We are in a time where narrative wins the day. When someone somewhere ignorantly says something, all other people who want that assertion to be true quickly project that assertion in the same ignorance, without checking to see whether that assertion is factual or not.
SmooshCHN: You really feel the need to lie out here about thing we saw numerous times over years? There's nothing wrong in him switching on defense to conserve energy of the offensive end but to lie that was playing defense and not switching off of KD, Kawhi and elite offensive player is pure lie.
Here's are some from the finals. I'm done with you guys.
You're funny o. Apart from the first play in this video where LeBron switched guarding KD due to a pick and roll, this is basically a video that shows LeBron guarding KD.
Eruditor: I am not responding to any post about Lebron being washed. If you cannot read, I cannot help you.
Even after the Clippers game my quote was[b] "he is still good but not as good as he was before" and the evidence is clear.[/b]
I wonder what the fuss is about. When Westbrook was averaging a triple double for 3 straight years I did not see the hype. Bron did it for 3 games and we won't hear anything else.
benji93: Of all the great championship teams, the only team that you could think of was GSW. Are you haunted by the success of GSW? You can definitely make an argument without mentioning GSW.
A40: Wetin concern you? Why don't you want Kawhi fresh for the postseason? Sitting Kawhi helped the Raptors to a title. Are you scared this would be the outcome if the Clippers followed suit? Is this why you are so pressed?
DeeMain: You know this logic can be stretched ad infinitum, right? There are so many if onlys in NBA play offs history, you know. If only Kyrie wasn't injured..., if only Ewing had made that basket, if Kawhi's lucky bounce hadn't gone in, if only the ref had made the right call...
Injuries and improbable misses and lucky bounces and fortutious calls and bad ref decisions have been gifting rings to men for ages. It is and will always be part of what makes this game enigmatic and fun.
Singling out a an event to blame for a win or a loss does not make sense to me. That event is part of the game.
No. This case is unique. Making or missing a shot, the refs missing a call, etc all those things can be overlooked, but when the supposed best player in the league is missing in the finals, that's a big caveat. It's like playing the Bulls in the finals without Jordan. Whoever wins the Bull will always know that their ring has a question mark.
A40: I'm sure they knew the cost of that. However it would not be an issue once PG returns. They are trading regular season W's for a fresh Kawhi come Postseason. It worked spectacularly for the Raptors with one of the best postseason individual performances
Like 4 months was not enough for him to recoup. And they had to choose the toughest games for him to sit out.
DeeMain: You are unique, unlike any other person that ever treaded this earth. Know thyself, know thyself, know thyself.
If Kawhi and his team have checked all the parameters and concluded this is best for him given his medical history, then let them do what's best for him.
They've kept him healthy so far, why change what's working?
Do Kawhi, don't do Lebron or Steph or Kobe or KD. Do you.
Kawhi is scamming everybody on the pretext of being the best player in the league Even Clippers fans are complaining.
I wonder how many games Kawhi is expected to miss due to load management. I'm sure it was clearly stipulated in his contract. Who does this guy even think he is? I'd say he played a good one on the Clippers cos they were so desperate. I'm very sure the Lakers wouldn't have taken that trash. You can see how they duly discarded Tyron Lue when he refused the 3 year contract.
And don't tell me load management was the reason Kawhi was able to do well in the playoffs. Apart from the fact he got lucky against the Sixers, if KD was in that final series we wouldn't even be talking about Kawhi today.
TalonVonner: Support the warriors man, they have 4 all stars, been to the last 5 finals and all their fans are new so you'll fit right in. They may suck really bad now, and may suck for a very longtime, but they have steph and hes a nice guy.
TalonVonner: You are seriously talking about switches? LMAO! You think if a player is bent on guarding you all it takes is a switch to get away from him? Kawhi could have gone at lebron consistently if he wanted to, we saw that he didnt and when he did he got cooked, and when lebron was tasked with guarding him he never shied away from the assignment, using your logic kawhi ran from lebron as well. People are pissed lebron didnt guard him because he got hot at some point. If kawhi at this stage of his career isnt singling out bron why should bron single him out? I guess we can say kawhi was so scared of giannis' revenge tour he straight up refused to even play.
BTW, That last sentence, i'm glad you learned to give a compliment without a caveat. It was that simple and if that was all you did we wouldnt be having this discussion right now.
SmooshCHN: Lmao!!! Everyone watches the game including your MCM Shannon. It's glaring. BTW, I mentioned KD, Giannis, etc. I like how that post mentions they guarded each other on 3 possessions. Like I said we watch the games and see how he switches his defenders. We've seen it several times over the years and numerous times in the finals vs KD and not your bullcrap 2mins plus and 1mins plus nonsense. And I'm not talking about his offense here. You don't talk like we don't watch the games. You can't fool anyone on this. Like I said, he is playing great on both ends of the court this year. It's your personal problem if you choose to keep crying.
I guess we can finally debunk that father time myth.
A40: Lmaoooo you didn't see Atlanta Hawks without John Collins beating the Spurs? The Jazz without Bogdanovic. You have two of the top 5 players in the league you shouldn't be here dancing zanku when you beat the Grizzlies, Hornets or Bulls
So if they asked you which of Spurs and Hawks are more likely to make the playoffs, you'd pick the Hawks?
SmooshCHN: I guess you were blind twice when I wrote those up there. If anyone spends all their time criticizing his every move on this forum, it's because of Lebtards like you. You can go as far as criticize every athlete even up to their personal life but once it's one true criticism about LeBron, you can't take it. Talking about "you should have stopped here". Spits
I clearly saw what you wrote. I was talking about the narrative of last season. If the reason he played trash D last season was because of father time, he surely should be playing much worse D this season, after all he's a year older.
SmooshCHN: What am I saying, what are you saying? This one flew over your head for sure. You basically supported the argument about him not playing defense in recent years due to how father time has affected him. Notice how you said nothing positive of his defense since 2013. Oh and I've seen Kawhi guard KD, Giannis, Irving and Gobert too while carrying offensive load.
Everything about LeBron to you is criticism even when you end up reiterating what I said.
You people too like narrative. Abeg die this father time myth. As LeBron is playing elite defence this season, is it that he reached father time then suddenly went younger? Isn't father time supposed to continue until he retires? Just because of one singular incident last year, we no go hear word again.
SmooshCHN: Most of those comment were more about LeBron losing step due to father time more than being washed. See ehn, maybe you guys should stop seeing every comment you don't agree with as a slander. The lots came to talk about how Curry is no longer the best point guard in the league after two games. So perhaps you should chill with the double standard thing. Yes, LeBron has stepped up playing better on ball and help defense this season but folks can't really say much for his defense when he has been known to avoid guarding guys who can be as good as he is like Kawhi, KD several times in the finals, Giannis,etc because those moments stick to memory. Many times last season when he wouldn't switch on defense and gesture asking where the help was when it was fault for not switching. One time it got so bad Kuzma had to push him to pick up an open man. So, it might take more than 10 regular season games with defensive guys like Dwight and AD to convince some people who don't remember him for his defense because of history and yes we always see those chase down blocks on small boys. Anyways, he has been playing good on both ends for the most of this season and the other day I raved about his performance one LeMinion was saying I was 'famzing' because I don't ride LeBron's díck. I even talked about the Lakers playing like they can win it all but as usual, you don't see all that except Ersan. It's not double standard if people here keep quiet because to you, it must be the good stuff about LeBron or nothing.
A40: While I suspected this Lakers team would be deep I must say I am surprised at just how deep they are. They went on a 16-0 run with LeNomad on the bench. Even if they get found out by the Clippers it's pretty clear they will likely beat up a lot of less loaded teams to get a very high seed regardless
I'm glad to see that we're beginning to change your mind a bit. But you're not there yet, I want you to be a total convert. Maybe we have to beat the Clippers for that to happen. And I promise they'll suffer at least two defeats in the hands of the Lakers this regular season, and at least one would be a blowout.
SmooshCHN: Yeah, any sane man who looks at that squad knows what to expect. Apart from DLo, Draymond, Steph and Klay who are injured, half the NBA fanbase can't name the other players let's not talk of the bench. But let's pretend we don't know so we can troll.
The team is still known as Golden State Warriors so, we will troll.
No we ain't. Once they added Baynes and Rubio I knew they'd automatically be better. And those two were excellent at the world cup (Rubio winning MVP and all).
Nevertheless, they wouldn't have won the sixers if Embiid played.
TalonVonner: The Spurs had the second best offense in the league and the Lakers held them to <40% shooting. LeBron was bricking his FTs and jumpers, others were missing open 3s, kuzma is trying to get his legs back and yet the Lakers won. It's scary knowing this team can still improve.
LeBron though. That pattern of missing his second FT was a concern. 5-10, and 0-6 from 3. It was really an off night. And it's only LeBron you can say had an off night even though he amassed 21/13/11.
Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by steady986(m): 11:06am On Nov 08, 2019
