Dwight Howard
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Bron stans tryna deflect his passive play to "not forcing things". He came out of the gate passive.
so we agree the shooters were the reason they won last night then right?
and bruh, keep it real.. this aint the same LeBron from the INDY series, let alone the regular season This is 2011 LeBron, only this time he's protected by shooters. Same passive mentality.
dont compare this nikka to Jordan or Kobe first off, they werent afraid to shootdogg, I can't tell if you're trolling or not... smh at "protected by shooters". Contrary to what your dumb ass thinks, that's why shooters are indeed out on the floor, TO SHOOT THE BALL. What good is Ray Allen if he attempts zero shots? Why even play him? But someone has to create open shots for him because he damn sure ain't doing so himself. Who do you think does all that?
Was MJ "protected by shooters" when Paxson and Steve Kerr were hitting huge clutch 3's on their way to championships? What about Shaq and Kobe with Derek Fisher and Horry?
I'm convinced dudes don't really watch ball like that...
The Spurs are basically packing the paint and sending soft doubles at Bron every time he touches the ball. They are basically gambling and seeing if Bron can consistently make the right play when he's doubled because they want the ball out of his hands. Why do you think Chris Bosh had so many mid range jumpers? Why do you think the Heat had so many good looks from 3, even though they didn't really start falling until the 2nd half. The Spurs can afford to pack the paint because 2 of the Heat's 5 starters simply can't shoot the ball (Haslem and Wade).
As a Heat fan, Bron is playing good team basketball, why would I want him to shoot over two defenders just to say he did when Mike Miller or Ray Allen is wide open in the corner for a 3?
When Lebron gets in the post, they bring the hard double ASAP and get it out of his hands, which often lead to him getting a hockey assist last night as the Spurs couldn't rotate fast enough to contest the shot after the 2nd pass. Him posting up with the starting lineup is dumb, as like I said above, him getting doubled and passing it out to an open D.Wade/Haslem for a 15 foot jumper is basically a win for the Spurs defense because they can't shoot.
That's why the real lethal lineup was when they surrounded Bron with shooters in Rio-Miller-Ray (along with Birdman). San Antonio could no longer afford to pack the paint and Bron was making them pay when the help defender cheated over by making the right passes. This also gave him more room to operate in the post, he just wasn't hitting shots he usually makes. It happens.
Or do you think Chris Bosh was creating all those wide open mid range jumpers on his own? Or were Mike Miller and Ray Allen creating separation off the dribble and nailing those 3's? Or was Chalmers getting around Parker on his own on the pick and roll? Come on man.
dont compare this nikka to Jordan or Kobe first off, they werent afraid to shoot
secondly, stop pretending its take effort for Bron to create these shots. For the most part, he's just dribbling the ball..defense pressures him, oh look wide open shooter, wet. Its defensive lapses by the Spurs.
why cant yall admit LeBron in playing passive and is getting clamped by Leonard
passive how?Passive in what way? Because he's not forcing shots like Kobe would? And why do you think the Spurs are pressuring him in the first place? How come they don't bring doubles when Norris Cole or Mike Miller touch the ball? It's not like he's standing in the corner, he's basically facilitating the whole offense and creating shots on every single possession.
And it's not really defensive lapses, it's by design. They're willing to live with someone else shoot the ball, even if it means they're wide open, rather than letting Lebron take his man off the dribble and scoring in the paint at will.
Let me ask you this... when would it be okay for Bron to pass the ball then? When he's triple teamed? When they send all 5 guys at him? Or should he still ignore open shooters and chuck up a dumb contested shot just so dudes on message boards can't say he played "passive"?
I'm glad I reserved judgement because OP has proven to be the worst poster in internet history... by far. And it's not even close.
He's had two sub-par games scoring wise you bum..most of us have already admitted this..so whats your point besides riding that other fakkits dikk?
Going 6-24 in a game 7 is warrior mentality in this fakkit's mind.