ohtani's jacket
State Vice-Captain
Um, this is Lebron's 4th season.
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Official NBA 2006-2007 season thread
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Dravid
International Captain
Dude....LeBron is in his 4th season. He can't avg 30 every season, Kobe didn't either. If LeBron was to finish college, this would be his first year in the NBA, and with the season he is having, he would have been rookie of the year, by MILES. You don't get why he is scoring less. The coach, Mike Brown, is trying something new this year and try to get his team involved, even though his team sucks. LeBron is taking less shots this year but it doesn't seem to be helping the team a lot. He's made it known that he wants to improve the offense of this team, and turn into a run and gun team and asked Brown to let him take more shots. Cavs can't survive with other players taking up their shots, because they suck.
And lets not forget, LeBron led Cavs to a 7 game series against detroit last year, and was only one rebound away from beating them. That was the best team in the league coming into the playoffs they were facing. And LeBron doesn't have the likes of Shaq or Scotty like Kobe and Jordan do to lead this team to a championship, but still he fell a rebound short of a trip to the conf finals.
Sanz
Hall of Fame Member
Kobe also came out of high school so did KG. If you are performing at NBA level then it really is a moot point when you make it to NBA and IMO lebron has good players around him such as Z, Hughes etc. to at least take him to East conf. championship. I am not talking about Lebron's points, I think he does well offensively, but it is on the other side of the court he is miles behind the likes of Kobe and no where close to MJ and he is no Magic as some people are trying to say.
Also I have no doubt in my mind that had Lakers been playing in Eastern Conf, Kobe would have taken his team to conf. championship no. of times. AI did back in 2000 or so.If cavs were in West, they would struggle to make playoff. Lakers made the playoffs last year with a team that looks worse than this cavs team ?
Also 6 years was a mistake, I wanted to type 4 years. but somehow ended up typin 6, sorry about that.
Also I have no doubt in my mind that had Lakers been playing in Eastern Conf, Kobe would have taken his team to conf. championship no. of times. AI did back in 2000 or so.If cavs were in West, they would struggle to make playoff. Lakers made the playoffs last year with a team that looks worse than this cavs team ?
Also 6 years was a mistake, I wanted to type 4 years. but somehow ended up typin 6, sorry about that.
Dravid
International Captain
LeBron would have Larry Hughes, if he ever stayed healthy. It's basically LeBron and Z, who is good, but not like a shaq or anything. And I don't see how you consider 26 ppg as bad. LeBrons 4th year in the league is still better than Kobes. And lets not forget, how a team plays in the regular season doesn't mean they will play the same in playoffs. Detroit was the best in the league last year in the regular season, and when it was playoff time, they struggled. I really think it will be Cavs and Pistons this year in the conf finals.
Sanz
Hall of Fame Member
Err, Didn't I say he does well offensively ? and no, Lebron iin his 4th year isn't better than Kobe in his 4th year unless all you look at is PPG.
Sanz
Hall of Fame Member
First of all dont confuse many with any. Also please dont tell me that you are Ernie johnson and Merv Albert combined into one and have watched every NBA game played this season to post anything about any player. Yes I have watched enough NBA this year and year before to make a decent judgment on Lebron's game which is :-
a. He isn't a good defender and hence doesn't have allround game compared to Kobe.
b. Lebron isn't as good as it is made out to be. He is no Next MJ or Magic, hell he has long way to go before he can be next Kobe.
Anyways - If you are going to tell me that Lebron's defense is good then I must say you do not understand the game at all and all that you watch is bunch of guys running from one end to other and putting the ball in the hoop. There is a reason Lebron has never been selected to any of the NBA All America defensive teams and this selection is made by active NBA coaches. Kobe is getting picked into those teams almost every year since he became a starter for Lakers.
ohtani's jacket
State Vice-Captain
Of course Kobe is a better player than Lebron, this is his 11th season in the NBA.
I don't think Lebron James is any where near the best player in the league, but as a third year player he took a lottery team to Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Semis. Not a bad for his first trip to the playoffs. Cleveland are currently the third seed in the East, right? The playoffs are still months away... You're acting like the Cavs just got bounced... Jordan was in his 5th season when the Bulls first made the Conference Finals, and Magic was drafted to the Lakers on a freaking coin toss, so I'm not sure what your argument is in terms of comparative success.
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Ummm, Dravid I think the Raptors deserve an apology from you.... 
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Anyways, we are now 4 games above .500 after beating the Lakers 96-92. Bosh is just too good
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. Anyways, we are now 4 games above .500 after beating the Lakers 96-92. Bosh is just too good
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The cav's finally win one against a quality opponent by taking out the heat 103-79. James led the way with 29 points, 7 boards & 6 assists.
Dravid
International Captain
The refs are blind. Did anyone see the game? LeBron had a huge dunk, where he seriously got smacked across the head. Mike brown from the other end of the court could see it, and the refs on the same side of the court as the players couldn't see it. It wasn't even like a small foul, it was a clear flagrant foul. Those old farts need to get their eyes checked.
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Haha, can't wait for Toronto to own Detroit today, the same way they have owned the last 5 teams they faced! 6-in-a-row in sight!
Be scared Detroit, be very scared...
Be scared Detroit, be very scared...
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Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Wow, it's halftime and Toronto is up 49-43... If Toronto continues to play this well almost all of you will have to appologies when they win the NBA Championship .
.will not happen this year and will not happen with the team they have....Wow, it's halftime and Toronto is up 49-43... If Toronto continues to play this well almost all of you will have to appologies when they win the NBA Championship
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Damnnnnn. Ouch, did that hurt or what!Shut up, and never talk again
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Don't worry, this was one bad game out of the last 6... it still doesn't mean we suck. We're certainly a team to watch out for...will not happen this year and will not happen with the team they have....
Anyways, Dravid, I'll respond to your comment above on April 13th in an equally nice way
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getting into the playoffs doesn't mean that you are a championship contender, hell it doesn't mean that you are even a contender for the conference title....at the moment, the pistons, wizards, a completely healthy heat(of course they have to get into the playoffs first), probably the cavs and the magic as well will all beat you in a 7 game series...and this is all in a pretty weak eastern conference, most of these teams(except maybe the pistons because of their experience and their always solid defence) don't stand a chance against the top teams in the west....