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Who wins

  • Golden State Bangwagoners

    Votes: 27 38.6%
  • Miami Cavaliers

    Votes: 23 32.9%
  • Pricey's mum

    Votes: 20 28.6%

  • Total voters
    70

calyam

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LeBron has probably had his worst NBA Finals ever. He's been really weird for me. Not one game has he started early. In every game so far he has gone scoreless for the first few minutes, not even attempting shots.

The old get your teammates going thing I guess. But really? Be more aggressive. If he comes out and scores 10 points really quickly on aggressive drives. GSW are gonna be thinking, shit LeBron is gonna drop 50 on us, the defense will react, it will open up more shots for your shooters, then you can start to get your teammates involved.

He has also settled for jumpers too much. He's not a great jumpshooter, yet he is almost impossible to stop when he drives. Im not sure he has elite bball IQ. Or at least when it comes to his own game.

Anyways, ill just get the LBJ hater response. But just discussing his Finals performance thus far. Not nearly as aggressive as I'd want him to be if I were the coach. He's not even leading his team in scoring.
The Warriors have guarded his drives exceptionally well. Stripping him on a few occasions and ensuring he doesn't have an easy time of it. I agree there have been times when he has looked too passive and more than a few times that I've been surprised that he hasn't drawn fouls on his drives.

Saying it is his worst finals though is stretching it. He was awful in 2011 and was simply overawed and outplayed back in 2007.

As bizarre as it sounds, he has probably been the best player in the Finals thus far. Consider his following rank in the NBA Finals:

Points: 2nd (1 point behind Kyrie)
Rebounds: 1st
Assists: 1st
Steals: 2nd (1 steal behind Kyrie)
Blocks: 1st

Unfortunately, this has been undermined somewhat by the fact he hasn't protected the ball well. He's turned the ball over on 20 per cent of his possessions (well above his season average but admittedly still slightly below Curry's turnover rate in the Finals).

The only way Cleveland was going to beat the Warriors was if the role players shot as well as they did earlier in the playoffs. This required LeBron to play more of a facilitator role to get the ball in the hands of those best placed to hit a three. Obviously that hasn't worked.

But I do wonder whether we simply lose all sense of perspective when LeBron is concerned. Are we really blaming him for losing to a team that has the best record in NBA history? In a series in which almost everyone expected him to lose? LeBron hasn't played his best basketball but he's still been the most productive player throughout the Finals. But the opposition is simply too talented and bats too deep; even with relatively poor performances from Curry and Thompson, it hasn't really mattered. It's a timely reminder that basketball is a team player and everyone needs to play their role.
 

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LeBron has probably had his worst NBA Finals ever. He's been really weird for me. Not one game has he started early. In every game so far he has gone scoreless for the first few minutes, not even attempting shots.

The old get your teammates going thing I guess. But really? Be more aggressive. If he comes out and scores 10 points really quickly on aggressive drives. GSW are gonna be thinking, shit LeBron is gonna drop 50 on us, the defense will react, it will open up more shots for your shooters, then you can start to get your teammates involved.

He has also settled for jumpers too much. He's not a great jumpshooter, yet he is almost impossible to stop when he drives. Im not sure he has elite bball IQ. Or at least when it comes to his own game.

Anyways, ill just get the LBJ hater response. But just discussing his Finals performance thus far. Not nearly as aggressive as I'd want him to be if I were the coach. He's not even leading his team in scoring.
Isn't that saying something that you think he's having his worst finals ever, yet he's probably been the best player in the series.
 

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That tweet is a mess and I can't understand what's going on
Image on the left 'Klay - this is a mans league'
Image on the right 'Klay - Mozgov screen was dirty'

Does anyone else hate these Twitter wars where ever campaigner and his dog has to get involved?

It's so keyboard warrior-y
And no, its ******* hilarious :D
 
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