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I have no complaints with LeBron tonight on offense. He is either hurt or old, but he can shoot now, and he's been much better about stopping the ball. He is a terrible defender right now. Hopefully it is because of injury and not age.
 
It might be best that he sits out for a couple of weeks it appears.
 
According to people in the know, he is not hurt and there is nothing physically wrong with him. Can we stop that narrative?

And no, he is not "old." He was fine in the Finals and that was 3-4 months ago. Just stop.
 
31 points on 18 shots. And for a guy that apparently can't beat anyone off the dribble he shot 12 FTs. Lot of you guys want to panic because it's just second nature and you're comfortable doing it. He was very involved after the 1st quarter especially on defense. I've got zero concern about James.
 
Chris said:
According to people in the know, he is not hurt and there is nothing physically wrong with him. Can we stop that narrative?

And no, he is not "old." He was fine in the Finals and that was 3-4 months ago. Just stop.
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Then why does he has no lift and gets shots blocked easily. He needs to jump higher on his layup attempts. There's definitely something wrong with him. I'm not used to seeing him missing point blank layups on a consistent basis.
 
Bandwagoner305 said:
Then why does he has no lift and gets shots blocked easily. He needs to jump higher on his layup attempts. There's definitely something wrong with him. I'm not used to seeing him missing point blank layups on a consistent basis.
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Ok. We'll take your word for it against people that actually cover the team and LeBron.
 
James is shooting 47% from three and 90% from the line. His weaknesses now are strengths but now he's not finishing at the rim (at last 4 shots that he would make 80% of the time all misses or were "blocked").

It's as if he exchanged some skills for others. I only hope we see that full explosiveness to go along with te shooting touch which would be something to behold.
 
I was encouraged by what I saw from Bron tonight actually. His lift clearly isn't there yet but he was much more aggressive on both sides of the ball and his energy level was much better.

Let's hope his legs and conditioning continues to get stronger as the season builds on.
 
priceFTW said:
James is shooting 47% from three and 90% from the line. His weaknesses now are strengths but now he's not finishing at the rim (at last 4 shots that he would make 80% of the time all misses or were "blocked").

It's as if he exchanged some skills for others. I only hope we see that full explosiveness to go along with te shooting touch which would be something to behold.
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So, I'm not sure how many of you guys watched LeBron last year but he stopped relying on his athleticism last season. He's not the same explosive player he once was. He's not gonna run down the lane and dunk every ball anymore.
 
Dudes don't go from Lebron to present day Paul Pierce playing an old man's game in 4 months. I don't care about points on shots, I have eyes.

I've seen him play two of the worst three games I've ever seen out of him in the first four. I'm not counting tonight.

He looks like he has back issues, but if he doesn't, he needs a shrink or some bloodwork. I'm not at all concerned about wins and losses. He looks like a different human.

Hell, I've been a Cavs fan since the 70s, I'm never concerned. I expect things to go wrong. Just don't try and tell me this is the same guy and team chemistry took a foot of his vertical.
 
Rich said:
So, I'm not sure how many of you guys watched LeBron last year but he stopped relying on his athleticism last season. He's not the same explosive player he once was. He's not gonna run down the lane and dunk every ball anymore.
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I saw 75 of their games last year including playoffs. He never looked like this.
 
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Rich said:
This is hilarious to me. You show concern over a player that has more than proven himself in his career but have zero over a guy that has yet to prove a single thing in his career.

How some of you can be honestly concerned about LeBron while simultaneously saying Waiters will be fine is amazing.
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SVC said:
Dudes don't go from Lebron to present day Paul Pierce playing an old man's game in 4 months. I don't care about points on shots, I have eyes.

I've seen him play two of the worst three games I've ever seen out of him in the first four. I'm not counting tonight.

He looks like he has back issues, but if he doesn't, he needs a shrink or some bloodwork. I'm not at all concerned about wins and losses. He looks like a different human.

Hell, I've been a Cavs fan since the 70s, I'm never concerned. I expect things to go wrong. Just don't try and tell me this is the same guy and team chemistry took a foot of his vertical.
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he made his shots tonight, there is a difference between playing good and making shots and a thinner line betweem making shots and having a bad game.
what if he had missed all those 3's and the midrange jumpers? could have been a disaster.
Lebron can't finish at the rim, Kyrie can finish better than Lebron, he barely lifts 5 cm off the ground when going for a layup/contested layup/ gather.
He is a good shooter now and that's it.
 
Arison said:
he made his shots tonight, there is a difference between playing good and making shots and a thinner line betweem making shots and having a bad game.
what if he had missed all those 3's and the midrange jumpers? could have been a disaster.
Lebron can't finish at the rim, Kyrie can finish better than Lebron, he barely lifts 5 cm off the ground when going for a layup/contested layup/ gather.
He is a good shooter now and that's it.
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You don't shoot 12 FTs by shooting nothing but midrange jumpers and 3s.
 
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