JerseyBoy23
Veteran
You're acting like this isn't a lopsided series. AI only had to deal with Kobe and Shaq, Bron dealing with 2 MVPs, a world class shooter and a former DPOY.
Long Uncut Footage Of LeBron, JR Smith & George Hill After Smith's Mistake In Game 1
You're acting like this isn't a lopsided series. AI only had to deal with Kobe and Shaq, Bron dealing with 2 MVPs, a world class shooter and a former DPOY.
Your avi, breh!
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GoddamnyamanProf
Countdown to Armageddon
Make a note of who the bad people are and move onY’all LeBron haters are whack.Making me like the guy more and more bc of all the dumb shyt y’all try to use to hate on him
GoddamnyamanProf
Countdown to Armageddon
The media has been constantly talking about JR Smith since it happened
Obvious reasons why
Lebron seemed like he was mad at himself for not calling a timeout earlier. He literally asked if they "had one more time out?"....
nikkas really in here complaining about Bron sulking
. He's faced these dudes plenty of times to know that they're not the team to let off the hook.
Golden State is also THE worst team to face in overtime. Got 3 different dudes that can get hot and just straight end the game in no time.
. He's faced these dudes plenty of times to know that they're not the team to let off the hook. Golden State is also THE worst team to face in overtime. Got 3 different dudes that can get hot and just straight end the game in no time.
theGoldmangod
All Star
I don't think most of you nikkas blaming Lue watch basketball with any kind of regularity.
First of all why was he expected to call a timeout when LeBron himself didn't even want a TO until a sec or so was left and he realized JR didn't know wtf he was doing? For half the play, Bron himself was either asking for the ball, or telling JR to pass it to Hill in the corner, which he did.
Also, why do you nikkas think Lue would even be able to/get a timeout? The refs were watching the play for any infractions, like they were supposed to. In the 4 secs left in the game, no they were not going to suddenly realize the coach was calling a TO and abruptly stop play.
If yall are talking about those situations where the coach goes to the ref beforehand and says "make or miss I want a TO upon possession", that's cool, but stop acting like it'd be normal or expected for a coach in Lue's position to do that. He was the coach of the team at the line, not the coach of the team on defense. Its the defensive coach that usually makes that call to the official, and any nikkas with any history of watching basketball know this.
No offensive coach really expects to get the ball back in that situation, and I think its fair that in the cases that they do, they believe their players on the court to have enough sense to either call a timeout or put the ball back up...the latter being what JR should have done.
But as for expecting a coach to get a timeout on the spot? Nah. In much less chaotic situations it usually takes the refs a couple of seconds and the player on the court literally screaming and pointing at a ref for a TO. Acting like if Lue had just been more focused and a better coach he would have gotten it is laughable.
Secondly, how do yall not know that on almost all timeouts, especially full TOs, coaches usually leave the huddle for a bit to convene with their assistant coaches, get inputs from them and come up with what they're going to tell the team, and THEN get to the huddle with a play call or pep talk or both. That shyt is routine. You can't make it seem like that was Lue abandoning his team.
Thirdly, I don't fault Bron for sulking. Not at all. But I interpret his question to Lue entirely differently. It was passive aggressive to me. LeBron knew they had a timeout, he didn't need Lue to confirm it. He asked it to Lue and had him confirm it in front of JR for a very specific reason. I actually salute Lue a bit after watching this again because to me it seems like he answered him quickly in the "yes, now let's move on" way because he immediately got down and started talking strategy while LeBron was doing his theatrics.
First of all why was he expected to call a timeout when LeBron himself didn't even want a TO until a sec or so was left and he realized JR didn't know wtf he was doing? For half the play, Bron himself was either asking for the ball, or telling JR to pass it to Hill in the corner, which he did.
Also, why do you nikkas think Lue would even be able to/get a timeout? The refs were watching the play for any infractions, like they were supposed to. In the 4 secs left in the game, no they were not going to suddenly realize the coach was calling a TO and abruptly stop play.
If yall are talking about those situations where the coach goes to the ref beforehand and says "make or miss I want a TO upon possession", that's cool, but stop acting like it'd be normal or expected for a coach in Lue's position to do that. He was the coach of the team at the line, not the coach of the team on defense. Its the defensive coach that usually makes that call to the official, and any nikkas with any history of watching basketball know this.
No offensive coach really expects to get the ball back in that situation, and I think its fair that in the cases that they do, they believe their players on the court to have enough sense to either call a timeout or put the ball back up...the latter being what JR should have done.
But as for expecting a coach to get a timeout on the spot? Nah. In much less chaotic situations it usually takes the refs a couple of seconds and the player on the court literally screaming and pointing at a ref for a TO. Acting like if Lue had just been more focused and a better coach he would have gotten it is laughable.
Secondly, how do yall not know that on almost all timeouts, especially full TOs, coaches usually leave the huddle for a bit to convene with their assistant coaches, get inputs from them and come up with what they're going to tell the team, and THEN get to the huddle with a play call or pep talk or both. That shyt is routine. You can't make it seem like that was Lue abandoning his team.
Thirdly, I don't fault Bron for sulking. Not at all. But I interpret his question to Lue entirely differently. It was passive aggressive to me. LeBron knew they had a timeout, he didn't need Lue to confirm it. He asked it to Lue and had him confirm it in front of JR for a very specific reason. I actually salute Lue a bit after watching this again because to me it seems like he answered him quickly in the "yes, now let's move on" way because he immediately got down and started talking strategy while LeBron was doing his theatrics.
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shyt was AWKWARD. I was waiting for him to tell JR its aight, we'll get them in OT....nikka really sat silent for three minutes.
Exactly why I don't want the nikka on my squad.
That is not the time to start whining and being all emotional.
They still had overtime to play and he was already defeated.
You suck that shyt up, rally the troops, and keep fighting.
When a team sees their leader and best player acting like a broad with time still on the clock, it fukks with the moral of the whole team.
That's why they got ran in OT.
This loss was not on J.R. at all, it was a collective effort.
That is not the time to start whining and being all emotional.
They still had overtime to play and he was already defeated.
You suck that shyt up, rally the troops, and keep fighting.
When a team sees their leader and best player acting like a broad with time still on the clock, it fukks with the moral of the whole team.
That's why they got ran in OT.
This loss was not on J.R. at all, it was a collective effort.
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daboywonder2002
Superstar
So if they had timeouts why didn't Lue call it? you're supposed to let the refs know if we got the offensive rebound, we want a timeout.
shyt, why didn't Lebron call timeout?
Why was he still standing 5 ft in front of the 3 point line 2 seconds after J.R. got the rebound and ran up the court?
Why was he pointing for J.R. to pass someone else the ball for the last shot instead of having his hands ready to receive the pass, in shooting position himself?
Yal have to realize that 4.7 seconds or whatever it was isn't a lot of time
You also have to factor in that JR Smith did something unfathomable and if you're a coach watching that play out, you'd be more likethan thinking about calling a timeout. Look where JR got the rebound at, that's unprecedented brehs... he's literally right there on the low block with the ball for the win, why would Lue call a TO seeing how close he is to the rack? The only fault you could place on Lue there is that everybody wasn't on the same page on a miss. JR clearly didn't know wtf was going on, and it cost them.
Bron was hurt and just trying to process it all, that's why he even asked, "did we have a timeout" after sitting there in silence for over a minute. But shyt, if you watch the play, nobody was thinking about using the TO until they realized that JR didn't know what the fukk to do with the ball
5 seconds is an eternity in basketball.
Lue makes millions just to be prepared in situations like that.
They should've already had a plan worked out for every possible scenario if Hill missed that second shot.
When it hit the rim, the whole coaching staff should've been diving at the ref trying to call timeout.
Saying he froze up is not an excuse for anything but for him to be fired.