The Lebron '20 Thread (Pt. 7)

[SideshowBob]

New Thread.

[Heej]

Which team do you guys think the Lakers would rather face in the Finals? I was surprised to hear Cranjis think the Lakers match up better with the Heat

[Fadeaway_J]

Which team do you guys think the Lakers would rather face in the Finals? I was surprised to hear Cranjis think the Lakers match up better with the Heat

Having to defend Boston's wing group is scarier to me tbh.

[JulesWinnfield]

I think the Lakers beat either team, so rather than get caught up in the minutia of which of those underdogs would have a slightly better chance of upsetting them I will instead base my preference on other factors. I’d rather play Boston. I just think it adds slightly more nostalgic and historic value for Lebron if this gets lumped in as another chapter of the Laker/Celtic rivalry. Beating Miami has its own interesting storylines given he obviously played there... but it’s not like he’s going against his old team. He’s playing against his old organization, big difference. Lots of time has passed and outside of Miami that’s just not as big a deal. Lakers and Celtics are arguably the greatest rivalry in sports, it would be cool to see another chapter

[MyUniBroDavis]

Which team do you guys think the Lakers would rather face in the Finals? I was surprised to hear Cranjis think the Lakers match up better with the Heat

Id assume that miami matches up better, but davis did fine against bam and hes not really attacking centers 1v1 for most of his buckets like that

[MyUniBroDavis]

Which team do you guys think the Lakers would rather face in the Finals? I was surprised to hear Cranjis think the Lakers match up better with the Heat

One thing though is the heat run a lot of zone and we are really good against zone iirc

[Heej]

Lol looking at what Marcus Smart does to Duncan Robinson, imagine LeBron posting him up lololol

[xb3at band1tx]

Bron would headhunt Herro and Robinson to the ends of the earth.

[GSP]

Which team do you guys think the Lakers would rather face in the Finals? I was surprised to hear Cranjis think the Lakers match up better with the Heat

Miami is a much tougher matchup with Jimmy/Crowder/Iggy/Djr defense on the wings. They prolly have the best zone defense in the league even tho La does fine scoring on zones

Bam might be the only big that can at least compete with Ad.

Boston isnt making it anyways. Embiids basic ass averaged 30 on 60ts against our terrible bigs. Ad would prolly average close to 40 and start looking like peak Finals Shaq

[Heej]

Lol I was thinking if Heat make it LeBron will win fmvp and if Boston makes it AD will

[JordansBulls]

Lol I was thinking if Heat make it LeBron will win fmvp and if Boston makes it AD will

I would think it would be vice versa.

[PaulieWal]

Lol I was thinking if Heat make it LeBron will win fmvp and if Boston makes it AD will

I think Bron is gonna get that FMVP regardless, he's gonna be gunning for it and I don't think he's going to be okay just being a playmaker and controlling the game, and letting AD get 35 while he finishes with a 15/10/10 stat line. He knows how important a fourth FMVP is even though he's clearly the best player on the team. Just look at how much crap Curry gets even though he was clearly the best player at least in 2015 on his team.

[JordansBulls]

Lol I was thinking if Heat make it LeBron will win fmvp and if Boston makes it AD will

I think Bron is gonna get that FMVP regardless, he's gonna be gunning for it and I don't think he's going to be okay just being a playmaker and controlling the game, and letting AD get 35 while he finishes with a 15/10/10 stat line. He knows how important a fourth FMVP is even though he's clearly the best player on the team. Just look at how much crap Curry gets even though he was clearly the best player at least in 2015 on his team.

That could make situation like LA in 2004 though. As Kobe was gunning for it and then they collapsed vs just trying to win it.

[PaulieWal]

Lol I was thinking if Heat make it LeBron will win fmvp and if Boston makes it AD will

I think Bron is gonna get that FMVP regardless, he's gonna be gunning for it and I don't think he's going to be okay just being a playmaker and controlling the game, and letting AD get 35 while he finishes with a 15/10/10 stat line. He knows how important a fourth FMVP is even though he's clearly the best player on the team. Just look at how much crap Curry gets even though he was clearly the best player at least in 2015 on his team.

That could make situation like LA in 2004 though. As Kobe was gunning for it and then they collapsed vs just trying to win it.

Assuming you are trying to have a genuine conversation here....LeBron is a far better floor general than Kobe at his best, and these Lakers actually like each other. LeBron will gun for it but it won't lead to a collapse especially when both of these teams are not at the level of Detroit in 04. These Lakers are not an aging, wheezing roster.

I might be wrong but I feel LeBron is going to go off in the Finals to secure the FMVP and I don't really see how that would lead to a collapse at all.

[Heej]

Yea part of me wonders if that will upset the chemistry if LeBron guns for it, but tbh I think this Lakers team is full of ride or die LeBron stans lmao. Literally their second best player is like one of the alpha LeBron stans lol I think AD would be pretty damn happy to see the old man win one more FMVP after all the mud he's been through.

Also, it kinda seems like LeBron turning up in the Finals would energize the guys more than anything like "Oh word? ITS ON NOW". I wouldnt be be surprised if there was some implicit understanding amongst the team that Brons gonna empty the clip and hit the nitrous in the Finals

But alas, one game at a time. This Nuggets team is so liable to figure something out and start cooking lol

[PaulieWal]

Yea part of me wonders if that will upset the chemistry if LeBron guns for it, but tbh I think this Lakers team is full of ride or die LeBron stans lmao. Literally their second best player is like one of the alpha LeBron stans lol I think AD would be pretty damn happy to see the old man win one more FMVP after all the mud he's been through.

Also, it kinda seems like LeBron turning up in the Finals would energize the guys more than anything like "Oh word? ITS ON NOW". I wouldnt be be surprised if there was some implicit understanding amongst the team that Brons gonna empty the clip and hit the nitrous in the Finals

But alas, one game at a time. This Nuggets team is so liable to figure something out and start cooking lol

It's not going to upset the chemistry at all, they all like each other unlike 04. Also, when LeBron is at this best the Lakers actually flourish. In 04, the best way for the Lakers to get going was most likely to get Shaq going first and then Kobe second. With these Lakers LeBron going off more still leads to spectacular results. It's fine.

[xb3at band1tx]

Supposedly LeBron and Davis are gonna switch numbers next year, I could see him promoting a Davis MVP campaign.

[Heej]

Supposedly LeBron and Davis are gonna switch numbers next year, I could see him promoting a Davis MVP campaign.

Yup this feels like his last charge leading the cavalry. I think he's gonna push AD as the best in the world next season

[dcstanley]

The Heat have more players for Bron to attack and I don't think Bam presents that much of a challenge for AD. But they also have more depth than the Celtics and the Celtics lack of size is an exploitable weakness. Lakers should be able to handle both teams in six games or less.. I'd say the Celtics have a higher ceiling since they have a more varied attack but again they also seem prone to prolonged droughts against elite defenses.

[xb3at band1tx]

I think Celtics wings scare me more then Miami's frontcourt

as much as I like Bam, and I do think the hype is justified, davis is one of the few players in the world that can give him hell on both ends of the court