(LOCK THREAD) The LeBron James - 22-23 NBA Season Thread -NBA's All-Time Scoring Leader!

Post #101 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:12 am

Please don't bring Russ back

thebigbird · Post #102 » by **thebigbird** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:17 am

There’s zero justification for keeping Russ on this team. If you can’t trade him, John Wall him and send him home.

letskissbro · Post #103 » by **letskissbro** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:17 am

9-42 from 3 btw

homecourtloss · Post #104 » by **homecourtloss** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:23 am

Why is Anthony “Big Owie” Davis only playing 30 minutes per game?

thebigbird · Post #105 » by **thebigbird** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:23 am

GET WESTBROOK OUT OF THE **** GAME

JordansBulls · Post #106 » by **JordansBulls** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:26 am

Westbrook with the steal.

homecourtloss · Post #107 » by **homecourtloss** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:30 am

44 threes (most of them open or wide open), 26 FTs, only 9 turnovers should be incredible offense. Even something lousy like 13-42 from three and it’s a win. The defense played really well.

Beverly is +9 in this game, BTW.

thebigbird · Post #108 » by **thebigbird** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:34 am

Jeanie really extended Pelinka after he assembled this roster.

dcstanley · Post #109 » by **dcstanley** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:39 am

1-24 from Nunn, Russ, and Beverly. Jesus.

homecourtloss · Post #110 » by **homecourtloss** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:46 am

Even with below average shooting from NBA players, they’d likely have a good chance at 2-0 vs. the top two teams in the West. Not sure they can ever be even be just barely below average since most of these shots are wide open.

jalengreen · Post #111 » by **jalengreen** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:47 am

Loved the defensive effort from Westbrook today, the team was really impressive and fun to watch on the defensive end in general.

But *man* the offense is rough.

Big Aristotle · Post #112 » by **Big Aristotle** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:48 am

Indy or not, it is unequivocally clear they need to make a trade. This team has some potential and I've liked what Ham has shown so far schematically. They're generating good looks and can offer some lineups with surprising defensive versatility. They have $47 mil in outgoing salary to bring back two or three players to round things out.

Greyhound · Post #113 » by **Greyhound** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:57 am

thebigbird wrote:Jeanie really extended Pelinka after he assembled this roster.

She is ecstatic about this roster. It’s cost effective/ budget friendly. On top of that she still has her two golden picks.

toodles23 · Post #114 » by **toodles23** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:58 am

I just can't believe they thought it was okay to assemble a team with this kind of shooting in 2022, especially after last season, and especially when you know Lebron synergizes incredibly well with shooters. Truly incredible incompetence. You can't expect to win games with this level of shooting anymore.

If they really wait until after Thanksgiving to consider trades the record might be so bad that they'll conclude it's not worth trading the picks.

AmIWrongDude · Post #115 » by **AmIWrongDude** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 5:13 am

If you’re not gonna trade Russ, please trade LeBron. He’s still got a good amount in the tank and this team is built the exact opposite of how a LeBron team should be.

I think it will be hard for him to keep his scoring up with how terrible the spacing is.

Mos_Heat · Post #116 » by **Mos_Heat** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:27 am

Honestly they played better than expected. Just a bad shooting luck against 2 very good defenses. Walker looks pretty decent for a mini mid level guy. The main problem that AD is already hurt and still not as good as 19-20 AD(let alone his Pelicans version)

TroubleS0me · Post #117 » by **TroubleS0me** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:50 am

Watch on YouTube

coastalmarker99 · Post #118 » by **coastalmarker99** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:21 am

I have a question and that is can Lebron still request a trade this season if he wants to despite signing a extension.

Gooner · Post #119 » by **Gooner** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:43 am

Everybody is talking about LBJ not having enough shooters. But I don't remember shooters getting any credit for that Cleveland run in 2018 when LeBron had nothing but shooters around him. This is a shooters league today, and even LBJ can't have a great impact without them.

RCM88x · Post #120 » by **RCM88x** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:40 pm

Gooner wrote:Everybody is talking about LBJ not having enough shooters. But I don't remember shooters getting any credit for that Cleveland run in 2018 when LeBron had nothing but shooters around him. This is a shooters league today, and even LBJ can't have a great impact without them.

That team shot 33% from 3 in the playoffs which was 2% below league average.