You're thinking way too hard for a concept far too basic. Lebron is doubled less because doubling him allows shooters to get hot historically or for a throwaway big to have a 20 plus point night. It's happened emough times to avoid that as a tactic if possible. Aka pick your poison. The other is they double scorers why? Because they dont WANT to...
Ego is a big factor...he takes giant contracts because his goal is to be an owner and win as an owner. I don't blame him for that...he's a student of the game and he's seen the pitfalls of Magic, Isiah, KAJ, Jordan, and Russell. If he owns a team he has control and he's good enough at building champions and scouting talent that he can get to...
The lakers will have been the Nuggets biggest test besides the Mavs.
Only the Mavs can be tougher.
You people will eat crow after this WCSF.
On another note:
You didnt even watch them in the playoffs yet you think you know better than MPJ who played against them in the playoffs. Cool story bro.
MPJ gave this interview right before the playoffs. He was asked about who would be the toughest matchup in the west. Color me shocked that he didn't mention the Lakers. :lol
Hence they have not proven anything in the playoffs. This is a straight up fact. They looked good this year, thus I said “maybe theyll surprise me.” But they have no track record. Youre leaning on hindsight now that theyve won their first round match convincingly to sustain your argument. I made these rankings in March. And we’ve seen first place...
It might be but I am not sure. Is Murray's injury serious? Hope not. Also their bench was already shallow last year and they lost Bruce Brown. One of the young guys HAS TO step up. Wolves, OKC and Mavs are much deeper. And Celtics are stacked.
Arby watches games wearing a pair of Kurt Rambis goggles. :oldlol:
Yeah the Lakers were just a warm up series. Denver came out lethargic in the first half game after game because they know they own the Lakers. Different story going forward.
:roll:Do you actually believe this? I know Lebron fans/haters troll a lot here but that seems genuine. If it is, then your opinion will change heavily after WCSF. Nuggets are worse this year and their next matchup will be a dog fight. However if Jokic and the Nuggets still find a way to beat the Wolves, the winner of OKC vs Mavs, and Celtics then...
makes me wonder what my GPA would have been, if every time I fell asleep in the classroom it could just be phrased as "peaceful protesting"
but that'd really ruin my rated tasks to GPA ratio, because half the times GPA just teaches you to be an informative robot.
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-U-S-losing-the-war-in-Ukraine/answer/Gary-Andrews-89
Damnnn. That guy really destroyed that question from an obvious Russian troll. Was that your question, diamenz??
Yea it's kind of vague. The OP states never the best player in the league but then expands that to be the inarguable best player in the league. As others have mentioned, very rarely is it inarguable.
Even still, I don't think that anyone else had much of a case in the 2007-2008 range.
Yes it is significant since they were missing McDaniels and Reid. McDaniels might be the best perimeter defender in the league and Reid just won 6MOY.
Minny was in contention for 1st place all season this year, finished one game behind 1st but you have them 6th? :facepalm
Ohhh right. Losing a “competitive” 4-1 first round series last year qualifies as doing something in the playoffs. :rolleyes:
Very comparable to Durant, Booker and Vogel all having finals experience.
GOOD CALL. :facepalm
Sometimes he chooses it for himself obviously, just for the sheer excitement of a challenge, but then other times it feels like the league and even the basketball gods are conspiring against him to make everything more difficult. He’s like freakin LeJob up in here.
I dunno, it just… it hurts me sometimes to see.
But I know hes able to...
You already admitted you didn't watch Minny vs Denver last year so you just had no clue what you were talking about. They gave Denver a tougher time than Lebron did even though they were missing 2 of their top 6 players.