air gordon wrote:The fadeaway late in the 4th is fair game for criticism. The other stuff is silly. He made 4 3pters last game and averaging a near triple double.
Too bad Lue doesn't Put him in the post more often
Actually, LeBron should have put himself in the post on Curry, or attacked Curry himself. The stars on teams do that when the game is on the line, do you think those shots hit by T-MAC in the last minute of the Rockets game were called by the coach? You think Reggie Millers threes back to back were called by the coach? You think Kobe and Jordan attacked when the coach told them to? Christ, Dion Waiters was calling his own number during the regular season. Your comment is only to support your argument, it has no relevance whatsoever. If LeBron at his size decided to take Curry, or go into the post on Curry, you think Lue would have said "What the hell are you doing!!!??", give me a break. All of my statements are what happened in the game, lets review.
Fact.
LeBron was being guarded by Curry for a good chunk of the second half, couldn't get anything going. Any other star his size goes into the high post, low post, or ISO's on a player that much smaller (in fact, not just any other star, any other player, Kelly Oubre went 7-7 on Thomas in the Celtics series because of his size advantage). LeBron dwarfs Curry.
Fact.
LeBron takes a couple fadeaways, misses them (Because he's a sometimes shooter, and he can't rely on his jumper)
Fact.
LeBron gets right in the middle of the lane several times, and kicks it out to contested shooters instead of finishing at the rim. Draymond Green had 5 fouls with 10 minutes to go in the game, and continuously LeBron wouldn't go up when he was around, he would kick (not the Draymond type of kick, either).
Fact
That is not smart basketball.
You are cherry picking stats again to support your argument. Here are a couple for you:
LeBron's 4th quarter in Game 1: 1-for-4, 2 points
LeBron's 4th quarter in Game 2: 1-for-1, 2 points
LeBron's 4th quarter of Game 3: 2-for-6, 7 points
LeBron's second half of Game 3: 4-for-12, 12 points
My comments are not "silly", its what actually happened in the game. When you cherry pick like you do, and show uncontrollable bias, it discredits you in a big way.
LeBron James does not have the offensive tools to do anything down the stretch in this series, furthermore, he doesn't have the mental edge either (Clearly not taking advantage of his HUGE size advantage over little Curry).
But, I suppose you will say "He's gassed by the 4th quarter" or something, because it will be an excuse, even though many stars have logged the minutes he does in big games and make better decisions in the 4th quarter. The only reason they didn't get blown out by 20 was because Kyrie went off (Like I predicted, the only way they would be able to even keep it close, the only way they could compete).