No basketball till October :(

[earldagoat]

 

[coldcity]

I thought it was telling how after game 3 the first thing out of lebron's mouth was that he didn't know if he could keep putting up those kind of numbers. On top of how he says he hasn't been sleeping much. 5th straight finals. His tank is on E

just setting up his excuses for jic

 

[dmvisrnb]

Well those things are true, so...

Did your Carmelo alert go off again to let you know to respond to this comment? Have a seat

 

[dragicon]

the jr I wasn't obligated to hate

hopefully he leaves bronville when they lose

 

[clyde the glide]

right or wrong, an athlete's excuse should never be that they were fatigued.

especially a world class athlete with access to the best training and medicine.  meanwhile hs kids r playing two games a day in summer league while eating mcdonalds and pizza in between games.  now i know kids stamina is a different story but their is still no excuse as to why u cant give it your all for 48 minutes every couple of days

 

[illest35]

especially a world class athlete with access to the best training and medicine.  meanwhile hs kids r playing two games a day in summer league while eating mcdonalds and pizza in between games.  now i know kids stamina is a different story but their is still no excuse as to why u cant give it your all for 48 minutes every couple of days

Fax b

 

[100027]

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No, you just acted as if there's no distinction between Lebron taking JR and Shumpert to the finals while Carmelo couldn't make the playoffs in the east.

But yes it's the same because they're tied 2-2 now. Carmelo is a superstar get him more help- maybe he can get an 8 seed.

 

[freeze]

jr is just a 2k chucker. when he's hot, he's unstoppable. When he's not, dude offers literally, nothing else. Nothing. Dude does nothing.

I still love jr for that one ridiculous dunk he had a few seasons ago while wearing the cool grey XIs

**** was so saucy

on the spurs no less. dunk was ill nana

 

[moneylicious]

 
 

still got dem cg 11s on ice. Might have to break em out this wknd 

 

[Moheezy]

Yesterday I had to skip through pages of Kendrick Lamar and now this? I'm disappointed.

Let's bring this back on track:
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[dman14]

i need to see kobe pull down his shorts, then, i can make a conclusion between kb/lbj

 

[hypebeast5]

especially a world class athlete with access to the best training and medicine.  meanwhile hs kids r playing two games a day in summer league while eating mcdonalds and pizza in between games.  now i know kids stamina is a different story but their is still no excuse as to why u cant give it your all for 48 minutes every couple of days

Fax b

This his first season without HGH

He dont know what it like without it

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[earldagoat]

Melo's too tired to lead a squad anywhere

 

[illest35]

This his first season without HGH

He dont know what it like without it

Boom

And how come this isn't magnified

Just swept under the rug

Not like there isnt evidence

 

[hypebeast5]

i need to see kobe pull down his shorts, then, i can make a conclusion between kb/lbj

[/Bravelude]

 

[elpablo21]

Steve Kerr ready to risk it all pic.twitter.com/zdFL9OReh7
— Jordan (@JMYChi) June 12, 2015

 

 

[Olympus]

 
Lebron did this for most of his career so hitting one or two this series would bump his numbers up by like 10%.

He fades too much in the fourth to qualify as being clutch. Was loving how he balled in games 1-3. I can understand him being tired last night, but it's to go up 3-1 in the finals. He should've stayed aggressive. Sure he'll bounce back game 5. 

This isn't 2011 any more. Bron kicked that rep a long time ago.

 
Post Season; a shot to tie or take the lead

Last 24 seconds

Kobe: 7 for 28 (25.0%)

LeBron: 7 for 17 (41.1%)

Last 30 seconds

Kobe: 7 for 28 (25.0%)  (0 for 8 from the 09 post season till present day)

LeBron: 9 for 19 (47.30%)

Last 2 minutes

Kobe: 17 for 50 (34%) (0 for 8 in the last two playoffs; 2010 and 2011)

LeBron: 21 for 43 (48.8%)

Last 5 minutes

Kobe (since 01 season): 30 for 88 (34.09%)

LeBron: (since 06 season): 36 for 74 (48.6%)

Conclusion: In the last 24 seconds and 30 seconds of a post season game Kobe only shoots 25%, which is terrible.  LeBron however is clearly ‘more clutch’ shooting 41% in the last 24 seconds and 47% in the last 30 seconds of a game.  This disparity between LeBron and Kobe continues as in the last 2 minutes and 5 minutes of a game LeBron shoots 14% higher than Kobe in both circumstances.  Overall LeBron is more ‘clutch’ in a land-slide.

Playoff Games

Game 7 of a Playoff Series

Kobe 22.2ppg on 38.9% FG with 8.0rpg and 5.0apg (6 games)

LeBron *34.0ppg on 46.5% FG with 8.1rpg and 3.5 APG (4 games) (*NBA Record)

LeBron is clearly the better player when it pertains to game 7s

Elimination Games

Kobe 21.5 ppg on 41.4% FG with 5.8rpg and 3.5apg (19 games)

LeBron 31.5 ppg on 46% FG with 10.0rpg and 6.5apg (12 games)

LeBron is also clearly the better player when facing elimination.

I have deliberately left out the two player’s records in these games because whether a team wins or loses is a team accomplishment.  Basketball is a team game  and therefore it’s foolish to attribute a loss to just one player alone.

Game 7 of their most recent NBA Finals

Kobe in game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals: 23 points, 6-for-24 shooting (0 for 6 from 3pt range), 25% FG, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnovers

LeBron in game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals: 37 points, 12 for 23 shooting (5 for 7 from 3pt range), 52% FG, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers.

LeBron clearly played better in his respective finals game 7, scoring more points, more efficiently from both 2 ant 3pt range, while he fell shot in rebounding in comparison to Bryant he accumulated more assists and steals while committing less turnovers; advantage LeBron.

Overall Conclusion

When you ask the majority of people “who’s more clutch?” more often than not they always reply with Kobe.  Why is this? Because of the narrative  that is put out there by the main-stream media that Kobe is an “assassin”, he’s a “killer” and you want the ball in his hands in the final moments of the game.

Every year the NBA conducts a survey in which they ask all the head-coaches a series of questions ranging from who is the best player at each position to who is the most athletic player and so on and so forth.  One of these questions is “who is the most clutch player?”  Up until recently Kobe Bryant had been crowned “most clutch” in the league by coaches (Kevin Durant recently took his spot).  But why is this? Because of the narrative! (Yes, even NBA coaches are fooled by the narrative, shocking isn’t it?)

http://swishnba.com/tag/the-truth-about-kobe-in-the-clutch/

And that's just scoring. That SHOULD be Kobe's advantage, right? It's unanimous that Bron is a better passer and and rebounder, but what Kobe was always known for were his scoring and "killer instinct", his clutch gene. Well, Lebron's been more consistent in those areas as well so how is Kobe a better player than Lebron to anyone who isn't a Laker fan?

 

[nick.]

why does Melo always get brought up in here...?

 

[lver of jordan]

why does Melo always get brought up in here...?

Dudes just love talkin bout the Knicks in general

 

[johnnyredstorm]

doubting phils decisions as a gm is not the same as caping for JR...

i bashed jr as much as anyone when he was on the knicks but i know a giveaway when i see one...

Yeah because giving away a guy that's shooting his team out of a championship was a bad move.

 

[JPS]

/thread

And Brady the goat.

LMAO

Eli Manning beat him bro.

Eli.

E L I

 

[sea manup]

 not sure why this lebron vs kobe thing is still an argument

at this age kobe was about to win 2 more chips

lebron pretending to die every game makes it seem like he's retiring soon 

 

[Chester McFloppy]

I'm more worried about the cut on the side of LBJ's head.

Is there a Bosley in Oakland?

 

[sea manup]

lebron seems like the type of dude to break down in tears after getting a paper cut