Mental weakness is real - some dudes just don't have it

[<<TheStandard>>]

Obviously. Do you think Roberson goes 4-20 at the ft line at practice?

One of my friends attended an OKC practice this year because a friend of his works in the front office.

Apparently he's worse during practice.

 

[Roman Brady]

Bron was shook as fukk in that Dallas series, that was obvious to anyone who watched

Biggest misconception ever, he wasn't shook at anything what's there to be shook of in basketball especially today's game where you can't put hands on someone. He just caught on at some point there was no point in trying because it was a forgone conclusion the league was going to make it up to Dallas for 06 and lebron/wade & em we're goin to pay for prematurely celebrating in the white saviour dirk's face.

 

[AkaDemiK]

nah his mind is just on other things
not everyone who plays the game makes it the top priority
some play just to live the life

in reality the lifestyle is the real trophy

*

I don't want a nikka like that on my team leading us to the promised land....

 

[bl2k8]

Biggest misconception ever, he wasn't shook at anything what's there to be shook of in basketball especially today's game where you can't put hands on someone. He just caught on at some point there was no point in trying because it was a forgone conclusion the league was going to make Miami pay for 06 and them for prematurely celebrating in the white saviour dirk's face.

 

[Trece]

let's face it nikkas. some dudes have it and some dudes don't.

i love me some chris webber brehs. that's my boy. but calling out time out like that made me to realize basketball ain't just about physical ability. after that game i realized mental weakness is real. when we get nervous we sweat. sometimes even stutter. ballers are same. when they get nervous they do things they don't normally do.

what we have learned today is simple - James Harden doesn't have it. Mentally he is weak. he saw spurs showing up and he didn't know what to do. He froze. He didn't give up. he just didn't know what to do. the whole world collapsed on him.

my favorite ads are snickers ads. the message is so damn truth. you are not you when you are hungry. james harden wasn't harden tonight because he got scared. mentally he broke down.

so what's the solution? there's no solution. You can't lead a team when you don't have the mental game. but it's ok. you can still play in a championship contender team as a ROBIN. that's what he is. He needs somebody to lean on because he sure ain't BATMAN.

 

[Trece]

This is Bron 2011 finals level of mental softness

 

[InstantKlassik]

Biggest misconception ever, he wasn't shook at anything what's there to be shook of in basketball especially today's game where you can't put hands on someone. He just caught on at some point there was no point in trying because it was a forgone conclusion the league was going to make it up to Dallas for 06 and lebron/wade & em we're goin to pay for prematurely celebrating in the white saviour dirk's face.

 

[Truefan31]

This is Bron 2011 finals level of mental softness

And yet harden still scored 2 more points than LeGM

 

[010101]

I don't want a nikka like that on my team leading us to the promised land....

doesn't matter if he's better than you*

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

James Harden, Derozan, Paul George this playoffs...something in LA

 

[MJ Truth]

Yup, 2010 Cleveland/2011 Finals LeBron is the perfect example

LeBron, the Bulls, Isiah, Bird, Magic, Kobe, Shaq... they all went through some version of this.

 

[Goat poster]

i honestly didn't believe in mental game back then. i thought in a 5 on 5 fast paced game nikkas didn't have a time to think. but i was dead wrong. these nikkas think too much.

we see time after time. nikkas missing free throws in a critical situation. missing an easy fg. it's all mental.

that's why MJ Is the GOAT to me brehs. and that's why Kobe is my 2nd favorite nikka. i like killers. this game needs killers who deliver in the crunch time. harden just doesn't have it

Yup. MJ the goat. Seriously he basically never shrunk in those moments. He always wanted it. That killer instinct. Win or lose he was willing to go for it. Obviously that killer instinct is mental and can't really be taught, but I credit the GAWD Dean Smith with really developing and preparing MJ to know how to handle basically everything basketball related. It's why MJ credits Dean so much, like a second father. MJ was ready to hit that shot as a freshman for the title because of Dean.

MJ =GOAT
DEAN=Equal opportunity GAWD coach

Y'all gotta stop rewriting history!

MJ came up short many times.

The Celtics and Pistons stayed whooping his ass.

In game 5 of the 89 series between the Bulls and Pistons MJ ONLY SHOT THE BALL 8 TIMES!!

He only scored 18 points and had 4 crucial turnovers as the Bulls got worked out the playoffs.

If the Coli was around nikkas would have been roasting MJ. But since the internet didn't exist ppl like to sweep those L's under the rug

 

[Sohh_lifted]

there's always an exception to the rule.

and honestly bad performance doesn't = mentally weak

i mean that. bron was just bad. but he was trying out there. some nights you just don't have it. harden looked checked out

What?!?! He couldn't post up jj barea smh

 

[Piff Huxtable]

to be fair Bron came back tho after 2011 just like Magic did after 1984

 

[KingJay]

This is Bron 2011 finals level of mental softness

People seem to have forgotten that this one happened

Still the ultimate choke job