No they were not sick. That fake coughing was a sad attempt at trying to mock Dirk (prior to Dirk destroying them).
he had a bad series, no doubt. but to discount what he did for the team to get there is a bit disingenuous.
I'm a huge Lebron basher, but the man is playing on his own level right now. I hope he gets off this cloud and comes back the earth because I do not want them to win. But even as good as he's playing, nothing is guaranteed. OKC has the interior defense to make them become a jump shooting team, and when Memphis gets ZBo back they can't be ignored.
I disagree about OKC's interior defense. OKC's interior defense is not that great. They allow the 26th most points in the paint. Ibaka is a highlight defender.
Yeah I may sound like a hater here but that's what it is, I don't care. That 'bad series' is a big difference between being good and great. Putting up great numbers in games that don't matter is good but once the pressure is on, that's when stars and champions are made. And don't tell me he had a 'bad series'. You can talk about a bad series when a guy misses shots he normally makes. That's bad. He was completly killed in that one and he was a victim of his own decision. It is not like he was shooting bad or something. He wasn't shooting at all. When Dirk was punching him right in the face he DIDN'T respond. It is one thing to struggle and to be completly dominated when you're the best player on the floor. He had a great chance to win and he showed he can't handle pressure. He's not Kobe. He's not Jordan. He wants to be liked and when people stop being nice he dissapears and becomes insulted. he just doesn't have it. As they say, there are no ideal people in the world and that's true. Because if LeBron had had that killer instinct he would have been IDEAL.
macalu, most of these people who 'hate' lebron here are just jealous of his success. they are fans of a player who's never sniffed that success. Imagine if we had Lebron and Yao back in the day.
Don't worry. Teams are letting LeChoke play during the regular season. But they will shut him down during the playoff.
Why do you think he's getting help from Olajuwon?? He shows that he has a strong passion to win and get better . You can only admire that. I understand the hate he gets from the normal fans for his decisions, but let's not discount his basketball abilities which are only getting better if he develops a post game.
you realize this doesn't actually help your case the argument is that Lebron chokes when the pressure is on. he's been to the Finals before, those games weren't really pressure and Lebron being a mental idiot probably just assumed they would get to the Finals either way when he had pressure in the Finals he crumbled Personally I think all that is overstated. remember all those years in the mid 2000s when Kobe supposedly had all those issues with his personality which would preclude him ever winning? and all those leadership questions Jordan had in the 80s which would preclude him from ever winning. but I'm pointing out that as far as the he's a great player who chokes, playing well in the rounds of the ECC doesn't provide any evidence to counter that assertion
it took Hakeem Olajuwon 10 years and a Finals loss before winning a championship. apparently, he was mentally weak too until 1994. let's not forget the faking a hamstring because he wasn't happy with his contract. THAT's our hero.
Wait, there was no pressure on him in the Boston series after what happened the previous year? hahahahahahahaha
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To the poster a couple posts above who posted that picture: do you think it's a bad thing to be gay? If so, could you please explain why? Am I supposed to be insulted by your picture? Thanks in advance for answering.
