I just didn't check the date is all - It's out there, but I remember the article now and dismissed it almost immediately last year as nonsense. Getting swept in the finals made me think there was a 10% or less that Lebron jumps ship - After all, I think we both agree he is a kind of cowardly in that respect don't we?
Didn't we already do this dance a few pages back?
I was being generous because truthfully, I give 0.50 percent of a chance. I will say this though: If the Cavaliers had played like they did in the third game from the beginning, they would not be in this deep of a hole. Their problem is they did not have any diversity or tough games in the playoffs. It was too easy for them, which left them unprepared for a tough fight. In best of seven, they would have a chance now if you threw out the first two games, but they have ran out of real estate, the jello is jiggling and the game is in the refrigerator, but they will need to make changes for next year and gear up for another run
Have you ever seen him make a big shot at the end of a big game? Its always a teammate, like Irving last year.
I know that in one that his team won, Ray Allen bailed him out and then last year Irving bailed him out. Does he have another; I can't remember.
My position on this is that one game can get away and you can lose it easily with a bad possession or two. What needed to happen was for the Cavaliers to have played like this in games 1 and 2. Had they played like this in all three games, I think the tally would not be 0-3. It's too little and too late when it comes to 2 games in the hole and you are depending on one game just to have any chance. The Cavs clearly got blown away in the first two games and now waiting for death
They had this discussion on ESPN earlier, and you are partly right about one thing. LeBron does have the tendency to pass the ball to the right player and let them make the shot. He has done that more times then taking the shot. It's really good basketball. That also might be a weakness, because players like Kobe will take that sho every time and take the good or bad that comes with it. The reason that might be a weakness is because it shows that LeBron does not have a killer instinct. Kobe for example would gladly rip your heart out to win. That does not mean, however that LeBron can't or won't make that shot. I have seen him many times drive to the basket and make the shot on isolated plays. It's really good basketball to mix it up to the point that the opposition does not know what to expect.
Yea I think some people confuse two things:
Those two finals where James shrunk and other stepped up I saw personally.
