lol Isaiah Thomas is so in love with LeBron. Wants him to come back the last couple games to try to get the scoring title to show he's the greatest ever.
What a sniveling sycophant.
I think most would consider it rather embarrassing if you want to be the goat of all time to come out and Chuck up 50 shots to try in win the scoring title on a preseason title favorite losing its 50th game. It would be one thing if he was about to retire and the team was expected to be bad like with Kobe. But seems like more of a rickey Davis or world b free move at this point.
To me, it would only feel really cheap if LeBron and the Lakers pull
a David Robinson on the last day of the season, and extra cringey if Denver (their final opponent) is resting their starters and so it's done against something closer to a G-League team.
Feels more like a [dang]ed if you do, [dang]ed if you don't kind of thing. If LeBron doesn't play, there's people who will complain of stars sitting out and quitting when there's still games to play. If he's healthy enough to play, do you think he should sit out just because his team has been eliminated?
Personally, I have no problem if LeBron suits up, plays 30-35 minutes, scores 30ish points per game over the last couple of games, and wins the scoring title. As long as it appears to be done in the normal flow of a game, I have no problem with it.
But ya if he's really pushing hard for it, playing 40+ minutes, getting 30+ shots, playing zero D, the Lakers are just feeding him the ball, don't care about winning, it will be a terrible look, though I'm sure his PR team will be working overtime to try to spin it (LeBron never gave up, LeBron still playing hard even though his team was eliminated, LeBron wanted to make sure the fans got their money's worth, etc.).
