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nothing surprises me with Lebron's game anymore. The guy should have added more weapons to his offensive game. Yet you see people compare him to ........
Lol

This is going down to the wire. Both teams keeping it close

LoJ:
And I predict a huge James' perf on the 3rd

That as well

Cavs are getting most of the rebounds while fouling on some but the refs are blind to those yet making calls on the warriors.
Oya Curry, Klay make dem pay with those 3rd qtrs performance. I predict Klay going off in the 3rd qrt

SmooshCHN:
These refs

As in! They are doing everything to make James even this series.
Sport and the .......

LoJ:
Irving is on ON FIRE

But James' shoot though

Bro on offense, James strength is driving or passing for people to shoot. Simple as that.

Mizzzbeee:
baba dnt bother about that ojare doesn't matter.... Just let curry or Thompson go berserk first

haha. u no lie jare

warriors losing the rebounds battle, can't seems to get a loose ball and yet in touch

Cavs are getting much of the calls though

Cavs are playing good defense this game. Irving been aggressive and balling. Let's see if they win this

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A40:
No you want your Best player. You think M.J would want Kerr taking the shot with the game on the line?

They will remind you of the shot Kerr took to win the finals. Lol
MJ designed that play

...........hence his poor recruitments. Lebron wants to have fun with his friends.

datGuyJoo:
IMO Lebron curated the big mess he is in.

Please read on..my thoughts:
He is a great player, great role model for younger people who look up to him as he has weathered a lot and has come out without a scratch.
His only fault that really anyone can point to as a human being was deciding to leave Cleveland to go chase ...not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4 and he pretty much came damn close. He got 2 rings out of 4 straight finals trips with Miami. That's great if you ask me. If he had to do a performance appraisal like we all have to do at work, he would be given a raise and promotion no questions asked.

He broke a lot of peoples hearts in Cleveland when he left the first time and please lookup what Dan Gilbert wrote about him. And Dude(Lebron) still went back to Cleveland. I'm sorry but I would never want to work for/with someone like Dan Gilbert after that. If this was simply 50 years ago Lebron would have been lynched because he dared to think for himself, he did not hurt anyone, he hurt feelings, but these are the same team owners who wouldn't think twice to trade him if they had no use for him!! (no crime in wanting to leave a team, it's business also)

Now after winning in Miami and going back to Cleveland, Lebron and his merry men were thinking strategically, He would be the hero to bring a championship, and with that came power, intentionally or not, he now had a say in how things were going to be run in the organization and he kind of earned that right with winning in Miami and seeing how things were run there, Miami as an organization is a well oiled machine, just like San Antonio. Lebron wanted to recreat that in Cleveland.

Dan Gilbert wasn't going to piss a 2nd chance away. Lebron knew he had Cleveland (The Team and the city) by the balls. So Lebron has been pulling the strings and getting things he wants because no one wants to stand up to him or piss him off. You honestly think Pat Riley would care if Lebron didn't like the coach, Riley would say get in line or bounce.

Lebron's down fall from what I saw on TV and PVR was his ego. He disrespected his coach (Platt) in front of the world to see. I'm sure he didn't realize it, but body language and how you deal with people is key. Communication is 80% non verbal.

For all of Lebron's greatness he still needs to be coached and led by a firm hand. He is an alpha male because of his size and what he can do and people react and respect that, but he doesn't translate that properly on the managing side. Anyone can play ball and with time you develop a sense of how plays are run and you see things 2, 3 , 4 moves ahead- Lebron is great at that. Lebron has no business trying to do what Team management should be doing and that is making moves 5,6,7 and 8 ahead. You have great people around you, let them do their job and everything will fall into place. After your career is done, then worry about being management or owner.

When you tattoo King and Chosen one all over your body and majority of the fan base and young kids want to emulate 'Chef Curry with shot' one might want to rethink those tattoos?! just saying. Like Kobe said, the splash bros are silent assassins. Their game does the talking and they leave management to do their work. Look at Curry, he could have checked out when Mark Jackson who built this team was fired, but he didn't, but do not think for once Curry and the whole crew(GSW team) don't remember who got this team built.

The great players MJ, Larry Bird, Kobe, Shaq, Magic, Wade all let management do their job. Yes, management consults with them from time to time on who they should go after but overall, they let the organizational management do their jobs, and they never disrespected their coach's. Lebron sending subliminal tweets and and bad body language is communicating to everyone-and Cleveland management that he wants something or not.

It would be sad if Lebron lost again in the finals because as a ball fan, I appreciate what he has done and 6 straight finals is no joke but he shaped this team to be what it is today because that is what he wanted and now, he has to deliver with the team.

Only reason I want GSW to win is that they have 2 Nigerians on the team so my alliance is with GS (Go Naija).

Enough of my opinion lol, I have work to get to hahaa.

great insight but i have to disagree on some
1. Nothing great in winning 2 of 4 playing in a weak conference with 3 other future hall of famers. He was beaten by Dallas for crying out loud and was disgraced by Spurs after Ray Allen saved their ass in the previous.

2. In his defence, There's nothing wrong in him interfering with management's job like recruit, choice of coach e.t.c. Superstars does this often including Jordan and Kobe. Kobe chased Shaq away for crying out loud. Difference btw them & Lebron is the both iq, leadership & management skills. Lebron has little knowledge on how to win/what to do to win.

SIRcumalot:
It is skewed at least in it interpretation,great shooter will shoot better in pressure situation than average shooters.
Almost everybody on that list is a better shooter than LeBron so it shouldn't come as a surprise that he doesn't make them.
Like it won't be a surprise if Steph perform better in the clutch it only because he is the better shooter.
@A40.

i disagree. This is another excuse for Lebron.
In those situation, the best player takes over not the best shooter.
You're confused because most of the best players in a team are good shooters with the exception of Lebron.... Haha.
If Lebron isn't a good shooter, it's on him. Shows he didn't develop over the years.
I'll say it again, remove his physical ability which gives him advantage in driving to d rim, his offensive game would be ......

SIRcumalot:
It is skewed at least in it interpretation,great shooter will shoot better in pressure situation than average shooters.
Almost everybody on that list is a better shooter than LeBron so it shouldn't come as a surprise that he doesn't make them.
Like it won't be a surprise if Steph perform better in the clutch it only because he is the better shooter.
@A40.

i disagree. This is another excuse for Lebron.
In those situation, the best player takes over not the best shooter.
You're confused because most of the best players in a team are good shooters with the exception of Lebron.... Haha.
If Lebron isn't a good shooter, it's on him. Shows he didn't develop over the years.
I'll say it again, remove his physical ability which gives him advantage in driving to d rim, his offensive game would be ......

Lebron will have his buddies come help him out next season. CP3 & Wade coming to town and he can as well ask for Durant while at it.
When this happens, he will win not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, but 7 and be the goat! That's the Lebron's way.

Hopefully he turns out well. Club moving in the right direction though.

May his (Keshi) soul rest in peace.

Lebron don cast. Guys over here are even saying samabout him.
http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3270506-will-king-james-leave-again.html?slf=27

I'll bet on odds of Lebron demanding Kyrie be traded for CP3.

Lebron is great but pls dude isn't Jordan/Kobe. Lebron relied much on his physical ability on offense to drive to the rim, dude other offensive weapon isn't special. Check out Jordan's/Kobe's jumper, post up game, euro shot, fade away, driving ability, shake away ability for jumper/drive, cross over.......
Lebron is great. He has the stat to back it up, can play in more than 2 positions, etc but he's not dos guys. Ask any GM, playing for a championship who they want leading out their team especially in d 4th quarter among dos 3 and you may not see any mention Lebron's name. Warriors is beating him 7 straight now, with every possibility it gets to 8 soon. Abegi

@OohMpa..
Scottie was not a star when he joined bulls(my point). Scottie & Horace made up Jordan's first big 3. Both were coming off the bench in their first year with d bulls, not a star. Jordan bn a motivational & instructional mentor helped Pippen to refine his skills and slowly developed many new ones over his career. Jordan and Pippen frequently played one-on-one outside of team practices simply to hone each other's skills on offense & defense. Jordan didn't bolt to play alongside Magic, Ewing, Barkley, Clyde e.t.c. He wanted to compete with them not join them.
Lebron went to Wade, Bosh...which is fine, that's his person but pls he shouldn't be compared to Jordan.
He came back to meet an all star Irving and asked for All star Love at the expense of nuturing Wiggins(full of potential).
What i'm saying is Lebron had it all to do more than .....

Skywalker5:
I love the Jordan pippen example.I was not sure if pippen was a star yet then.kerr was also on that team.

yeah he wasn't when he joined. Kerr was in the second 3 peat team not the first and he wasn't a star. He was a 3 points contest winner though but majorly a role player for the bulls

SmooshCHN:
He is one if the best of this decade tho. That's all. Nothing more, nothing less

that's fair.

Lebron after game 1 loss said he's sure the coach will make adjustment and they will play to Lue's setup in game 2.
Fair. However that's saying "us losing game 2 should be on Lue and not me." haha
kobe's level my ass!

OohMpa:
[color=#808000]@ Skywalker5 and ManUtd19.

You guys act as Kobe and MJ didn't have a great supporting cast. Even the current 2 time MVP has a great team, so what are you guys saying? Riddle Ooh Mpa this:

Did Kobe win a ring without Gasol or Shaq?
Did MJ win a ring without Pippen?
Didn't MJ have all losing seasons in his career when Pippen wasn't his sidekick?
Did MJ make it pass the first round without Pippen?


Without Pippen, that guy won't be termed a "great" in your definition of excluding Lebron.
Pippen had a winning season with the Bulls (55 wins) a year after Jordan left (57 wins). Doesn't that tell you how deep the Bulls team was? Ooh Mpa even omitted Rodman, Kerr, etc. Moreover, when he won his first 3peat, wasn't it that time new teams like Grizzlies and Heat them were added? Does that look like competition to you?

The truth is with Pippen, his PER, field goal percentage improved dramatically. The whole team contributed to his legendary heights and not the other way round.

Remove LeBron from his team and you'll see the team crumble like the walls of Jericho. His heat team had the best players he needed to win, they were hotter than Mia Khalifa on her debut scene. Right now, the heat are still kinging and would rightly compete if all players were healthy.

He has a sub par post up, maybe but can people drive to the basket like he can? How many players make 50% of their shots every year unless a center/PF? How many players pull his numbers?

You guys should give it a break with the star players in his lineup excuses. Yes, he's not likeable and yes, he wanted a ring so badly, he ran away but that doesn't take away the fact he's arguably the best of this generation of players. Period!!![/color]

First i'm not saying he shouldn't play with superstars. You need good players along side you to win a ring. What i'm saying is even with that, he stil find it hard to do and when he loses, his fans always has this line "he needs more help". That's what pissess me off.
To the Jordan/Pippen combo, you need to understand Pippen was not a superstar, not even a star when he joined Jordan. He grew to be, playing along side Jordan. Jordan saw his potential and pushed him to be more than he was hence their successful combo. Bulls wanted to trade Pippen for a superstar and Jordan threatened to walk away if they did. Lebron could easily have recruited and win in Cleveland but he doesn't have that "i'm the man kinda mentality" Jordan, Kobe had and decided to do a show just to announce he's running to Wade's town. He needed someone to take over the 4th quarter for him(lol). Lebron want to be liked, Jordan & Kobe didn't give a shit, its about ring for them. They pushed their team mate hard and made them work hard. They always wanted the ball during close/critical time whereas Lebron mostly ditches and gets praised for finding the open man(scared).

For 2 consecutive years, Lebron can't shake off iggy. Lol
try imagining Jordan/Kobe experiencing that. Jordan will be dropping 40 on him second or third game after going tru that in 2 games max not to talk of 2 years.

OohMpa:
[color=#808000]This your hatred for LeBron don blind you well well. You're losing by 20+pts after 3 quarters, what you have him do? Every player does that, even Curry sat out a complete 4th quarter against OKC. There should be no hate here, really...

And you just said he doesn't deliver? Without him, Cavs go smell playoffs? He's had game winners and clutch shots more times that Ooh Mpa could ever remember.

He deserves to be mentioned with Kobe and MJ. Bro, in as much as Ooh Mpa wants a Warriors win regardless of their cocky fans, you just committed a blasphemy[/color]

Big No!
Lebron is and shouldn't be in same league with Jordan. Maybe Kobe but he's not better. People always say "without him", "he has no help", he's all round" shit as an excuse for him. The guy has no fight in him. He named himself King, he chooses his team, player he wants to play with, the coach he wants.....so what's the excuse for him not delivering when it matters most. The only asset he has on offense is the drive. Poor post up game, ordinary jumpers, bad offensive skill set, thank God for the body he has.
Jordan & Kobe would be winning you 4 out of 7 finals at least. Lebron is about to go 2-5. A king o, who was tot to be d best player for years now about to go 2-5. Shows is recruiting is poor, poor knowledge of d game, bad decision making. He's not in same league with Jordan/KOBE

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