playoffs start in round 2

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

I'm not so sure he is any longer. He isn't playing like it.

Im almost in denial at this point. Hoping he steps up big this afternoon. I really want him 2.

[RockHardTen1985]

40 18 and 9

[cmorioles]

One game, but he did play outstanding. Lucky for him it wasn't close late.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

One game, but he did play outstanding. Lucky for him it wasn't close late.

He's gotta do it more. I am lost as 2 why this does not happen nightly. He is that talented.

[declansharbor]

Time to shock the world! #showyaluv


KG wouldnt know a fairweather fan if it bit him in his grey ******* hairs!!

A.I. needs to be introduced at the Garden.

Philly is an Elton Brand trade away from becoming a top 5 team.

[RockHardTen1985]

I love OKC tonight. Moneyline and plus 4.5 to b/u.

[King Glorious]

I think we might have witnessed a transformation tonight. Even though James missed the game winning shot at the end of regulation tonight, just the fact that he took the shot was big. Not only that he took the shot but the way he went out and demanded the ball after he got that offensive rebound. I'm ok with him missing. All players miss more in that situation than they make, even Jordan and Bryant. I just liked the way he ran out to the perimeter and called for the ball and didn't shy away from the moment the way he has so often in the last couple of years. I think that was huge. It reminded me of that moment some years ago when Isiah Thomas told his teammates that he was taking the shot, period, and that either they would win or lose and it would be on him but he was taking it.

[RockHardTen1985]

He's the best basketball player in the world and the best talent ever. He needs to start making that shot and winning titles to validate it all.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

He's the best basketball player in the world and the best talent ever. He needs to start making that shot and winning titles to validate it all.

I don't think he does. I think validation comes in the course of 48 minute games, 82 games a year. Best talent ever? I don't agree with that either. The most physically gifted and best in the world currently? Without a doubt. I just don't feel that championships are as necessary as others do to validate anything. Did Oscar Robertson's career become validated when he finally won a title (at age 32, in his 11th year and only after being traded to Milwaukee and playing with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)? Did Jerry West's career become validated when he finally won a title (at age 33, in his 12th year and only after Wilt was traded to play with him in LA)? Was Kevin Garnett somehow a better player when he finally won a few years ago than he was in his prime in Minnesota?

This year, I think that San Antonio is better than Miami and OKC might be too. James can get 35-10-10 every night and could still lose. It wouldn't lessen his play.

Here are two guys that won three MVP's each and their cumulative numbers for those three seasons:

Player 1................................................. .....Player 2
241.........................games................. .........219
38.6......................minute/game..................38.1
20.4....................attempts/game................19.7
.504...........................fg%................ ...........505
1.7.........................3pt att/game..................4.2
.392.........................3pt %..........................342
5.7...........................ft att/game...................9.3
.889..........................ft %............................773
2.2.........................off rebounds....................1.2
7.9.........................def rebounds...................6.3
10.1..........................rebounds............ ..........7.6
6.7............................assists............ ..............7.4
1.82...........................steals............. .............1.72
0.90...........................blocks............. ............1.00
3.1...........................turnovers........... ...........3.3
26.2..........................points.............. ............28.5

The numbers are very similar I think. Do you know who the two guys are?

[ateamstupid]

LeBron is bitchmade. I don't know how anyone can argue that. That shot at the end of regulation was a microcosm of his entire late-game personality. He has a 6'1"/170 lb. guard on him talking sh it, daring him to win the game, and he backs away and badly misses a fallaway 20-footer at the buzzer. It's comical at this point how scared he plays under pressure.