lessthanjake wrote:I’m a little confused. I don’t really watch or listen to sports shows or talk radio, so it’s very very possible I’m missing something, but I don’t see people saying LeBron is choking or even really criticizing him at all for being down to the Nuggets. The discourse I’ve seen is basically all just people matter-of-factly saying the Lakers are not as good as the Nuggets and so what has happened so far is expected/unsurprising. The individual player I’ve seen the most blame lobbed at was DLo after Game 1. I’ve seen virtually no real criticism of LeBron—except a little bit of questioning of his body language towards the end of Game 1 and his decision to settle for an open three at the end of Game 2. I guess those are criticisms, but they’re pretty minor (not to mention generally being couched with positives about what he did at other points in the games). I don’t see people treating this like a series LeBron should actually be *expected* to win or be the best player in, so I don’t really think the standard LeBron is being held to here is all that high at all (nor do I think he’s failing to meet that standard or being criticized for failing to meet some higher standard). But, again, I don’t watch idiots like Skip Bayless, so I guess I wouldn’t be super surprised if there’s someone doing that. But Skip Bayless shouldn’t be the barometer for the standard someone is being held to—he (and others like him) just takes extreme positions to drive clicks and views, and the whole point is to frequently say things that are so outrageous that people hate-watch it.
Buddy whether you like it or not, you've build for yourself a reputation; we know there's quite a bit of selective listening/reading that goes on with you when it comes to the LeBron topic.
But I'll bite. Go check out the GB, for starters, if you want a starting point for this discourse.