darthska
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Alright, CP, I got to defend Lebron on this one.
Why isn't Lebron in the plays at the end of the game? In my opinion, as long as they're winning, it doesn't matter. Let's be real; the reason Lebron got so much backlash for his fourth-quarter woes in the Finals was because they lost. Period. If the Heat would've won, there would still be people criticizing his fourth quarter performance in their championship, but you and I both know it wouldn't have been near as much criticism.
Forget asking you if you would rather go down the career path of a scrub with a ton of rings like Steve Kerr, or a phenom who never even made the Finals like Nique. I want to ask if you would rather be a phenom who is well-known for his clutchless despite never even playing one championship minute, or if you would rather be a phenom with multiple championships despite only having maybe 4, 5, maybe 6 game winners in your 15 - 17 year career.
Now here's the reason I ask that: imagine if you will that Lebron's career is over, and he does indeed have multiple championships, despite having only like a half dozen game winners. And his career stats are the same as they are now, which basically means that we're looking at a guy with multiple championships and extremely impressive career numbers with a few seasons where he damn near averaged a triple double, but practically no actual game winners, like Durant's the other night. You're going to hold back from calling that dude a beast? I'm saying "That was a monster of a career," and you would argue with me? I doubt it.
And me personally, I think that's exactly what we're looking at with Lebron. I've said from the beginning that I do think this Heat experiment will work and they will win multiple championships with this core, just not immediately. Well, at the same time, on the topic of clutchness, I think it's entirely possible that Lebron will be known as a beast with multiple championships and very few game winners. And if I'm right about that description, I won't hesitate at all to call him a monster when it's all said and done.
Of course the major piece that's missing from my description is that keyword 'championships', and that goes back to my original point: the criticism of his clutchness wouldn't be as loud if the Heat won last year.
Why isn't Lebron in the plays at the end of the game? In my opinion, as long as they're winning, it doesn't matter. Let's be real; the reason Lebron got so much backlash for his fourth-quarter woes in the Finals was because they lost. Period. If the Heat would've won, there would still be people criticizing his fourth quarter performance in their championship, but you and I both know it wouldn't have been near as much criticism.
Forget asking you if you would rather go down the career path of a scrub with a ton of rings like Steve Kerr, or a phenom who never even made the Finals like Nique. I want to ask if you would rather be a phenom who is well-known for his clutchless despite never even playing one championship minute, or if you would rather be a phenom with multiple championships despite only having maybe 4, 5, maybe 6 game winners in your 15 - 17 year career.
Now here's the reason I ask that: imagine if you will that Lebron's career is over, and he does indeed have multiple championships, despite having only like a half dozen game winners. And his career stats are the same as they are now, which basically means that we're looking at a guy with multiple championships and extremely impressive career numbers with a few seasons where he damn near averaged a triple double, but practically no actual game winners, like Durant's the other night. You're going to hold back from calling that dude a beast? I'm saying "That was a monster of a career," and you would argue with me? I doubt it.
And me personally, I think that's exactly what we're looking at with Lebron. I've said from the beginning that I do think this Heat experiment will work and they will win multiple championships with this core, just not immediately. Well, at the same time, on the topic of clutchness, I think it's entirely possible that Lebron will be known as a beast with multiple championships and very few game winners. And if I'm right about that description, I won't hesitate at all to call him a monster when it's all said and done.
Of course the major piece that's missing from my description is that keyword 'championships', and that goes back to my original point: the criticism of his clutchness wouldn't be as loud if the Heat won last year.
