I always thought Shaughnessy was an idiot but...

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Originally Posted by docicu3

"To say LeBron's game is not polished is pretty far out there."....


Guilty of being "pretty far out there"....

Talented and polished are completely different skill sets. James doesn't make anyone on the Cavs better than the talents they already possess. Rhondo completely outplayed James in the series while showing that his game is becoming more versatile or polished because his shot is becoming more dependable.

James makes his team uncomfortable when his shot isn't falling. AJ has never looked worse trying to guard KG while trying to figure out when he can push his own offense.

All I kept reading was how James and his deep talented bench was going to abuse Boston. Celts would be lucky to win a game. Seems the Celts were "lucky" 4 out of the 6 games played.

I'm really sorry. I was very wrong on all things about LeBron James. I apologize. His jersey says "Cleveland". I want him to succeed while wearing that jersey. Why is that so bad? Warts and all his 7 years in Cleveland were the 7 best years consecutively in franchise history. They won playoff series' in 5 consecutive years....yes, FIVE. That may not sound like much to a fan of the god-like Boston Celtics but pre-LeBron the greatest franchise streak was 2 years. It turns out he is indeed not God. I'm not sure if I ever claimed that, but he single-handedly made one of the worst franchises in professional sports history relevant.

That is something. I'll defend anything I guess. Three years ago CC Sabathia was reviled in Cleveland because he came up woefully short in the postseason. He was the Cy Young winner but got outpitched by Beckett in game 1 and game 5 in the ALCS. Game 5 a potential clincher at home. He choked, I guess. Sound familiar? Next year traded and single-handedly pitched a woeful Brewer organization into the playoffs. Stunk in postseason yet again. Next year he is a champion and suddenly able to pitch in postseason. What happened?

I can't honestly defend what happened this series. I will state this. They won 42 playoff games in his time here.....7 years. The first 34 years of the franchise they won 28 playoff games total. I can defend that. He's done remarkable things on the court for this franchise. You make good points in your post...but to state Jamison couldn't play defense on Garnett because LeBron's jump shot wasn't falling does seem a bit out there too. So even in your bashings of him, you actually feed the myth of him. You feel his powers are so, so great, his jump shot success actually affects defensive abilities of his teammates.

( I also find it hilarious how no Boston fan on here has talked about the refs one single time after the last 3 games. How is that even possible? They suddenly found their groove or something? I talked about them facetiously a bit but nothing from Boston fans. Odd. Not odd, actually, just complete pansies. After game one it was all refs, after games 4, 5, and 6, it was nothing about the refs. Boston Celtic fans are complete and total pansies of the highest order. That you can take to the bank)