Re: No free pass for Lebron
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:58 pm
zimpy27 wrote:lakerz12 wrote:thebigbird wrote:LeBron’s averaging 27/8/6 on 64% TS. He’s been one of the best players in the playoffs. If you were actually interested in good faith evaluation, I.e., holding him “to the same standard as other top players,” the only thing you could say is that he’s been great in the playoffs.
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But you want to hold a guy in his 21st season to prime MJ standards while simultaneously arguing he’s nowhere near Jordan as a player. It’s completely asinine.
You're totally moving the goal posts man.
Not once did I say he should be held to prime MJ standards. Can you not put words in my mouth?
I only said he should not be exempt from criticism and he should be judged like all other top players.
I was only responding to people who every time someone points out something LeBron does wrong, they said "he's 39". And then they credit him for everything he does well.
So please try to stick to things I actually said if you're going to quote me. And if you're arguing for fairness, you should be attacking those people, not me.
I believe LeBron has been great. I just also believe that when he does something bad, he is not beyond critique just because of his age.
LeBron so far:
27.3ppg on 64.3% TS
8.3apg, 6.3rpg, 2spg, 1.3bpg
His defense has been 2nd to Davis on Lakers too. You can't ask much more than that. Denver just have an amazing offensive group.
Like I said, he has been great.
I was responding to posters who imply he's exempt from criticism due to his age. For example, when he pouts or turns the ball over. We should be able to critique these things like we do with any player.
If someone asked me specifically about his performance, that's a different question. Again, he's been great.
That wasn't the context I was responding to.
There’s a poster here who was Al king about Jordan this and Jordan that and didn’t even know the three point line had been moved in the mid ‘90s.