The LeBron Coasting Argument Is So Dumb

[BeastMode24]

its just a crutch for LeBronies to use. the dude is among the league leaders in mpg every season and has actually played more mpg than Steph the last 3 years but somehow he's coasting. lmao. by the numbers its actually Steph whose the one coasting since he plays less minutes per game and regularly sits out 4th quarters because he's already destroyed teams in 3. the coasting thing is just something lebronies uses to discount lebron being outplayed by other guys during the season.

[TheWinningFam]

How'd that work for curry in the finals

[BeastMode24]

How'd that work for curry in the finals

worked well in 2015 when he was healthy and wasn't limited coming off an MCL injury in the playoffs.

[CuhGetsBucks]

So you're saying LeBron is playing to his maxiumum ability during the regular season?

[BeastMode24]

So you're saying LeBron is playing to his maxiumum ability during the regular season?

he's not giving any less effort than the other top players in the league. He's still out there playing huge minutes trying to put up huge numbers more so than many star players like Curry. funny how we didn't hear about coasting when lebron was winning mvps. literally the second lebron stopped winning the MVP it was because he was "coasting" not because Durant was just better than him in 2014.

[Bankaii]

You're an idiot.

I think last season shows how much Lebron coasts. He barely played defense and people(not me) legit thought Stephen was better.

When the playoffs came around he picked the intensity defensively. When his back was against the wall in finals he ended any argument that he's not clearly the best player in the league.

You knew this thread was too dumb to post on a main account so why even bother?

[BeastMode24]

You're an idiot.

I think last season shows how much Lebron coasts. He barely played defense and people(not me) legit thought Stephen was better.

When the playoffs came around he picked the intensity defensively. When his back was against the wall in finals he ended any argument that he's not clearly the best player in the league.

You knew this thread was too dumb to post on a main account so why even bother?

Curry is better. curry was significantly better in the 2015 regular season, the 2015 playoffs, and the 2016 regular season. in the playoffs last season he was hurt. lmao at expecting a guy coming off an mcl injury which caused him to miss 3 weeks to perform like he never got hurt. Warriors win that series if 5 if not for the league intervening and suspending Draymond, then you had Bogut going down, and Iggy's back giving up on him and what do you know LeBron finally goes off in games 5 and 6 when the Warriors are compromised. wasn't doing anything before dray suspension, and bogut/iggy injuries.also lmao at acting as if LeBron had some unprecedented playoff run when he didn't even score 30+ until game 6 of the conference finals. dude averaged 26.3 ppg on 58.5% TS in the playoffs. Curry in 2015 when he supposedly underperformed put up 28.3 ppg on 60.7% TS.

[Smoke117]

He's certainly been coasting on defense the last 3 years...that can't be denied. To be fair, though, all that does is hurt himself since defense is defined by consistency...so he's just hurting his all time rank in that regard. (not that he's that high anyway as he was only great consistently for about 4 or 5 years anyway)

[BeastMode24]

He's certainly been coasting on defense the last 3 years...that can't be denied. To be fair, though, all that does is hurt himself since defense is defined by consistency...so he's just hurting his all time rank in that regard. (not that he's that high anyway as he was only great consistently for about 4 or 5 years anyway)

yes I agree defensively but offensively he's still going trying to put up huge stats. he just isn't as capable as he used to be in his Miami days.

[TheWinningFam]

worked well in 2015 when he was healthy and wasn't limited coming off an MCL injury in the playoffs.
Also when every team he played had key players out including their. Point guard.

[CuhGetsBucks]

Also when every team he played had key players out including their. Point guard.
Imagine the response if the 2015 Cavs won a championship against a Warriors team without Klay Thompson and Draymomd Green :facepalm

[SouBeachTalents]

Curry is better. curry was significantly better in the 2015 regular season, the 2015 playoffs, and the 2016 regular season. in the playoffs last season he was hurt. lmao at expecting a guy coming off an mcl injury which caused him to miss 3 weeks to perform like he never got hurt. Warriors win that series if 5 if not for the league intervening and suspending Draymond, then you had Bogut going down, and Iggy's back giving up on him and what do you know LeBron finally goes off in games 5 and 6 when the Warriors are compromised. wasn't doing anything before dray suspension, and bogut/iggy injuries.also lmao at acting as if LeBron had some unprecedented playoff run when he didn't even score 30+ until game 6 of the conference finals. dude averaged 26.3 ppg on 58.5% TS in the playoffs. Curry in 2015 when he supposedly underperformed put up 28.3 ppg on 60.7% TS.

Melt. Down :roll:

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[bdreason]

LeBron definitely coasts in the regular season. That doesn't mean he isn't out there trying to post stats and win games. What it means is he's not gonna kill himself every night playing 110%. He has a really good team around him, so he can play at 80-90% and still get W's. I think of all the players in the league, LeBron deserves to coast a little in the regular season. He did some serious heavy lifting his previous run in Cleveland, and he has a lot of miles on that body.

Curry is younger, and in his physical peak, so he should be out there trying to kill it. Curry wasn't coasting last year, he just got to play moderate minutes because of how well the team performed. When he was on the court, he was embarrassing other players and breaking records.

[Hoopz2332]

lebron clearly coasts...last season as soon as he said he was gonna turn it up and shut down all media, he started beasting even more than his "chill mode" beasting

[Hoopz2332]

He's certainly been coasting on defense the last 3 years...that can't be denied. To be fair, though, all that does is hurt himself since defense is defined by consistency...so he's just hurting his all time rank in that regard. (not that he's that high anyway as he was only great consistently for about 4 or 5 years anyway)


his defense was actually elite last year

[Fire Colangelo]

Nah, Lebron doesn't coast in the regular season.


He just has the ability to really elevate his game in the playoffs unlike Curry.

[Bankaii]

Curry is better. curry was significantly better in the 2015 regular season, the 2015 playoffs, and the 2016 regular season. in the playoffs last season he was hurt. lmao at expecting a guy coming off an mcl injury which caused him to miss 3 weeks to perform like he never got hurt. Warriors win that series if 5 if not for the league intervening and suspending Draymond, then you had Bogut going down, and Iggy's back giving up on him and what do you know LeBron finally goes off in games 5 and 6 when the Warriors are compromised. wasn't doing anything before dray suspension, and bogut/iggy injuries.also lmao at acting as if LeBron had some unprecedented playoff run when he didn't even score 30+ until game 6 of the conference finals. dude averaged 26.3 ppg on 58.5% TS in the playoffs. Curry in 2015 when he supposedly underperformed put up 28.3 ppg on 60.7% TS.
Stopped reading after the 2nd sentence.
Curry was not better in the 2015 playoffs lol Lebron averaged a near 30 point trip dub without his 3rd option and his 2nd option missing crucial moments.

Curry wasn't hurt in the Finals, that rhetoric is old and tired now. He choked, period.

So Lebron was better in both the 2015 and 16 playoffs and Finals. You completely proved the point of him coasting the RS dumbass:oldlol:

[iamgine]

A player can play 48 minutes a game and still coast.

Coasting is not about minutes played. It's about effort.

[BeastMode24]

Stopped reading after the 2nd sentence.
Curry was not better in the 2015 playoffs lol Lebron averaged a near 30 point trip dub without his 3rd option and his 2nd option missing crucial moments.

Curry wasn't hurt in the Finals, that rhetoric is old and tired now. He choked, period.

So Lebron was better in both the 2015 and 16 playoffs and Finals. You completely proved the point of him coasting the RS dumbass:oldlol:

lol lebron just put up empty counting stats in the 2015 playoffs. his efficiency was historically bad for a superstar player. Curry was the best player in the 2015 playoffs and was dominant statically before the cavs employed the lets leave everybody wide open besides Curry and Klay defensive approach. The Cavs were literally trapping Curry on every pnr (but phuck curry for making the hockey assist instead of trying to accumulate stats tho right) while the Warriors were daring LeBron to beat them 1v1 which he couldn't. Curry's clutch stats were historically good while lebron's were in the tank. Curry literally had the best 4th quarter scoring finals in history. 10.8 ppg on 75% TS in the 4th quarter including 17 points on 90% TS in the 4th quarter of game 5 with the series tied at 2.
also lol at curry not being hurt this last season. so we're just going to pretend that curry didn't miss 3 weeks in the playoffs because of an MCL Injury?

[BeastMode24]

Nah, Lebron doesn't coast in the regular season.


He just has the ability to really elevate his game in the playoffs unlike Curry.

curry career regular season: 22.4 ppg on 61.5% TS
curry career playoffs: 25.7 ppg on 59.8% TS

Curry in the 2015 playoffs averaged 5 more ppg than he did in the regular season all while maintaining all time great level efficiency.

[aj1987]

OP is a ****ing retard.

25.7-22.4 = 3.3

Not even close to being 5 PPG. If you actually said LeBron averaged 5 PPG over his RS averages, you'd be more accurate.

59.8% TS is not ATG efficiency, BTW. You're a Chokebe stan though. The dumbest of the dumb. :oldlol:

[BeastMode24]

OP is a ****ing retard.

25.7-22.4 = 3.3

Not even close to being 5 PPG. If you actually said LeBron averaged 5 PPG over his RS averages, you'd be more accurate.

59.8% TS is not ATG efficiency, BTW. You're a Chokebe stan though. The dumbest of the dumb. :oldlol:

lol at exposing yourself as the retard i was talking about 2015 curry averaging 5 more ppg and maintaining all time great efficiency.

curry 2015 regular season: 23.8 ppg on 63.8% TS
curry 2015 playoffs: 28.3 ppg on 60.7% TS

the 22.4 ppg refers to curry's career regular season averages. while his 25.7 ppg is Curry's career playoff average. So clearly Curry is a player who elevates his caliber of play in the playoffs.

[aj1987]

lol at exposing yourself as the retard i was talking about 2015 curry averaging 5 more ppg and maintaining all time great efficiency.

curry 2015 regular season: 23.8 ppg on 63.8% TS
curry 2015 playoffs: 28.3 ppg on 60.7% TS

the 22.4 ppg refers to curry's career regular season averages. while his 25.7 ppg is Curry's career playoff average. So clearly Curry is a player who elevates his caliber of play in the playoffs.
Bruh, you literally said Curry was "significantly better" in the '15 RS and the PO's. The same season in which LeBron lost against his team and still won more FMVP votes.

I wouldn't expect you to understand though, since you're a Chokebe stan.

[tmacattack33]

its just a crutch for LeBronies to use. the dude is among the league leaders in mpg every season and has actually played more mpg than Steph the last 3 years but somehow he's coasting. lmao. by the numbers its actually Steph whose the one coasting since he plays less minutes per game and regularly sits out 4th quarters because he's already destroyed teams in 3. the coasting thing is just something lebronies uses to discount lebron being outplayed by other guys during the season.

LOL, Lebron haters have lost so bad that they now have to pretend that the regular season is more important than the playoffs.

:roll:

[Bankaii]

lol lebron just put up empty counting stats in the 2015 playoffs. his efficiency was historically bad for a superstar player. Curry was the best player in the 2015 playoffs and was dominant statically before the cavs employed the lets leave everybody wide open besides Curry and Klay defensive approach. The Cavs were literally trapping Curry on every pnr (but phuck curry for making the hockey assist instead of trying to accumulate stats tho right) while the Warriors were daring LeBron to beat them 1v1 which he couldn't. Curry's clutch stats were historically good while lebron's were in the tank. Curry literally had the best 4th quarter scoring finals in history. 10.8 ppg on 75% TS in the 4th quarter including 17 points on 90% TS in the 4th quarter of game 5 with the series tied at 2.
also lol at curry not being hurt this last season. so we're just going to pretend that curry didn't miss 3 weeks in the playoffs because of an MCL Injury?
Lebron averaged 44% through the first 3 rounds of the playoffs, that Kobe's career average btw lol. So it's far from "historically bad".

Curry didn't dominate shit statistically compared to Lebron. He faced an injured team every single round and only had a better shooting percentage, which is expected.

No he wasn't injured. He took 3 weeks off for an injury that only requires 2 weeks of healing. Where was this injured excuse his 1st game back?
His 2015 "clutch" stats are overrated as hell. It's been proven that a lot of those 4th quarter points came when the game was already decided. Not to mention he was being guarded by a bench player the entire series.

Anyone that doesn't think Lebron is the BITW after this past Finals is just a hater, period.

[BeastMode24]

Lebron averaged 44% through the first 3 rounds of the playoffs, that Kobe's career average btw lol. So it's far from "historically bad".

Curry didn't dominate shit statistically compared to Lebron. He faced an injured team every single round and only had a better shooting percentage, which is expected.

No he wasn't injured. He took 3 weeks off for an injury that only requires 2 weeks of healing. Where was this injured excuse his 1st game back?
His 2015 "clutch" stats are overrated as hell. It's been proven that a lot of those 4th quarter points came when the game was already decided. Not to mention he was being guarded by a bench player the entire series.

Anyone that doesn't think Lebron is the BITW after this past Finals is just a hater, period.

its 2016 and still using fg% instead of ts%. way to invalidate your argument before it even starts. and lebron in the first 3 rounds had a historically pathetic 49.2% TS. lmao i was like lmao. also lmao at saying curry's stats came when the game was already decided- every game of the 2015 finals was competitive in the 4th quarter besides game 4. and curry wasn't just getting guarded by delly whose a noted defensive specialist- curry was getting trapped by the Cavs on every pnr which is why guys like dray, iggy, barnes, and livingston were literally wide open on all their shots. as far as the injuries quit embrassing yourself. if you actually watched curry's first game back you would have known that curry was awful before he caught fire late in the game and in that OT. he missed his first 10 3s. he clearly wasn't the same guy post injury. had no where near the lateral quickness and explosiveness he had preinjury. Curry who had cooked bigs all season could no longer get by the likes of Stevan Adams and Kevin Love.

[Hoopz2332]

beastmode having a meltdown:oldlol:

[PP34Deuce]

Coasting to me is...

Bradley Beal having 1-2 steps on a fast break and Lebron chooses to pursue lightly...

versus..

The Iggy block and Curry blocks.

He definitely knows his body and you can tell he coasts. He will then go on 7-10 game runs where he averages his usual monster stats then begins to coast on 23-25PPG 7 and 7.

It's incredible and Shaq like. Shaq coasted all the time and still put up 26 and 11.

[Lebron23]

OP is dumber than a rock.