The Whole LeBron Took the Easy Way Out Narrative

[Draje]

Can I hate on him because of his hairline, tho?

Of course but the further it goes, the more powerful he becomes.

 

[Shogun]

Of course but the further it goes, the more powerful he becomes.

 

[tremonthustler1]

ultimately the issue moving forward is this when it comes to new franchise players:

look at some of these teams. Fans practically will want them to tank for a good 3 years to hopefully land that big three. You need your front office to be lucky geniuses. Moving forward, the whole "they had 7 years " doesn't hold much weight because they had less time than that to cash in on a title AND the fact that it was Cleveland restricted them. Can't say it didn't. Ray Allen was more willing to join LeBron in Miami than in Cleveland in his prime. That's fact.

 

[McPiff]

How terrible could a team that won what, 61 and 66 games in separate years been? Sure they weren't any superstars but that team was built specifically for LBJ and played defense because of their coach. The superstar just couldn't get them over the top and quit on them multiple times in the playoffs.

The whole team up things was just a bad look, and what made it worse is that it ruined the ENTIRE Eastern Conference.

I can't respect it.

this will go ignored though. They built the team specifically to LeBrons strengths. Bron stans with that revisionist history act like Bron had 40 win teams, when they was all screaming championship cause they had the best record in the league twice

Act like regular season games and playoffs games are the same shyt brehs...

Nah, Bron took the easy way out. I don't blame him because Cleveland's front office would have never gotten him anywhere, but teaming up with 2 All Stars is still the easy way. It's some shyt you would do to go 82-0 in 2k14. I don't hate him for it, but I don't dent the shyt either.

If you're hating in Lebron by acting like he just coasted to rings and didn't have to carry his injured squad for two straight playoffs is absurd. Acting like Lebron didn't just lead his into in almost every statistical category to both rings and that he was playing with a Lrime Wade and not a Wade who was averaging less PPG than the likes of Jason Terry is absurd.

Lebron absolutely earned those rings, he played out of his mind during those playoffs, and Cleveland fukking sucks. People are literally mad that players are making moves for their futures rather than relying on inept owners.

99.9% of the people who hate on him would be crying tears of happiness if he had picked their team.

at the end of the day, thats is what this whole outrage is about. nikkas are just mad and salty that lebron didnt pick their team, thats what makes their "arguments" funny.

 

[Malik]

Compare Pau Gasol to Dwyane Wade and be dead serious brehs

 

[Malik]

at the end of the day, thats is what this whole outrage is about. nikkas are just mad and salty that lebron didnt pick their team, thats what makes their "arguments" funny.

See what I'm saying here....it's like talking to a brick wall. Or a high functioning autistic kid. You have 25 pages of people saying exactly what the problem is and this guy still can't "get it".....

Nobody's mad and salty because Lebron didn't pick their team.

They're mad and salty because Lebron is teammates with Dwyane Wade.

No.......Dwyane Wade is not a "Pippen" or a "Gasol"............he is a "Jordan"/"Kobe". And Bron has him for a teammate. That's why people are "mad".

Watch you still somehow not get this very very simple point.

 

[Draje]

Compare Pau Gasol to Dwyane Wade and be dead serious brehs

So Wade's playoff stats in the Big 3 championship runs are better than Gasol's stats in his championship run?

Compared injured Wade dropping less PPG than Jason Terry to Gasol dropping 19 on 58% plus grabbing double digit rebounds, brehs

 

[Draje]

See what I'm saying here....it's like talking to a brick wall. Or a high functioning autistic kid. You have 25 pages of people saying exactly what the problem is and this guy still can't "get it".....

Nobody's mad and salty because Lebron didn't pick their team.

They're mad and salty because Lebron is teammates with Dwyane Wade.

No.......Dwyane Wade is not a "Pippen" or a "Gasol"............he is a "Jordan"/"Kobe". And Bron has him for a teammate. That's why people are "mad".

Watch you still somehow not get this very very simple point.

So you think an injured Wade dropping 15.9 PPG is comparable to Jordan and Kobe?

You're a fukking joke. You wanna compare Kobe's stats as a 2nd option to Shaq and Wade's as a 2nd option to Kobe?

 

[Draje]

Who would you rather take as your 2nd option in the playoff, guys? @Malik , what's your opinion?

18.3 PPG (58% shooting) / 10.8 REB / 2.5 ASt (1.9 TOV) / .7 STL / 2 BLKS

Or

15.9 PPG (46% shooting) / 4.6 REB / 4.8 AST (2.5 TOV) / 1.7 STL / 1 BLK

One of these is Jordan / Kobe caliber numbers, the others are just scrub numbers that can be replaced by any average player.

 

[Malik]

See what I'm saying brehs.....a brick wall

 

[Malik]

@Draje would argue that Jason Terry put up similar numbers to Dwyane Wade, so he's just as good, and he'll be dead serious about it....

 

[Draje]

@Draje would argue that Jason Terry put up similar numbers to Dwyane Wade, so he's just as good, and he'll be dead serious about it....

You seem to be stupid so I'm going to help you out.

Dwayne Wade was injured through both of his championship runs. Wade being an extremely talented player and overall more talented player than the likes of Jason Terry and Pau Gasol does not mean that an injured Wade performed better in the playoffs than those two.

Example, Lebron was the most talented player on the floor in the 2011 Finals but he did not play the best. He was actually outplayed by Jason Terry. Is Jason Terry a better player than Lebron? No. But Jason Terry still outplayed them.

Wade being a more talented player than Pau Gasol does not mean an injured Wade was a more impactful player than Pau Gasol during both of their championship runs.

Arguing that he was is like arguing Kobe is garbage because he lost with Nash, Payton, Howard, Malone, and Shaq without realizing that those players were either injured or past their prime.

Are you understanding this or are you still acting retarded?

 

[Axum Ezana]

don't really remember but who did wade have when he won in 06?

 

[VegetasHairline]

don't really remember but who did wade have when he won in 06?

2005-06 Miami Heat Roster and Stats | Basketball-Reference.com

 

[kidsinamerica_]

So Wade had "defining moments" in a game or two while Lebron goes around averaging 30 PPG on 50% shooting and 26 on 49% throughout the entirety of the entirety of the playoffs yet it was Wade who propelled them to win?

Jason Terry and Tony Parker stepped up in a game or two but guess what? Everyone knows WHO WAS THE BEST player on that team and who's team it belonged too. It was Dirk and Duncan.

Lebron won with his 2nd option putting up ROLEPLAYER level stats throughout the entire playoffs. JASON TERRY numbers.

Wade performed so badly that the Heat had to create a very specific schedule for him to play throughout the season this year to where he had to do very specific training, could never play in b2b, and missed any game where he wasn't deemed necessary.

The "defining moments" are the crucial moments such as the Game 6's, Game 7's, crunch time, win or go home situations, and so on. Wade really excels in these sticky situations of the playoffs. Now when it came to these "defining moments" for LeBron when he was in Cleveland, he crumbled under the stress. It's only now that he has a Wade security blanket that he can finally shine in those crucial moments.