LeBron James Not Expected To Retire

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Re: LeBron James Not Expected To Retire 

Post#21 » by Luv those Knicks » Fri May 2, 2025 3:36 pm

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how the hell is his low point winning 2 championships. yal are ridiculous


It was a ridiculous roster. The NBA even made rules to avoid that kind of situation happening again. It was bad for the fans. I didn't watch a single heat game when they had that 3-some. It's like the Dodgers in baseball or the old Yankees when they had a much higher payroll than anyone else. The game loses something when it's that unbalanced.


Please stop, you're making Wade and Bosh out to be top 5 players all-time. They had zero depth the first season they got together, LeBron had to carry those Miami teams for 4 straight years, if he did not play at an all-time level they would've never won anything.


Please. Wade was a top 5 player at the time and LeBron was #1. Bosh wasn't top 5, but he was very good. You're welcome to disagree, but I thought that kind of "lets be superstars and team up" was in bad form. Like Shaq and Kobe together. It took no skill to build a roster around that.

Today's NBA is different. Deep rosters are what win now. I thought the LeBron Heat team and the Shaq Kobe teams were uninteresting. I stand by that. It's my opinion, so I'm not sure why you're telling me to stop. Do you want me to stop having an opinion?

I respect LeBron's career, except for his time with the Heat. And, OK, he joined the Lakers for showtime too, but that doesn't bother me as much. I know that some don't care for that part of his career. As a Laker, LeBron made the finals once in 6 years. On the Heat, they made the finals all 4 years. That's boring basketball to me. They didn't earn it, they just teamed up. As I said, I'm not a fan of those years. I have every right to feel that way about it.
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Re: LeBron James Not Expected To Retire 

Post#22 » by Dino353 » Fri May 2, 2025 4:34 pm

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It was a ridiculous roster. The NBA even made rules to avoid that kind of situation happening again. It was bad for the fans. I didn't watch a single heat game when they had that 3-some. It's like the Dodgers in baseball or the old Yankees when they had a much higher payroll than anyone else. The game loses something when it's that unbalanced.


Please stop, you're making Wade and Bosh out to be top 5 players all-time. They had zero depth the first season they got together, LeBron had to carry those Miami teams for 4 straight years, if he did not play at an all-time level they would've never won anything.


Please. Wade was a top 5 player at the time and LeBron was #1. Bosh wasn't top 5, but he was very good. You're welcome to disagree, but I thought that kind of "lets be superstars and team up" was in bad form. Like Shaq and Kobe together. It took no skill to build a roster around that.

Today's NBA is different. Deep rosters are what win now. I thought the LeBron Heat team and the Shaq Kobe teams were uninteresting. I stand by that. It's my opinion, so I'm not sure why you're telling me to stop. Do you want me to stop having an opinion?

I respect LeBron's career, except for his time with the Heat. And, OK, he joined the Lakers for showtime too, but that doesn't bother me as much. I know that some don't care for that part of his career. As a Laker, LeBron made the finals once in 6 years. On the Heat, they made the finals all 4 years. That's boring basketball to me. They didn't earn it, they just teamed up. As I said, I'm not a fan of those years. I have every right to feel that way about it.


Like I said sir, Wade and Bosh were constantly injured. LeBron played several series without Bosh in the lineup and had to play at an all-time level just to win. You speak as if LeBron joining the Heat made everything a cake walk which was far from the case
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Re: LeBron James Not Expected To Retire 

Post#23 » by Luv those Knicks » Fri May 2, 2025 5:49 pm

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Like I said sir, Wade and Bosh were constantly injured. LeBron played several series without Bosh in the lineup and had to play at an all-time level just to win. You speak as if LeBron joining the Heat made everything a cake walk which was far from the case


And like I said, we can agree to disagree.

Also, I disagree with your "constantly injured" claim.

Wade basically did what most stars do today - he missed a lot of games during the regular season. 2011-2014 during the playoffs, he missed 1 game. Bosh did miss 9 playoff games, all in 2012, never missing an entire series, that was over 2 series.

As for health. Bosh played 77, 57, 74 and 79 games those 4 years, so I wouldn't call that "constantly injured" even during the regular season.

Lets just have different opinions and move on. I stand by what I said. It was disappointing basketball. Even if he'd done that for my Knicks I'd have put an asterisk on those 2 titles.

Michael Jordan never said "I'm going to play with Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars" . . . because it's an easier path to the finals. LeBron did exactly that, and that's why I don't respect those 4 years.
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Re: LeBron James Not Expected To Retire 

Post#24 » by The Laker Kid » Fri May 2, 2025 6:32 pm

Of course not. My biggest fear is that he'll ride the Lakers bench until he's 65 and continue to sap Lakers salary while he serves Gatorade to Luka and Bronny.
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