The Lebron '20 Thread (Pt. 5)

The High Cyde · Post #1761 » by **The High Cyde** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:10 pm

All signs are pointing to a Battle of LA for the West, Lakers are rolling and I think the Clips are finally waking up.

I would’ve thrown down for tickets to the game in a world without the virus, ****.

Heej · Post #1762 » by **Heej** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:26 pm

Y'all remember people saying Dame is better than AD? Pepperidge Farm remembers

nzahir · Post #1763 » by **nzahir** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:43 pm

Mos_Heat wrote:
kayess wrote:So much for that Mavs upset.

Is there any chance the Nuggets/Jazz wear out the Clippers or even beat them?

I'm lowkey terrified of Morris/PatBev pulling out some intentional injury bull

Nah, Utah might win a game, but Nuggets don't have a chance at all

Denver wouldn't be a bigger threat?

Jokic is too big for Trez/Morris/green and Zubac can't come out to the 3

They have a great guard in Murray who is shifty and quick

Harris and Barton may be back? Not too sure though

I can see Lou and Trez pick and roll destroying them though and Kawhi and Zubac/Trez

MPJ has all the tools to be a good defender, maybe one day, but not now

Utah just feels very meh to me w/o Bojan. Their depth is not the best, but Clarkson has been great off the bench. Niang is ok. And then the 8th and 9th guys in limited minutes are Bradley and Juwan? Pretty bad

Homer38 · Post #1764 » by **Homer38** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:47 pm

nzahir wrote:
Mos_Heat wrote:
kayess wrote:So much for that Mavs upset.

Is there any chance the Nuggets/Jazz wear out the Clippers or even beat them?

I'm lowkey terrified of Morris/PatBev pulling out some intentional injury bull

Nah, Utah might win a game, but Nuggets don't have a chance at all

Denver wouldn't be a bigger threat?

Jokic is too big for Trez/Morris/green and Zubac can't come out to the 3

They have a great guard in Murray who is shifty and quick

Harris and Barton may be back? Not too sure though

I can see Lou and Trez pick and roll destroying them though and Kawhi and Zubac/Trez

MPJ has all the tools to be a good defender, maybe one day, but not now

Utah just feels very meh to me w/o Bojan. Their depth is not the best, but Clarkson has been great off the bench. Niang is ok. And then the 8th and 9th guys in limited minutes are Bradley and Juwan? Pretty bad

Both team would no chance against the clippers...The nuggets have 0 defense...The mavs have a better chance to win even if at this point,this is very slim.

Dupp · Post #1765 » by **Dupp** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:44 am

Lakers and clippers have voted to boycott the season... ah this sucks

dcstanley · Post #1766 » by **dcstanley** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:49 am

So much respect for Bron and the players on the Lakers/Clippers. The two favorites putting everything on the line for a greater purpose.

JordansBulls · Post #1767 » by **JordansBulls** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:57 am

Dupp wrote:Lakers and clippers have voted to boycott the season... ah this sucks

I see no reason to continue if they decided against it.

GSP · Post #1768 » by **GSP** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:04 am

Dupp wrote:Lakers and clippers have voted to boycott the season... ah this sucks

I dont know.....this seems kind of weird to me.

So teams like Portland and Orlando voted to continue? Bucks after how strong theyve been all of a sudden want to continue playing?

Seems like a coordinated effort among all players/teams to me. I dont think the season is in jeopardy yet

Dupp · Post #1769 » by **Dupp** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:06 am

GSP wrote:
Dupp wrote:Lakers and clippers have voted to boycott the season... ah this sucks

I dont know.....this seems kind of weird to me.

So teams like Portland and Orlando voted to continue? Bucks after how strong theyve been all of a sudden want to continue playing?

Seems like a coordinated effort among all players/teams to me. I dont think the season is in jeopardy yet

Hopefully you’re right Georges. I’m selfish.

JordansBulls · Post #1770 » by **JordansBulls** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:19 am

GSP wrote:
Dupp wrote:Lakers and clippers have voted to boycott the season... ah this sucks

I dont know.....this seems kind of weird to me.

So teams like Portland and Orlando voted to continue? Bucks after how strong theyve been all of a sudden want to continue playing?

Seems like a coordinated effort among all players/teams to me. I dont think the season is in jeopardy yet

Yeah I agree why would Portland and Orlando say to continue?

Heej · Post #1771 » by **Heej** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:33 pm

Selfishly I'm really happy LeBron gets to preserve this shot at a ring, but man I really feel for all the black players that probably feel like they're living in the twilight zone and nothing they do makes sense. This season is one for the history books

A_Biased_Fan · Post #1772 » by **A_Biased_Fan** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:00 pm

Heej wrote:Selfishly I'm really happy LeBron gets to preserve this shot at a ring, but man I really feel for all the black players that probably feel like they're living in the twilight zone and nothing they do makes sense. This season is one for the history books

I think they realized their platform is bigger with the bubble playoffs occurring and eyeballs on the games, rather than guys going home and the media moving on to other topics.

freethedevil · Post #1773 » by **freethedevil** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:35 pm

The High Cyde wrote:All signs are pointing to a Battle of LA for the West, Lakers are rolling and I think the Clips are finally waking up.

Think that's a bit of an overreaction given how shorthanded their opponents were

nzahir · Post #1774 » by **nzahir** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:41 am

Do you guys think Lebron is a bit of a hypocrite for his handling of the HK and China incident?

Doesn't mean that only fighting cases here or to African Americans is a bad thing, but is it hypocritical to only care for one race moreso than another?

Or is it good that Lebron didn't hurt his pockets because he uses that money and voice to fix issues here and issues closer to him?

A_Biased_Fan · Post #1775 » by **A_Biased_Fan** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 2:59 am

nzahir wrote:Do you guys think Lebron is a bit of a hypocrite for his handling of the HK and China incident?

Doesn't mean that only fighting cases here or to African Americans is a bad thing, but is it hypocritical to only care for one race moreso than another?

Or is it good that Lebron didn't hurt his pockets because he uses that money and voice to fix issues here and issues closer to him?

He's human. I think he saw it was going to be a bigger fight than he could manage going against the Chinese government (who does not f*ck around) and he decided to give a milquetoast opinion instead.

Dupp · Post #1776 » by **Dupp** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:15 am

It doesn’t really matter if he’s a hypocrite or not it’s really got no relevance to the issues America is facing. However it was pretty lame of him. At best he was being naive/uninformed whatever and at worst he was putting his pockets over human rights.

What people don’t discuss is the issues in China aren’t real for lebron. They are real but that is not his world. He doesn’t see it, he doesn’t live it or anything. It’s all second hand information with two sides to things. Sure he could do his own research and educate himself more but that’s vastly different to him living his life in American, seeing and dealing with racism, inequality and injustice.

Of course he’s gonna fight for and be more passionate about issue facing his country, friends, family and himself.

Greyhound · Post #1777 » by **Greyhound** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:31 am

A_Biased_Fan wrote:
nzahir wrote:Do you guys think Lebron is a bit of a hypocrite for his handling of the HK and China incident?

Doesn't mean that only fighting cases here or to African Americans is a bad thing, but is it hypocritical to only care for one race moreso than another?

Or is it good that Lebron didn't hurt his pockets because he uses that money and voice to fix issues here and issues closer to him?

He's human. I think he saw it was going to be a bigger fight than he could manage going against the Chinese government (who does not f*ck around) and he decided to give a milquetoast opinion instead.

No, I think he is ignorant to issues that do not affect him directly.

He is a specialized individual who has devoted the better part of his life to basketball. He is no man of the world.

Not being versed on the plight of the oppressed in some foreign land does not disqualify you from talking about domestic issues that your community, your loved ones, and you yourself have faced.

RCM88x · Post #1778 » by **RCM88x** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:45 am

Wasn't his statement along the lines of people need to educate themselves better on the issue? I don't think he can claim ignorance in this case. Ultimately it hurts his look as a person and the message he's trying to push, which is unfortunate but it's the path he chose. Ultimately though he cares about himself above all like most people so there are certainly worst things that could have been said or done.

GSP · Post #1779 » by **GSP** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:22 am

How many ppl in China are having Blm protests? Every region has their own issues and the world will never be unified in terms of conflict within their own sectors, only for worldwide issues like an epidemic or alien invasion or something like that. I dont know why African American athletes are always asked to speak up on topics not directly affecting them when they have their own issues within their own residence

Larry David · Post #1780 » by **Larry David** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:36 am

I know his response about Hong Kong was really disappointing but we can't act like it is the same issue to him as this. If someone is trying to negate his opinions about treatment of blacks in America by bringing up Hong Kong they are just being disingenuous and are hostile to the idea of fair treatment of black people and should not be paid any mind.