(Please Lock Thread) The LeBron James - 22-23 NBA Season Thread -All-Time Scoring Leader! (Part 2)

[homecourtloss]

LeBron seems to have gotten a huge boost in LA-RAPM seemingly out of nowhere.

http://nbashotcharts.com/rapm?id=548833052

He was around 15th last time I checked, now he's shot up to 4th behind only Jokic, JJJ, and Caruso this season. Year 20 btw.

It updates weekly

Brons been climbing the whole year, he started really poorly

It’s also the same in RPM, and RAPTOR ON/OFF. It’s absolutely remarkable.

[PistolPeteJR]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, how Russ and the Clips will be defended in the playoffs.

[nzahir]

Brick is 0/8 on jumpers tonight and bricked 2 wide open 3s....embarrassing

[thebigbird]

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy watching Westbrick tank the Clippers. Dude is the most selfish ‘star’ player I’ve seen in a long time. Cares more about his stats than winning. We had to hear about how LeBron “wouldn’t let Russ be Russ” because lebron “can’t play off the ball.” Now Russ goes to a team that needs a point guard and he still blows. Nice.

[toodles23]

Brick is 0/8 on jumpers tonight and bricked 2 wide open 3s....embarrassing

So glad this guy is off the Lakers. Even when he's playing "well" like he did in his first three Clippers games he still causes so many problems just by being on the court with his ADHD defense, total lack of floor spacing, and ridiculous turnover rate, not to mention the psychological impact of his almost supernatural ability to take a terrible shot or turn it over at the most inopportune time possible. Nobody in the league deflates their teammates like Westbrook.

[IG2]

So glad this guy is off the Lakers. Even when he's playing "well" like he did in his first three Clippers games he still causes so many problems just by being on the court with his ADHD defense, total lack of floor spacing, and ridiculous turnover rate, not to mention the psychological impact of his almost supernatural ability to take a terrible shot or turn it over at the most inopportune time possible. Nobody in the league deflates their teammates like Westbrook.

Perfectly said. Westbrook's deficiencies have long been documented but it's not until he starts playing for your own team that you realize that he's even worse than advertised. There's no way to play winning basketball with a PG who can't shoot, can't defend, turns the ball over like crazy and makes awful decisions at the game's most crucial moments. Every guy with LA's best interests at heart the last 1.5 seasons aged like 9 years just by watching Westbrook in crunch time alone. Lakers could've gotten NOTHING for him in return and would still be a better team today. He's the definition of addition by subtraction.

[Mos_Heat]

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Could be done for the season

I think this guy called it right

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Means LeBron is likely back at 3 weeks at earliest or 4 weeks at latest.

Nah, he's gonna miss at least a month imo. By that time they could be out of it

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[nzahir]

Brick is 0/8 on jumpers tonight and bricked 2 wide open 3s....embarrassing

So glad this guy is off the Lakers. Even when he's playing "well" like he did in his first three Clippers games he still causes so many problems just by being on the court with his ADHD defense, total lack of floor spacing, and ridiculous turnover rate, not to mention the psychological impact of his almost supernatural ability to take a terrible shot or turn it over at the most inopportune time possible. Nobody in the league deflates their teammates like Westbrook.

Russ is ranked dead last for point guards this season in DRPM....

He was even a worse fit here

He has to play very good overall to offset his issues, and he is way too up and down to do that

He did some good things offesnively for Lebron and AD though by getting them some easy layups and dunks, but the spacing and D killed us

And then ofc the bad decisions in crunch time and being left wide open...

Any good team will beat the clippers if Russ plays

Lucky for LAC they can just bench him or play him a lot less since he doesn't cost them 47m.....but what would that do to the locker room

Funny enough they were just getting hot and Kawhi was playing like a top 5 guy (especially for the playoffs with his style)

Their chance to win it all is now much much worse, if there is any real shot now

They laid their bed and now thye must lay in it (like we did for some time)

[LikeABosh]

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[Mos_Heat]

Best case scenario for LA at this point is finishing ahead of the Pels. I don't know how you can build a team around 2 guys who miss 40% of the season every year though

[zimpy27]

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Could be done for the season

I think this guy called it right

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Means LeBron is likely back at 3 weeks at earliest or 4 weeks at latest.

Nah, he's gonna miss at least a month imo. By that time they could be out of it

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I think that doc is assuming top of foot or ankle tendon

The plantar is the one in the video and i get the thinking because the reports said LeBron first injured this in January. No way do they play LeBron through tendon injury on top of foot or around ankle.

Unless Lakers staff are incompetent.. which is possible I guess

[Mos_Heat]

I think this guy called it right

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Means LeBron is likely back at 3 weeks at earliest or 4 weeks at latest.

Nah, he's gonna miss at least a month imo. By that time they could be out of it

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I think that doc is assuming top of foot or ankle tendon

The plantar is the one in the video and i get the thinking because the reports said LeBron first injured this in January. No way do they play LeBron through tendon injury on top of foot or around ankle.

Unless Lakers staff are incompetent.. which is possible I guess

I guess it depends on how accurate is reporting. From my little understanding Plantar fascia is not a tendon, it's a ligament. Anyways, I don't expect him to return in March, hope I'm wrong

[rk2023]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, how Russ and the Clips will be defended in the playoffs.

Win loss or draw, 3/12 or 6/10, 2 Turnovers or 7. Just have Fun.

[nzahir]

Best case scenario for LA at this point is finishing ahead of the Pels. I don't know how you can build a team around 2 guys who miss 40% of the season every year though

Sadly I don't know what AD deal helps with the ceiling to be a title contender

Kyrie likely not going to leave Dallas, blew that one (but maybe we never really had a chance as Tsai didnt want to give into Kyrie)

What guys could be available? (could always need a 3rd team)

Beal
Dame
Lavine/Derozan
KAT
Trae Young
Siakam?
Harden?
Jimmy Butler? (bad fit anyways)

[Homer38]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Q9p6_vsQmeY?feature=share

Ladies and Gentlemen, how Russ and the Clips will be defended in the playoffs.

Maybe not since the clippers could missing the playoffs....They are not a lock,far from that

[MyUniBroDavis]

Haynes said he could play through it if he absolutely had to, so I doubt it’s a partial tear

[zimpy27]

Best case scenario for LA at this point is finishing ahead of the Pels. I don't know how you can build a team around 2 guys who miss 40% of the season every year though

Sadly I don't know what AD deal helps with the ceiling to be a title contender

Kyrie likely not going to leave Dallas, blew that one (but maybe we never really had a chance as Tsai didnt want to give into Kyrie)

What guys could be available? (could always need a 3rd team)

Beal
Dame
Lavine/Derozan
KAT
Trae Young
Siakam?
Harden?
Jimmy Butler? (bad fit anyways)

Gobert maybe?


I think Bulls has the most potential. Vuc, Caruso, PatWill for Davis.

[MyUniBroDavis]

Best case scenario for LA at this point is finishing ahead of the Pels. I don't know how you can build a team around 2 guys who miss 40% of the season every year though

Sadly I don't know what AD deal helps with the ceiling to be a title contender

Kyrie likely not going to leave Dallas, blew that one (but maybe we never really had a chance as Tsai didnt want to give into Kyrie)

What guys could be available? (could always need a 3rd team)

Beal
Dame
Lavine/Derozan
KAT
Trae Young
Siakam?
Harden?
Jimmy Butler? (bad fit anyways)

Gobert maybe?


I think Bulls has the most potential. Vuc, Caruso, PatWill for Davis.

Hell no for gobert lol

[zimpy27]

Sadly I don't know what AD deal helps with the ceiling to be a title contender

Kyrie likely not going to leave Dallas, blew that one (but maybe we never really had a chance as Tsai didnt want to give into Kyrie)

What guys could be available? (could always need a 3rd team)

Beal
Dame
Lavine/Derozan
KAT
Trae Young
Siakam?
Harden?
Jimmy Butler? (bad fit anyways)

Gobert maybe?


I think Bulls has the most potential. Vuc, Caruso, PatWill for Davis.

Hell no for gobert lol

Really?
He's reliable as you can get for a big and a great RS impact player.

[MyUniBroDavis]

Gobert maybe?


I think Bulls has the most potential. Vuc, Caruso, PatWill for Davis.

Hell no for gobert lol

Really?
He's reliable as you can get for a big and a great RS impact player.

He’s good on D but been a huge negative offensively, and this tjnberwolves team is somehow worse witt him now