Lebron James

So, after the game last night (46 points, 9 boards and 7 assists), I've got to say that he's CLEARLY the best young player in the game - Wade is great, but isn't as overpoweringly dominant, Duncan and Kobe are vets by now, and as great as Gilbert Arenas is, he's not 6'8" with sprinter speed and kangaroo hops.

What do you all think of him now, 3 years into his career, doing what he's doing? Do the Cavs stand any chance against San Antonio, should they make the finals?

wade has been better so far but he's injury prone and lebron clearly has a higher ceiling - it's just does he give enough of a fuck. also he's on absolutely the wrong team - how yr gonna pair the best fast break player in the league w/ilgausguzz and snow etc wtf bigtime. that should be illegal.

personally im psyched for kevin durant

Are you in Seattle?

I totally agree - Bronbron has NO supporting cast. But I kind of think that that's what is making what he's done over the past two games all the more special. Unlike Jordan, or Wade, or Duncan, or Kobe, who all had at least SOME secondary (or tertiary, in Duncan's case) option, Bron is the only thing from Cleveland that deserves to be in the NBA postseason. And he's absolutely carrying their entire team.

At least we know that he won't get stranded like Garnett - Duncan would hvae suffered the same fate, regardless of how good he is, if he got stranded on a team and hadn't won any titles yet. Bron is a more exciting player that the NBA wants to market. Even if he never wins a championship while in Cleveland, at least we'll be able to see the highlights.

it's like bernard king when he played for golden state - 50-point games for him were like the norm

GREAT parallel. I actually saw Bernard go off for 50 when he was with the Bullets. At the Cap Center!

yeah king wouldve been an all time great if not for the knees

xp not in seatle, i'm a celtics fan devastated we didnt get durant. but im still wicked amped about that dude.

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CLEVELAND—During a press conference following the first game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James requested that reporters give him "just a second" as he struggled to name a single player on his team aside from himself. "Well, um, let's see, they got... LeBron James, so that's one," said James, extending his thumb to represent the number of players he had named thus far. "What about Carlos Boozer? He's still on the Cavs, right? Yeah, Carlos has been doing great." After talking with teammate Zydrunas Ilgauskas later that night about their heartbreaking loss, James said his biggest regret was that he might never get to see "that nice man" ever again.

King and James aren't a lot alike, other than the lack of supporting cast.King was a scorer, pure and simple. With James, scoring is almost his biggest weakness (don't laugh). He's amazing with the ball, he's essentially the Cav's point guard. King wasn't like that. The sky's the limit with LeBron.

hahahahahahahahaha

I recently found out that one of my cousin works for Lebron James' foundation!

those are good points, bill

I guess you're probably right about that, Bill. its as if everyone on the court knows that he's the best scorer, in addition to ball-handler/floor general, etc., and they just kind of stand around looking at him go.

I really, really hope that they can engineer something so that he can get more of a supporting cast around him. It would be SO cool to see a rounded, non-Kobe superstar come out of the East again.

http://www.hoopsvibe.com/IMG/dwyane_wade-arton21229-240x240.jpg
hi

Cavs thought they had their Pippen when they got Larry Hughes but he's been a pretty big disappointment. Can't shoot, doesn't make assists and plays point guard. Rookie Daniel Gibson looks to be the point guard of the future but what the Cavs need is an outside threat. Big Z, unbelievably, may have the best face up jump shot on the team.

I've been a Lebron hater but playing against the Pistons this series forced me to cheer for him, and he showed me something, won me over, even before last night. He actually does have a streak of fierce competitiveness in him. It may subside once he has a title or two and doesn't have to prove himself quite so much, we shall see.
At one point during the game last night, still in regulation I think, Steve Kerr said "that was positively Jordanesque", and my friends and I pshawed it, but man, I haven't seen a performance like that since MJ. (they recently showed a game on ESPN Classic where MJ scored the Bulls' last 22, which set a record. I haven't heard anything about LJ setting a new record, but he must've, right?). The Cavs of '07 are roughly comparably to the Bulls teams of the mid 80s, before the emergence of Pippen and Grant et al. MJ never won a Conference Finals with his group of shlubs, but Lebron didn't have to go against Bird's Celtics or Isiah's Pistons. (The '00s Pistons are really good, but I doubt they're quite as good as those two squads)
Wade is great, but Wade has Shaq. James is a better passer, better blocker, bigger, stronger. Wade is a better shooter (except not from 3), esp free throws. Both aren't great one-on-one defenders, but Lebron is more versatile. Lebron is unguardable. 6'2" skin n bones Kirk Hinrich has shut down Wade on multiple occasions. The Cavaliers would struggle to make the playoffs if you swapped Lebron for Wade. Heat would dominate---possibly in record fashion---if they had James. Kobe is better than both, for now.

haha u trippin

if trippin is hip jazz slang for absolutely correct, then yes, I am.

I agree. LeBron is on the rise, but Kobe is The Star of the NBA right now. Why else would EVEYONE, not just JA Adande and Bill Plashke be up in arms about his talking about the possibility of thinking about entering into discussions about Jerry Buss considering trading him?

i've thought for a while now that they should move him to the 1, he reminds me more of magic than MJ. last night was very jordan-y tho~!

It is true that (as of today) Kobe is the best offensive player on the planet. Doesn't make me like the guy one iota, though. I'm a Kobe hater from way back.

Nice to see LeBron putting one in the can for posterity. He does have Jordanian potential, AFAICS. Give him two more years and we'll see where he is then. Recall all the swooning over Wade when the Heat took the title. Wade is good, but not quite swoonworthy.

i'm loving gibson at the moment - his potential and attitude and ridiculous nickname.

Gibson should be playing at least 30 minutes each game. Beats me why he isn't.

gibson has the quicks!

I remember when the Cavs had a fantastic all around team- Daugherty, Nance, Price, Hot Rod Williams, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr, Craig Ehlo. Why u braek hart.

Fantastic all around team but no Jordan! Now the shoe may be on the other foot, with the Bulls' possibly having a great all around team that can't get past Lebron and the James'.

I agree with a freedarko commenter who compared LeBron to a full-sized guy playing against 3/4 scale models. his dominance is so much more physical than Kobe's or (ugh) Wade's, it's not really a fair comparison.

(ps I am basing this all on highlight reel footage because I don't have cable, argh. at least the finals are on ABC; I'm looking forward to seeing flashes of his newfound dominance in its proper context)

http://lebrontalk.com/content/sept05/bubblicious/lighting_lemonade.jpg

http://www.break.com/index/we-are-lebron-video.html

Better to post it in this thread, maybe. We Are the World remade in an effort to feed the poorCONVINCE LEBRON TO STAY

Lebron James

never heard of him.

one for ILE

thx bro

This whole thing is getting really tiresome. The one hour special he has tonight to announce his destination is a sure sign of the decline of western civilization.

Lebron James is almost a perfect anagram for Lame Boners.

I think that pretty much sums up the situation.

yeah, seems like the only way it could not be crass was if he was staying in Cleveland (which rumor says isn't happening). Even then, why all the hype? What does lebron gain by making this a circus?

Kinda LOL fake Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/LeBronJamesEgo

CLEVELAND: YO THAT'S MY HEART AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ALL MY FAMILY BUT MONEY IS REALLY FUN SO I MIGHT JUST BUY A NEW FAMILY INSTEAD.
less than a minute ago via web

NEW JERSEY: HAHAHAHA - NEW JERSEY? OKAY WAIT - WELL NEW JERSEY COULD - HAHAHA - COME ONE NEW JERSEY YOU CRAZY.
3 minutes ago via web

MIAMI: I'M NOT GONNA FRONT I LIKE THAT WILL SMITH JAM FROM BACK IN THE DAY SO MAYBE, PLUS I COULD WEAR MY JORTS IN THE NICE WEATHER.
5 minutes ago via web

NEW YORK: JUST FOUND OUT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AIN'T EVEN A GARDEN SO WTF? NO TULIPS NO LEBRON IS WHAT I ALWAYS SAY.
9 minutes ago via web

YO WHILE I'M WAITING TO SEE IF THE LEBRON LEBRONS CAN ENTER THE LEAGUE NEXT SEASON, HERE'S MY THOUGHTS ON THE CITIES I'M CONSIDERING.

GOT SUIT FOR TOMORROW AND WOMAN ASKED HOW I'M PAYING. I SAID "WITH SMILES" AND SHE WAS LIKE "OH DAMN" SO I JUST REALLY LIKE HELPING PEOPLE.
about 15 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
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MANY RUMORS, BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS: I MADE A NEW SNACK CALLED LBJ POWER, YOU EAT PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY ON BREAD TOGETHER IT'S CRAZY.

GOT SUIT FOR TOMORROW AND WOMAN ASKED HOW I'M PAYING. I SAID "WITH SMILES" AND SHE WAS LIKE "OH DAMN" SO I JUST REALLY LIKE HELPING PEOPLE.

irl lols

south beach

http://i26.tinypic.com/zwjig4.jpg

then this

"not the first time he betrayed the fine people of North East Ohio."

http://i32.tinypic.com/21444f8.jpg

hahahahaha

internet is really showing its mettle tonight

Definitely bringing it.

Mo Williams (former LeBron teammate) has a twitter page worth reading right now imo

http://twitter.com/mogotti2?max_id=18097705319&page=2&twttr=true

# Well fuck, I gotta be honest. I'm sick ass a dog. I feel like my heart has been pulled out. But I'm happy for my friend. Shittttttttt about 2 hours ago via Echofon

# Congrats to my homie @kingjames. Love u homie. It's been great. about 4 hours ago via Echofon

Love u bron and always will. I knowu made your decision for the rt reason but we could have got it done here and u would have enjoyed

It in cle a whole lot more. But I have no idea what went on behind closed doors but I can sit here today and say that I am truly blessed

To have played with such a special player. We were so damn close. So damn close now we have taken leaps and bounds backwards. This will be

But we will make it thru. Fuuuuuuuuck about 1 hour ago via Echofon

cunga fyi

LEBRON'S DECISION: "THE DECISION" LIVE THREAD

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/THEDECISION-1.png

hahaha Cunga did you do that? Brilliant.

This one?

http://shop.unknwn.com/featured-1/bron-beast.html

YES!

i will be checking back on monday!

I had no idea it was a parody of artwork from Watch The Throne.

i think it's less a parody and more a straight rip-off

I was unaware of the original so had no idea cat morphing was a thing of note.

his tongue looks gross

My comment stayed true for a really long time. Isn't true anymore.

'Everybody in sport needs incentive and if the guys at Liverpool win something this year I will give them the best weekend of their life in Vegas.

'Kanye is in and trust me, nobody does Vegas like LeBron and Kanye.'

LeBron added: 'We will take them to places in Vegas 99 per cent of people don’t even know exist. There is Vegas and then there is Vegas.'

It's 17 months since James signed a deal with owners Fenway Sports Group to take a minority shareholding in the Merseyside club who have floundered despite massive investment in new players.

'From a business point of view if Liverpool do well, I do well, so it is in my interest to offer this incentive.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2197471/LeBron-James-offers-Liverpool-players-Las-Vegas-party-win-silverware.html

god he is such a cunt

'Kanye is in and trust me, nobody does Vegas like LeBron and Kanye when they are offering a performance incentives to employees of their stakeholding'

http://oi48.tinypic.com/jq2iw1.jpg

someday our kids are gonna talk about lebron as one of the best players ever, a winner, an assassin, etc, and we're just gonna smile

― k3vin k., Friday, June 29, 2012 5:13 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is already starting to happen, it's funny

All I know is that they must have some CRAZY hazing rituals for rookies because he looked like a little kid in the summer and now he looks like a MAN. Lebron's good but Carmelo Anthony's better and his team wins.
― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, December 19, 2003 9:49 AM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hahaha

there really was a debate back then about the two. i remember, because i was on the melo side for about a month (syracuse partisan)

tons of people thought melo should have been roy that year. denver made the playoffs and cleveland didn't and their numbers were otherwise comparable, but lebron was the christened golden boy so he was rewarded over melo. there was even a (shoe? energy drink? i don't remember) commercial that starred carmelo that alluded to his being underrated/shafted by the media despite having a better year.

don't understand why lebron doesn't suit up for Liverpool

also lebronpool think abt it

yeah their first years were pretty comparable. aaaand then the rest of their careers happened, so history has pretty much vindicated that vote

melo going to the nuggs was the beginning of my denver fandom btw

bron's ts% was .488 his rookie year

wow at lebron's career PER numbers: 18.3, 25.7, 28.1, 24.5, 29.1, 31.7, 31.1, 27.3, 30.7, 30.3

guess who figured things out

in that big PTI video spanning lebron's career, "bron vs melo" featured prominently early in their careers

yeah the "rivalry" hung on way longer than it had any business to

LeBron added: 'We will take them to places in Vegas 99 per cent of people don’t even know exist. There is Vegas and then there is Vegas.'

Kinda want to start a threat discussing what he's talking about. Surely one of us has "touched paradise"

"don't mystify it, bro. we all know what it is. naked prostitutes and cocaine and waiters to chop up your cocaine or whatever."

Was I wrong 9 years ago? Don't think so. Didn't suggest it was going to stay that way forever.

Was I wrong 9 years ago? Don't think so. Didn't suggest it was going to stay that way forever.

― Bryan, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:49 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol man dont catch feelings. We all thought the same. Just funny to think back at that knowing what we know now.

Zing culture has left me shell-shocked and twitchy.

http://marceloburlon.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Le-Bron-James-Wearing-County-Of-Milan-Marcelo-Burlon.jpg

this really is one of the best lebron moments i just love it

It’s still hilarious how Bron really did this for no reason 🤣🤣🤣

pic.twitter.com/dmfZzXbSs9

— GoldenKnight (@GoldenKnightGFX) December 14, 2022

lol it's amazing. that's exactly what I would do if I knew I was good enough to get away with it

btw last night's game got me thinking about LeBron's legacy in Los Angeles and how weird it's gonna be. barring a miracle they will have missed the playoffs 3 of his 5 seasons and one of the other years they got trounced thoroughly in the first round. they've been a nonstop disaster and legitimately one of the worst teams in the league for long stretches (particularly whenever AD is out). not only that but they mortgaged their entire future to do it and may not be competitive for 4-5 years after he retires. LeBron himself has put up insane numbers for a man of his age but the team seems to play okay without him. and yet, they did win a title. but it was the Covid title! idk I feel when he actually retires no one's really gonna know what to say about this era.

title cures all but it has not been pretty no.

i have a few good friends who are lakers fans and they are like "love my lakers but hate lebron so its complicated"

hasn't it been required to like Lebron since his second Cleveland stint

lol no

lebron in LA == when mj played baseball, but if it was basketball and he won a fake title

also this thread is fuckin wild lol

Seven years, zero rings. Maybe he was the problem in Cleveland, not the solution. Plus he tanked the playoffs. Fucking asshole.

― Chicago to Philadelphia: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Friday, July 9, 2010 1:38 PM (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink

God, Bill Magill was an absolute first-ballot member of the Shitty ILX Posters Hall of Shame. Just an unbelievable grump.

Ok I need to read this thread lol

Lebron's good but Carmelo Anthony's better and his team wins.

i was happy when Lebron got his first so dumb fans and lazy media would get off his dick. In the Finals against OKC, they lost game 1, and ESPN shared a graphic showing he doesn't finish games the way he starts, and it showed his points through three quarters, and his points in the fourth, and his points in the fourth were one point off of his average for each of the first three quarters.

I still reject the whole idea that the bubble year was "fake." Every team played under the same circumstances, the Lakers had no particular advantage.

otm. Major League Soccer fans were trying to pull that shit too, but if you pulled back their arguments, it had more to do with "my team sucked this year" more than anything

one of the funniest lebron moments was when jr smith dribbled it out at the end of that finals game cause he thought they were ahead

I still reject the whole idea that the bubble year was "fake." Every team played under the same circumstances, the Lakers had no particular advantage.

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, December 15, 2022 9:08 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it wasn't fake, it just wasn't predictive of anything that happened after it

xpost I love that JR Smith tried to lie about it too: "“I was trying to get enough space to bring it out to maybe get a shot off. I looked over at LeBron, and it looked like he was trying to call timeout, so I just stopped.”

dude was inches from the rim with a defender out of position, he could have laid it up or perhaps even dunked it, and he wasn't even looking at Bron!

I don't think the bubble year was fake it just felt disconnected from the regular season. like you know how at the beginning of the season some teams are just weirdly on fire (like say, the Jazz) while others you expect to be great just can't get anything together (the Nets)...it felt like we just took that part of the season and said "welp, that's the playoffs"

Best place to order comic books from??? Used to collect when I was younger. Batman being my fav. I can order and read from IPad or best to do straight off the comic??

— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 24, 2024

lmaooooo

LeBron James @KingJames

I love watching YouTube golf ⛳️ videos!! Random I know. lol. SO COOL!