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Game 70 | Cavaliers @ Bulls | March 19th, 2010 | 8:00 PM (EST)

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Which means he doesn't fully trust his teamates....he's got Mo, AJ who we should post up you know it might work:rolleyes:, and Delonte who can all get there own.....if he continues to play this way we will not win a championship

It's not that he doesn't trust his teammates, he thinks the best shot will be created with him reading the defense and making it happen. The problem is that when good defenses get set and you're 35 feet from the basket and you start with 7 seconds left on the clock, I don't care how fast, athletic, or good you are...you could have had a better shot for you or a teammate with a play.
 
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Which means he doesn't fully trust his teamates....he's got Mo, AJ who we should post up you know it might work:rolleyes:, and Delonte who can all get there own.....if he continues to play this way we will not win a championship

I know why you feel this way, but LeBron has been just lethal when he decides to play hard. I actually feel like he will dominate the playoffs this year.
 
I am probably repeating what has been said over and over in here but I am more ticked off at this win than any other game this season. Why? The Chicago Bulls were without Rose, Deng and Noah and it still took LBJ to turn it on in the weaning moments to pull it out. Sure its a win and I am happy about that, but I saw a team that took another team too lightly and if this was a loss, it would have been devastasting.

However, I have a few game things to mention:

This team was 80+% at the free throw line tonight, that was good to see.

What the fuck is up with 17 turnovers? Mostly coming from a disinterested LBJ.

How does LBJ truly turn it off and on? He sucked the entire game until it mattered, how can someone bark and back it up like that? Damn, there goes the man...
 
The thing I'm scared about is not this year and how we're coasting, but if we win a ring I can't even begin to fathom how hard we're gonna coast. It's gonna be the '01-'02 Lakers on steroids if we go all the way. The invincible champion mindset is only good for mature teams that bring it every night, I have a feeling that if it's like that next season that mindset is going to absolutely obliterate our regular season. It's somewhat happening with the Lakers this year.

Lebron's so dominate at this point that he needs to pull Jedi Mind Tricks on himself like MJ did (and what Shaq recently did with Dwight). He really needs to start finding little shit to set him off and make him want to bring it every night. Michael used to scour newspapers and hit up beat writers for every tiny nugget of info just to give him a reason to destroy someone.

Hell, I remember someone in an interview talking about how if you looked MJ in the eyes at the start of the game he'd take it as a challenge to him and light you up, so whenever he played Michael he'd just look everywhere else but at MJ. Lebron needs to do shit like this because he's basically at the height of his physical powers and the game is too easy for him that there's no need for him to try.

I guess I'm asking too much considering Michael was an overcompetitive borderline psychopath, and I wouldn't wish that on Lebron. But at times, I damn sure wish he was like that. I broke out in the biggest smile when he started jawing at the bench, he needs to bring that swag all game.
 
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Which means he doesn't fully trust his teamates....he's got Mo, AJ who we should post up you know it might work:rolleyes:, and Delonte who can all get there own.....if he continues to play this way we will not win a championship

I don't think this is true since he passed to AP after he went 2 for 8
 
It's not that he doesn't trust his teammates, he thinks the best shot will be created with him reading the defense and making it happen. The problem is that when good defenses get set and you're 35 feet from the basket and you start with 7 seconds left on the clock, I don't care how fast, athletic, or good you are...you could have had a better shot for you or a teammate with a play.

Like I said if LeBron thinks holding the ball is the best offense to run to win games at the end then we are not going to win a championship. He can still create for others without having to get the assist, move the ball around , get it back and break your man off the dribble. Either score for yourself or set up a teamate. Use the hockey assist tactic, stop playing like a selfish immature player.
 
Star players are gonna have the ball to end the game. The only gripe I have is when we go to the LeIso offense with three or four minutes left and run it exclusively till the end. I have no problems isolating Lebron in the last minute or so.
 
I don't think this is true since he passed to AP after he went 2 for 8

After holding the ball for all of the shot clock. He needs to trust other to make plays at the end of the game. Namely Mo, Delonte and AJ. Run a post up for AJ once in awhile.
 
No postgame show tonight?
 
Anthony Parker is what make LeBron not want to pass at the end of games:chuckles: Mo even caught on too, I saw him look at AP wide open and fake the pass and was like "Aw I think I better shoot it instead with D on me".
 
I know why you feel this way, but LeBron has been just lethal when he decides to play hard. I actually feel like he will dominate the playoffs this year.

Sure he will be dominate in the playoffs this year but he was dominate last year too and we lost. In the Magic series his stat line was 38ppg 8apg and 8rpg.....dominate but he did not trust others to make plays at the end of the games. Mo can create for himself and others, Delonte can really create for himself while involving others, and AJ when used properly has proven he can create for himself, mainly on the block. When Shaq comes back he needs to set LeBron aside and tell him he has others to make him look good, let us help you.
 
Anthony Parker is what make LeBron not want to pass at the end of games:chuckles: Mo even caught on too, I saw him look at AP wide open and fake the pass and was like "Aw I think I better shoot it instead with D on me".



Parker is just... Never mind.
 
I am probably repeating what has been said over and over in here but I am more ticked off at this win than any other game this season. Why? The Chicago Bulls were without Rose, Deng and Noah and it still took LBJ to turn it on in the weaning moments to pull it out. Sure its a win and I am happy about that, but I saw a team that took another team too lightly and if this was a loss, it would have been devastasting.

However, I have a few game things to mention:

This team was 80+% at the free throw line tonight, that was good to see.

What the fuck is up with 17 turnovers? Mostly coming from a disinterested LBJ.

How does LBJ truly turn it off and on? He sucked the entire game until it mattered, how can someone bark and back it up like that? Damn, there goes the man...

I think he just has an auto pilot mode for games like this, and even in auto pilot mode he would still have had a great game......... for any other player in the league, but well below his personal standards. I don't quite understand the switch mentality, because he has to know that if he played like that except with his passing game for the start, switch it up in the second and dominate offensively and then switch it up in the third and go balls to the wall defensively in the Q and then again dominate offensively that the Cavs would have a much better chance to win games. I guess it is his drive to win that caused our win in this one, this was a team that is bored and no longer wants to play as they have nothing left to do in the regular season. LeBrons locked the MVP, the teams virtually locked the HCA and they won the division. I guess my question would be how do you get motivated when you have nothing left to do?
 
I think he just has an auto pilot mode for games like this, and even in auto pilot mode he would still have had a great game......... for any other player in the league, but well below his personal standards. I don't quite understand the switch mentality, because he has to know that if he played like that except with his passing game for the start, switch it up in the second and dominate offensively and then switch it up in the third and go balls to the wall defensively in the Q and then again dominate offensively that the Cavs would have a much better chance to win games. I guess it is his drive to win that caused our win in this one, this was a team that is bored and no longer wants to play as they have nothing left to do in the regular season. LeBrons locked the MVP, the teams virtually locked the HCA and they won the division. I guess my question would be how do you get motivated when you have nothing left to do?

Home court isn't locked up though, they can become complacent when its factually accurate they will have the best record of any team.
 
This access Cavaliers show Family Feud addition on FSN Ohio is more entertaining than the game tonight.
 

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