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[mister friendly]

and he makes stars regress

Because their individual number totals go down? What's regression about winning at a level they never had and becoming more efficient? If you can run offense through LeBron James or post up Chris Bosh and Kevin Love, which one do you pick?

Kevin Love really doesn't fit here anyway because he's not that caliber of star talent. Why we put an under the rim, defensive sloth in that tier is puzzling to me anyway.

You do both

There's not much of a point in having Kevin Love or Bosh if you are going to turn them into just a role player

I guess you have them for the capability to have a couple of 20 point games in the postseason

 

[c0dyboy2222]

08-10 was filled with insecure Kobe fans trying to justify Kobe having Pau, with Lebron having Mo williams. The Cavs were trash

 

[awwsome]

I'll see yall when the games start if yall gonna engage in this tomfoolery.

 

[tekthemaestro]

You do both

There's not much of a point in having Kevin Love or Bosh if you are going to turn them into just a role player

I guess you have them for capability to have a couple of 20 point games in the postseason

thats EXACTLY why you have them. becuz when you're off, theyre probably gonna be able to be on. they have the ability to drop 50 like klay here n there. they can have 30 pt games and take the load off of you like wade and bosh did for lebron. like kyrie is doing for lebron right now. like westbrook did for durant ( becoming debatable who is who's #2 now)

 

[Clyde Frog]

I certainly gave Lebron a ton of credit for carrying those cavs teams to back to back 60 win seasons at the time it we happening. 66 wins was absurd. Last time I said this on here somebody told me Mo Williams was enough for LeBron.

 

[nick.]

I'll see yall when the games start if yall gonna engage in this tomfoolery.

 

[antidope]

 

congrats to Lou William, South Gwinnett High School!
Went to school with him during HIS Senior year. Got the chance to watch him play in a rival game against Meadow Creek High School.. 

Stoopid Nawfside! Meadowcreek had to be terrible then. I know they are historically bad in football.

Shot out to Lou Will though. Well deserved. Seen him outside of Stonecrest Mall in '07 with a clean old school.

When he was on the Sixers, his moms cars license plate said "Sixer mom" it was hilarious, she just stuck out everywhere she went.

Congrats to him though

 

[abematic]

Oh yeah. Yo with the braids that went to Michigan State or something. Forgot about him. I bet those Norcross vs South Gwinnett games were live. Crazy, GACS is the best bball school in Gwinnett now.

Lou Will always seemed like a humble dude. Props to him.

Yeaaaaaaa dude with the braids. He had range and was showing it off but Lou, went off. It was live for sure. Now wow and JD came to the game that also attended to.

At lunch, Lou and other guys would roll trash bins around for folks to throw their platter in, meanwhile was signing autographs.

 

[wavycrocket]

Lack of touches isnt a surprise since he started off the season slow and JR basically took his role the rest of the season

Its just the extremes ppl take it saying the wiggins trade will go down in history like love didnt just avg 26 & 12 last season on that same team

Yup. The same type of people who love Demarcus Cousins, but paint K Love as a looter in a riot now. Crazy extremes.

LeBron was not coming back to Cleavland without Kevin Love. That was a done deal. There are people out here who think Bron was going to wait around for Wiggins to develop. He wanted a "Big 3" of young established stars and he wants to win now.

I also don't see Wiggins developing in Cleveland with the spotlight, lack of touches, no room for error etc.

Situations and timing are paramount in the NBA

 

[cashbanks]

Demarcus plays defense tho.

 

[georgescorewell]

AD will have to carry over that performance...

He impressed me in the 4th.

 

[Cashflow]

Lebron makes average players better and he makes stars regress

So that would mean Hot Sauce was an average player beforehand

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[lver of jordan]

I'll see yall when the games start if yall gonna engage in this tomfoolery.

This

 

[a-friend]

So you're the $8 per cup coffee dude huh.
Hmm, interesting

Large is $4 and you have a hyphen in your name, which is a choice in 2015 by only you and T-Mobile. [Landry voice] Work on your game and come back to Modell's.

I wasn't insulting you, it was more of a compliment based on a recent 10 minute breakdown I got in a sales training class on guys/gals who drink expensive coffee but..,feel how you will

 

[Arthur Shelby]

I'll see yall when the games start if yall gonna engage in this tomfoolery.

 

[mister friendly]

Lebron makes average players better and he makes stars regress

So that would mean Hot Sauce was an average player beforehand

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Where's that Isiah Thomas graphic

 

[dman14]

i get what the nba is trying to do, but having only two gms scheduled

 

[don ramon]

Lebron makes average players better and he makes stars regress

he doesn't make them better. he takes the pressure off them from being in the spotlight and showing how much they can actually suck

 

[cashbanks]

he doesn't make them better. he takes the pressure off them from being in the spotlight and showing how much they can actually suck

I feel like this is a shot at JR smith

 

[darthska]

[quote name="TEKtheMAESTRO"][QUOTE name="DarthSka"]Same person that said "arguments with fans like you go nowhere" said this:

Difference between a die-hard critic same person, different teams.

Arguments with either are non-productive; arguments between the two go nowhere.

Happens constantly in sports. [/QUOTE]no quite. my second post was a reason for why i cant root for KYRIE to win a chip anymore. hes on a team i can no longer support. if lebron went to say, the knicks...id be rooting for KYRIE to win still. just like i still root for DURANT and WESTBROOK to win. i dont care for their teams. my team is the heat. and my team is eliminated. [/quote]You said "My hatred for LeBron", tho. If you didn't mean 'hatred', I can understand that.

But if you meant hatred, I don't see how you are not seeing that someone who hates LeBron is just as objective as his die hard fans.

That's true for any team or athlete.

Objectivity and fairness in your argument is gone if you're passionately for or against a team player.

 

[bravelude]

FAX, kyrie let money corrupt him. the fame n lebron got to him

 

[ill steelo]

Shouts to Lou.

SGHS' finest still holding it down after 10 years

Wow. Rilley on the uncertainty of building last summer not knowing about LeBron, "No more smiling faces with hidden agendas."
— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat)

April 20, 2015

Stay classy, Riles.

You bring back Dragic and you'll have one of the best starting 5s in the league next year. No need to take shots at the guy who lead you to the most successful 4 years in franchise history. Just Be glad Bosh didn't go home to Houston.

 

[bravelude]

the spurs better win. some things are a must in this league.

 

[HIM]

Riley acting like a ***. Man up and move on

 

[tekthemaestro]

You said "My hatred for LeBron", tho. If you didn't mean 'hatred', I can understand that.

But if you meant hatred, I don't see how you are not seeing that someone who hates LeBron is just as objective as his die hard fans.

That's true for any team or athlete.

Objectivity and fairness in your argument is gone if you're passionately for or against a team player.

nah man. i hate lebron. but objectively respect his game and recognize him as the most complete player in the game and possibly ever. you CAN  hate and be objective. im not passionately against a team. i just hope whatever team HE is on, doesn't win, which is why i hated that he went back to the cavs. im definitely objective tho. its not like im HATING on him in a traditional sense saying he sucks or is washed etc etc. i just cant get down with his politics and quitting when he loses. to me, hes the kid that  loses a pickup game then takes their ball and goes home. no pun intended.