The LeBron James - 21-22 Regular Season Thread - New Thread Soon Part 2

IG2 · Post #141 » by **IG2** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:40 am

LeBron has looked, well, old so far this season. And that injury didn't help matters. He didn't get going last season until March. As he's gotten older that's basically the best you can hope for from him. As of right now he's just a limited player out there. That jump shot isn't sustainable.

Thankfully Westbrook seems to have found some semblance of rhythm and has basically carried the team in this 1st half. Defensive rotations have looked a little better than the previous 2 games. Team still looks very disjointed as a whole, but it's basically the 3rd game with an entirely new roster. So I'll cut 'em some slack.

PistolPeteJR · Post #142 » by **PistolPeteJR** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:43 am

I actually think LeBron looks really great. He’s just clearly in “it’s a long season and the team needs a lot of time to get things figured out” mode, particularly with Russ.

Post #143 » by **PaulieWal** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:53 am

IG2 wrote:LeBron has looked, well, old so far this season.

I have been reading some variation of this from you since the 2012 LeBron thread lol. He's looked fine to me so far, just need to move AD to 5 to really open up the offense.

GSP · Post #144 » by **GSP** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:54 am

PistolPeteJR wrote:I actually think LeBron looks really great. He’s just clearly in “it’s a long season and the team needs a lot of time to get things figured out” mode, particularly with Russ.

His defense has been great theyd be a bottom 5 defense through 3 games without him IMO. Offensively good but his numbers seem the result of hot shooting so far

Post #145 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 2:56 am

Back to what wasn't working, yay.

MisterHibachi · Post #146 » by **MisterHibachi** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:00 am

Vogel sticks with what doesn't work for too long. No reason to keep playing DJ anymore. If you're playing two bigs and still giving up paint scores and offensive rebounds to a 6'1 guard, just go with a different approach, man.

thebigbird · Post #147 » by **thebigbird** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:01 am

I’ll never like Vogel. He stumbles his way to good lineups throughout games but he never fails to trot out the same trash to start games and halves. Jordan shouldn’t be getting minutes. AD needs to man up and play the 5. He wanted Russ, it’s time for him to sacrifice to make it work.

IG2 · Post #148 » by **IG2** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:01 am

DeAndre Jordan still on the court lol

Post #149 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:04 am

thebigbird wrote:I’ll never like Vogel. He stumbles his way to good lineups throughout games but he never fails to trot out the same trash to start games and halves. Jordan shouldn’t be getting minutes. AD needs to man up and play the 5. He wanted Russ, it’s time for him to sacrifice to make it work.

At this point I'm not convinced this is about AD. He's playing the 5 half the game as it is. Vogel is just using the lack of wings as an excuse to lean more on his beloved two-big lineups.

Post #150 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:06 am

Ja's finishing is really outrageous.

MisterHibachi · Post #151 » by **MisterHibachi** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:07 am

Insane finish by Ja. That was special

thebigbird · Post #152 » by **thebigbird** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:08 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
thebigbird wrote:I’ll never like Vogel. He stumbles his way to good lineups throughout games but he never fails to trot out the same trash to start games and halves. Jordan shouldn’t be getting minutes. AD needs to man up and play the 5. He wanted Russ, it’s time for him to sacrifice to make it work.

At this point I'm not convinced this is about AD. He's playing the 5 half the game as it is. Vogel is just using the lack of wings as an excuse to lean more on his beloved two-big lineups.

That could be the case. No one loves two-big lineups, especially two-big lineups with no stretch big, like Vogel does. Finally 8 minutes into the half Jordan comes out and good things happen.

MisterHibachi · Post #153 » by **MisterHibachi** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:09 am

At least the team can shoot this year

Post #154 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:11 am

MisterHibachi wrote:At least the team can shoot this year

Thank God, because the perimeter defence is unrecognisable from the last couple of years. :lol:

Melo is lethal as long as he's just bombing away when he gets space rather than doing his whole jab-step routine.

thebigbird · Post #155 » by **thebigbird** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:12 am

As much as I’ve loved hating on Carmelo the past few years I actually like when he comes into the game because he can make threes.

GSP · Post #156 » by **GSP** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:14 am

MisterHibachi wrote:Insane finish by Ja. That was special

He mightve taken the leap to be in the convo with the best Pgs

Post #157 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:17 am

Westbrook is such a frustrating player at times.

homecourtloss · Post #158 » by **homecourtloss** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:20 am

14 minutes of DeAndre Jordan, -15 in these minutes. Why? :lol:

They’re just giving games away. There’s also zero perimeter defense out there.

GSP · Post #159 » by **GSP** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:22 am

This is going down to the wire. I just realized this is their 3rd straight home game and more to come in the next 2 weeks where they might have the easiest schedule (@ Sa, @ Okc, VS Cle, VS Hou, VS Hou, VS Okc, VS Okc). Doesnt get much easier than that but theyd have already had 7 home games. Theyve arguably been better on the road the past 2 seasons so lets see if its the same story without the defense of the past 2 years

Greatness · Post #160 » by **Greatness** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:23 am

Melo was a great pickup