Not One, Not Two, Not Th.....Whoops!

[wdleehi]

1 personal foul

Jordan AVERAGED 33 pts, 6 rebs and 5 assists for the playoffs. 

"Averaged for the playoffs". i'm talking about 1 game, an elimination game. forget the pts, assists & rebounds the 1 personal foul is the glaring number. he should have fouled out, not pull himself from the game.

Now he "pulled himself" out of the game?


Any concern that the coach had no clue how to engage the rest of his team? 


Any blame for the coach not putting his player back in?  Any blame for the teammates not making up any ground the first minute or two Lebron was out as a primer to make a run when he got put back in? 

[GreenWarrior]

1 personal foul

Jordan AVERAGED 33 pts, 6 rebs and 5 assists for the playoffs. 

"Averaged for the playoffs". i'm talking about 1 game, an elimination game. forget the pts, assists & rebounds the 1 personal foul is the glaring number. he should have fouled out, not pull himself from the game.

Now he "pulled himself" out of the game?


Any concern that the coach had no clue how to engage the rest of his team? 


Any blame for the coach not putting his player back in?  Any blame for the teammates not making up any ground the first minute or two Lebron was out as a primer to make a run when he got put back in?

did we see Lebron tugging on spoelstra's shoulder asking to go back in?

[RyNye]

Shouldn't the whoops be after "not two?"  That means at least three.  This is important.

TP for making me laugh and spraying coffee all over my very confused dog.

[wdleehi]

1 personal foul

Jordan AVERAGED 33 pts, 6 rebs and 5 assists for the playoffs. 

"Averaged for the playoffs". i'm talking about 1 game, an elimination game. forget the pts, assists & rebounds the 1 personal foul is the glaring number. he should have fouled out, not pull himself from the game.

Now he "pulled himself" out of the game?


Any concern that the coach had no clue how to engage the rest of his team? 


Any blame for the coach not putting his player back in?  Any blame for the teammates not making up any ground the first minute or two Lebron was out as a primer to make a run when he got put back in?

did we see Lebron tugging on spoelstra's shoulder asking to go back in?

Do we know what was said?  One way or the other? 

[Celtics4ever]

Part of me, thinks he will report an injury which is all and good maybe he is injured.   But LeBron still performed at a high level, his team mates did not.   I hope he does not he has already did enough damage with the sulk out, I mean sit out.

[GreenWarrior]

1 personal foul

Jordan AVERAGED 33 pts, 6 rebs and 5 assists for the playoffs. 

"Averaged for the playoffs". i'm talking about 1 game, an elimination game. forget the pts, assists & rebounds the 1 personal foul is the glaring number. he should have fouled out, not pull himself from the game.

Now he "pulled himself" out of the game?


Any concern that the coach had no clue how to engage the rest of his team? 


Any blame for the coach not putting his player back in?  Any blame for the teammates not making up any ground the first minute or two Lebron was out as a primer to make a run when he got put back in?

did we see Lebron tugging on spoelstra's shoulder asking to go back in?

Do we know what was said?  One way or the other?

no we don't. but the perception doesn't look good.

as much as we don't actually know. between this series' cramps, walking off the court in sore loser fashion, leaving Cleveland because it was too tough to compete with the Celtics, the decision, the numerous championships prematurely assumed...

the way things 'look' start to add up.

[Celtics18]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT-I8jQDQ7c

[Moranis]

"We believe we can win multiple championships" - Lebron James

Seems like their belief in fact was accurate.

[GreenWarrior]

"We believe we can win multiple championships" - Lebron James

Seems like their belief in fact was accurate.

true but so far by their standards and what they told us it's been a failure.

[wdleehi]

1 personal foul

Jordan AVERAGED 33 pts, 6 rebs and 5 assists for the playoffs. 

"Averaged for the playoffs". i'm talking about 1 game, an elimination game. forget the pts, assists & rebounds the 1 personal foul is the glaring number. he should have fouled out, not pull himself from the game.

Now he "pulled himself" out of the game?


Any concern that the coach had no clue how to engage the rest of his team? 


Any blame for the coach not putting his player back in?  Any blame for the teammates not making up any ground the first minute or two Lebron was out as a primer to make a run when he got put back in?

did we see Lebron tugging on spoelstra's shoulder asking to go back in?

Do we know what was said?  One way or the other?

no we don't. but the perception doesn't look good.

as much as we don't actually know. between this series' cramps, walking off the court in sore loser fashion, leaving Cleveland because it was too tough to compete with the Celtics, the decision, the numerous championships prematurely assumed...

the way things 'look' start to add up.

Cramps happen.  You can't play with cramps.

Leaving Cleveland because it is a terrible run franchise that got lucky in the draft lotto.  He didn't avoid the Celtics by staying in the East.



Basically, a lot of people do not like Lebron so are looking for an excuse to dump on him even more.

[Spilling Green Dye]

This is just silly.  If you combine the Heat's 2nd, 3rd, and 4th leading scorer from last night those three guys outscored Lebron by 2 points.  You have have to combine the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th leading assist men from last night to merely equal Lebron's 5 assists.  It takes 2 separate Heat to eclipse Lebron's 10 rebounds.  The Heat had 4 blocks, Lebron had half of them.  Lebron basically sat only 15-30 seconds of game action until the game was over at the end.  And yet this is Lebron's fault.

When will the irrational hate for all things Lebron James end?

31 points
10 rebounds
5 assists
2 blocks
1 turnover
1 personal foul

i'm being serious when I say I look at those numbers and wonder why didn't he have 61 pts.? why didn't he have 20 rebounds? why didn't he have 10 assists?

I know he didn't have 10 assists because his teammates suck...which may be true. but, and i'm not saying Lebron should have gone into business for himself but maybe just maybe his teammates were waiting, hoping, praying he would a little bit. I recall a couple of occasions last night where they said Lebron could have taken advantage of a matchup but didn't.

but the glaring number when I look at his stats - why didn't he foul out? why didn't he have 5 fouls?

Are you really being serious?  You honestly look at that STAT line, against a good Spurs defense, and your first thought is "wow, that guy should have had 61 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists." 

Lebron only gets 1 foul most games b/c he hardly gets called for anything, and because he's good at not fouling.  A foul is a bad thing.  Why would you have wanted him to commit more?  He practically shutdown Parker when he was on him, and could guard 4 out of the 5 positions.

The only thing I think he could have realistically done better in this series is be a leader and call out his teammates (ala Bird's "we played like women today").

[GreenWarrior]

Lebron only gets 1 foul most games b/c he hardly gets called for anything

exactly!

[Celtics4ever]

Leaving Cleveland because it is a terrible run franchise that got lucky in the draft lotto.  He didn't avoid the Celtics by staying in the East.

What will his excuse be this time?   Sadly a man with LeBron immense talents get all the credit when they win and all too often all the drama when they lose.

The Spurs are and were a great team.   Let's not lose that in all what MIA didn't do talk.   Is LarBrd33 around today he has some crow to eat?

[MBunge]

Basically, a lot of people do not like Lebron so are looking for an excuse to dump on him even more.

Which is odder...

The folks who don't like LeBron and want to dump on him or the folks who feel the need to jump in and defend the delicate reputation of a multi-millionaire celebrity when it's impugned on a sports message board?

Mike

[rondohondo]

Basically, a lot of people do not like Lebron so are looking for an excuse to dump on him even more.

Which is odder...

The folks who don't like LeBron and want to dump on him or the folks who feel the need to jump in and defend the delicate reputation of a multi-millionaire celebrity when it's impugned on a sports message board?

Mike

ha tp