The Lebron '20 Thread (Pt. 5)

Dupp · Post #241 » by **Dupp** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:33 am

Literally the first second of game I watched since lockdown and kuzma misses a wide open 3. It’s like the season never stopped..

Also ADs gone full kuzma with his hair

Greatness · Post #242 » by **Greatness** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:37 am

Has it been 4 months or 4 years? Jesus he looks so old right now

Joao Saraiva · Post #243 » by **Joao Saraiva** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:40 am

Bad half overall by LeBron scoring wise.

Yes he didn't get as many calls as he should. But it feels like he's too slow right now and with no jumper.

yoyoboy · Post #244 » by **yoyoboy** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:40 am

You gotta hope it’s just rust. When you’re up there in age though 4 months can feel like 4 years on your body. But I’m thinking he just needs more in game reps to get his shot and handle back. Also he needs to bust out of some of those little old man tricks he used against LAC and MIL last time.

thebigbird · Post #245 » by **thebigbird** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:41 am

He’s 35 and this is his first game back from a 4.5 month layoff so this is what I expected. Just think of what he usually looks like at the start of the season. That’s basically the lay-off he just had.

Greyhound · Post #246 » by **Greyhound** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:46 am

Howard has been garbage against the Clippers every single game this season.

Vogel benched him for Morris in the last win, but I guess he forgot. He was a major negative yet again.

I am not sure I trust Vogel for a deep playoff run (to be honest with you). He got a little too cute with the rotation in that first half.

JR Smith?

IG2 · Post #247 » by **IG2** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:47 am

It took him about 55-60 games to start looking good before the pandemic halted the season. A 4.5 month layoff basically means we are at the beginning of a new season. This is not going to be pretty.

Greyhound · Post #248 » by **Greyhound** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:55 am

Bidofo wrote:
Greyhound wrote:The Clippers are hunting Kuzma on switches.

Yet he’s played surprisingly good defense imo, save for the foul on Kawhis shot

That’s a bit much. He gave effort and did about as good as you could expect (which is not much).

George and Kawhi were going at him, drawing fouls and getting to the basket. A few open shots were created because of blow by drives that collapsed the defense in direct isolations on Kuzma.

Hopefully he can keep up the effort and not be a liability.

GSP · Post #249 » by **GSP** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:58 am

Hes had alot of issues scoring in the halfcourt against this Clips defense this season...........Isnt Reggie a bad defender? Hunting Lou made it easier last game

toodles23 · Post #250 » by **toodles23** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:59 am

He's looked really good defensively in this game, the most concerning thing is his jumper IMO. There's always the chance of it going 2015.

Also he can't buy a call at all, the refs are calling absolutely everything in this game except when Lebron gets hacked going to the rim.

MisterHibachi · Post #251 » by **MisterHibachi** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:03 am

LeBron looks the worst of the 4 stars in this game. A hot PG is a scary thing.

dcstanley · Post #252 » by **dcstanley** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:05 am

Lebron's gonna have to show something

RCM88x · Post #253 » by **RCM88x** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:07 am

I think this short season will play a lot more like a lockout season than the first part of this season. Slower pace, lower FG%, sloppy offense in general. Physical teams will probably do better than the finesse ones.

Greyhound · Post #254 » by **Greyhound** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:07 am

What a disappointment this game is.

Joao Saraiva · Post #255 » by **Joao Saraiva** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:09 am

Lakers are looking completely clueless. LeBron should force it. Or AD. Nothing is working for them. Put JR Smith in and let him shoot a bunch of 3s. Who knows.

yoyoboy · Post #256 » by **yoyoboy** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:10 am

The Clippers aren't giving him anything easy in the halfcourt. If his shot isn't there against them there's little he can do against all their length and recovery speed.

Greyhound · Post #257 » by **Greyhound** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:10 am

LeBron is getting thoroughly abused by Kawhi in this game.

The Clippers are killing these bums without two 20 point bench scorers.

LOL.

Lakers have no shot, nothing to see here.

dcstanley · Post #258 » by **dcstanley** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:11 am

Lakers can't beat this team if LBJ isn't the best on the floor.

nzahir · Post #259 » by **nzahir** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:12 am

We need to hit 3s, kinda pathetic

Lebron looking sluggish, also not trying too hard it looks like

KTM_2813 · Post #260 » by **KTM_2813** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:12 am

We all expected James to struggle after a long break, but this is a level beyond struggling. He’s playing the way that his haters say he always plays.