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Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
Originally Posted by ShawkFactory
Everyone who's ever played with Lebron has raved about how smart of a player he is. I'll take their word over yours.
Luka is young and still figuring things out.
Phil Jackson said that Lebron's style of play is "Xbox 1-on-1"...
But in your eyes, Lebron is the greatest athlete to ever play AND the smartest, or among the smartest??
Yet he's the goat-loser on the championship level??
So something doesn't add up ..
Either he isn't a goat athlete or he doesn't have goat smarts - I'll take the latter.
I hear people referring to Lebron as "smart" but they forget that Lebron was a perennial loser just like Luka until the "decision" - so he wasn't smarter than Luka and simply got super-teams.. Luka's "lebron" style will need to do the same..
Their big man ball-dominance imposes spot-up roles that stall young players, thereby needing ready-made stars to win (team-hopping.. talent-based winning.. all-star team strategy)
The only point guards that are actually "smart" would be someone like Curry, who understands optimal team offense.. Another guy would be Isiah, who inspired a culture and physical brand of ball that offset the talent gap with the Lakers/Celtics... Or another guy would be Tony Parker, who played too fast at first but learned from Popovich how to be a champion that didn't stop the ball - he allowed a historic offensive system to work..
Otoh, other guys like Nash, CP3, or Westbrook played the traditional ball-dominator role and therefore weren't "smart" - they were just more talented at the ball-dominator role even though it isn't the optimal way to play... People forget that one guy might be suited to play PG and another guy Center - so being a good PG is a talent, not really "smarts".
"Smart" basketball is the way the Warriors play... The way the Spurs play... The way the 90's Bulls played... Notice how these teams have the highest team ceilings/Finals records, while ball-dominators have decidedly lower team ceilings/Finals records.
Last edited by 3ba11; 05-31-2022 at 05:06 PM.
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Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
The Mavericks vastly overachieved thanks to Luka this season, the Warriors are practically the NBA All-Star team in comparison.
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Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
Originally Posted by King Baron
The Mavericks vastly overachieved thanks to Luka this season, the Warriors are practically the NBA All-Star team in comparison.
That's what everyone said in 07' when Lebron made Finals
But that ended up being his peak there - it was downhill after that until the "decision"
So I would look up the term "low ceiling", aka weak Finals record... That's the problem with ball-dominators
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Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
Originally Posted by Shooter
2009 LeBron averaged 35/9/7/2/1 on 51% Get fukt. Again
Lebron isn't good enough to beat a top 5 SRS opponent with poor scoring and efficiency from a sidekick (like Mo's 18 on 37%).. Lebron can't beat good teams with bed-wetting teammates because his high scoring levels are too ball-dominant to beat good teams.. He can only beat Finals teams with near-equal-scoring partners because his own high scoring levels are too ball-dominant.. He lacks the elite jumpshooting skill required to promote good ball movement - he's just a predictable rim-attacker
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2nd Greatest Player
Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
Originally Posted by 3ba11
Lebron isn't good enough to beat a top 5 SRS opponent with poor scoring and efficiency from a sidekick (like Mo's 18 on 37%).. Lebron can't beat good teams with bed-wetting teammates because his high scoring levels are too ball-dominant to beat good teams.. He can only beat Finals teams with near-equal-scoring partners because his own high scoring levels are too ball-dominant.. He lacks the elite jumpshooting skill required to promote good ball movement - he's just a predictable rim-attacker
Jordan never won a playoffs series without Pippen. Pippen is better than Kyrie.
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Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
Originally Posted by Lebron23
Jordan never won a playoffs series without Pippen. Pippen is better than Kyrie.
Jordan beat top 5 SRS teams and Finals teams with Pippen getting 15 on 34% or 40%
He did this 5 times.. 5 carry-jobs against the league's best comp
Otoh, Lebron never beat top 5 SRS team or Finals team with bed-wetting teammates and actually needed teammates to score nearly as much as him to win the Finals... aka he couldn't defeat maximum defensive attention (carry scoring load in Finals)
Again, Lebron can't beat good teams with bed-wetting teammates because his high scoring levels are too ball-dominant to beat good teams.. He can only beat Finals teams with near-equal-scoring partners because his own high scoring levels are too ball-dominant.. He lacks the elite jumpshooting skill required to promote good ball movement - he's just a predictable rim-attacker
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Eye of the tiger
Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
Originally Posted by 3ba11
Phil Jackson said that Lebron's style of play is "Xbox 1-on-1"...
But in your eyes, Lebron is the greatest athlete to ever play AND the smartest, or among the smartest??
Yet he's the goat-loser on the championship level??
So something doesn't add up ..
Either he isn't a goat athlete or he doesn't have goat smarts - I'll take the latter.
I hear people referring to Lebron as "smart" but they forget that Lebron was a perennial loser just like Luka until the "decision" - so he wasn't smarter than Luka and simply got super-teams.. Luka's "lebron" style will need to do the same..
Their big man ball-dominance imposes spot-up roles that stall young players, thereby needing ready-made stars to win (team-hopping.. talent-based winning.. all-star team strategy)
The only point guards that are actually "smart" would be someone like Curry, who understands optimal team offense.. Another guy would be Isiah, who inspired a culture and physical brand of ball that offset the talent gap with the Lakers/Celtics... Or another guy would be Tony Parker, who played too fast at first but learned from Popovich how to be a champion that didn't stop the ball - he allowed a historic offensive system to work..
Otoh, other guys like Nash, CP3, or Westbrook played the traditional ball-dominator role and therefore weren't "smart" - they were just more talented at the ball-dominator role even though it isn't the optimal way to play... People forget that one guy might be suited to play PG and another guy Center - so being a good PG is a talent, not really "smarts".
"Smart" basketball is the way the Warriors play... The way the Spurs play... The way the 90's Bulls played... Notice how these teams have the highest team ceilings/Finals records, while ball-dominators have decidedly lower team ceilings/Finals records.
Your hyperbole is why you're a terrible poster. You take anything that might be remotely true on one scale and inflate and exaggerate it to a point that it's unbelievable.
Even in just the tiniest example, Jerry West would have to be the GOAT loser since 2/9 is worse than 4/10. But your exaggeration makes you say LeBron is. Just like it makes you rag on Pippen so much, or inflate Mo Williams, or .....
The list goes on. Stop exaggerating. Start using more fact based approaches that don't omit a ton of context and maybe, just maybe people will agree with you more.
It's gotten to the point where even us Jordan fans don't even agree with the fundamental concept of what you're saying much of the time.
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Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
Originally Posted by beasted
Your hyperbole is why you're a terrible poster. You take anything that might be remotely true on one scale and inflate and exaggerate it to a point that it's unbelievable.
Even in just the tiniest example, Jerry West would have to be the GOAT loser since 2/9 is worse than 4/10. But your exaggeration makes you say LeBron is. Just like it makes you rag on Pippen so much, or inflate Mo Williams, or .....
The list goes on. Stop exaggerating. Start using more fact based approaches that don't omit a ton of context and maybe, just maybe people will agree with you more.
It's gotten to the point where even us Jordan fans don't even agree with the fundamental concept of what you're saying much of the time.
Lebron has the worst championship record in 3-pointer history
All my posts assume modern era (3-pointer history)
Lebron's teams have a lottery record on the championship level, so his big man ball-dominance yields low team ceiling (due to bad teammate fits and suboptimal brand of ball that requires super-team help)
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
Originally Posted by beasted
Your hyperbole is why you're a terrible poster. You take anything that might be remotely true on one scale and inflate and exaggerate it to a point that it's unbelievable.
Even in just the tiniest example, Jerry West would have to be the GOAT loser since 2/9 is worse than 4/10. But your exaggeration makes you say LeBron is. Just like it makes you rag on Pippen so much, or inflate Mo Williams, or .....
The list goes on. Stop exaggerating. Start using more fact based approaches that don't omit a ton of context and maybe, just maybe people will agree with you more.
It's gotten to the point where even us Jordan fans don't even agree with the fundamental concept of what you're saying much of the time.
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Re: Luka & Lebron lack the teammate fits, development & chemistry to win organically
I didn't use hyperbole
Lebron has the worst championship record in 3-pointer history
All my posts assume modern era (3-pointer history)
Lebron's teams have a lottery record on the championship level, so his big man ball-dominance yields low team ceiling (due to bad teammate fits and suboptimal brand of ball that requires super-team help)
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