04-30-2024, 10:25 AM
(04-30-2024, 10:10 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: My only thing with Lebron is that defensively he's a sieve now. He constantly lets back door cuts happen to him. Doesn't really move around on the perimeter. He's too old. Replacing DJJ with him seems like a mistake.
Offensively he'd be 10x better there. But do we really need what Lebron brings when you have Luka?
I guess one could make an argument that Lebron would be a 3rd option here and wouldn't be asked to do a lot at all. That'd give him more energy to work on defense. Hard to imagine taking not 1 but 2 steps back behind Luka and Kyrie and accept a role player role.
I agree and would add that Lebron has never accepted 2nd fiddle anywhere he has been, CLE, MIA or LAL.
Made sure both CLE stints were all about him. To the point that Kyrie asked out.
Big 3 in MIA eventually became the Big 2 + Bosh until he left them hanging to return to CLE.
Went to a depeleted, post-Kobe LAL to try and show he could draw talent to put them back in contention. (FWIW, I don't count the "bubble" championship as ranking with the normal post season results)
As Confucius said, "there is only one ball".