NBA At the Half

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by pgardn

I am extraordinarily surprised by the Celtics.
Cannot believe they are playing such good defense.
Doc Rivers has done a great job.

Lebron is one of the best athletes I have seen ever.
He has a long way to go becoming the best player.
Watching Kobe and Lebron continually try to match
up and score on each other one on one in the most
critical parts of the game shows that
neither get it.

This is an odd statement. There is no one even remotely close to LeBron as the best player in the league. Not even remotely. He gets it... a lot. They have 18 4th quarter comeback wins this year. His defense is much improved. He matched up with Roy yesterday in the 4th and Brandon accomplished exactly nothing in crunch time...zero. He matched up with Kobe in the 4th Sunday...he accomplished pretty much nothing in crunch time. I know MOrtimer doesn't like him either. I have no idea about him as a person morty...but as a player...no one approaches him. He is a poor free throw shooter...other than that no weaknesses. I guess you could quibble about his overall outside shooting...but he makes his fair share of shots when required.

In the end the leading scorer in the league is also in the top 10 in assists...over 7 per game. No one else on the team is even at 3 per game. 25-13 with him...0-6 without him.

But no...as far as becoming the best player...he has zero distance to go. He is already there and has been for quite some time.