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Kevin Love - Miami Ground Machine

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Is Kevin Love a Hero for Saving a Dog?

  • Yes

    Votes: 28 48.3%

  • Too Right!

    Votes: 2 3.4%

  • Hotter than Jimmy G

    Votes: 15 25.9%

  • Jim Chones

    Votes: 13 22.4%
  • Total voters
    58
KB said:
The word "gay" hasn't always meant homosexual since shortly after the AOL inception of the internet (mid 90's).
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Long before that, actually. "That's gay" was a general perjorative back in the 70's.
 
MediumBaller said:
Man, I think that's the goal of all of his posts:chuckle:
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I think you're more right than you realize, it's an account just over 2 months old (created right around the trade deadline) by someone who's claimed / claiming to have inside information on all Cleveland Sports Franchises and the FBI in multiple previous posts

It all comes across as babies first forum Larp
 
FrontPageNews said:
Because Lebron is the system. Everyone stands around at the 3 point line and waits for him to do something. Which really throws off a lot of guys rhythm who are use to touching the ball a lot more throughout the game.
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Especially since Rubio isn't that good offensively
 
Sir'Dom Pointer said:
What do you mean by "gay thing to do?"
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KB said:
I think you're more right than you realize, it's an account just over 2 months old (created right around the trade deadline) by someone who's claimed / claiming to have inside information on all Cleveland Sports Franchises and the FBI in multiple previous posts

It all comes across as babies first forum Larp
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I wish the mods would actually do something about him.

In RCF's heyday trolls like him were banned immediately.
 
CTownSportsFan said:
With this logic why hasn’t LeBron turned to instant garbage or show signs of declining from his Miami days even at his age??? I know it seems like the gay thing to do is criticize Lue at given any opportunity. In reality it’s up to these grown ass adult players to perform. Most have been playing since the age of 5, the effects a coach has on their individual performance at this stage of life is extremely minimal.
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This is a gross oversimplification of the importance of coaching. LeBron will always get his numbers no matter where he's at and as a result plenty of wins and success will come with it but a team's ceiling will be limited by the production of those around him. How does he go about maximizing the talents of Clarkson, Green, Nance or Cedi by getting them easier looks will determine a teams success not LeBron's stats alone. I'm not blaming Lue for everything as some players have been awful so far but you're fooling yourself if you think this team would perform the same if Quin Snyder was coaching them.
 
Heej said:
His teams have consistently approached, and last year shattered, the all time record for postseason Ortg
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Right. But my point is that Lebron chooses to use the vast majority of his possessions as the PnR Ball Handler and as an Isolation scorer. Both of these play styles are certainly not his most efficient and are also not the most efficient play styles in the NBA even if he were in the top 90s percentile in both, and he isn't.

So my point is that we can't have the most efficient offense when Lebron dominates the ball so much and actively decides to run the majority of the offense as a Ball Handler and in Isolation. This makes our offensive efficiency basically be capped at 0.96-1 .PPP when we choose to run the offense like that and makes our offense really dependant on whom he shares the floor with.(sacrificing defense for spacing, etc)

The reason our offense was so good in 2016-2017 was also because of Kyrie... you can't ignore that Kyrie is a ridiculously efficient scorer, especially in Isolation. Another reason is that it's still at the top because of the consistency that Lebron provides as an offensive threat(Most consistent player in the league, by far), and also he is so unbelievable good as a Roll Man, Cutter and in transition that it boosts up our entire offensive efficiency, even when he doesn't doesn't use those play styles nearly as frequently compared to the rest.


So as long as Lebron decides to play like this, he is more of a floor raiser rather than a ceiling raiser (Like Curry). He can make any shitty team a top5-7 offensive team, but would he elevate the Warriors if they chose to run the offense through him in Isolation/Ball Handler? probably not... So as long as he chooses to play like that we are basically somewhat capped, and that's my issue. And that's a decision, not a limitation.
 
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Sir'Dom Pointer said:
Right. But my point is that Lebron chooses to use the vast majority of his possessions as the PnR Ball Handler and as an Isolation scorer. Both of these play styles are certainly not his most efficient and are also not the most efficient play styles in the NBA even if he were in the top 90s percentile in both, and he isn't.

So my point is that we can't have the most efficient offense when Lebron dominates the ball so much and actively decides to run the majority of the offense as a Ball Handler and in Isolation. This makes our offensive efficiency basically be capped at 0.96-1 .PPP when we choose to run the offense like that and makes our offense really dependant on whom he shares the floor with.(sacrificing defense for spacing, etc)

The reason our offense was so good in 2016-2017 was also because of Kyrie... you can't ignore that Kyrie is a ridiculously efficient scorer, especially in Isolation. Another reason is that it's still at the top because of the consistency that Lebron provides as an offensive threat(Most consistent player in the league, by far), and also he is so unbelievable good as a Roll Man, Cutter and in transition that it boosts up our entire offensive efficiency, even when he doesn't doesn't use those play styles nearly as frequently compared to the rest.


So as long as Lebron decides to play like this, he is more of a floor raiser rather than a ceiling raiser (Like Curry). He can make any shitty team a top5-7 offensive team, but would he elevate the Warriors if they chose to run the offense through him in Isolation/Ball Handler? probably not... So as long as he chooses to play like that we are basically somewhat capped, and that's my issue. And that's a decision, not a limitation.
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Once again my question is, when does he have teammates that can effectively produce the volume of possessions necessary for these other play types to outpace the production generated by his primacy? It's a floor raising playstyle sure, but he's the GOAT floor raiser and it's been years where he's had teammates that can produce a ceiling higher than his floor. Since Miami in fact.

Sometimes I want him to go to Philly just so he can slay this narrative and prove he's willing and capable of functioning off ball as a secondary or co-primary playmaker in a healthy offensive ecosystem
 
Too much of a model rather than a basketball player.

Fuck your regular season success, Kevin.

Continuing to get dominated on the block, and be detrimental when he gets post touches whether it's a bad miss or turnovers.

I'm sick of it.
 
Yeah, no more excuses for Love. He is not a big game player. He's just not. Empty stats on a bad team or a number 3. Kyrie irving is the world's biggest bitch. Man, this team could have been special.
 
Tyrone Slothrop said:
Yeah, no more excuses for Love. He is not a big game player. He's just not. Empty stats on a bad team or a number 3. Kyrie irving is the world's biggest bitch. Man, this team could have been special.
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Kevin love is the worlds biggest bitch. Kyrie was smart to get the hell away from lue and love.
 
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