himself suggested you may have to scroll back to keep abreast with the history of our discussion on Lebron. Moreso it's become a norm that Lebron fans talk down his role in his team's loss, year in year out.

Now what you say about LeBron not being perfect and having issues, again who disputed that here ?

I have a single specific unique particular peculiar identified issue. LeBron having a bad game 2 is not enough reason to claim [b]he is thread as that niggar.

THAT is the issue and the bone of contention.

birdman:


LeKing: 38 12 8 whats your story for today? Front seat, abi na middle seat?

birdman:


But thats the whole point - you do NOT want Lebron to shoulder the scoring load. At this age, he is deadlier as a facilitator. If he gets 3 shooters hot, and each scores only 6pts more, that is an extra 20 points. Completely changes the game to a blowout vs just Lebron dropping 40 in a tight game. And this is what haters in their rush to take a shot at Lebron refuse to see. You want a 25PT 8RB 10+AS Lebron. There are many other things he does on the floor that shows up only in +/- of his teammates

Blazers lose a lot of games because Dame plays the same way every game. He has not gotten much better in the last few years. If you have guards who can match his athleticism, you can prepare game plan for him, absorb his scoring and deliver a loss to them. Sometimes CJ will step up and they win anyways. Other times CJ gets streaky like all jump shooters and they lose. With the bigs they have, its actually a bad thing that they are so guard dominant. Nurkic and Whiteside are not been used well so far imo.

A40:
I no really dey the salaye business.

A40:
Make I bend if this Portland take Lakers to Game 6. They couldn't stop a Tree

steady986:
No need to shalaye.

benji93:
He was not referriing to you per say. He was just talking as per the general opinion of Lebron's fans which is obviously all over both mainstream and social media. And most times it's not explicit. When AD scores less he has to be more aggressive. Lebron always makes the right basketball play. If you make a basketball play in the lead up to a loss, you must partake in the blames. This talk that oh Lebron had a triple double he was trying ot get his other team mates involved. What the heck! I am sure a player of average IQ can realize it when his teamates are shootinh poorly let alone Lebron. No one cares if you pass yourself out of shooting rythm. As the incredible17 year veteran that he is, he surely should know how to mix it up, to ensure he stays in rythm. Whenever Lebron passes the shooters must score. , as if his passes are conjured. It doesn't matter who passes, i can only give what i have. In the first game for example, the talk was about AD not being aggressive and his other teammates shooting badly. Sorry but the last i checked Lebron has been shooting badly too. So maybe you should aknowledge that he's mortal and he errs too.

steady986:

None of his fans blamed AD for not being aggressive, it's haters like you that did that, so stop trying to turn it around like we were the ones who came up with that AD need to be aggressive shiiit.

Guys were missing wide open shots, especially KCP who went 0 for 9

So how ever you want to spin it, a guy who amassed 23 points, 16 assists and 17 rebounds in a loss is not to blame.Pick someone else