LeBron James

[bobcat22]

To be fair, Hayward didn't say this recently. He said it after the game back in November. One of the reporters reminded him of the comment today at shoot around.

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

Poor Hayward. Things may get ugly quickly for him. While LBJ may act like those type of comments don't bother him in front of the media, don't think for one second that his ego will let a comment like that slide.

This. Bad move from Hayward (who I like). One thing I'll give Lebron is when he gets pissed off, bad things happen for the opposition. He rarely plays pissed, but when he does and has something to prove - look out.

 

[Jstock12]

 

[cavsfever]

So per this chart Lebron has the same win shares / is playing at the same level as Kyrie and KLove. Good to know, good to know...statistics teach you so much. I could see how we didn't miss a beat when he was out.

 

[Jstock12]

So per this chart Lebron has the same win shares / is playing at the same level as Kyrie and KLove. Good to know, good to know...statistics teach you so much. I could see how we didn't miss a beat when he was out.

It doesn't necessarily say that LeBron is the same level player. It's more that the his impact on this team was similar. Team record also plays a big factor. See how Harden/Curry are way up? It's because Rockets/Warriors have really good records. Davis is up there because, well... because he's Davis.

 

[cavsfever]

It doesn't necessarily say that LeBron is the same level player. It's more that the his impact on this team was similar. Team record also plays a big factor. See how Harden/Curry are way up? It's because Rockets/Warriors have really good records. Davis is up there because, well... because he's Davis.

His impact on the team was not similar, if you've watched the team this year.

 

[I'mWithDan]

View: https://twitter.com/mcten/status/557940120486420480

I remember my first real dose of old man strength. So will Gordon.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

His impact on the team was not similar, if you've watched the team this year.

His contributions to this team have been similar, if you've watched the team this year.

LeBron has been one of the worst defenders in the league, and one of the least motivated players this year. If he was more concerned right now with winning, and less concerned with positioning his friends financially, we'd be contending with the Hawks for the first seed in the East, rather than pulling ourselves out of the .500 trench.

He's the most talented player on the planet, but he hasn't been anywhere close to the best player in the NBA this year.

 

[cavsfever]

His contributions to this team have been similar, if you've watched the team this year.

LeBron has been one of the worst defenders in the league, and one of the least motivated players this year. If he was more concerned right now with winning, and less concerned with positioning his friends financially, we'd be contending with the Hawks for the first seed in the East, rather than pulling ourselves out of the .500 trench.

He's the most talented player on the planet, but he hasn't been anywhere close to the best player in the NBA this year.

No, Lebron's contributions to the Cavs this year have been far greater than anyone else associated with the team. 1-8 without him playing, 21-12 with him playing. This is a pretty interesting post though, because it reveals that as usual the issue is the level of expectations people have of him. Unless he's the best player in the NBA and his team is in first from the beginning of the season to the end, people are beside themselves with rage and disgust. It's an unfair burden to lay on someone even with his talent at this point in his career.

If he had been healthy and motivated -- and I don't think his motivation issues can be separated from his health -- we could probably be 30-10, I do believe that. But his health and motivation in the playoffs are far more important than our record over the first half of the season and that is one of the things that's going on in the background here, he's not sure how to reach the playoffs healthy and with our team in good shape. He didn't plan on becoming the primary ball handler, I'm pretty sure of that, it's too physically demanding, but our team seems to need it and Blatt/KI/Love have not found him a way out of it.

 

[I-77 NORTH]

His contributions to this team have been similar, if you've watched the team this year.

LeBron has been one of the worst defenders in the league, and one of the least motivated players this year. If he was more concerned right now with winning, and less concerned with positioning his friends financially, we'd be contending with the Hawks for the first seed in the East, rather than pulling ourselves out of the .500 trench.

He's the most talented player on the planet, but he hasn't been anywhere close to the best player in the NBA this year.

Wow. As soon as you think you've read it all..

 

[Bballguy4]

His contributions to this team have been similar, if you've watched the team this year.

LeBron has been one of the worst defenders in the league, and one of the least motivated players this year. If he was more concerned right now with winning, and less concerned with positioning his friends financially, we'd be contending with the Hawks for the first seed in the East, rather than pulling ourselves out of the .500 trench.

He's the most talented player on the planet, but he hasn't been anywhere close to the best player in the NBA this year.

I swear, it's like some people are on another planet. Did you not see the cavs w/o Lebron for 2 weeks? Even the cavs with injured lebron are far better than what Cavs showed with Kyrie and Love leading the show. Their record with and without Lebron speaks for just how impactful lebron is to the teams wins

lebron - 21-12

w/o lebron - 1-8

That's IMPACT!!

 

[TitleTown]

I remember my first real dose of old man strength. So will Gordon.

I'm so happy GH said this. If I had money to bet, I'd put a huge amount on the Cavs tonight. What a fucking moron.

 

[The Red Viper]

Not quite the signature game many of us thought we would see from LeBron but he still raked up 26/7/9 on 50 % shooting from the field and had 4 steals along with it. Turnovers and his free throw shooting initially in the game are an issue but he is slowly getting to his best.

 

[Simmy]

Not quite the signature game many of us thought we would see from LeBron but he still raked up 26/7/9 on 50 % shooting from the field and had 4 steals along with it. Turnovers and his free throw shooting initially in the game are an issue but he is slowly getting to his best.

How freaking good is this guy that he doesn't necessarily have a 'signature game' by his standards but racks up a stat line of 26/7/9 anyway. It's just absurd, the things this man can do on a basketball court. And I'm really starting to appreciate it more and more each day since he's been back from injury.

 

[The Red Viper]

Yep. There is a reason he is amongst the Top 10 NBA players ever.