The Lebron '20 Thread (Pt. 7)

[Homer38]

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[Homer38]

Random Question

Which HC between his two that LBJ had was better ... Mike Brown or Tyronn Lue?

[Heej]

Random Question

Which HC between his two that LBJ had was better ... Mike Brown or Tyronn Lue?

Ty Lue cuz his ATOs were pretty godly I can't lie

[MyUniBroDavis]

Random Question

Which HC between his two that LBJ had was better ... Mike Brown or Tyronn Lue?

Ty Lue cuz his ATOs were pretty godly I can't lie

Ty lue is prolly a better offensive coach than vogel by a decent margin

[Fadeaway_J]

Totally random trivia, but when was the last time two lottery teams made the Finals the following season?

[Homer38]

Totally random trivia, but when was the last time two lottery teams made the Finals the following season?

It never happen before this year

[Fadeaway_J]

Totally random trivia, but when was the last time two lottery teams made the Finals the following season?

It never happen before this year

I've been wondering about it and too lazy to look it up. Figured they would have stated it on the broadcast at some point given how much they love to provide random irrelevant facts, but I haven't heard it if they did.

[MisterHibachi]

Jackie M is annoying because she didn't vote LeBron for All-NBA last year because of bull **** reasons, but she's a great writer and this was a pretty good story.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30023849/nba-finals-rehabilitation-rajon-rondo

The Lakers cited Rondo's IQ when they signed him, then quickly learned his willingness to challenge the best was an unexpected bonus. Amid a frustrating 2018-19 season, Rondo noted James souring on the young players and immediately confronted him.

"When guys are making the same mistakes over and over and over, it's hard to bite your tongue," Rondo says, "but I tried to get [James] to focus on his body language.

"Those young guys were looking at everything he did. If they missed four shots in a row and LeBron was making a face, it was crushing to them. He was their Michael Jordan. They didn't want to let him down. But if LeBron said one thing positive to Brandon Ingram or Kyle Kuzma, they immediately were back to their old selves."

[RCM88x]

Brown was better than Lue imo. Those Cavs teams from 07-10 honestly always overachieved. Can't really say the same about the Cavs from 16-18.

[Heej]

Brown was better than Lue imo. Those Cavs teams from 07-10 honestly always overachieved. Can't really say the same about the Cavs from 16-18.

C'mon man you know that's entirely based on LeBron's regular season approach. We're talking about a 21-25yo still coming up with a lot of energy vs a grizzled 30+yo veteran. There's no way the latter is keeping the same energy throughout the regular season. Actually that's why I'm hopeful AD will lead the Lakers with energy and go for the big 70 even tho no one else in this thread agrees with me lololol

[Firebird1]

Let's get Ring #4!!

[Run DLC]

Come on, Bron! Go for 40 points and 12 assists tonight

[Greyhound]

Just watched the highlights and these are my thoughts:

1. Does this Lakers team really need to retool at all? More shooting is always good but looking at how unstoppable they are when locked in, is there really any shooter you'd risk hurting this team's chemistry for?
Provided noone declines rapidly due to being a year older, I can't see any team that beats these guys led by Lebron and AD 4 times. It's got nothing to do with the Heat being outmatched. The Heat players did the best they could and tried to make great plays, but the Lakers just looked on another level, and I think that would've happened regardless of who the opponent was.

You really want a 36-year-old Lebron as a full-time PG with no viable 3rd scorer? Why? I can't believe people actually think this is good long term strategy. This team can get so much better offensively just by simply adding an actual PG.

I swear, I'm the only person who doesn't like Point-Bron. Limited offensive team who gets by because of dominant defense only works to this level cause AD and Lebron are explosive high volume-high, high-effienct scorers. But Lebron had trouble maintaing that level of shooting effeicency in the regular season for a reason. He should problems finishing in traffic at times. Had some real issues scoring against teams with multiple long-athletic wings. Like, the only rim protection LAL has seen this postseason was against an 8-seed that was terrible defensively everywhere else.

As a fan I think its crazy to want Lebron to continue in this role. The easiest way to preserve Lebron as he ages is the ease his burden as either a scorer or playmaker. This current roster does neither. Go get Schoeder from OKC and Lebron will sleepwalk to 24ppg 60ts% next year.

I'm looking at it from a "if it ain't broken" POV. Thing is this team seems to have found a sort of perfect synergy, especially on defense, that makes them hands down the best team in the league when they get going. Dunno if those extra 3 percentage points is worth disrupting that.
Their shooting struggles are real but as we've seen this POs, it may cost them 1 or 2 games a series but the insane all around defense can produce a fi fi fi fo run.

These are the things that are guiding my pro-LePG stance:

1. Lebron being the PG solves the problem that nearly all teams have: Their starting PG sucks on D/ can be exploited in the POs. Having lineups that allow 2 capable SG defenders alongside Lebron helps their defense a lot.
2. There isn't a PG in the league that's a better floor general than Lebron.
3. How much (or rather who) would this PG that solves their playmaking problem cost the Lakers? He's obviously not going to be a minimum contract signing. And of those who won't be lost/traded, how would this new guy affect their playing time? Does Rondo sulk and wreck team chemistry when his minutes reduce drastically? Worth considering imo

I agree with your POV 100%.

I think the Lakers should prioritize maintaining the chemistry this team has cultivated over randomly hunting for PG’s and shooters.

Improve where you must and adjust if someone of importance leaves, but this roster has excellent chemistry, style flexibility and defensive versatility.

Bradley will be like a new addition next season and the rookie (THT) could develop into something solid. I am firmly in the, make a deal if it is too good to pass up, but otherwise... “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” camp.

[Greyhound]

Brown was better than Lue imo. Those Cavs teams from 07-10 honestly always overachieved. Can't really say the same about the Cavs from 16-18.

The Cavs from 16-18 had a different strategy then Brown’s Cavs.

Under Lue the Cavs hid their hand and rolled with dummy strategies while scouting their main competition.

In the postseason they would roll out strategies based on what their competition liked to do, while employing strategies they provided their opponent little to no scouting footage on.

LeBron coasted to preserve himself and the team (in general) mastered playing possum. Them not overachieving was by design.

[Greyhound]

Brown was better than Lue imo. Those Cavs teams from 07-10 honestly always overachieved. Can't really say the same about the Cavs from 16-18.

C'mon man you know that's entirely based on LeBron's regular season approach. We're talking about a 21-25yo still coming up with a lot of energy vs a grizzled 30+yo veteran. There's no way the latter is keeping the same energy throughout the regular season. Actually that's why I'm hopeful AD will lead the Lakers with energy and go for the big 70 even tho no one else in this thread agrees with me lololol

Gunning for 70 next season would be idiotic on the Lakers part.

Getting a good enough seed and being healthy for the postseason should be priorities one and two.

[Heej]

Brown was better than Lue imo. Those Cavs teams from 07-10 honestly always overachieved. Can't really say the same about the Cavs from 16-18.

C'mon man you know that's entirely based on LeBron's regular season approach. We're talking about a 21-25yo still coming up with a lot of energy vs a grizzled 30+yo veteran. There's no way the latter is keeping the same energy throughout the regular season. Actually that's why I'm hopeful AD will lead the Lakers with energy and go for the big 70 even tho no one else in this thread agrees with me lololol

Gunning for 70 next season would be idiotic on the Lakers part.

Getting a good enough seed and being healthy for the postseason should be priorities one and two.

Oh I don't disagree that it would be foolish but I still wanna see em go for it.

[Baski]

I'm just gonna reiterate that a prime Lebron team coming off a championship isn't winning close to 70 games. Expecting 36 year old Lecoast to do it is super optimistic.

I just remember some of the tough wins and badass performances the 2016 Ws had to roll out to maintain their pace and it makes me lol imagining this Lebron doing that

He's our guy Heej but you're gonna be disappointed

[Heej]

I'm just gonna reiterate that a prime Lebron team coming off a championship isn't winning close to 70 games. Expecting 36 year old Lecoast to do it is super optimistic.

I just remember some of the tough wins and badass performances the 2016 Ws had to roll out to maintain their pace and it makes me lol imagining this Lebron doing that

He's our guy Heej but you're gonna be disappointed

You gotta admit tho, they were def gunning for it up til January right. That's the low-key vibe I got. Just let me have thissss ahahahaha. I'll settle for Bron getting a triple double one of these next 2 games tho. I'm pretty sure he created 20 assist opportunities each of the last 2 games. Which is insane considering he was doing all that, scoring almost 30ppg, and only had 2 TOVs

I feel like if the Lakers are gonna end the season like this they owe us one supernova 130 point game where they go like 23/43 from 3 or something

[yoyoboy]

Anyone else found themselves becoming a bit of a Davis fanboy?

Hopefully once LeBron is gone Davis becomes the next guy we all follow and discuss in these threads.

[therealbig3]

Anyone else found themselves becoming a bit of a Davis fanboy?

Hopefully once LeBron is gone Davis becomes the next guy we all follow and discuss in these threads.

Nah I'm on that Luka train lol.