narmerguy wrote:I think people are getting a little carried away now posting as if James was magically the problem behind our Heat team. Just a few months ago people were pointing out how short other players came up in the finals, and I'm not going to rewrite that history even if it's convenient because the player who performed the best left us. James played very hard here, he tried in the first year to defer more before it was determined that our coaches/players were better able to perform when he became a focal point, and he helped everyone be successful. That other players are either chilling less or rediscovering their talents is not simply an indictment of James, but of players and the coaching staff as well.
Obviously James left and is now no longer one of our players, but let's not revise our history and buy into other people's narratives about ourselves. That Heat team was a team, we were successful, and we had the pleasure of having a phenomenal player in his prime. We had much success in the past before James, during James, and we will continue to after James. There's no shame in that.
selective memory, they hate him now so suddenly he was the problem, "oh look at the beautiful ball movement, we never had that with LeBron" blah blah. Same LeBron that would LOVE to pass the ball all night. I get the hate and all that but the reasoning here is getting a bit silly with some posters.
Just enjoy our team now, no need to point fingers at him now that he's gone smh
