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Originally Posted by cmorioles
I've never said he sucks, ever. I've called him the best player in the world until very recently. We can drum up all the excuses we want to drum up, but the guy doesn't want to take the big shots at the end. He has proven it time and time and time and time and time again. The one big one I remember him hitting to beat Orlando he had no time to pass. It was an inbound and a heave.
Simple question...does Kobe, Durant, Jordan, Wade, or Bird get a shot off there? If you say no, you are kidding yourself. He is bigger and stronger than all those guys. There were a ton of different things he could do, like posting up instead of getting the ball a mile from the basket. He could drive hard and pull up, which is pretty much unstoppable given his speed and strength. Some of the blame, I guess, should go to the coach, but we all know this is a players league and Lebron has carte blanche to do whatever he wants.
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The idea that other players would have gotten off a good shot with the entire team between him and the basket is laughable. If you want to question the wisdom of Miami seemingly having no set play at the end of the game fine. if you want to say that James should post you'd be wrong but at least that is a semi-defensible position(They would just switch KG on him and double down and James is far better facing the basket).
From the postion he received the ball last night there was almost nothing anyone could have done alone. No picks set, no one rolling to the basket, no logical off the ball movement.
Funny for a guy that supposedly doesnt want to take the last shot, etc the opposing coaches don't seem that willing to play him straight up on defense like they do with Durant.