The Lebron '20 Thread (Pt. 7)

MisterHibachi · Post #1101 » by **MisterHibachi** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:58 am

Always lovely seeing the Celtics lose.

therealbig3 · Post #1102 » by **therealbig3** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:00 am

I think people thinking this will be easy are crazy. Miami is gonna be a problem.

kayess · Post #1103 » by **kayess** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:01 am

Miami seems really scary. Hope the Lakers' injuries heal up by Wednesday

nzahir · Post #1104 » by **nzahir** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:03 am

Jesus I can't believe the game is in 3 days

Wish the NBA gave everyone a couple more days to scout and heal up

JulesWinnfield · Post #1105 » by **JulesWinnfield** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:04 am

therealbig3 wrote:I think people thinking this will be easy are crazy. Miami is gonna be a problem.

It’s midnight for Cinderella. Lakers in 5. An easier 5 than Denver was

therealbig3 · Post #1106 » by **therealbig3** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:05 am

JulesWinnfield wrote:
therealbig3 wrote:I think people thinking this will be easy are crazy. Miami is gonna be a problem.

It’s midnight for Cinderella. Lakers in 5. An easier 5 than Denver was

Butler and Bam are like a worse version of LeBron and AD...with a much better 3-8.

MisterHibachi · Post #1107 » by **MisterHibachi** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:06 am

Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

TheGOATRises007 · Post #1108 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:09 am

therealbig3 wrote:I think people thinking this will be easy are crazy. Miami is gonna be a problem.

Lebron and AD are too good.

6 max. I think 5 is more likely.

HeartBreakKid · Post #1109 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:10 am

MisterHibachi wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

After Jokic and Murray who is even good on the Nuggets? Jerami Grant?

JulesWinnfield · Post #1110 » by **JulesWinnfield** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:10 am

therealbig3 wrote:
JulesWinnfield wrote:
therealbig3 wrote:I think people thinking this will be easy are crazy. Miami is gonna be a problem.

It’s midnight for Cinderella. Lakers in 5. An easier 5 than Denver was

Butler and Bam are like a worse version of LeBron and AD...with a much better 3-8.

They have more depth but the best two players on the floor are both Lakers and by a significant margin. Like not even close. Save for the 2004 NBA finals that tends to bode well for you, and unlike the 04 Lakers this team isn’t ready to rip apart at the seams with infighting at the first sign of adversity

Lakers are a tier above everyone this year. They were trending that way before the pandemic and they’re certainly there now. Even as Milwaukee plowed through the regular season we all knew that in the playoffs they had very exploitable weaknesses given Giannis lack of refinement and their lack of answers beyond him should a team find a way to force him out of his comfort zone. The Clippers were paper tigers all along. The Lakers are the best and most complete team in the 19-20 season and they’re gonna make that abundantly clear next round IMO

dcstanley · Post #1111 » by **dcstanley** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:13 am

HeartBreakKid wrote:
MisterHibachi wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

After Jokic and Murray who is even good on the Nuggets? Grant Williams?

Jokic and Murray PNR puts more pressure on the defense than anything the Heat can muster.

thebigbird · Post #1112 » by **thebigbird** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:14 am

I haven’t really payed much attention to Miami, so that might be why, but I’m just not worried about them. After going through Lillard, Harden, and Murray/Jokic, Butler seems like an easy #1 option to contain. He’s scored under 20 points more than he’s scored over 25 points in the playoffs. He’s also a bad 3 point shooter, so that will be a welcome change from a #1 option. I know they have lots of good role players, but we have LeBron and AD.

But, like I said, haven’t watched them in the playoffs so could be wrong.

therealbig3 · Post #1113 » by **therealbig3** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:15 am

HeartBreakKid wrote:
MisterHibachi wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

After Jokic and Murray who is even good on the Nuggets? Grant Williams?

You mean Jerami Grant?

HeartBreakKid · Post #1114 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:15 am

dcstanley wrote:
HeartBreakKid wrote:
MisterHibachi wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

After Jokic and Murray who is even good on the Nuggets? Grant Williams?

The combination of Jokic and Murray put more pressure on the defense than anything the Heat can muster.

The Heat will have insane spacing to make up for that. Also, the Heat are more perimeter based - there will be room for them to drive.

Nuggets are basically just a 1-2 punch team that isn't as good as LA's. Heat offer a different challenge.

I'm interested to see how Bam deals with Howard.

HeartBreakKid · Post #1115 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:15 am

therealbig3 wrote:
HeartBreakKid wrote:
MisterHibachi wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

After Jokic and Murray who is even good on the Nuggets? Grant Williams?

You mean Jerami Grant?

Yup

MisterHibachi · Post #1116 » by **MisterHibachi** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:18 am

HeartBreakKid wrote:
MisterHibachi wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

After Jokic and Murray who is even good on the Nuggets? Jemari Grant?

Millsap, Grant, Morris, Harris, even MPJ on offense. The Nuggets are really good, man.

And honestly that same "after their top 2 who is even good" has been said about the Lakers, as well. When your top 2 are as good as Jokic and Murray (who basically played like Steph this run), you don't need a third star.

TheGOATRises007 · Post #1117 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:19 am

I think the Heat could be the toughest series the Lakers have, but they'll still win with relative ease.

nzahir · Post #1118 » by **nzahir** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:22 am

MisterHibachi wrote:
HeartBreakKid wrote:
MisterHibachi wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

After Jokic and Murray who is even good on the Nuggets? Jemari Grant?

Millsap, Grant, Morris, Harris, even MPJ on offense. The Nuggets are really good, man.

And honestly that same "after their top 2 who is even good" has been said about the Lakers, as well. When your top 2 are as good as Jokic and Murray (who basically played like Steph this run), you don't need a third star.

MPJ, Grant, Morris, Harris, and Millsap vs Dragic, Robinson, Herro, Iggy, and Crowder

Pretty close and even if you lean with Miami, Jokic and Murray (especially this version of Murray)>>Butler and Bam

That pick and roll/pop was very tough for everyone, even us, to defend

Thinking this all through, I got us in 5-6 for now

I want to read a bit more from someone like Cranjis though

Nice to not have to go against GS for once, been so long

xb3at band1tx · Post #1119 » by **xb3at band1tx** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:23 am

5 - 5 - 5 - 5

HeartBreakKid · Post #1120 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:24 am

MisterHibachi wrote:
HeartBreakKid wrote:
MisterHibachi wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I'm super high on the Nuggets and feel they are better than both Miami and Boston. I think the Lakers have already overcame their toughest test of the run.

After Jokic and Murray who is even good on the Nuggets? Jemari Grant?

Millsap, Grant, Morris, Harris, even MPJ on offense. The Nuggets are really good, man.

And honestly that same "after their top 2 who is even good" has been said about the Lakers, as well.

Yeah, it has been said because the Lakers actually aren't good after their top 2. Their top 2 are among the best players in the league, so that helps a lot. Jamal Murray is not as good as LBJ.

Paul Milsap looked horrible the entire playoffs, he looks like a snail. Gary Harris was horrible. "MPJ on offense" - well, it's not football so he has to play defense. I mean Morris is on there, that's really enough said.

Compare that to Tyler Herro, Goran Dragic, Duncan-Robinson. Most of those guys you listed aren't even as good as Jae Crowder since he joined Miami. Heat has weapons, Denver is overly reliant on hero ball - they're as good on top and might have better depth than LA because who isn't, but their supporting cast needs some serious restructuring.

The Nuggets really got as far as they did because of herculean effort from Murray and Jokic. That's pretty much it.